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Hire an officiant or not? Help?

Jamie, on April 22, 2021 at 2:20 PM Posted in Planning 0 5

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Hi y'all, we are having a very small intimate wedding. It's only 22 people all of which are family and very few close friends. We are renting a house from someone which will be our venue so everything is DIY.
We live in Colorado so we don't need anyone to marry us, we can self marry and I'm still deciding how to go about this. At first I was going to have my MOH (sister) walk down the "aisle" and then officiate for us as well. But now I'm wondering if we should just hire someone to come officiate for us so no one else has to do anything extra. We aren't religious and we want a simple and quick ceremony. Maybe 20-30 mins tops. What would you do? Would you just have your MOH say a few nice words and direct the vows or would you hire someone official?

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Michelle · on April 22, 2021 at 2:27 PM
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I would hire someone to take care of all the legal stuff that you will be too ‘on cloud 9’ to remember. Do what works for you.
Being non religious is irrelevant because non religious people get married every day with officiants.
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Hannah · on April 22, 2021 at 3:10 PM
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I would hire someone. Having some words/readings prepared takes time and planning ahead of time. This isn't something you want your sister to just do off the cuff. Maybe talk to her about what she prefers? My husband's uncle went online and got ordained to officiate our marriage. It was lovely, and he definitely took time to plan out what he was going to say and such.
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Melanie · on April 22, 2021 at 5:37 PM
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I think either choice would be fine, although I would personally have someone officiate. I think your sister should definitely make sure she has words prepared ahead of time, if she does officiate it. At the end of the day, it all depends on how much additional responsibility you want to place on your sister's shoulders and how comfortable she is with it.
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Lynnie · on April 23, 2021 at 2:55 PM
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I agree - I'd hire an officiant!! It's not a big cost, and it takes so much stress and prep off your (and your MOH's) shoulders!
You can work with your officiant on what kind of ceremony you'd like (and can emphasize simple & quick), and they'll have recommendations on readings, sample vows to look through, and can answer all of your ceremony questions!
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Stefanie · on April 23, 2021 at 4:25 PM
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I have asked my best friend to officiate. We aren’t having a wedding party expect for our kids and just wanted it to be special to us.
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