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Have the personal ceremony you've always pictured with all the elegance & romance along with a fun & natural feel. I love to do weddings that are tailored to your personality so that friends & family have a blast celebrating your love together. I try to make it as stress-free as possible and walk you through the ceremony so that you can take a deep breath and just enjoy your wedding.
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- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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out of 5.09 reviews
So lucky to find Chris! Our small wedding of closest family and friends (as well as ourselves) really enjoyed the intimacy, warmth and personalization of our ceremony. Chris used t...
he details we provided to share our love story in his service. It was so perfect that even though I thought I would not get teary-eyed, I did. Even as I write this review I feel the emotion of those moments still.
Chris was such an amazing person to work with as an officiant. From the beginning, we were drawn to Chris because he made us feel like he genuinely cared about us and our story ra...
ther than having the relationship feel transactional, as we sometimes felt with some other officiants. Having 20+ years of experience as a wedding officiant, Chris was extremely knowledgeable in the ins and outs of wedding ceremonies that will not only put you at ease, but also give you great tips leading up to and on the big day. Another great thing about Chris we found is that he makes it all about the bride & groom - he never once pushed his agenda on us, and was so agreeable in whatever we had envisioned for our ceremony (and was actually quite encouraging as well!). All in all, we thank Chris for marrying us and for being part of our special day!
We booked Chris as our officiant for our wedding. He made the process so easy and fun! After our ceremony I had several guests come up to me asking how long we had known Chris beca...
use the ceremony was so personal. He is well spoken and truly knows how to make the day special!
Personal Weddings is a preferred vendor for our venue and it's clear why!!! Chris, you brought awesome vibes to our special day!!! Our guests & wedding party loved how fun, persona...
ble, and easygoing you were. We appreciated how responsive you were via text. We loved that you made our ceremony unique, in addition to the insight you provided on certain aspects of the ceremony during the rehearsal. You gave us encouragement to write our own vows & supported us when we were stressed out due to cramming them in at the last second! (Side note, the vows turned out decent, given our procrastination lol). My husband shared a fond memory with me of you telling him, as he was scribbling in his vow book, that it was our day & the ceremony would start when he was ready. Thank you also for having a (clean) tissue on hand when I got emotional during our vows!!! We would do it all over again in a heartbeat. And if we ever do a vow renewal in the future, we will be giving you a call!!!! :) thank you so much for everything!!!
We had a destination wedding, so we were not able to meet Chris in person until the day of our wedding. However, we FaceTimed with him and spoke on the phone a couple times to go ...
over all the details before hand. Despite not meeting him until the day of, he made us feel so comfortable with the ceremony flow, that it was probably the least stressful part of our wedding! He has all the details down to a science, even how the dad should walk back to his seat! We had so many compliments from guests about the ceremony and how beautiful it was. Chris is always there if you need to reach him- email, text, call, etc. and he is genuinely a great person to work with.
Chris was such a pleasure to work with and really helped us get the ceremony we wanted. He is so friendly and personable and has a great format for getting information about the co...
uple and getting to know them to provide an intimate and personal ceremony. At our initial meeting he sent us home with some homework that would provide him with information about us as a couple. He did a great job of utilizing the information we gave him into a eloquent ceremony. It was such a relief knowing that Chris was going to craft us a beautiful ceremony. So many guests commented on the beautiful ceremony he delivered and we were so happy with it. Both my husband and I were nervous about the ceremony as we wanted it to go perfectly and we didn't want people to be bored. Chris was so helpful "choreographing" the ceremony for us in the easiest way possible and directing our wedding party at the rehearsal. Everything went smoothly and we were so happy to have Chris be a part of our special day. Definitely recommend his services for your wedding.
From the moment my husband and I spoke with Chris on the phone, we knew we'd found the perfect person to officiate our wedding. Chris was incredibly wonderful to work with and made...
our day relaxing and special. From the beginning he told us that our ceremony should be the most relaxing part of our day, and he made it happen. He guided my husband and I through the experience and told our story wonderfully. He was so great our wedding coordinator said she would recommend him to her brides, too!
Chris did a great job officiating our wedding. He was very nice, friendly, relaxed, and helpful. We met with him a few times prior to our wedding, and everything went very well and...
he had great suggestions for us. A lot of our guests told us that they thought he'd done a terrific job. We are very thankful to him as our ceremony was perfect!
We were referred to Chris Thielen by our venue coordinator at the Martinelli Conference and Event Center. We initially chatted with Chris via phone to see if he would be a good fi...
t for our personalities, as we had met with some other officiants who we didn’t click with. Chris was awesome! Within the first five minutes, both my husband and I knew that Chris was meant to be our officiant. He was very kind and funny, and interested in hearing our story of how we fell in love and why we wanted to be together forever.
After our initial meeting, we booked Chris on the spot. We met him in person about a month before the wedding to go over our “homework” to prepare for the ceremony. Chris was a great guide for us in planning, writing our own vows and also in understanding how the rehearsal and actual ceremony would commence. He also worked with us to tailor the ceremony so it would be focused on us and our love for one another.
The day of the wedding, Chris was fabulous! He was very genuine and conducted a beautiful ceremony which was light-hearted and full of love. We all had lots of laughs too, which fit us perfectly. We received countless comments from guests that Chris was wonderful and they enjoyed him immensely. We couldn’t have been happier!
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