Who can serve as officiating pastor?
Each wedding at MAPC will be officiated by a member of our pastoral staff. You may request a specific MAPC pastor, or a pastor will be appointed on the basis of his or her availability. If you are interested in having a non-MAPC pastor participate in the service, you should indicate so to the officiating pastor during your first meeting. Ecumenical weddings have long been welcomed at MAPC. Ministers or priests (or clergy of non-Christian traditions) are invited to participate in the service by the officiating pastor, whose responsibility it is to make those arrangements. The couple is responsible for the preparation or approval of any documents that may be required by another denomination. Also, theirs is the responsibility of providing an honorarium for the visiting clergy.
