how to officiate a wedding?

Question

officiate awedding for a friend

Answer 1

I believe that you have to be ordained and licensed in the state you plan on performing the ceremony in- if not, it may not be legally binding.

Answer 2

The other answers here offered advice on how to become ordained, but if you're asking about the mechanics of actually writing/performing a wedding ceremony, try these links:
http://weddings.about.com/od/yourweddingceremony/index_r.htm
http://christianity.about.com/od/samplechristianweddings/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/bill_schultz/weddings.html

There's a group here on Yahoo for wedding officiants. It's a professional organization, but you can request a membership and see what they say...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weddingofficiants

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Are you good at public speaking? Organizing? Planning? Taking charge when necessary? Able to write well?

Some states only require ordination. Others require ordination & licensing by the state (as here in Ohio). Some states recognize certain churches & their ordination, others do not.
And some will give you a one-day-pass for just this sort of thing. You need to check with your state's/county's requirements.

Answer 4

Go to
www.ULC.net You can get ordained in like 5-10 mins. I believe that they even give you sample wedding ceremony readings (both religious and non religious) Hope this helps you out. By the way, this is a legal ordination and its free. Depending on your state you might have to register...they'll give you the details.

Answer 5

It depends upon where the marriage takes place. In Florida, a notary can perform a wedding ceremony. In other states, they cannot. Check with your local court house (or the local court house where the wedding is scheduled).

Answer 6

Try these websites:
http://www.geocities.com/weddingwordsmith/ceremonysamples.html

http://www.pibweddings.com/planningyourceremony.html

http://www.windspiritconnections.com/sample_wedding_ceremonies.htm

Answer 7

http://roseministries.org/brides.php?gclid=CJb2rbP4tYgCFQ23WAodUTaUiw

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