My Officiant is backing out :(

Has she done weddings before? Is she freaking out because it's people she knows? At least she gave you ample notice; good luck finding a replacement!

Aww I'm sorry! I hope it works out and you can get someone who knows you to do the ceremony!

An ordained minister and she is afraid of talking in front of crowds? I dont understand. Hopefully you find a replacement soon!

Yeah that is soo true for my wedding we were going to have one of my FHs friends do it. but then something happen so we are having the the senior Pastor of my church do it! hope it all works out for ya

but a i think she is just getting cold feet what do ya'll think?

She had to become ordained for a job she had before (she had to be a back up a couple times). I believe she's done a couple weddings, but not many.

I'm sure she's nervous because it's people she knows, which I understand and I'm glad she let me know ahead of time. But I'm still a little bummed.

I'm sure I can find one of my crazy friends to do it

Well that is a bit odd, why would someone get ordained, then not want to speak in front of a crowd. She did give you plenty of notice though, rather than waiting till the last minute so that is good.

Good luck finding someone.

We are having a judge marry us the day before our wedding for $75. I have a great uncle who is ordained but he switched denominations and won't be re-certified in time to marry us. But he is still doing our ceremony with all our friends and family there! I wanted someone we knew to marry us too! Oh, and the judge would have came to us for like an extra $75 the day of too. We just want my great uncle to do it though.

My sister and her husband had their best friend get ordained and officiate their wedding. She said it ws wonderful to have someone they really know be able to get up there and talk about them sincerely. We are having my FHs father do it so we can have the same feel. Good luck with getting a new officiant it kinda sucks to have to do it this late in the game.

Again, She had to get ordained for a job she had a while back.. so it's not like she just decided to get ordained so she could go ahead and do weddings whenever she wanted. She had to become ordained in the event the minister wasn't able to show up or something. I honestly thought it was weird for her to have to do that, but oh well.

I just asked her to do it when she mentioned she was ordained.. But I understand the pressure that may be on her.. she's also dealing with a lot of other stress right now. So it's ok. FH and I will find someone else