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Who is/was your officiant?

Since I seem to have 0 luck... who did you use??

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  • edited December 2011
    DH's family pastor.  Sorry, no help.  :(

    I met a lady at my venue at an open house and she seemed really nice.   I will see if I can find her info.
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    Ari Gray - admin@altweddingservices.com

    She really knew her stuff and got me excited about the ceremony. When I told my photog I was using Ari, she said she had worked with Ari before and thought she was great.
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  • juliebug1997juliebug1997 member
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    edited December 2011
    We used the parish priest so I'm of no help.  Have you already gone the route of your church's pastor?  Can Marty Leonard not give any recommendations?  What about your venue or your photographer?
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    My BIL.

    We met Diane Robertson at a Bridal Show but I have no persoal experience with her, though.  http://www.revrobertson.com/
  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    edited December 2011
    Ha. okay... maybe I should say this too... my FI is dead-set on having a male for an officiant... maybe that's why they've been so flakey?  ;)
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    I won't be any help since we are using our former family pastor.  My friend used Love Notes for her September wedding, but I'm going to take a wild guess that you've already checked into that.
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:4d4a7cc9-77c1-4dd8-812c-5a1c60d8c3e3">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]I won't be any help since we are using our former family pastor.  My friend used Love Notes for her September wedding, but I'm going to take a wild guess that you've already checked into that.
    Posted by llc2011[/QUOTE]

    A Love Notes officiant is who flaked on me last night :(
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:34b1a719-7798-4381-a949-2ea663b69f46">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Ha. okay... maybe I should say this too... my FI is dead-set on having a male for an officiant... maybe that's why they've been so flakey?  ;)
    Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

    Haha, funny.  I felt the same way, actually...not sure why.  I'm sure the women are great.
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    Is there a religious affiliation? I know several people, but most require pre-marrital counseling which I would recommend anyway!
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:34b1a719-7798-4381-a949-2ea663b69f46">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Ha. okay... maybe I should say this too... my FI is dead-set on having a male for an officiant... <strong>maybe that's why they've been so flakey?</strong>  ;)
    Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

    That's hilarious! See, I wanted a woman... I can't really put my finger on why, and it wasn't a deal breaker, though.

    It looks like Ari has a guy minister working for her, too. So you might still contact them, if you don't find anyone else.

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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited December 2011
    I used Marty Younkin and he was absolutely the opposite of flaky.  Always called or emailed to confirm our meetings.  I'm sorry you're having such a hard time!  :(
  • edited December 2011
    We are using a guy named Mike McDaniel.  He was recommended by our photographer.
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    We are using Marty Younkin as well and so far he has been a delight.
  • MLandCJMLandCJ member
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    edited December 2011
    Isn't Marty Younkin from Love Notes?
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:483f2199-680f-44f3-9c2f-1c2bf2fc5f80">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Isn't Marty Younkin from Love Notes?
    Posted by MLandCJ[/QUOTE]

    Yes, but they have several officiants
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    I'm no help either, we used my Uncle.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:8fd3f585-4ebe-4196-bbbf-b6af4a256efc">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who is/was your officiant? : Yes, but they have several officiants
    Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

    <div>Marty is who my friend was supposed to have, but at the last moment there was a situation that he could not do their actual wedding.  They ended up with another guy (I forget his name) from Love Notes that filled in for Marty while he was out.</div><div>
    </div><div>I'm so sorry :(</div>
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    I am using Pastor Ray Harmon .
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    Well goodness, I'm no help either.... we're using an asc pastor from our church.
  • bigbabyfacebigbabyface member
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    edited December 2011
    we'll be using my brother :).....have you considered using a male family member?
  • edited December 2011
    We met with a guy from LoveNotes but didnt get a good vibe from him.. I wonder if it's the same person?  Anyway, we also met with Ari Gray, and that didnt work out either, so we tried LoveNotes again, this time with a different person (Randy Dicken), and he is much better suited to the kind of ceremony we want to have. 
    Good luck!
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:166cdde8-6786-48b6-b7ee-a1cee11fa239">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]We met with a guy from LoveNotes but didnt get a good vibe from him.. I wonder if it's the same person?  Anyway, we also met with Ari Gray, and that didnt work out either, so we tried LoveNotes again, this time with a different person (Randy Dicken), and he is much better suited to the kind of ceremony we want to have.  Good luck!
    Posted by its apelila[/QUOTE]

    <div>He is the one that canceled on me yesterday  :(</div>
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:002c70a9-2632-4900-a3b4-259544300a41">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who is/was your officiant? : He is the one that canceled on me yesterday  :(
    Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

    uh-oh.... maybe I'd better keep a backup in mind, just in case!  <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-sealed.gif" border="0" alt="Sealed" title="Sealed" />
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  • edited December 2011
    We have Marty booked.  If one of his guys flaked out on you, I would email him directly and find out what he can do to get someone else for your date.  Marty owns Love Notes and is the nicest guy you will ever talk to.  My friend got married 6 years ago and used him and when I got engaged he was the only person I wanted to talk to for doing our wedding.
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:b91b64b9-bde0-4629-982c-964e94eca543">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]We have Marty booked.  If one of his guys flaked out on you, I would email him directly and find out what he can do to get someone else for your date.  Marty owns Love Notes and is the nicest guy you will ever talk to.  My friend got married 6 years ago and used him and when I got engaged he was the only person I wanted to talk to for doing our wedding.
    Posted by manello[/QUOTE]

    I am going to give him another chance on Monday to meet, because I understand that some things happen.  I guess we shall see!
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    Wanted to offer up a tentative recommendation for Randy Dicken.  We met with him on Saturday to discuss our wedding and ended up booking him after about a 45 minute conversation.   We really liked him - very charming and friendly and gave some great advice without being pushy, seemed professional and knowledgeable... 
  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_iswas-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:9a43714e-057a-4f8c-8357-1c02197ff09fPost:1651e179-7094-4008-8a5f-bf65856a1ce6">Re: Who is/was your officiant?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Wanted to offer up a tentative recommendation for Randy Dicken.  We met with him on Saturday to discuss our wedding and ended up booking him after about a 45 minute conversation.   We really liked him - very charming and friendly and gave some great advice without being pushy, seemed professional and knowledgeable... 
    Posted by KellyWood[/QUOTE]

    <div>That's great! I'm glad to hear that it worked out for you.</div>
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