When people ask me what I do, I tell them I am a wedding officiant. I usually get that quizzical look and then the question: “Uh, what is a wedding efficient?” “No, no. A wedding oh-fish-ee-ant,” I say, enunciating.

Almost everyone I have said that to doesn’t know that my profession exists. You can call me whatever you want – - wedding minister, wedding clergy, wedding official, wedding officiate, ceremony officiant, humanist officiant, celebrant, that guy who marries people, officiant dude- – anything. That’s okay. It’s more important that you know what I can do for you.

I can help you get married, easily. In addition, I can issue you a marriage license. I save you time and hassle and can accomodate any type of wedding ceremony or wedding requests. I’m here to help.

Below are some official definitions, or officiant definitions you might say:

From A Glossary of Terms :

Officiant
This is the cleric or secular official that carries out the ceremony. For non religious weddings, he or she might be a justice of the peace, magistrate or even the Captain of a ship (when onboard).

From Wikipedia:

Officiant
An officiant is someone who officiates at (i.e. leads) a service or ceremony, such as marriage, burial, or namegiving/baptism. Officiants may be ordained by any denomination as members of their clergy, or by secular/Humanist or Interfaith/Interspiritual religious bodies. Officiants differ from Chaplains in that Officiants serve the unaffiliated public at large, while Chaplains are usually employed by an institution such as the military, a hospital or other health care facility, etc. The term “Officiant” also includes Justices of the Peace, celebrants, notaries, and other people empowered by law to perform legally-binding private ceremonies.

Marriage Officiant
Marriage officiant is a civil officer who performs acts of marriage or civil union. Their main responsibility is to receive and witness the consent of the intended spouses and to ensure the legal formalities, and hence the validity of the marriage or civil union, observed.

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Southwest Magazine, Spirit, recommended Officiant Guy

A man wrote into the Fly Girl column of Spirit, the monthly magazine issued by Southwest Airlines. He and his fiance had decided on a private small wedding when they got engaged but it started snowballing into a larger, more stressful wedding. He wanted to elope and was thinking about a destination wedding.

Fly Girl responded that wedding planning is stressful and talked about elopement packages and wedding location alternatives. She suggested us!

From Spirit, September 2007 officiant recommendatons:  “You could do . . . a California terrace overlooking the sea (check out Officiant Guy, who covers the waterfront of SoCal at officiantguy.com).”

Don’t forget that he can also issue you a marriage license, so your elopement package is easy. Plus he knows a great photographer who makes you look great!

Thanks Fly Girl for recommending the Officiant Guy.