5 Top Tips For Hiring the Best Wedding Officiant or Minister For Your Wedding Ceremony

You procrastinate.
You put off "your choice."
You have so much planned for your wedding day - casual or formal, big or intimate - And something of the final details left to deal with is finding and choosing the person to marry you!
For anyone who is being married outside of a particular religious tradition or unless you have a minister, rabbi, priest or layperson to officiate your ceremony, you will have to find an Officiant or Minister in the "outside world."
As a Non-Denominational Wedding Officiant/Minister, I've worked with hundreds of couples of most faiths and traditions to create and delivery personalized wedding ceremonies. Over the years, I've learned a lot of things working intimately with engaged couples and with "tribes" on the marriage day.
I offer you these 5 Top Tips to Consider and Remember As You Interview And Select Your Officiant/Minister:
1) Is Your Officiant/Minister Passionate IN WHAT They Do? Creating and officiating a marriage ceremony is serious business. In addition, it requires a person be passionate, excited and at exactly the same time humble about doing this work. As you interview Officiants, consider the "passion" factor. Is the Officiant excited about the possibility of dealing with you? Do they provide ideas and suggestions for your wedding ceremony during your initial conversation? Is it possible to see this person relating to you and your Sweetheart and will you get a feeling of how they'll "be' in front of a group?
The last thing you need is really a boring "blah, blah, blah" wedding ceremony. The goal is to find an Officiant/Minister who is exhibits kindness, generosity and leadership ability.
2) Does The Officiant's Personality Resonate With You? There is not right solution to "do" a ceremony. And there is no "wrong" way to execute a ceremony. It's all about everything you want/desire as a couple. I invite you to consider that an Officiant's personality is paramount 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, that is even better because you are setting the stage for a mini-friendship which makes the procedure of working together that much more fun and enjoyable.
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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 pick from sample ceremonies? What is the level of personalization and customization involved?
4) References ~ The very best Officiants put references on their websites with the initial and last name of a couple of. There are also wedding reviews sites offering 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 want all terms and components of understanding to be outlined in your agreement including fee for services, attendance at rehearsal, time of marriage ceremony and services provided for you.