One Part for the Officiant
May 16th, 2008 by Diar
Not long ago, my long-time-no-see friend from university got hitched, and to my surprise, she invited me (and some other friends) to her wedding ceremony (not only to her reception). I was pretty thrilled, as I’m planning a wedding myself, I feel that I need to ‘survey’ many other weddings as well. You know, to learn from the good or something.
Well, my friends and I came about twelve minutes late to the ceremony, when the officiant (we, Muslims, call this person penghulu) was giving his wedding sermon (we call it khutbah nikah), comprising advice and hopes for the newlyweds. Listening to what he said and, particularly, hearing his soft, wise voice, I just knew in an instant that I wanted this person to be my very own wedding ceremony officiant (my married-friend lives in the same regency as I do, so I have to have an officiant from the same area with where I conduct the ceremony).
Since my own wedding is still about a year ahead (and no fixed date yet), of course I decided not to contact him immediately. At least I got his name (and my married-friend said I could contact her anytime I needed the officiant’s contact number). Well then, so far I won’t have to be too worried about the officiant.