Select and reserve your officiant.

Select and reserve your officiant.

• Officiant's Fee:
  
  The officiant's fee is the fee paid to whomever performs your wedding ceremony. Some officiants may not accept a fee, depending on your relationship with him/her. If a fee is refused, send a donation to the officiant's church.
  
  
• Officiant's Gratuity:
  
  The officiant's gratuity is a discretionary amount of money given to the officiant for performing your wedding. This amount should depend on your relationship with the officiant and the amount of time he/she has spent with you prior to the ceremony. The groom puts this fee in a sealed envelope and gives it to his best man or wedding consultant, who gives it to the officiant either before or immediately after the ceremony.
  
  
• Discuss with your officiant the readings you would like incorporated into your ceremony.
  
  

  Some popular readings are:
  Beatitudes Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 Genesis 1:26-28 Hosea2:19-21 John 4:7-16 Mark 10:6-9 Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 Song of Solomon		Corinthians 13:1-13 Ephesians 3:14-19; 5:1-2 Genesis 2:4-9, 15-24 Isaiah 61:101 John 15:9-12, 17:22-24 Proverbs 31:10-31 Ruth 1:16-17