
Wedding Officiant & Officiant Training
Congrats on finding your person!
Now find your peace of mind in our officiating support.
Call us your Wedding Officiant, Celebrant, Minister, or Third Wheel, we’ve got you!
Customized Wedding Ceremony
Intimate Wedding / Micro Wedding
Traditional Wedding
LGBTQ Wedding
Multi-Cultural Wedding
Interfaith Wedding
Secular Wedding
Religious Wedding
Destination Wedding
Elopement Officiant
Vow Renewals
Ceremony Script Writing
Vow Writing Assistance
Marriage License Signing
Wedding Rehearsal
Premarital Counseling
Officiant Training
Commitment Ceremonies
Profound Ceremonies
Planning your Chicago wedding?
You want a ceremony that feels as unique and vibrant, not a generic script, but a heartfelt reflection of your one-of-a-kind love story. Trust us to craft a ceremony that is personal, engaging, and unforgettable.
Whether you envision a ceremony that is deeply romantic, filled with laughter, or beautifully blends traditions, we specialize in collaborating with you to create a custom script that captures the essence of your journey.
Your confidant and ghost writer, we’ll listen and learn so we can articulate the goodness of your relationship in the perfect ceremony made just for you, whether spiritual, secular or somewhere in between.
Clients consistently share that their experience through the process feels supported, educational and approachable. It doesn’t hurt that guests gush about how sweet and sincere, even moving our ceremonies are.
Let's work together to design a ceremony that will leave you and your guests with a lasting, joyful memory.
Expert Chicago Wedding Officiating
We specialize in crafting custom ceremonies that beautifully tell your unique love story, creating a moment that feels authentically yours. From intimate elopements to grand celebrations, we curate your wedding ceremony to be a true reflection of you as a couple.
Officiant Services
Ceremony Officiating
60 minute Ceremony Briefing Interview
Logistics Review
Marriage License & Certificate Education
Ceremony Preferences
Your Love StoryScript Writing
Script draft shared for review and collaborative feedback phase
Wedding Ceremony Solemnization, Management of Marriage License
800
+Wedding Ceremony Rehearsal 150
+Micro Wedding Emcee 200 per hour
+Relationship Agreement Session 150
+Vow Consultation 200
Consider adding premarital counseling to provide guidance as you navigate your journey to marriage. Learn more here.
Officiant FAQs
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Our process for getting to know you as a couple includes about an hour interview for logistics, preferences, and love story. We integrate what we learn into your ceremony script draft and you get to review it!
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100% It’s important to us that you have a chance to review your script, provide feedback, and get excited!
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Our default is in the middle of the spectrum between serious & light-hearted, spiritual & secular, community & couple. We’ll make sure we’re on the same page with your preferences during the interview so your script resonates best with you.
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We can receive a draft of your vows by email for a brief side-by-side comparison. Plus we’ll share helpful tips during the interview process.
If you want help starting your draft or an in-depth consultation that can be added a la carte.
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We don’t have live client videos to share but we’re happy to share a reading at the end of our interview call so you can hear how we go into our orator voice!
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Our base rate for wedding ceremonies is $800. That includes our interview, script writing, editing, performance, and marriage license submission.
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We are in our 7th year of business and have officiated over 130 ceremonies! Join our happily married and profound couples!
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We have a team of ordained folks who can step in to perform a ceremony in the case of emergencies or, with enough notice, we can train a loved one to be ordained and perform our script for you.
Knock on wood Our emergency coverage has hever been needed and we are on the emergency list of many peers and wedding planners! -
Yes! We will offer education about the process during the interview. We will fill out and sign the license and submit it to the correct municipality.
The couple must obtain their legal marriage license and hand it off at the ceremony. Post-ceremony, the couple orders their marriage certificate.
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YES! We love all our couples, but let’s be honest, we really love our couples who are prioritizing what is most important to them.
Bring your queer, secular, inter-faith, or up-for-anything-selves and we’ll meet you where you are.
Consider checking out our Commitment Ceremonies that are not legally binding but celebrate milestones, beginnings, and endings for all folks.
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During our interview we’ll check in with you about fashion expectations like colors to aim for or avoid and show some examples.
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This is one of our favorite elements. We’ll ask if you have any ideas and we’ll show some recommendations for you to consider. Nothing is to traditional or non-traditional for us- trust us, we’ve probably seen it (yes, unity tequila or kombucha shots are a thing).
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So glad you asked! Officiating is such an honor, to be a guiding party of your wedding journey, and the calming anchor at the top of your aisle.
Officiating offers a unique opportunity to learn about so many people, and provides a creative writing outlet unlike anything else. Bonus, it’s what inspired us to train in and offer premarital support, and now couple and family therapy in our other work!
Would you love for a friend or family member to officiate your wedding? We have exactly what you need to set them up for success. Learn more here
Become a confident wedding officiant in under two hours or at your own pace with expert, on demand training.
Looking for the minimum legal ceremony without the fluff? Ask about a Marriage License Signing.
Looking for something different? Check out our Commitment Ceremonies.
Photos on this page by Ian Rempel, Dearest Photo and Nicole DePhillipis.