[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

ok... as u prolly know... cooter and i are getting married on oct 31st at the red bull rampage in UT... we have found a minister, who isnt a mormon, to perform the ceremony and he said that he doesnt have a fee but just leaves that up to the couple and requests some sort of "love offering"...

he is gonna have to travel 45 min from his home to do this ceremony and will be doing so on a sunday after his regular services at his church... I'm just curious what others had paid or donated to ministers for their weddings and what seemed fair... i would like to also compensate him for his gas since he is traveling quite a distance for 2 complete strangers...

any ideas???

 

[BurlyShirley]

...just say "thanks alot"

 

[WestCoastHucker]

................
any ideas???

a bridesmaid?

 

[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

a bridesmaid?

ur wife gonna be accompanying you there??? ya'll could stand in as our best man and matron of honor...

then we could just offer her up! ha ha j/k...

 

[Slugman]

Hard to say. We had her grandfather's pastor at our ceremony. We gave him $100 cash, but we also invited his family to the reception (open bar and plenty of really nce food). ink:

Oh, and the money wasn't for him... it's for "his church".

 

[Cooter Brown]

I was thinking some hits from the bong

 

[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

I was thinking some hits from the bong

i'd rather give him $ than share! ha ha

 

[golgiaparatus]

I was thinking some hits from the bong

I was thinking you should just let him huck your bike off parts of the course and call it good.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

I was thinking some hits from the bong

werd....

i'll kick in too...

 

[ghostrider]

Sounds to me like the wedding is just getting too complicated, and your best bet would be to call the thing off while you still can. That will save you time and money, both now and next year when the charm wears off.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I'd probably give him $200.00

 

[Cooter Brown]

I was thinking you should just let him huck your bike off parts of the course and call it good.

ummmmmmm, I don't think one sunday's offering would cover the costs of a "rental" of my bike

 

[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

I was thinking you should just let him huck your bike off parts of the course and call it good.

any way u could make it out?

we would love for you to be there!!!

 

[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

Sounds to me like the wedding is just getting too complicated, and your best bet would be to call the thing off while you still can. That will save you time and money, both now and next year when the charm wears off.

well the charm prolly wore off the first week when cooter showed up at rehab with his overalls on with a pearl snap shirt with the sleeves cut off and his converse all stars on! he he... :heart:

 

[ghostrider]

well the charm prolly wore off the first week when cooter showed up at rehab with his overalls on with a pearl snap shirt with the sleeves cut off and his converse all stars on! he he... :heart:

Well then, give him a crisp $100 bill and live happily ever after. Everybody likes a hundred dollar bill.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

well the charm prolly wore off the first week when cooter showed up at rehab with his overalls on with a pearl snap shirt with the sleeves cut off and his converse all stars on! he he... :heart:

the chucks make any man a true pimp

 

[Cooter Brown]

werd....

i'll kick in too...

kick in, or toke up? cuz it better be the latter

 

[WestCoastHucker]

kick in, or toke up? cuz it better be the latter

hell, i'd smoke him out. i bet he would go off into some deep tangents...

 

[McGRP01]

I think we gave our minister $100, but he didn't have to travel more than 10 mins. to our wedding.

 

[bikebabe]

My husband's mentor and his wife married us---both are ministers. We knew them well, they didn't want a fee and we took them out to lunch several times as we went over the ceremony and afterwards. And then we "faked" that that was it...thanks so much...etc, etc. Well a week or two later, they went on vacation to the same B&B where we went for our "honeymoon" and discovered as they were checking out that we had paid for their room.

For someone you don't know, $100-$200, depending on how much time he's investing and how much you like him.

 

[TreeSaw]

I think we gave our minister $100, but he didn't have to travel more than 10 mins. to our wedding.

Same here. You might want to give him a bit more for gas/time.

 

[jtoomey]

$200 at my wedding ten years ago

 

[BMXman]

75 bucks at mine but she (the justice of the peace) also had all you can eat food and beverage...plus the pleasure of my company

 

[BurlyShirley]

Hmmm...

It just seems such a waste. Ask if he'll dress up like Elvis, than I guess Id pay him...

 

[Mocha]

I'm getting married in a few weeks and our JP is $100 cdn.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>.. we have found a minister, who isnt a mormon, to perform the ceremony and he said that he doesnt have a fee but just leaves that up to the couple and requests some sort of "love offering"...

Riiiiiiiiiight. You're going to southern Utah and you found a minister who's NOT a mormon..... *sure* he isn't. Oh, and he wants a "love offering".........

You guys might want to be *real* careful to make sure you don't end up in a white slavery ring.......

-S.S.-

 

[Tom Church]

The Catholic church that we got married at last year reqired a $500 "donation"...good thing her dad paid it...

they where the only catholic church that would marry us as I am not babtized.

Tom

 

[SkaredShtles]

The Catholic church that we got married at last year reqired a $500 "donation"...good thing her dad paid it...

they where the only catholic church that would marry us as I am not babtized.

Sounds like a bribe or a payoff, yah pagan.

-S.S.-

 

[T-Blazer]

got married by the town judge . he told us what ever was comfortable with us , so we gave him 150 bucks . he did a great job , and it took about a hour of his time . congrats

 

[TULSATUMBLERSGF]

I'm getting married in a few weeks and our JP is $100 cdn.

congrats...

u'll have to post pics!

 

[Clark Kent]

i would like to also compensate him for his gas since he is traveling quite a distance for 2 complete strangers...

any ideas???

Does the shepard look at sheep not met as strangers? I think not. Let him bask in the glow of joining two who love each other, and buy him one of those lil blow up kids.....

 

[Slugman]

The Catholic church that we got married at last year reqired a $500 "donation"...good thing her dad paid it...

they where the only catholic church that would marry us as I am not babtized.

Tom

Yeah... we looked at a Church - they wanted about a $1200 "tithing". They didn't even ask about our denomination or care if we attended any classes...

Dante has a level reserved for them... :evil: