First off, I am not ordained. If I was just anybody, I could get a random ordainment from a group that doesn't care but I will not do such a thing. I graduated with a bachelors in Pastoral Ministry and am working on my MAR in Church Ministries. I consider ordainment too important a thing to just get from some group of people who just give them away. I also want to be ordained by the church I eventually am working for. The thing is, I have two friends that want me to marry them, i.e. perform the ceremony. Is there anyway, I can still marry them without getting ordained? If it helps, they are getting married in Florida.
2007-07-29 09:08:58 · 16 answers · asked by docboy2u 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
You need to find a church that can and will ordain you and then from there you have to become registered in the state you are practicing (doing ceremonies in) ...that sometimes is free but if not free it costs maybe $20 a year at most....you will need to go to the county seat (or seed, not for sure what the correct term is) and go the court house and they will direct you from there...but you must first be ordained somehow or another.
2007-07-29 09:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jeremy J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Florida but my brother was just married in Colorado (last month) and anyone can marry a couple there. You don't need to be ordained or anything.
2007-07-29 09:11:44 · answer #2 · answered by tricycle_pilot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother is marry me and my fiance he had to download an application pay 25 fee and get a refrence not from the bride and groom! Then the governor approves that he may marry us on such and such a day but only the couple named! We are getting married in MA! I'm sure you could look on your state website!!!
2007-07-29 09:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by RedSoxRock!!! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother got ordained so he could perform the wedding for my little brother. It costs about $39 -- but it's really easy, and valid in California at least. You might want to have them call the county clerk's office to make sure it would be legal for them.
http://openordination.org/
2007-07-29 10:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by mj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can still preform the ceremony for the friends and family, but they will need to go to a justice of the peace to make it legal if you're not ordained. you can also see if having an ordained minister there would make it legal if he pronounced them but you did all the readings and vows.
2007-07-29 09:15:08 · answer #5 · answered by Erica S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our daughter got married in Mo. She wanted her cousin to perform the ceremony. He was not licensed to marry people in Mo, so a local pastor stepped in to be the "legal" minister. The legal pastor did like the opening and closing prayer and our nephew performed the rest of the ceremony. It worked out very well and was very sweet. I don'tknow if you can work out a similar arrangement.
2007-07-29 10:30:47 · answer #6 · answered by old beatnik 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen to your husband. Your friend may know that is possible. Hopefully she will help him budget appropriately. Sometimes people do fall in love over time. He may have other good points that she will grow to love. Do not be a trouble maker or a busy body. You could cause your own problems. All too often the Messenger is the one that suffers. Have you ever heard the messenger is the one that is shot?
2016-03-19 08:03:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can pay to get ordained on the internet.
2007-08-01 15:56:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally thought that anyone could "marry" a couple as long as they signed the marriage document they would be married. I don't think my grandfather had any special license to marry my cousins, and their marriage is legal. But I am not if Florida.
2007-07-29 12:15:51 · answer #9 · answered by Snow Bunnie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about Florida, but in Colorado the couple can solemnize their own marriage. We are having my fiance's uncle "marry" us, that is perform the ceremony, but on the certificate where it says "who solemnizes the marriage" we are putting bride and groom. It's legal there.
2007-07-29 09:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋