*Sigh* of Relief

Sigh of Relief

August 11th, 2010 @ 5:53 pm by Mrs. Barrettes
Share

I was a little stressed out about who was going to officiate our ceremony. I didn’t want a friend or family member, although I did want an elder in our community and someone with a message to share. Even though we are marrying at a winery and not a church, I knew we wanted more of a traditional Christian ceremony. Not knowing what to do, I sort of pushed it to the back of the list, knowing that it would eventually get sorted out.

I was quite happy to hear that Mom Barrettes took the initiative to ask the pastor of our church in Hershey, Derry Presbyterian Church, if he was interested. He definitely appeared to be at the time, and quite more so when he found out it would be in Napa. (Seriously, who can resist?) I then e-mailed him with pictures of Ryan and me and asked him if he would marry us…how cute! He agreed, and now we have our officiant! I’m so thrilled to have Dr. Houtz on board. He has known me since I was a wee girl, and his presence and blessing will make the day that much more special to everyone!

How did you choose your officiant?

Tags: guam, officiant |

Share |

Latest Gallery Pics

Hot Pink and White with Zebra 36" Lighted Spandex Ostrich Feather Centerpiece

15 Responses to “Sigh of Relief”

Guest

Dani_PA

So…just wondering, if you’re from Hershey, do you know Mrs. Sushi?

8/11/10 @ 6:10 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Thimble (message) 806 posts, Busy bee

What a cute picture!! Our officiants are stressful too- I keep having nightmares that they won’t show up! But that’s wonderful you have your family pastor flying out to Napa Big relief

8/11/10 @ 6:10 pm (reply)

Member

BrianneG (message) 938 posts, Busy bee

We asked a friend, but he said “no.” So we found a nice woman on Craigslist. She did an excellent job. I’m an atheist and he’s an agnostic (recovering Evangelical) so it wasn’t important that we find a minister. I liked a Universal Unitarian minister who performs lots of ceremonies, but those many ceremonies made him busy during our timeslot.

8/11/10 @ 6:15 pm (reply)

Member

Rgeddy (message) 2,186 posts, Buzzing bee

that is so cute! We also wanted someone meaningful but not in a church. We married outdoors in a garden with DHs uncle who’s a pastor. It was perfect!

8/11/10 @ 6:17 pm (reply)

Member

eeper (message) 485 posts, Helper bee

Um, I found mine on RentaPriest.com. Not kidding. We decided not to get married in a church, but I still wanted someone who was ordained a Catholic priest. He is fantastic!

8/11/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

Member

Knubbsy-Wubbsy (message) 2,395 posts, Buzzing bee

Oh hey- I actually know where your church is! Whenever concert traffic backs up Chocolate Ave I detour down by the golf course to get to work- thankfully managed to avoid that mess this summer.

While I grew up going to Hershey Free and the now retired head pastor was there for my dedication and then my baptism, we decided to get married in Texas and have a good friend perform the ceremony. He has known FH for years, graduated from the seminary on campus, is now the worship pastor for a church in Ft. Worth, and is a dancer and therefore very supportive of the dance-heavy reception. Our wedding will be his second as the officiant (his sister is getting married in May, I believe) and his third wedding for the year (the first will be his own!) I’m really excited so how it works out.

8/11/10 @ 6:54 pm (reply)

Member

bridesmomma (message) 451 posts, Helper bee

Hi Miss Barrettes, I just looked at a wedding blog featuring your venue—beautiful!
http://www.sylvaingentile.net/

8/11/10 @ 7:20 pm (reply)

Member

kahbooom (message) 74 posts, Worker bee

Well I’m getting married on New Year’s Eve, which sounds like a swell idea until you start actually planning it. We couldn’t find a church or pastor to marry us. Finally a friend said she knew someone. We will be married by a pastor who is currently a bartender at a beach bar while he takes some time away from the clergy to think things through. Needless to say he’s really fun!

8/11/10 @ 7:34 pm (reply)

Member

photographernico (message) 527 posts, Busy bee

Just beginning the officiant search. Glad to read there is light at the end of the tunnel!

8/11/10 @ 9:14 pm (reply)

10.

Bee

Mrs. Cola (message) 2,868 posts, Sugar bee

Congrats on securing your officiant! And who wouldn’t want an excuse to got to Napa anyway!

8/11/10 @ 9:49 pm (reply)

11.

Member

shaydenise (message) 1,151 posts, Bumble bee

Gah the officiant search for us was a complete nightmare! Finally we decided my FI brother doing it. I’m just glad that - as of yesterday - we have an officiant and I don’t have to think about it anymore lol.

8/12/10 @ 8:26 am (reply)

12.

Bee

Miss Barrettes (message) 883 posts, Busy bee

@dani: We have mutual friends! Will be meeting up with her in a few weeks!
@eeper: thats amazing! I’ve never heard of rentapriest.com– glad you found someone you liked!
@Knubbsy-Wubbsy: Love concerts in Hershey! Good Luck with your Texas wedding, sounds like your officiant will be great.
@bridesmomma: Thanks for the link. I actually looked at her when we were deciding on photography.
@kahboom: a New Years Eve wedding sounds like so much fun! love that your pastor is currently a beach bar bartender
@shaydenise: Congrats! Such a relief to check that off the list

8/12/10 @ 9:20 am (reply)

13.

Member

SandraMarie_1986 (message) 1,363 posts, Bumble bee

How great!

8/12/10 @ 1:57 pm (reply)

14.

Member

jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

Unfortunately I was not an active church go-er growing up so I don’t have someone special to officiate our wedding but even besides that we’re going to get married in a Catholic church per my Mr.’s wishes so we’re just going to go with their priest!

8/13/10 @ 12:14 am (reply)

15.

Bee

Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Yay! That’s awesome that everything worked out in the end. We haven’t chosen our officiant yet. It’ll either be Mr. G’s oldest brother, his middle brother, or our mutual friend we met here in Japan who is coming all the way from England. It depends on who is actually coming and who is willing…

8/13/10 @ 9:24 am (reply)