Illuminating Paths

The ceremony planning process includes the following steps:

Step 1: Couple requests the Initial Consultation

Step 2: Couple secures officiant's services by returning the Wedding Officiant Booking Agreement along with a $195 non-refundable booking fee

Step 3: Couple secures marriage license according to the laws of that state

Step 4: Couple returns completed Ceremony Workbook to officiant at least 1 month prior to the ceremony date

Step 5: Couple schedules Final Consultation to be held within a month of the ceremony (2 weeks before the ceremony is most common)

Step 6: Two weeks before the ceremony, couple pays ceremony fee

Step 7: At Final Consultation - officiant presents a final draft copy of the ceremony text, fills out the rehearsal worksheet, and discusses last-minute details and final editing of the ceremony

Step 8: Officiant arrives at your ceremony location about 45 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony. After the ceremony, he fills out the marriage license and mails it to the appropriate courthouse