• Make certain that your prospective wedding officiator is degreed in his/her field. Ruling out those without long- time officiating experience, part-timers, beginners, internet or mail-order ordained, the questionable or those officiating just for fun, is an important start. A screened, career, professional officiator is a minimum standard from which to start.
• Make certain that your prospective wedding officiator can demonstrate a knowledge of home or Estate home wedding ceremony pro’s and con’s. Helping you to factor in a number of variables - sound system or lighting requirements, ceremony limitations due to location and the like.
• Consider the officiator’s physical qualities in the light of the home or private Estate home environment - inarticulate or soft speaking voice, untidy appearance, confident, friendly, or overall state of health
• Consider the officiator’s knowledge of the private Estate home marriage ceremony location. For example, the officiator’s actual experiences at your private Estate home wedding venue… i.e. their opinion on the wedding venue’s sound system, the location’s wedding coordinator, ceremony area’s strengths and weaknesses, caterer, etc.
• Is based with a reputable Orange County officiators group. A screened, career officiator with professional local wedding affiliations.
• Has a working experience with wedding locations in Orange County - Los Angeles County – Riverside County – San Bernardino County or San Diego County
• Make certain that your pre-selected marriage officiator will be the one presiding over your wedding ceremony. You do not want to meet with one wedding officiant/minister/clergy only to have another one show up on the wedding day. One that has not had significant home wedding ceremony experience.
• Make certain that your primary officiant/minister/clergy/justice of the peace can supply guaranteed emergency “back-up”, in the event of their illness. This “back-up” should agree to the terms arranged with your primary officiant. The “back-up” should perform the wedding ceremony content already agreed upon.
• Make certain that the officiant/minister/clergy/priest/rabbi/justice of the peace will add the warmth and personality to your ceremony, complimentary to the home wedding environment.
• Make certain that the marriage officiant consults with the wedding professionals directly related to your wedding ceremony & transition to the wedding reception festivities. The home or private Estate home wedding reception caterer, event planner or banquet coordinator, photographer, videographer, D.J., musicians, etc, are to be included in this list.
• A home or Estate home wedding ceremony should not focus on the limitations associated with the setting, but rather emphasize the locations advantages.

The Clergy Network… a home wedding officiator service can provide a minister, celebrant, clergy or other civil marriage officiator to perform your non-religious or religious wedding ceremony. We offer:

• A selection of trained, degreed and screened career professional wedding officiators. Male or female marriage presiders are represented. All home wedding ceremony experienced.
• A bride and groom the choice of wedding ceremony content and marriage vows. A wedding ceremony planning session which takes into consideration the home or Estate home wedding location.
• TCN’s proprietary on-line marriage ceremony wording library and organizational web space & ceremony planning materials
• Name change and marriage license information, paperwork and requirements will also be provided. In some cases, marriage licenses are issued by TCN. No visit to the Orange County Clerk’s office may be needed.
• TCN’s fulltime support staff are trained to assist in the bride’s and groom’s home wedding ceremony planning
• An officiator assisted wedding rehearsal package
• Week of the wedding phone conference (with bride, groom & officiator) & day of pre-ceremony coordination (by officiator with wedding ceremony vendors). A guaranteed emergency “back-up” officiator will be assigned to a couple’s chosen primary officiator.
• Filing of marriage license with Orange County Clerk Recorders Office or California Marriage License issuer