wedding officiants and ministers



Request Wedding Minister
or Civil Marriage Officiant
Who lives and serves in one of our 25 Metro Areas
Our officiants: all marriage clergy, all wedding ministers,
all civil non-religious officiants, pastors, officials, officiates.
Our ceremonies: all religions, all civil non-religious, all
interfaith, all multi-cultural, spiritual, i.e., all couples.

Welcome (maybe for the 2nd time).
We understand that it may not be so easy finding the officiant who is just right (perfect for you both). Our free, local minister officiant finder service changes this by providing screened wedding ministers OR civil wedding officiants for you to consider.

WHAT 'MATCHING' MEANS:

We learn about your ceremony (from your form below).
We see who matches (from our local wedding ministers or civil officiants).
You're contacted promptly.



WOULD YOU LIKE US TO START LOOKING FOR YOU?

HOW DO WE BENEFIT YOU?

#1 No unmatched officiants calling or leaving messages.

#2 Save time and just focus on interviewing among the best choices.


WHEN YOU'RE CONTACTED:
Have your
questions
answered
and, if you'd like. meet them in person.
1ST, YOUR CEREMONY BASICS

EACH OF YOUR FIRST & LAST NAMES

Because our ministers - officiants will call, we need to have your:
DAY & EVENING PHONE #

DAY OF WEEK. ... DATE. ... START TIME

CEREMONY SITE NAME &TYPE (hotel? park? home?)

CEREMONY CITY- COUNTY middle box & STATE


PLEASE
USE FORM
ONLY IF

(1) The page
just before

was Google
or Yahoo;

OR

(2) It was our
Home Page
and you saw
your ceremony
site included on the List.
2ND, CEREMONY TYPE & MUSTS

a. YOUR MARRIAGE CEREMONY TYPE? Common types: Non-denominational, religious, non-religious (civil), spiritual, interfaith, cultural, ethnic, vow renewal or ? Learn: The Fee; 6 Ceremony Types. Add a comment after your type, if you'd like


b. ANY CEREMONY MUSTS (your all-or-nothing requirements)? (e.g. gender or type of marriage minister or if you require a non religious civil wedding ceremony officiant). Alert: If we can't match your "wedding ceremony must", you may not be contacted
(suggestion: give us two other officiant - minister type choices).

Note: Most of our wedding ministers regularly do non-religious civil ceremonies and most of our civil non religious wedding officiants regularly do non-denominational ceremonies. We think it's about who the officiant is verses their title.


3RD(Last), MAKE YOUR 3-PART I.D.+

Having an I.D.for each couple is how we keep track. Please COMBINE 3 parts as follows:
a.
TYPE your Wedding Ceremony Date in the box below using numbers and dashes (e.g., 6-17-08).
b. ADD your Wedding Ceremony City to the right of the date in the same box (e.g., San Francisco)..
c. ADD both of your 1st names to the right of the wedding ceremony city in the same box (e.g., Jennifer & Bruce).


Does It look like 5-17-08 NYC Jenn & Bruce? yes? or No?


WHAT IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?
Leave no spaces on left side.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS



Plan B Option (may come in handy if local associate is not available):
Use this only if you'd like us to automatically check for a non-local traveling officiant's availability should our local ceremony associate be taken already. We would need to know the per hour extra you would you pay a non-local wedding minister or civil officiant to drive to your ceremony. [Note: these days, $50 per hour of driving is a fair minimum to sufficiently cover a marriage officiant's extra time including traffic, car wear /n tear and gas. If you don't want this option, type in N/A. ty.]

What is the name of largest metro-city in your wedding ceremony site's state and your best guess of the round trip driving time to & from this city to your ceremony site?

D I S C L A I M E R
Neither WeddingOfficiants.com, or its publisher Paul Michael, guarantees or warrants anything about its minister clergy officiant associates.. Each is entirely independent and runs his/her own officiate affairs including finances. While care has gone into selecting officiants & ministers and each is believed to be professional, legally-able and excellent , still, you two are solely responsible to check them out for yourselves BEFORE entering a wedding ceremony agreement (or any wedding marriage vendor agreement). .
Did you read the above? Yes or No


Before you submit, what/who led you to this site?
Google? Yahoo? Or?



I feel glad that your marriage ceremony and wedding officiant-minister are important to you.I mean it when I say Thank You for the opportunity to be a part of your special day. Paul, WeddingOfficiants.com

Never Take It Too Seriously Just For Fun #7
One early brisk desert morning while walking
with my camera, I looked up and saw this
loving couple (
newlyweds no doubt). I'm sure
this happened to me because I marry so

many couples loving like them. Then, just
as I started walking again, they wanted
me to know that they would bird call me
when they wanted to renew their
marriage vows. Is that tweet or what?

3 QUESTIONS COUPLES OFTEN ASK

Why Don't We See A List Of Officiants?

Because of Quality. We have learned that a list of any and every officiant is too general and often too long. This can feel burdensome and overwhelming for couples.

We make the process simpler and more relaxed for you by making sure that an officiant who calls you has passed both the muster of our Roster criteria (their experience, sincerity and flexibility for couples) and the muster of your ceremony details; the Form you fill out (e.g., if you tell us that you want a religious officiant, we are not going to send you a civil officiant choice).

What Is The Officiant Fee?

Each associate is an independent and runs their own affairs entirely. This includes setting their fee and what's included in it. When our associate 1st calls you, you can ask about the fee and she/he will go over everything with you.

What Does The Word 'Officiant' Actually Mean?
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Fo most jurisdictions, the word "officiant" means the catch-all wedding marriage industry word for anyone legally-able to officiate a wedding marriage ceremony. This includes any marriage clergy, any wedding minister, all wedding pastors, officiates, officials, reverends, any civil non-religious ceremony officiant, i.e, no wedding officiants or wedding ministers who can "legally" officiate a wedding marriage would be excluded from this definition.


|Commentary: Title v. Who

Throughout the 18 states we serve, we have officiant-ministers who regularly (and beautifully) officiate purely civil, non religious ceremonies. This means that it's the officiant's perspective and attitude (who they are)
that governs what a couple can receive, not their title. It's what's in their book (their track record), not on their cover (title).

The 18 States We Serve (largest metro areas only)

Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

To Officiants & Ministers Interested In Associating

Are you flexible, known to be good-to-work-with, and committed to serving couples in a way that gives them the ceremony they want (couples are the CEOs of their ceremony,not you)? If so, email me.of your interest. NOTE: ministers, clergy, pastors, officiates, officials and civil officiants of all color, all ethnic, all cultural and all religious denominations are most welcome! AND it doesn't matter that we already have wedding clergy ministers or civil marriage officiants in your area, because our matching technique requires a variety of officiant minister uniquenesses in order to work well. I look forward to hearing about your uniqueness. Thank You, Paul.



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Thank you for honoring the labor of love in this ministry.

1-800-300-3398  paul@weddingofficiants.com

This site's guiding light:

"Nowhere, anywhere, in the wedding world,
is anything more beautiful than a ceremony that
was what the bride and groom most deeply wanted."

Paul Michael (publisher & grateful officiant)



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