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Wedding Officiant Services
Marriage is a commitment of friendship, of love, of togetherness. It’s my privilege and joy to counsel, celebrate, and unite a diverse range of partnerships, including interfaith, multicultural, and non-traditional couples. Let’s create a ceremony as unique as your love story.
Tying the Knot? Let’s Craft a Ceremony That Celebrates What Makes Your Love Extraordinary
Thousands of important moments fill our lives, but marriage is one of particular significance. Despite all our differences, love is what we all share. It’s the great unifier, our one universal truth. No matter who we are, where we’ve come from, what we believe, we know one thing for sure: love is what we’re doing right.
Marriage is more sophisticated than an easy happily ever after. It’s not one single moment, it’s every moment. It’s devotion to an ongoing script, written across time. As your wedding officiant, I’m here to help you express that devotion in words that move, inspire, and linger long after the last guest has gone home.
Why Hire an Officiant for Your Wedding Day?
The pressure to do and say the right thing can interfere with the joyful experience of a wedding. Having an experienced officiant to lead the ceremony gives it a sense of purpose and cohesion. It allows you to be overcome by emotion, not overwhelmed by words on your special day.
Whether you want to leave your guests laughing, crying, or both, we will create an unforgettable experience that fills you and your guests with happiness and excitement for your future together. A ceremony officiant becomes the voice of your love story, freeing you to simply feel, react, and be present in one of life’s most meaningful moments.
And for those happy couples who choose to marry in self-solemnizing states like Colorado, you may either simply take my words, say your vows, and run off into the sunset, or let my words carry you away in person. The beauty of a personalized wedding ceremony is that it bends to fit your vision, not the other way around.
Will You Keep Each Other as Your Favorite Person?
To laugh with, embark on new experiences with, support through life’s tough times, be proud of, grow old with, and find new reasons to love every day? Then let’s craft a memorable ceremony that honors those intentions.
When you hire a wedding officiant, you’re not just checking a legal box. You’re inviting someone into one of your most intimate moments, trusting them to translate your private promises into public celebration. That’s a responsibility I take seriously, and it’s also an absolute joy.
How Am I Qualified to Officiate Your Wedding?
As a therapist, I am, essentially, a counselor of love. Deep understanding of human need for connection and emotion is at the core of what I do. As an award-winning actor, I am skilled at transforming words into performance. Eliciting emotion is what I do.
Working in tandem, my experience adds a little spark to already burning embers. I will create and conduct a personalized wedding ceremony that reflects you as a couple and conveys a sense of love and friendship. This dual training means your wedding ceremony script doesn’t just sound beautiful, it feels beautiful. Every word is chosen with intention, every pause timed for maximum impact.
I will work with you to craft a ceremony based on your wishes, ensuring it is as spiritual, secular, formal, or relaxed as you wish. I will support you along the way as we work to create a beautiful personalized wedding ceremony that is warm, engaging, and perfectly tailored to those present.
A Ceremony Officiant for All Love Stories
Love doesn’t follow a script, and neither should your wedding. I’m honored to work with interfaith couples, multicultural partnerships, and non-traditional relationships. Your love is valid. Your story matters. Your ceremony should reflect the truth of who you are, not some cookie-cutter template.
Whether you’re blending religious traditions, honoring cultural heritage, or forging an entirely new path, hiring a wedding officiant who understands your unique needs gives you the freedom to marry on your own terms. A thoughtful ceremony officiant respects your story and ensures every element honors what matters most to you. And if you have someone else in mind to perform the ceremony, I am also happy to help coach them and develop a personalized script. Sometimes the best gift is empowering the people you love to stand up and speak for your love.
The Journey from Hello to I Do
Creating a ceremony that captures your unique love story is a process, and I’m with you every step of the way.
Step One: Reserve a Date
Send me an inquiry with your wedding date and a few details. We’ll schedule a meet and greet to make sure we’re a good fit and make it official after a $150 deposit and signed contract. This first conversation is about chemistry. You need to know that your wedding officiant gets you, understands what you’re trying to create, and can deliver it with authenticity.
Step Two: Create the Ceremony Blueprint
We’ll collaborate during a discovery meeting to talk about what kind of ceremony you have in mind and pinpoint elements of personalization important to you. I’ll walk you through the timeline of the ceremony and make sure your marriage license is in order.
This is where we dig deep. I’ll ask you to consider questions like: What does marriage mean to you, and how do you want that reflected in your ceremony? Why do you want a wedding? What kind of wedding do you want? What kind of experience do you want your family and guests to have at your wedding? How religious, spiritual, or secular do you want your wedding to be? How do you want your ceremony to feel?
These aren’t just logistical questions. They’re invitations to articulate what matters most. Your answers shape every line of your wedding ceremony script, ensuring the words I write are truly yours. This collaborative approach to crafting your wedding ceremony script means nothing feels generic or borrowed. It’s all you.
Step Three: Seal It With a Kiss
The day of the wedding, I’ll perform the ceremony and sign the marriage license. After the party, I’ll send you a copy of the ceremony and a link to leave a review. You’ll walk away married, of course, but also with a keepsake of the promises you made, the laughter you shared, and the moment everything changed.
What Can You Hire Me For?
Every couple has different needs, and a good wedding officiant adapts to meet them. Here’s how I can support your big day.
Carefree elopements for couples who want intimacy over extravagance. Intimate ceremonies that keep the guest list small but the meaning enormous. Classic weddings with all the traditional elements, elevated by thoughtful personalization. Guided services for couples who want structure but need a little hand-holding through the process.
I also offer officiant coaching for couples who have a friend or family member they’d love to see lead the ceremony but who might need some professional guidance. When you hire a wedding officiant for coaching services, you’re giving your chosen speaker the tools and confidence to deliver a ceremony officiant performance that feels polished yet personal. And if you just need a wedding ceremony script but plan to handle the performance yourselves, I can create that too. Some couples prefer this route, and it’s a beautiful way to claim full ownership of your vows.
For couples who want to go deeper before saying I do, I provide premarital counseling. Marriage is more than a wedding day. It’s a lifetime of showing up for each other, and sometimes a little preparation makes all the difference. According to research from The Gottman Institute, couples who engage in premarital preparation experience higher levels of marital satisfaction and lower rates of divorce.
Investment in Your Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment
When you hire a wedding officiant, you’re investing in more than a service. You’re investing in the words that will define this chapter of your life, the voice that will carry your promises into the world, and the experience your guests will remember for years.
Officiant services fees start at $250 and vary based on factors including the length of the ceremony, the intricacy of the script, the amount of time needed to create your unique personalized wedding ceremony, and the location. Before I can offer a quote, it’s important to understand your aspirations and vision for your wedding ceremony.
Every couple is different. Every love story deserves its own telling. Pricing reflects the customization, care, and craft that goes into creating something that feels like you. A professional ceremony officiant brings expertise in pacing, tone, and delivery that transforms words on a page into an experience that moves people.
Creating a Wedding Ceremony Script That Tells Your Story
Your wedding ceremony script is more than logistics and legal language. It’s the narrative arc of how you met, how you fell in love, how you decided to commit. It’s the inside jokes that make your friends laugh and the tender moments that make your parents cry.
A well-crafted wedding ceremony script weaves together tradition and innovation, honoring what came before while making room for what makes you unique. Whether you want readings, rituals, music, or simply the sound of your own voices saying I do, every element gets thoughtfully integrated into a cohesive whole.
The goal is always the same: to create a personalized wedding ceremony that feels authentic, moves people, and captures the essence of who you are together. Not who you think you should be, but who you actually are.
Do You Hear Wedding Bells?
If you’re ready to create a ceremony experience that honors your love, celebrates your commitment, and leaves not a dry eye in the house, let’s talk. All packages include a free pre-service consultation. Let’s chat to see if I’m a perfect fit as your third wheel.
Call (720) 432-9812 to schedule your free consultation, or reach out to start the conversation. Together, we’ll craft a wedding ceremony script and experience that’s as unique, joyful, and deeply felt as the love you’re celebrating.
Because at the end of the day, love is what we’re doing right. And your ceremony should reflect that truth in every word, every pause, every shared glance. Let’s make it unforgettable.
Meet Erica Johnson, MA, LMFT
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, educator, and founder of Affinity Counseling and Affinity Pathfinder.
My work is shaped by a lifelong curiosity about how people survive, adapt, and make meaning in difficult systems—and how often sensitive, thoughtful people are misunderstood in the process.
Through my own experiences, global travel, creative work in theatre, and years of clinical practice, I learned that many people are not broken. They are overwhelmed, misattuned to, or carrying more than anyone was meant to carry alone.
I bring this understanding into every therapeutic relationship. My approach centers nervous system safety, honest relationship, and deep respect for each person’s story.
I am especially committed to creating spaces where people who feel unsafe in their own minds, bodies, or relationships can begin to feel grounded, worthy, and at home in themselves again.
Being a therapist, for me, is not about having answers. It is about showing up with presence, humility, and care—and continually returning to my own grounded center so I can offer that steadiness to others.
I consider it a privilege to witness my clients’ courage, resilience, and growth.
