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Will the wedding officiant attend the rehearsal?

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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!

Will the wedding officiant attend the rehearsal?

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: Will the wedding officiant attend the rehearsal?

Bill Cochran: That really depends on your officiant. I know some who absolutely refuse to got to rehearsals claiming that they are in a hurry to a wedding and that's true, they do. The rehearsal is really I feel more for the bride and groom and their guests. You have there a very unique gathering of people that will never be together again. You have childhood friends, uncles, aunts, favorites from both sides of the family and they all are together and your aunt who changed your diapers likes to remind everybody about it and you have all those kinds of things going on in the rehearsal and rehearsals if they run right, should be a very fun time and I see this as a time for everybody to let off steam and get rid of all their nervousness so when the real wedding day comes, they are ready for it.

So some officiants feel like, I don't need to be a part of that. But I save this to the folks that I work with and your officiant, you need to ask them about it. But I will say it really depends on you. If you want me there, I would be happy to be there. I do charge a little extra for going to the rehearsal because it's an option and a decision for the bride and groom to make.

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