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About

Alyson C. Arnold is a wedding officiant based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She is dedicated to creating unique and spectacular religious, non-religious, and blended wedding ceremonies. A true professional, Alyson’s goal is to create the wedding of your dreams, specially designed to fit your wants and needs. She will work one-on-one with you to plan every detail of your ceremony from start to finish, including all that is special to you—your memories and your dreams.

Alyson always goes above and beyond. She is extremely receptive, easy to talk to, and quick to make excellent recommendations. She will work with you to create a unique and personal ceremony that you will remember for a lifetime.

Experience

For over 25 years, Alyson has been uniting couples in small, sweet ceremonies, large, extravagant ceremonies, and everything in between. She has consistently earned 5-star ratings. Alyson was ordained in 2007 as a Buddhist Chaplain at the Kwan Um School of Zen and ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 2008 at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York. Since then, Alyson has had the pleasure of officiating many ceremonies for couples from a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds throughout Southern New England.

Services Offered

Alyson C. Arnold, Ceremony Officiant, offers religious, non-religious, and blended ceremonies. Most of the ceremonies she offers include the rehearsal. In your personal ceremony, you may choose to include one or many of the following options: poems, readings, blessings, religious and non-religious rituals and traditions, gratitude and remembrances, rituals including family members and children, and your personal love story. Spiritual unions and vow renewals are also offered.

Alyson performs ceremonies in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, and may also consider destination weddings.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the price of your wedding officiant services?

Ceremony Rehearsal

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

Yes

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Anglican
Baha'i Faith
Baptist
Buddhist
Catholic
Earth-Based
Episcopalian
Evangelical
Hindu
Islam
Jainism
Jewish
Lutheran
Methodist
Mormon
No Denomination
Orthodox Christian
Pagan
Presbyterian
Quaker
Shinto
Sikhism
Taoist
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

CT
MA
RI

What languages do you speak?

English

Reviews of Alyson C. Arnold, Ceremony Officiant

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Brittany Sent on 10/06/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Great Officiant!

Alyson was a pleasure to work with and took such a special part in our amazing wedding day. Alyson took the time to get to know my husband and I before she married us. I know I could call her at any time! She is funny and super easy going. Highly recommend Alyson if you are looking for the perfect ceremony! Many people came up to me during my wedding reception and asked who hosted the ceremony because he words were just perfect!! Thank you Alyson!!
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Katie Sent on 10/27/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Simply the best

Alyson was such a pleasure to work with for our wedding. She was responsive and always a joy to talk to. Our ceremony couldn't have been any better. On our rehearsal, she clearly ran through what will happen so that on wedding day we could be at ease. I'll say I run anxious and Alyson was the absolute most calming presence and I was so, so happy we got to work with her. She captured exactly what we wanted out of our love story/ceremony beautifully. Highly, highly recommend!
Carla
Carla Sent on 08/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Professional who feels like a friend marring you!

Allyson was amazing! We met over coffee where we talked for a couple hours. She learned our story and who we were as individuals and a couple. She turned that meeting into a personalized ceremony that garnered laughs and tears. Afterward multiple people asked me how long Allyson has known us because it was such a personal ceremony. She was a professional who knows how to keep a wedding on track and kept me at ease during the rehearsal as well as the wedding day. Alyson offers all types of ceremonies and was comfortable giving us a Catholic based ceremony that still didn't feel like the inside of a church. Highly recommend Alyson if you want a professional who feels like a friend marrying you!
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Jessica Sent on 08/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Experience

Alyson was absolutely wonderful to work with. She was kind, funny, caring, and took the time to personalize our ceremony in a way that made it so unique to us. Our guests loved the energy that she brought to the ceremony. We had so much fun planning with her and sharing our love story with her. She made our ceremony fun, relaxed, and special.
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Rachel Sent on 11/28/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Forever grateful to Alyson

Alyson was absolutely fantastic for our October 2021 wedding in Newport, RI. Our initial conversations were wonderful and as soon as we met her in person, we knew she was the perfect person to marry us. She is incredibly kind, funny, down to earth and caring. She took the time to get to know us, our love story and paid close attention to every single detail -- not only in what we said, but in how she observed our relationship and interactions with one another. She genuinely wanted to get to know us and make our special day truly about us and tailored perfectly to us -- which she did beautifully. She blew my now husband and I as well as all of our guests away with how beautifully she delivered our ceremony and love story. She was thoughtful, funny, emotional, heart-felt, light-hearted and genuine. She made our day so incredibly special and memorable. We are all still talking about how incredible she was! We are forever grateful to Alyson for making our day and the entire experience so pleasant and unforgettable.
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Katelynn Sent on 08/02/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful experience

Alyson was wonderful to with and our ceremony was beautiful!
Brittany
Brittany Sent on 05/26/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Small ceremony

I was very nervous and Allyson has a calming effect lol. It was perfect, thank you!
Lauren
Lauren Sent on 11/22/2020
5 out of 5 rating

If you are looking for a personalized, truly special, and memorable ceremony, book Alyson!

We were SO happy to work with Alyson. We were impressed with the work she did for my husband's brother's wedding so we knew we wanted to book her too. From the first initial meeting, she really took the time to get to know us as a couple and to get an idea of what we were picturing for our wedding day. We were impressed by her organization of the ceremony and by her frequent communications with us to get our feedback on her ceremony notes and plan. We felt like she perfectly captured us as a couple during our ceremony and also, she included traditions that were important to us and reflected who we are. Alyson helped us along the way with our ceremony planning, letting us know what previous couples and wedding guests have enjoyed, and our friends and family were really impressed by the ceremony overall. We would very highly recommend Alyson!
Emily
Emily Sent on 10/04/2020
5 out of 5 rating

A Touching & Personal Wedding Ceremony

We knew as soon as we first spoke with her that Reverend Alyson was the right person to officiate our wedding at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. She was easy to talk to, an experienced and dynamic public speaker, and a talented writer. Moreover, she was extremely generous with her time and sincere in her quest to get to know us as a couple and create a unique ceremony that accurately reflected our love story.

We couldn’t be happier with the final result, which was a perfect combination of gratitude and remembrance, scripture and storytelling, personality and tradition. Alyson was a pleasure to work with, allowing us multiple opportunities to review and provide edits to the ceremony. She was very responsive and came to the table with the direction and vision we were lacking. The best testament to her work came from our guests, some of whom described ours as the most touching, personal wedding ceremony they’ve witnessed. Thank you Reverend Alyson for making our ceremony the highlight of our wedding day!
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Shuyan Sent on 06/25/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend

My fiancee and I wanted to get married despite the lockdown, and we were so glad that we found Alyson to officiate our ceremony. She was very responsive throughout our interaction and helped us craft a simple and sweet ceremony that fitted our needs. Alyson did a wonderful job officiating the ceremony, and she made everyone feel at ease with her warm personality and sense of humor. Thank you Alyson!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
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