Sterling Weddings of Sedona

as crafted exactly how we wished. She had a calm and beautiful energy which all of our guests loved. My ceremony was my favorite part of my wedding day and I owe it to her for helping to make it so special.

s! We wanted a traditional Native American ceremony and everything Shanandoah had to offer in that regard was perfectly what we wanted. She even worked with us to add a few personal touches to make our wedding day unique. She is professional, kind, and has wonderful energy that will help make your special day one to remember! If I was to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing! Thank you, Shanandoah!

her. After that, it was a creative collaboration to design a ceremony that reflected our two souls and the intention for our life together. Rev. Sterling guided us through the process, providing her expertise and knowledge of various traditions for us to select from. What a lovely melting of ancient traditions we created! Guests still comment about how lovely our ceremony was and how perfect Rev. Sterling was at creating the most peaceful, sacred space for us all to come together in love even though we were actually in a public park. We were in our own bubble. For me, it was very special to authentically honor the ancient spirit of the land and I am grateful that Rev. Sterling could provide us with blessings from her Native American heritage. It meant a lot to me. One of the strongest memories I have of my wedding day was Rev. Sterling's calmly talking to me before walking out to the rocks to set up for the ceremony. She took my hands and looked me in the eyes, she centered my mind on this one moment in time. There was nothing more to worry about, nothing to think about except enjoying each moment of the beautiful day of love with family and friends. It took me 4 months to sit down and write this review because I could write so much more...(and a busy summer) ;) Thank you for wonderful memories! Namaste to you Rev. Shanandoah.

e another, and knew we had found the perfect person. She listened to us and intuitively recognized what we were looking for. Needless to say the ceremony was beautiful! My sister and brother-in-law who live in England visited us this summer to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and I decided to surprise them with a vow renewal ceremony and naturally the only person I wanted was Shanandoah. She chose a lovely,secluded spot beside Oak Creek,included our 13 year old grandson as ring bearer,and incorporated Native American prayers that were in my son's wedding. My sister and brother-in-law were enchanted and the tears flowed. It was perfection.

tely amazed by its beauty. Once our location was chosen, our next step was to choose a wedding officiant.It was the resort concierge who highly recommended Reverend Shanandoah Sterling. Reverend Shananoah was truly incredible. Planning a wedding can be a nerve-racking time, but her soft spoken voice, beautiful smile,and professionalism put our hearts and minds at ease. She guided us through each and every step of the wedding ceremony with patience and kindness. Her love and kindness shined through from beginning to end creating this truly magical moment in our lives that I will never forget. She was more than I could've ever hoped for. Our wedding ceremony wouldn't have been the same without her!

e we didn't see Rev. Shanandoah before our wedding day but she handled everything perfectly by phone and e-mail. She sent us the texts for the keepsake booklet well in advance so we were able to review everything and change some details. Apart from her calm, loving and gentle personality, what makes her stand out is the fact that she senses what people want for their ceremony and she is extremely flexible in accomodating those wishes. We wanted a short, non-religious ceremony with all the "cliché" ceremony items (e.g. "If anybody here knows any reason why these people should not be joined in holy matrimony ...) but we did ask Rev. Shanandoah to perform a ring blessing. The ring blessing was a wonderful, sacred moment of rest in the ceremony. Rev. Shanandoah also provided us some very good suggestions for texts and poems to be used in the ceremony. All the wedding guests raved at how amazing the minister was and I think that's quite exceptional. Another remarkable thing is that she manages to read the ceremony texts out loud as though she is reading them for the first time (with smiles and great intonation). And she has a charming, soft voice. Our Grand Canyon wedding was a dream come true and Rev. Shanandoah was just perfect!

e wanted, gave us some great ideas, and built us an amazing ceremony. The day of she was amazing - she made sure everyone was doing well and even helped calm down the bride (me!). Talking to her, you know she is an amazing, beautiful person and I hope I get to see her again! XO

al consultation before we agreed to use her, which was very generous. She knew we weren't familiar with the area and she was very helpful is giving us "a local's" perspective and tips about logistics and timing. After we decided to go with her, she sent us a suggested a ceremony based on our discussion. I believe it was one of I think four types of ceremonies. We then read thru the ceremony and I cried the entire time, it was so beautiful (and I'm a marshmellow). However we did take a lot out because we wanted a short ceremony. She in many instances within the suggested ceremony gave us wording options so we really felt like we got to customize our ceremony for us. She then had the ceremony printed into a nice booklet that was not only a keepsake but what she read from at the ceremony. When we finally met her in person the day before the wedding she walked us thru the ceremony, gave us tips on how to stand, the timing and answered questions we had to make us comfortable. We unfortunately had to deal with a major wind storm with threatening rain on our wedding day. Since we had the ceremony outside this was a big deal. Shanandoah was able to accommodate us when we decided to move the wedding up 6 hours ahead of schedule the night before because of the weather. Shanandoah was a very calming presence for us at the ceremony and she was seemingly unphased by the wind storm (which is more than we can say for our family). Our family had never met her before either but they were all very impressed by her. She is a beautiful, spiritual person. Neither my husband or I are religious but she helped us come up with a ceremony that made sense for our beliefs. We were really happy we chose her.

iciate was! Beyond any expectations..... How often do people talk about their wedding and even mention the minister? It just doesn't come into the conversation.... The service touched us in a special way. Shanandoah is so friendly and down to earth but so spiritual at the same time. She also has an amazingly beautiful voice. We couldn't be more pleased !

tion style and the ceremony she performed were so personalized to us, yet still highly professional. She took the time to get to know us over several emails and phone calls, and the day of went so smoothly. She was very flexible as some of our original requests changed and our vision evolved. It was important to me to have a woman marry us, as well as someone who works with all faith traditions, including non-religious. In line with our requests, there was just enough integration of her Native American heritage to make it special and honor the land (she can include many different ceremonial traditions, and will do as many or as few as you like). We also got a keepsake booklet of the entire ceremony. Shanandoah was lovely to work with, and her rates are very reasonable. Highly recommended!