http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards: Forum: Interfaith - Recent Posts en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:55:54 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/where-do-you-start-when-planning-a-wedding-1#post-3219918 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:26:30 +0000 cjfs 3219918@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>i just got engaged and found this list:</p> <p><a href="http://www.brides.com/wedding-answers-tools/getting-started/2010/06/Start_Button" rel="nofollow">http://www.brides.com/wedding-answers-tools/getting-started/2010/06/Start_Button</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>good luck!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3201584 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:25 +0000 DeadlyNightshade 3201584@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p><a href="#post-3199006">@Ms Hedgehog:</a>&nbsp; Haha It actually started out as a joke. I'm black so my SO made a joke about me having his little Lenny Kravitzes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Me: "So they're going to be Christian?"</p> <p>SO: "I thought he was Jewish."</p> <p>Me: "Uh...they'll be Jews for Jesus?"</p> <p>SO: "I do not think that means what you think it means."</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We're nerds.</p> <p>We looked it up, found out about the messianic temple somehow, and thought it was a really cool combination of both of us.&nbsp; We're about 99% sold on this, but we want to spend some more time checking it out.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/priest-and-imam-what-do-you-think-are-reasonable-fees#post-3200683 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:58:25 +0000 bearlove 3200683@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Hmmmm, this seems pretty high to me. &nbsp;If you're a member of a house of worship the clergy there usually does it for a 'donation' to the congregation that is much smaller than that.....but I'm really not sure if you're not a member of officiant's congregation.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/priest-and-imam-what-do-you-think-are-reasonable-fees#post-3200677 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:57:24 +0000 Jenniphyr 3200677@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Holy crap!</p> <p>The officiants in our area are typically about $250, and I thought that THAT was expensive based on what I've heard from the Bee! (Lots of people say they gave $100ish.)</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/priest-and-imam-what-do-you-think-are-reasonable-fees#post-3200645 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:50:21 +0000 rubia12 3200645@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Hi there hive - here's my question: what is a reasonable fee for our officiants?</p> <p>We are having an interfaith ceremony at a country club and both an imam and a priest will be officiating. The priest told me that he usually gets $1000 for ceremonies like ours, and we should pay the imam the same to be fair.</p> <p>I definitely didn't budget $2000 for officiant fees so I'm kinda stressing out. Has anyone done a ceremony like our and how much did you pay the officiants? Does this sound like a reasonable rate to you or is it more than average? I know when my sister got married at our local Catholic church she paid the priest $200 after paying another $200 in fees to the church itself.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3199309 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:12 +0000 FMCollado 3199309@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>FH is catholic and I'm Adventist. the good news is church is on saturdays for me and mass is on sundays for him. so we will switch off every other weekend with the whole family going to mass one week, church the next.&nbsp;</p> <p>we will baptize the kids when they are babies bc his mom is uber catholic and will have a cow if we don't, then we will dedicate them in my church as well - Adventists don't baptize babies either. later when the kids are old enough to choose their religions if I win (j/k!) they will be baptized as young adults.&nbsp;</p> <p>luckily we're both christians so all the basic principles are the same, its mostly the rituals that are different. unfortounately we share all the same holidays so no extra celebrations :)&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3199203 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:29 +0000 Tessemasgirl 3199203@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>This is something that DH and I discuss alot. DH is Christian Orthodox while I am Athiest. We have decided that we will raise our children to understand what we both believe and allow our child to pick themself.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3199117 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:13:08 +0000 macshap 3199117@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p><a href="#post-3194230">@Ms Hedgehog:</a>&nbsp; We're planning something similar (I'm Epicopalian, he's reform Jewish) but we still need to work out some kinks. I still want kids to experience church and some sunday school, while he wants the kids to go to Hebrew School and be bar/bat mitzvah'd. But ultimately, we want each child to choose his/her own religion based on what they believe- and we'll love them no matter what they choose. There is a pretty good book (I can give you the name of it if you want it), that gives accounts of many interfaith families and their experiences with finding a religion for their child/ren. It was nice to read what worked and didn't work in these families.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3199014 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:52:02 +0000 Ms. Meowerson 3199014@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>this is how i was raised.&nbsp; loved it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>planning on doing the same thing- but with an emphasis on heritage and tradition more than religion.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/spinoff-interfaith-couples-children-and-religion-whats-the-plan#post-3199006 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:29 +0000 Ms Hedgehog 3199006@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p><a href="#post-3194328">@Seaside:</a>&nbsp; They have those? Of course they have those. That sounds fun!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="#post-3194415">@DeadlyNightshade:</a>&nbsp; I love that you guys are "meeting half way" with raising them messianic. I tried to talk to Mr. Hedgie about that but he wasn't a fan. I can kinda get it.</p>