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What should I bring to the first meeting with my wedding officiant?

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  • Bill Cochran

    Say "I Do" Your Way

    www.sayidoyourway.com  
    301-926-2671

    Rev. Bill Cochran is the owner of Say I Do Your Way. In this company, Bill & his wife Joyce offer their services as wedding officiants and pre-marriage Counselors. They have been working with couples for the past thirty-nine years and have conducted hundreds of weddings. Bill also serves as a trainer for Life Innovations certification of counselors and clergy in the Metro Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia area. His extensive background in marriage and pre-marriage counseling has prepared hundreds of couples to navigate the tough issues of relationship building. Over the years, Bill & Joyce have built an exciting and fulfilling marriage relationship. Thus they see weddings as the greatest event in life. Helping other couples to share the same positive experience they enjoy in marriage is their primary goal. They LOVE weddings!

  • What should I bring to the first meeting with my wedding officiant?

    Reverend Bill Cochran of Say “I Do” Your Way gives pointers on how to choose an officiant for your wedding ceremony. His forty years of officiating weddings will heolp you feel confident as you prepare to interview your prospective officiant.

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    Host: What should I bring to the first meeting with my wedding officiant?

    Bill Cochran: I would say an open mind, an eagerness to explore as much as you can of the officiant's background. But as far as paper work, most officiants don't require any paper work at that first meeting. I would expect an officiant to offer you a contract and to go over the contract with you and if you feel that you may want to sign the contract at that point then bring your checkbook of course. But most officiants will offer you the convenience of going away and the two of you talking about that person and making a decision in.

    Sometimes you want to interview several and so you want to do some comparison and so when you come for that interview, just come relaxed. The officiant realizes that you haven't done this too many times. But be assured that the officiant has done it a lot and those are kind of questions to ask and really, feels very comfortable in meeting with people that they have never met with before and leading them through the process of understanding how they put a wedding ceremony together.

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