What does a Professional wedding officiant do and why am i paying them?
I am so glad that you are searching for a professional Wedding Officiant to lead your ceremony!
You must know the true value behind your commitment to one another. That the true order of this day is love, ceremony, marriage, celebration, and then the reception! Yes, your celebration and reception are important but what exactly are you celebrating? You are supposed to be celebrating your marriage! You can’t get married without a Wedding Officiant! Now let’s put some time and energy into the ceremony side of things. Do you know the value of a professional Wedding Officiant?
Many people believe we Wedding Officiants just show up, stand up in front of everyone, and read out of a book for 10 minutes, and leave. That doesn’t even come close to our responsibilities!
It is much more involved than this. A lot of the things we do go unnoticed because it is our job to make things unnoticeable! What does that mean? Well, you see, if everything goes smoothly during the ceremony people think oh that was nice. But when things go wrong, like the microphone doesn’t work, where is the sand for the sand ceremony? Is there a table for the unity candle? Rings? Where are the rings? Do we kiss now? Are we doing the unity sand after the vows or when? These things become noticed. These are things you shouldn’t have to worry about. That is why you are hiring a professional Wedding Officiant to do it for you. So you can spend time preparing yourself physically and emotionally for this big moment!
These are the things you are paying a Wedding Officiant to do:
I can probably go on but I am sure you get the point:) Is the cost worth it to you? I sure hope so because I love what I do and I know my services are valuable and needed!
You must know the true value behind your commitment to one another. That the true order of this day is love, ceremony, marriage, celebration, and then the reception! Yes, your celebration and reception are important but what exactly are you celebrating? You are supposed to be celebrating your marriage! You can’t get married without a Wedding Officiant! Now let’s put some time and energy into the ceremony side of things. Do you know the value of a professional Wedding Officiant?
Many people believe we Wedding Officiants just show up, stand up in front of everyone, and read out of a book for 10 minutes, and leave. That doesn’t even come close to our responsibilities!
It is much more involved than this. A lot of the things we do go unnoticed because it is our job to make things unnoticeable! What does that mean? Well, you see, if everything goes smoothly during the ceremony people think oh that was nice. But when things go wrong, like the microphone doesn’t work, where is the sand for the sand ceremony? Is there a table for the unity candle? Rings? Where are the rings? Do we kiss now? Are we doing the unity sand after the vows or when? These things become noticed. These are things you shouldn’t have to worry about. That is why you are hiring a professional Wedding Officiant to do it for you. So you can spend time preparing yourself physically and emotionally for this big moment!
These are the things you are paying a Wedding Officiant to do:
- To lead your ceremony
- To legally file your marriage license
- To write your ceremony
- To perform your ceremony
- To make sure all the required people are in their places
- To make sure all items needed are present
- To redirect things when unplanned things happen
- To make sure all legal requirements are met
- To make sure that I am legal to perform your ceremony
- To run the rehearsal
- To share the experience of what has worked and what has not
- To direct or make suggestions for unique situations
- To travel to and from your location
- To have reliable transportation to and from your event
- To meet with you before the day of your ceremony to make sure we have everything planned how you want it
- To coordinate with your other vendors to make sure everyone is on the same page and that everything flows
- To arrive at the ceremony location early to make sure everything is in order and ready for the ceremony
- To work with you to personalize your ceremony wherever we can
- To maintain a space for us to meet and communicate
- To maintain a website and online resources for you to make the process easier and less time consuming
- To maintain a working reliable phone line for us to communicate
- To supply a working microphone and PA speaker if needed
- To supply ceremony music if you need it
- To maintain a professional appearance and dress appropriately
- To correctly fill out your marriage license and provide you with a copy of it
- To involve your guests and make them feel involved with the ceremony
- To keep your guests attention and not put them to sleep (if we do it correctly they might even reflect on the love in their lives)
- To handle the not so fun stuff so you don’t have to
I can probably go on but I am sure you get the point:) Is the cost worth it to you? I sure hope so because I love what I do and I know my services are valuable and needed!
