by Mark Allan Groleau | Feb 21, 2019 | Officiating Best Practices
I get asked at least once a week: How much of the wedding ceremony script can I read? Is it even okay to read it at all? How much of the script do I have to memorize? I love being the bearer of good news, so here it is: You can read absolutely all of the wedding...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Jan 25, 2019 | Officiating Best Practices
It can be debilitating: the fear of making a mistake while you’re officiating the ceremony and messing up the whole wedding. Why are you so worried about messing up? Because you’re a good and decent person! This is not just some solo presentation –...
by Mark Allan Groleau | May 30, 2018 | Officiating Best Practices
I got my first-ever negative review this week. I’m at my Macbook writing a wedding love story, when “bing!” – in comes an email from Wedding Wire saying I’ve received a review from “Spencer.” Right away, I’m a bit...
by Mark Allan Groleau | May 15, 2018 | Officiating Best Practices, Wedding Processional
When we’re talking about ring bearers and flowers girls coming down the aisle, the “when-do-they-enter” question is only half the conversation. We also need to consider how the kids are going to feel and how they might respond when their big moment...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Mar 29, 2018 | Officiating Best Practices, Officiating Business
We wedding officiants are going to meet several times with our couples in person. This is not a remote transaction, after all. We’re looking to strike a balance between advising the wedding couple from our experience and expertise and giving them as much say and...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Mar 22, 2018 | Officiating Best Practices, Officiating Business
One of the most daunting tasks to starting up our own officiating practice is putting together a Contract and Terms of Service. After all, we wedding officiants have enough to worry about – we’re doing the actual wedding ceremony work stuff! We’re...