Personalized Wedding Ceremonies

Jim Emerson was our officiant for our private wedding ceremony on 12-31-2020. (8 people, masked, in front of our Christmas tree). From the very start he was quick to respond with a bright friendly attitude. He made sure to mention that he wanted to make this ceremony about us and get to know our personalities together as a couple.

Jim asked questions via email and sent us a breakdown of the entire ceremony (that we could edit as we liked!). He included unique ideas, suggestions and helped with some wording. In the end, we had a completely unique ceremony that spoke to us as a couple.

Jim put us completely at ease and was a pleasure to have officiate our wedding!! We WILL recommend him to others.

Jim is the BEST, period!

Thank you so much for making our wedding day SPECIAL! Where do I start with this guy? During our wedding officiant search, it was clear from the get-go that Jim stood out! From our first conversation with him, we could see that he has a true passion for what he does.

Because of COVID, we elected to have a small, quaint backyard ceremony with immediate family. Jim was extremely patient, warm, responsive, and offered some great ideas. Everyone at our wedding had nothing but great things to say about him.

Thank you Jim... We are forever grateful for making our special day memorable! 10/10 Highly recommended.

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!

I first met Rinette Emerson at the Ottawa Wedding Show one year before my wedding date. She had such a calming demeanor to her, I came home and told my fiancé that I think I found our Officiant.

Fast forward 5 months and she met with us early on in our planning process after having to move our in-person coffee meeting to a virtual one due to COVID-19 and from our first conversation, we knew she was the Officiant we needed to make our special COVID wedding something we'd cherish forever.

From Day One of our wedding planning, Rinette was our rock. Getting married during COVID-19 was stressful to say the least, but Rinette came through like no other. She was extremely punctual and attentive throughout every step of the process. Even with our seemingly countless revisions to our ceremony script, she encouraged us to do what we felt was right and make it ours.

Having Rinette be a part of our very small home ceremony made all the difference. She felt like family that day, and when you change your wedding from a ceremony with everyone you know at your dream venue to a much more smaller, personal ceremony at your home, you want every person there to feel like family.

Our virtual and in-person guests had nothing but great things to say about Rinette! The most common was the fact that she didn't stand up with us during the ceremony, she moved around, let us be the focus, was never in the way of the photographer, and most importantly, she never let us forget when we needed to speak! She made us laugh, smile, and cry. She was absolutely amazing and everything we had envisioned.

Post ceremony, Rinette explained exactly what the next steps were, and even if we forgot, she was extremely responsive to our questions.

Our ceremony with Rinette and Ottawaweddingofficiants.com is something my husband, myself and guests will never, ever forget.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, Rinette!!!!

Jim was very friendly and helpful. Detailed explanation and discussion of the ceremony were exchanged by emails and phone calls. Loved his calm attitude during a stressful time. Highly recommended for your big day!

My husband and I chose Rinette Emerson to officiate our ceremony after we read a Facebook recommendation about her.

When we first met Rinette we loved her personality and her attention for detail. She took the time to go over little things we hadn't yet thought about. She made sure to ask questions and help personalize our ceremony to make it memorable and just the way we wanted it. You can tell she is attentive to all the major and minor details.

We definitely recommend Rinette to anyone looking for a great officiant!

Jim Emerson was our wedding officiant in Fall 2020. As you might imagine, it was a challenge to get married safely during COVID, but we managed to get it done thanks to Jim's great support.

He stayed positive and helped us through many last-minute changes and made sure that our moment was incredibly special for us, the few people who could attend in person and for all the guests who were streaming online.

We would highly recommend Jim to our friends and family.

Rinette Emerson officiated our August 2020 wedding and my husband and I could not have been happier! Rinette made planning our ceremony a unique and special process.

She made sure everyone was ready for the big day during our rehearsal and in the moments prior to the ceremony. She was professional, always smiling and had a great sense of humour. Her presentation of the ceremony was amazing, we could not have asked for better. Overall, she was extremely helpful, always making herself available to contact with quick replies and wonderful to work with. We will be highly recommending Rinette to any couple planning on getting married.