Silly Q, do you have to

SweetCin704 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:11 AM

Silly Q, do you have to

tip your priest?

I was at a christening for my niece yesterday & my bro/SIL tipped the priest a significant amount of $ for performing the service.

angnick Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:13 AM

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Yes, a tip goes anywhere from 50-100. Afterall, it is a business for them too!

klingklang77 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:21 AM

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i thought you dont have to tip the priest? there is already a large 'donation' for them, and i dont think a priest performing a wedding is a business for them.

lipglossjunky73 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:22 AM

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I'm Jewish - I wasn't planning to tip my Rabbi - weddings are the only thing he does and he's his own business....

smara Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:28 AM

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I thought you didnt have to tip the priest, bu the alter boys and any church musicians assisting in your wedding.

hmpena Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:30 AM

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We did not tip the priest.

DandS Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:14 AM

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Yeah I did not think that you had to tip the priest either. I thought it was the donation. Actually I thought that they were not even aloud to take a tip.

Beth1210 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:17 AM

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we didn't-

we made a large donation

SunBride07 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:29 AM

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I also heard you don't have to tip the priest

BernandRob Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:44 AM

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I don't think you should tip the priest, but if there are alter servers you tip them

KandE917 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:48 AM

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i am tipping my priest - it's not in my church so he is traveling to our reception site and charges nothing...not like the RABBI!!! - it's a crime what they charge....so I am tipping my priest!

Summer101 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 11:59 AM

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Etiquette says that you do not tip the priest because he is am member of the church, if you want to give a donation to the church you can.

ali120206 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 12:01 PM

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Posted by smara

I thought you didnt have to tip the priest, bu the alter boys and any church musicians assisting in your wedding.

This is what we plan on doing (although since the priest is my FH's uncle, we're paying for his accomodations).

Soon2BeMrsS Posted: Feb 13, 2006 06:22 PM

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Posted by angnick

Yes, a tip goes anywhere from 50-100. Afterall, it is a business for them too!

SweetCin704 Posted: Feb 13, 2006 06:23 PM

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See that is what I thought to & my brother got an envelope from the church that says:

Priest Donation/Tip on it (for a christening), I never heard of that before.

marymoon Posted: Feb 13, 2006 06:25 PM

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I think AI would probably tip the priest..the donation is going to the church, a tip would go to him for whatever he wanted to spend it on personally.

A rabbi, probably not, since we're personally paying money to the rabbi himself.