Officiant Donation

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• MrsGandthebeag member

  

  April 2013

  I would probably give $150.  

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• Sierra524 member

  

  April 2013

  I agree with PP, $150 sounds about right. That is what our pastor charges for his services and well as use of the church.

  
  

  
  

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• OwningAHome1981 member

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:175b3dc3-4b74-49a9-984f-4e1a16ac7284">Re: Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]I agree with PP, $150 sounds about right. That is what our pastor charges for his services and well as use of the church.
  Posted by Sierra524[/QUOTE]
  
  wow. Ours is $525 and that's without the church!
  
  haha stupid NY

  

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• Sierra524 member

  

  April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:13d77e6a-b645-42be-8f24-bb6245dd37a3">Re: Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Officiant Donation : wow. Ours is $525 and that's without the church! haha stupid NY
  Posted by OwningAHome1981[/QUOTE]
  
  Alot of the bigger churches around here charge that. We looked at one that was like $700! We were lucky to find this smaller church. I also really like the Pastor. Hes traditional, but realizes that not everybody else is. He doesnt judge us for living together already, even though he doesnt really advocate it. A lot of Pastors at the bigger churches are way different.

  
  

  
  

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• OwningAHome1981 member

  

  April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:a24e976a-f148-4062-85e9-70e24c10d3fc">Re: Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Officiant Donation : Alot of the bigger churches around here charge that. We looked at one that was like $700! We were lucky to find this smaller church. I also really like the Pastor. Hes traditional, but realizes that not everybody else is. He doesnt judge us for living together already, even though he doesnt really advocate it. A lot of Pastors at the bigger churches are way different.
  Posted by Sierra524[/QUOTE]
  
  Oh we aren't having our ceremony at a church at all- we are having it at the reception venue. I don't know if our pastor charges an off-site fee or something but everything in NY is more expensive in general. He is a really amazing officiant though.
  
  He is willing accomodate our 100% non-religious ceremony, which is awesome, b/c that's super important to us to not have any religion included (our families are of different religions but we are both non-practicing and I'm not a believer so non-religious just made the most sense).

  

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• JoanE2012 member

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:6005f2f0-f57c-46c9-9065-a9a3fea642b1">Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]Our wedding officiant is not affiliated with any specific church and we came into contact with him through a mutual friend.  He doesn't charge a fee to perform a wedding ceremony, but he does ask the couple to donate to a memorial scholarship fund in memory of his late son.  He said we should give, "Whatever amount you feel comfortable with."  What do you think is a good amount?  I want to make sure we are giving the right amount and not being cheap.  What would E do?
  Posted by walgrrl[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>I would donate whatever the average officiant charge is in your area.  If you don't know, just call up a couple and ask.  Our officiant was $600. </div>

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• Sierra524 member

  

  April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:c8acbadf-d279-4932-9d7e-d5ca9ce0d56b">Re: Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Officiant Donation : Oh we aren't having our ceremony at a church at all- we are having it at the reception venue. I don't know if our pastor charges an off-site fee or something but everything in NY is more expensive in general. He is a really amazing officiant though. He is willing accomodate our 100% non-religious ceremony, which is awesome, b/c that's super important to us to not have any religion included (our families are of different religions but we are both non-practicing and I'm not a believer so non-religious just made the most sense).
  Posted by OwningAHome1981[/QUOTE]
  
  We thought of having an officiant (outside of the church & non-denominational) bc we were going to have our ceremony on the beach. They charge about $150 as well.  But the more I thought about it (& we went to church a few times), the more we realized we really wanted to have it in the church.

  
  

  
  

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• NYCMercedes member

  

  April 2013

  $300 just for the pastor here.

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• LiLe422 member

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_officiant-donation-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:1beff272-9774-4669-8378-25a46bac8775Post:6005f2f0-f57c-46c9-9065-a9a3fea642b1">Officiant Donation</a>:
  [QUOTE]Our wedding officiant is not affiliated with any specific church and we came into contact with him through a mutual friend.  He doesn't charge a fee to perform a wedding ceremony, but he does ask the couple to donate to a memorial scholarship fund in memory of his late son.  He said we should give, "Whatever amount you feel comfortable with."  What do you think is a good amount?  I want to make sure we are giving the right amount and not being cheap.  What would E do?
  Posted by walgrrl[/QUOTE]
  
  My officiant is charging us $200, which I feel is very reasonable for this area.

  
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

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• walgrrl member

  

  April 2013

  Thanks everyone!  Taking into account what everyone said, and looking at officiant fees in my area, I think we will go with $200.  Thanks for the help, because I really had no idea!

  

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