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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Advice/opinions needed re: wedding honorarium

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:01:39 PM EDT

Is $200 a reasonable honorarium for the officiant at a wedding? Too much? Too little? It's to be a 150 guest church wedding w/Communion. FWIW, the officiant is salaried at about $70K a year. I need to settle the question before tomorrow afternoon.

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:20:00 PM EDT

[#1]

The tradition down home is for the bride and groom to send the preacher a dollar a year til he dies.

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:23:10 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Is $200 a reasonable honorarium for the officiant at a wedding? Too much? Too little? It's to be a 150 guest church wedding w/Communion. FWIW, the officiant is salaried at about $70K a year. I need to settle the question before tomorrow afternoon.

Since when did a priest get a salary? $200 sounds reasonable.

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:39:26 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Is $200 a reasonable honorarium for the officiant at a wedding? Too much? Too little? It's to be a 150 guest church wedding w/Communion. FWIW, the officiant is salaried at about $70K a year. I need to settle the question before tomorrow afternoon.

Since when did a priest get a salary? $200 sounds reasonable.

AFAIK, all priests get salaries.

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:42:01 PM EDT

[#4]

At my parish, the priests get spending money, but don't get any salary.

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:45:18 PM EDT

[#5]

Ministers and such all get salaries

Posted: 12/16/2005 5:55:15 PM EDT

[#6]

Most get salaries. They maybe men of the cloth but they are also people and need people type things.

You dont want your pastor to be a beggar in your parish.

Posted: 12/16/2005 6:07:04 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Since when did a priest get a salary?

Duh?! That's what the donation basket is for.

Posted: 12/16/2005 7:58:17 PM EDT

[#8]

My fee is $100.00 a wedding, however, I have never received it yet! (I DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING).................Most Pastor's don't charge their members a fee for a wedding. It is common to receive an honorarium though for weddings. Most people are annoyed if you don't accept it, they give it to you out of love and expect you to take it as a gift. Some Pastor's donate the money to their Church treasuries so as not to seem greedy. You also have to claim this as income on your w-2. It is taxable.

PASTOR TOM

Posted: 12/18/2005 9:27:24 AM EDT

[#9]

Went with $200. He seemed pleased when I spoke to him this morning.

Posted: 12/18/2005 10:59:34 AM EDT

[#10]

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Went with $200. He seemed pleased when I spoke to him this morning.

Good move. I paid around $125 years back, so you're right in the ball park.

The only problem is, the warranty was no good, and it didn't feel right to ask him for a refund.

So I hope you didn't let her eat any cake, there's something in it that causes headaches.

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