The ceremony.

Wedding vows are a pledge exchanged between the bride and groom. They are marrying each other in the presence of their officiant, family, and friends. Marrying each other!

So a wedding ceremony should fit the couple -- their relationship, spirituality, cultures, and location preferences. Your Marriage Makers wedding officiant will facilitate, not dictate. When the vows are authentic and the ceremony reflects what is most genuine to the couple, cherished memories are made. Your ceremony becomes more than just, "I do!"



The relationship.

A wedding formalizes a lifelong relationship, which began when the couple first looked into each other's eyes. Romance. Love. Sex. Commitment. Trust. All of these contribute. Yet more is needed. Above all, marriage is a relationship – an exotic tango of different desires and styles.

But our culture is not friendly to long-term relationships. Impatience, isolation, and ignorance tear at the fabric of all marriages. We are especially lacking in adequate and formal marriage preparation. Other cultures know the importance of mentored and ritualized preparation for this socially essential life change. Marriage Makers agrees. If we help put couples together, we should help them stay together.

So Marriage Makers gives each couple access to an array of relationship tools to improve their communication and commitment skills. Our officiants believe marriage enrolls a couple in the School of Relationships, from which there is no graduation. Our society, our children, our families, and our nation need couples who excel at love and life.



Experience and education.

Wedding, officiants are made, not born. Officiating requires much more than reading services and signing forms. Brides and grooms need advice and guidance informed by training and years of practice. Marriage preparation counseling is a skillful and tenderhearted endeavor. Marriage Makers officiants offer years of experience working with couples to create honest and meaningful ceremonies. Rab freeman holds a masters degree in counseling. Bill Swearingen has been counseling couples since 1984. Bill Howden became an Episcopal priest in 1974. He's had extensive counseling training and worked with couples for many years. All Marriage Makers officiants keep abreast of the latest relationship literature.

Contact Marriage Makers when you want the best.



Testimonials

David and I were both very happy with the ceremony you performed for us. We thought that having a collaborative approach to writing our ceremony made it very easy to have our feelings expressed in a format that was appropriate for a wedding ceremony. Thank you for your efforts and support!! My father took the copy of our wedding prayers, folded it, put it in his pocket, and commented, “I’m keeping this. I’ll remind you if you forget what you promised. You guys said all the right things!”

Kathleen and David

We loved everything you did for us, with the counseling and with the ceremony. We can’t think of a single thing we would have changed. We will recommend you to friends. Thanks so much for participating in our wedding, it was fabulous and unforgettable!

Laura and Justin

Mike and I talked, and we could not think of a single thing that we would suggest to make your services better. We thoroughly enjoyed working with you, and in fact, you exceeded our expectations. We really enjoyed your experience as a counselor and your willingness to work with us to make the event a truly special occasion (which it was!). We would highly recommend you to friends in need of these services.

We are truly enjoying married life.

Thank you so much again.
Laura and Mike