Officiants

[WebLady]

How did you choose yours?

[lizardbnorton]

We're still totally up in the air about this one. Robert's mom wants it to be a priest from their church, but Robert hasn't been going to church so they won't do it unless he starts going back and we do the counseling stuff. It's all up to Robert right now.

[bichonlvr]

Came with the package!!!!

He worked out GREAT!!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

When DH and I moved back to Montreal, we were searching for a church home. We went to my old church a few times but it just didn't "feel right" so, one morning we went off in search of a church called St. Columbus by the Lake because our old high school pastor was the minister there. Now ....you would assume it would be by a lake wouldn't you? LOL Nope, apparently not (!!!!!) and so, because it was getting late, we turned around and pulled into the parking lot of a church we had passed along the way. The moment we walked through the doors, we knew it was different but it wasn't until we heard Derek's message that we knew we had found what we were looking for. The warm welcomes we received after the service were only proof positive that we had found our church home.

Hugh and I considered having a destination wedding for about a half a second, before we realized that Derek wouldn't be there to marry us :(

The tricky part was that we have friends, whom are married and are also both ministers. We expected that they should expect us to ask them to perform the ceremony .... and so they should have expected it because they played a pivotal role in bringing us together. We thought about asking them to be our witnesses but in the end, we asked our children to be our witnesses and we asked our friends to do what they do best, help co-perform the service. They both read scriptures, got on beautifully with Derek and it couldn't have been more perfect.

and so to answer your question (the long way around) .... Derek is the minister of our church but we also consider him to be a very good friend. :)

[ikkin510]

Our officant was the minister of the church DH grew up in, where we had the service. DH knew the minister very well so we just stuck with him!

[Danielle9608]

Since I am getting married on the Cape 3 hours away from where I live I had to pick someone from the area. I got my minster's name under recommendations of the hotel.

[uptowngirl]

I voted other 'cause I fit in all the categories!

My dad is a pastor and he will be officiating our wedding. If we lived in the same area we would go to his church so he would be our regular pastor too...

[HisMuse]

She was the best email reply we got, I only contact those with email addresses.

[StJohnBride]

He came with our wedding coordinator. We actually chose our WC based on the minister. Sounds silly, but I wanted a man to marry us. The women were all dressed in dated flowery dresses, big flower necklaces, etc. I wanted someone who would wear a plain suit, and not clash with us, or make me cringe in pictures.
He was awesome.

[Nekochanpurr]

Ours worked at the venue we were getting, and happened to do it on the side. We asked (begged) and she is happy to do it for us =D

[renata]

In my opinion it is always good to have an officiant who is Funny! Let's be honest, wedding ceremonies are not very exciting, and can be long at times. There are some very interesting and famous officiants that bring life to all ceremonies, by having the guests enjoy every single moment of it.

Whether you get a professional officiant, family member, or fiend; make sure you get someone entertaining, your guests will be thankful, and most likely remember your wedding ceremony for the rest of their lives.

Good Luck! Wish you the best!

[RevMatty]

Mine was a local JP, refered to me by the courthouse.

[Kirby]

Ours is the minister of the church where we are getting married. It is his family's church and everyone knows him well and really likes his personality.

[hummingbird521]

Our officiant was the pastor of our church. Jerry had been a member of this particular church since birth. When we started dating he took me to church several times. I had not been to church in years and expected to be very uncomfortable. No church in my life had received me in such a loving, sweet and friendly manner as his had. I felt welcomed and blessed the moment I walked in. As well our pastor is who baptized myself and my DD while we were dating. I wanted no one else to perform our ceremony except Pastor Sheila. In fact we changed our wedding date three times to make sure she was the one who performed it.

[Whitewater]

Our officiant is a good friend of mine that I've known for a decade now. Through divorce and unemployment and re-employment and custody issues and the good, the bad, and the ugly in life, from the best joy to the worst sorrow, he and I have been a part of each other's life.

The last time I was married I got married by a pastor of my church -- which would have been ok except that back then I was part of a mega-church and I didn't know the guy from a hole in the ground!

This time around I swore blind that I wasn't going to get married by a stranger. So since I knew that my friend was a minister in his religion (not a Universal Life guy, but he actually went through the process -- it's not a Christian religion, but they also only give the title to people who deserve it) I asked him, not knowing what he would say. His religion takes marriage pretty seriously and I know him -- if he didn't feel it was the right thing, he would have no problems telling me to find somebody else!

Luckily he said yes without hesitating :) He's known my fiance now for close to two years and myself for ten, like I said, and he's perfect. He'll frighten the life out of my super-conservative, ultra-right-wing Christian parents, but so what? They aren't paying for the ceremony!

He will also make a fantastic M.C. for the reception, so I'm killing two birds with one stone.


Whitewater (I cannot wait to be married by one of my very good friends. That's how it's supposed to be!)

[sweetvenus]

Ours is (hopefully) going to be my brother. He is currently attending seminary, and he's trying to make sure everything will be in order for him to be able to do it. :)

[rainbowtreat]

We were going to use a local Justice of the piece or a notary. THen I met Elizabeth on here and she lived 1 1/2 hours from where we were getting married. Her and i became great friends and she told me she was a notary and in Maine they can marry people. So she married us. I loved it having some one so close to me marry us. It was great. She told me not to cry because I was going to make her cry. It was the best.

[todaysdestinationwedding]

We had a destination wedding in Tennessee. The wedding chapel we chose to book our wedding with provided the officiant.

[Brian's Wife in 09]

Our officiant is FHs uncle

[june0609]

He is the preacher at my church.

[acidcookie]

Ours was a pretty quick choice. We are not religious so there goes any minister, priest, etc. What's left? The mayor of our town!

[sandy03]

I voted for "family friend" because he was at our church several years ago but we have remained close with him since he was re-appointed.

[RosieAngel]

We had his best friend's Mom, a Sufi minister, officiate! It really meant a lot to both of us and made for an extra special, personal ceremony.

[Kfancii]

We had a destination wedding in Gatlinburg, so I found ours online. With Mack and I being such dog lovers, I knew I found the right minister when I read on their homepage that they lived in Gatlinburg for 20 years and shared their home with the occasional stray dog that wandered in through the doggie door! :puppy:

[WBandMe]

We first found ours online then realized she was listed in a packet the chapel people gave us of other vendors people had used. She's a minister at a church right near our chapel. We met with her and were sold :)

[EarlyBird]

our officiants (yes, 2!) were the hardest. it was important to us to have both a rabbi and a priest. that they both understood we were each keeping our religion and that our children (future) would be taking on my religion. and that they understood that i go to church and am very "cathloic" while fh has not been to temple in years.

the first rabbi got us in his office and tried to convert me. even talked out about my bat mitzvah.

there was something with the 1st priest that i would rather not discuss and then when we finally found two different priests and rabbis, i grilled them with 10000 questions :)

our officiants had some hard tests with us.

[Mrs.Goff]

Our officiant is a JOP. Honestly, I just searched online for a local JOP. Found him on the County Clerks website.

[JJsWifey08]

my friend told me about a JOP that married her so I picked him out that way