Choosing Your Officiant

WHAT IS A PROFESSIONALLY-TRAINED WEDDING OFFICIANT

A professionally-trained Wedding Officiant is a person who is specifically trained in every aspect of Your Wedding Day. A Wedding Officiant doesn't need to be an Ordained Minister who is professionally-trained in the creeds and dogmas of a specific religion. A Wedding is not the place to preach or teach guests concerning a particular religion! The Wedding Ceremony is a time to celebrate love. The Wedding Day is all about loving and being loved. The Wedding Ceremony celebrates love in all of its aspects and dimensions, particularly the love of family, and most specifically, the love between a man and a woman that causes them to want to live together in the holy state of marriage.

The Wedding Officiant who is going to marry you needs to know how to prepare a very loving and meaningful ceremony for YOU that reflects your Beliefs and your hopes and dreams for your marriage.

We are The Wedding Specialist believe in all aspects and dimensions of love - love of God and love of Country, love of home, family and friends, and love between a man and a woman that causes them to want to live their lives together in marriage. We believe in trust, fidelity, integrity, honesty, the home, loyalty, perseverance, dignity, and self-awareness.

YOU ARE CREATING LEGAL BOUNDARIES!
The Act of Marriage is an action of The State - not The Church of any organized religion. We have separation of Church and State in the United States. When you get married, you are setting up many levels of legalities in your life. You are creating automatic inheritance rights. You are creating community property. You are establishing the right to be present at death and to make all decisions concerning the death of each other and members of your immediate family. As a married person, you are possibly now eligible for insurance benefits of your spouse. Marriage provides tax benefits for some couples. While Marriage is a sacred and profound transition in your life, it is also creates very binding legal boundaries.

In considering the person who is going to take you through this transition and is going to sign The Marriage License that sets up these legal boundaries, you need a consummate professional.

You need a person who is informed and who is experienced in the ways of the marriage ceremony.

	You need a professionally-trained Wedding Officiant who can inform you how to get your marriage license and how to obtain your certified copy of the marriage license after the Wedding.
	You need a professionally trained Wedding Officiant who has well-developed writing skills and can prepare a unique and special ceremony that celebrates your love.
	You need a professionally-trained Wedding Officiant who can handle any unexpected or embarrassing moments that could develop during the Wedding Ceremony. We have conducted 100's of weddings and have seen just about everything. We feel confident knowing that no matter what happens, we can handle the situation professionally and with dignity and you will end up being married!
	You need a professionally-trained Wedding Officiant who is an experienced and professional public speaker and knows how to use a microphone.
	You need a professionally trained Wedding Officiant who is a member of a team, so you will have someone available to marry you if your Officiant is ill or has an emergency.
	You need a professionally trained Wedding Officiant who knows how to meet with the photographer, videographer and musicians, prior to the ceremony, so that everyone has their signals straight! We at The Wedding Specialist co-operate with each of these vendors, allowing them to provide you the most extensive videography, photography and music as they are able to give. We have no rules for the photographer. He can be anywhere to get the best pictures. We've had them right in our face to get that great shot of the bride coming down the aisle! We know how to use the videographer's microphones. We have eye contact with the musicians.
	You need a professionally-trained Wedding Officiant who is successful enough to drive a late-model car that is dependable and will get them there on time to conduct your wedding! And you want your Officiant to be professionally dressed, either in a clerical/judge's robe or black suit or black dress.
	You need a professional-trained Wedding Officiant who will supply you with a Contract for Services.
	You need a professionally-trained Wedding Officiant who can offer several different methods of payment, including credit card.

We would love to conduct your Wedding Ceremony and create the most perfect ceremony for you and your special day. Because our professional-trained Wedding Officiants have extensive experience in all aspects of The Wedding Day, we can be very beneficial in helping you pull this exciting day all together, creating a memory that will Last your lifetime together.