5 Top Tips For Hiring the very best Wedding Officiant or Minister For Your Wedding CeremonyPosted by Wood Salas on May 9th, 2021 You procrastinate. Nashville Elopements You put off "the decision." You've got so much planned for the big day - casual or formal, big or intimate - And something of the last details left to cope with is finding and choosing the person to marry you! For anyone who is being married outside of a specific religious tradition or unless you have a minister, rabbi, priest or layperson to officiate your ceremony, you need to find an Officiant or Minister in the "outside world." As a Non-Denominational Wedding Officiant/Minister, I have worked with a huge selection of couples of most faiths and traditions to create and delivery personalized wedding ceremonies. Over the years, I have learned many things working intimately with engaged couples sufficient reason for "tribes" on the wedding day. I offer you these 5 Top Ideas to Consider and Remember As You Interview And Select Your Officiant/Minister: 1) Is Your Officiant/Minister Passionate About What They Do? Creating and officiating a marriage ceremony is serious business. It also requires that a person be passionate, excited and at the same time humble about achieving this work. As you interview Officiants, think about the "passion" factor. May be the Officiant excited about the possibility of working with you? Do they offer ideas and ideas for your wedding ceremony during your initial conversation? Can you see this person associated with you and your Sweetheart and will you get a feeling of how they will "be' in front of an organization? The last thing you need is really a boring "blah, blah, blah" wedding ceremony. The target is to find an Officiant/Minister who is exhibits kindness, generosity and leadership ability. 2) Does The Officiant's Personality Resonate With You? There isn't right way to "do" a ceremony. And there is absolutely no "wrong" way to do a ceremony. It's all about what you want/desire as a couple of. I invite one to consider that an Officiant's personality is key to a robust and memorable marriage ceremony. You need to like each other and when the Officiant selects you and you also select the Officiant, this is even better as you are setting the stage for a mini-friendship which makes the procedure of working together that much more fun and enjoyable. 3) Design of Work - How Will Your Ceremony Be Created/Crafted? Every Officiant works differently. Discuss with your Officiant how they create and deliver a ceremony. Will your ceremony will custom written? Are you considering asked to select from sample ceremonies? What is the amount of personalization and customization involved? 4) References ~ The best Officiants put references on their websites with the initial and last name of a couple. Additionally, there are wedding reviews sites that provide additional reviews and recommendations. Don't hire an Officiant without reading and/or looking into references. 5) The Contract Factor ~ As you make your final decision, insure you have a written agreement and/or contract with your Officiant. You need all terms and items of understanding to be outlined in your agreement including fee for services, attendance at rehearsal, time of marriage ceremony and services provided to you.Like it? Share it! More by this author |