Personalized Wedding Ceremonies

Wedding days can be a bit stressful so having somebody like Jim by your side it's priceless. Jim is not only humourous and professional, but also super passionate about the true meaning of a wedding.

He worked with us to create a ceremony that fit our unique love story and went above and beyond to make sure that our wedding day was unique and enjoyable. His experience and sense of humor made everything flow seamlessly. Additionally, his attention to detail made our ceremony and wedding photos look great.

Finally, he committed to saying a phrase in Spanish so we could show our culture and share the blessing of our union with our family that could not attend our ceremony due to COVID.

To sum up, Jim is the Best Officiant any couple could wish for!

We are so grateful that we found and chose Ottawa Wedding Officiants for our wedding ceremony! Our wedding officiant was Jim Emerson.

He is such a kind and professional person, who takes at heart what he is doing and cares so much about his couples/clients: before, during and after the wedding celebration. He ensured that our wedding ceremony was special, unique, and personalized.

He provided us with such useful guidance before the wedding, which was instrumental in making the ceremony so special and go smooth, considering the stress associated with such a special day.

We, as well as all of our guests, were all impressed with Jim's overall approach and kindness all the time. Jim was also always easily available for any questions prior to the wedding day and also provided us with great marriage advice that will be much useful to us moving forward.

We highly recommend Ottawa Wedding Officiants, especially Jim, for the celebration of your wedding.

From the moment we met Jim to discuss our wedding day to the actual event, we knew we had made the right choice of officiant. Jim was extremely professional and helpful throughout. He provided lots of options to ensure the ceremony and sequence of the day reflected our vision. He remained available in person and by email before the wedding to guide us. On the actual day, he made our guests feel welcome and we received many compliments on the ceremony. Jim was everything we had hoped for in an officiant: a strong quiet presence to help us prepare for and navigate what could otherwise have been a stressful and overwhelming experience. We got married exactly how we wanted and immensely enjoyed our day. Thank you, Jim.

Jim was a pleasure to work with. From our first video call (you can really tell he loves weddings!) Jim’s obvious passion for weddings made me more excited for mine haha!

Jim provided guidance, ideas and suggestions for our vows as neither my husband nor had never been to a wedding before, so his guidance was greatly appreciated. He also reminded us to treasure the day and each moment of our celebration.

Despite the pandemic and sudden lockdown, he kindly married us on our special day. Thank you, Jim, for beautifully officiating our intimate ceremony. We strongly recommend that if you are getting married ask Jim to officiate your wedding!

Jim performed a beautiful and intimate ceremony for us in early June. We were so discouraged about our wedding when the pandemic restrictions starting trickling in and our venue cancelled. But Jim was very flexible and made us excited about our big day once again.

The website where you create your wedding ceremony is phenomenal; there are sample wedding texts which you can add in and edit to make it personal and memorable. Jim also gave us a bunch of great tips to make the ceremony extra special.

Everything went flawlessly on the day of. Jim was super organized, and you can tell that he is passionate about what he does. Our guests who were watching from a distance (and those who watched online) all constantly said that it was the best wedding that they had ever been to!

Thank you so much for everything Jim.

We would like to thank you, Rinette, for officiating our wedding ceremony. It was beyond excellent, just as we hoped.

hope you continue to help couples create and enjoy their wedding ceremony. It was an enjoyable and beautiful ceremony. I will recommend your service to others. Keep up the great work. Thanks Rinette.

My husband and I were lucky to have Rinette Emerson officiate our ceremony. She helped us create a beautiful ceremony – very personal & unique to us - that we will remember for a lifetime!

Rinette even gave us a great tip - to avoid looking at her during the ceremony, so that our photographer could get some amazing photos.

We highly recommend Rinette to other couples! :)

Rinette is an amazing officiant who guided us through the entire process from finding a venue, planning our vows, and what to expect after the wedding.

Since my husband and I first connected with her, she has been extremely helpful. We found a venue that conflicted with her time available and reorganized our agenda to accommodate her availability. That's how much we wanted her!

We had a hybrid small in-person/Zoom wedding and Rinette made all of our guests feel welcome. We loved having her as our Officiant and my husband's sister is highly considering Rinette as her Officiant for her upcoming wedding!