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Michele Zipp
Michele Zipp
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Michele Zipp offers wedding officiant services in New Paltz, New York. Michele is a non-denominational ordained minister who loves love. Officiating weddings since 2011, she started her journey when her best friend asked her to be her officiant. The ceremony was such a hit, and it led to more and more requests from her nearest and dearest. Since then, she has helped couples honor their love for each other on their special day.

Services Offered

Michele loves love and finds great joy and peace in the ritual of weddings. As a spiritual person and a reiki master, each ceremony is a highly meaningful experience. Outside of officiating weddings, Michele is a writer and editor; she loves finding the words that represent her couples and their love. Every couple receives a keepsake book of the words spoken at their ceremony, a memento designed to be kept forever. Other services offered by Michele Zipp include handfasting, crystal grids, sage smudging, sound healing, and reiki.

FAQ

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

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

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What religious affiliations do you serve?

No Denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

CT
ME
MA
NJ
NY
PA

What languages do you speak?

English

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Reviews of Michele Zipp

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Michele is highly praised by numerous reviewers for her exceptional officiating services with a personalized touch. Reviewers highlight her professionalism, calming presence, and ability to create meaningful ceremonies that capture the essence of each couple's love story. Michele's attention to detail, communication skills, and the keepsakes she provides, such as ceremony books and special items, are appreciated by couples who found her to be a perfect fit for their special day. Guests also express admiration for the personalized and heartfelt ceremonies she performs, making Michele a highly recommended wedding officiant for those seeking a memorable and personalized experience.

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Michele is highly praised by numerous reviewers for her exceptional officiating services with a personalized touch. Reviewers highlight her professionalism, calming presence, and ability to create meaningful ceremonies that capture the essence of each couple's love story. Michele's attention to detail, communication skills, and the keepsakes she provides, such as ceremony books and special items, are appreciated by couples who found her to be a perfect fit for their special day. Guests also express admiration for the personalized and heartfelt ceremonies she performs, making Michele a highly recommended wedding officiant for those seeking a memorable and personalized experience.

Grace
Grace Sent on 07/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Our favorite part of the day...

Michele exceeded our expectations in every way possible. From the beginning all the way through the end, she always made us feel comfortable and welcomed any questions we had. On our wedding day her beautiful energy calmed our nerves. We are beyond grateful that we found her. The beautiful ceremony book, handfasting rope, and dried flowers/herbs were the icing on the cake. We will cherish them both forever and hold them close to our heart in our wedding keepsake box. You will not regret trusting her with your day. The wedding ceremony was our favorite part of the day and we owe a big part of that to Michele!
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Casey Sent on 11/27/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Beautifully crafted ceremony

Michele’s creative unique approach to officiating our wedding ceremony was definitely an unforgettable part of our wedding day, all of our guests and us will cherish memories of our ceremony for years to come. She customizes her ceremony to feel so personal and special to each couple. I love Michele’s energy so much, hire her and you won’t regret it and it will make your wedding day experience so much better. 
Leigh
Leigh Sent on 11/26/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Officiant!

We had Michele officiate our ceremony on Oct 25, 2025. We had an initial zoom call to “meet” each other and we immediately loved her vibe and knew she’d be a perfect fit for our wedding day. I love that she sends snail mail about how to complete everything so she can write your custom ceremony. Her communication was great, and everything leading up to our wedding day was seamless. We decided to sign the marriage license before hand, and she met us with our witness with no issue. She even mails the license for you after, which we so appreciated! 
Our ceremony was perfection. It felt very us. I wanted it feel calm, romantic, with some humor and just full of love and that was all delivered.
Afterwards, I had guests come up to me asking where I found Michele, how amazing and magical she was, and how much they actually enjoyed the ceremony portion. 
Michele made our wedding ceremony super special, and was a pleasure to work with leading up to our date.
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Claudia Sent on 11/19/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect Intimate Ceremony

Michele was responsive, kind, and everything we could ask for! She gave us a custom, intimate ceremony and I would recommend her 100%
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Lindsay Sent on 11/19/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Professional Officiant Who Feels Like a Friend

If you’re looking for a professional who feels like a friend to officiate your wedding, hire Michele. Michele wrote her script based on surveys that my husband and I completed separately. Karina officiated the wedding. Michelle’s script was absolutely perfect. She told our story in a way that felt so genuine and made us feel like Karina was a close friend who had known us since the beginning of our relationship.  Karina’s calm energy made us feel so present and grounded.  We felt so much love and peace in the room with us because of how personal the script was and how Karina delivered it. After the ceremony, people were asking if Karina was a cousin or friend. Our ceremony was hands down the best part of our wedding and our guests couldn’t stop talking about how special it was. Michele also sent us the officiant script in a booklet and I know we will come back to it time and time again. We are so grateful we found Michele and Karina. We couldn’t recommend them enough.
Mary
Mary Sent on 11/03/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Heartfelt Thanks

Michele, your words and heartfelt energy cultivated a beautiful "journey of the heart". Tom and I deeply appreciated the way our story was sincerely shared with our families. You have a gift for creating, expressing and presenting the true meaning of love. The ceremony was and will be forever etched in our hearts. Thank you!
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 02/15/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The most supportive and calming presence

I've worked with Michele quite a few times over the years and every single time, couples rave about her and their experience with her. I also, as a fellow professional, rave about her always supporting and calm demeanor that brings such peace and groundedness to a wedding day. If you are looking for an officiant to truly connect with and to help you connect even more with your partner during your ceremony, Michele is THE choice!
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Marshall Sent on 10/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend

I found Michele on this website and from our first contact I knew she would be a good fit for our wedding. Michele made sure to give us special attention throughout the entire process to ensure we understood the options and that she heard our voices clearly about how we wanted the ceremony to feel. On the day of the wedding she arrived on time, always acted in a professional manner as well as being warm and kind. She brings good vibes intention and magic to her work, highly recommend.
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 04/17/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect Officiant

Michele did an amazing job with customizing our ceremony to our love story. She made the ceremony feel really special and provided us with everything used in the ceremony for a keepsake. Michele is very professional and kept in consistent contact with me to make sure everything ran smoothly. I highly recommend Michele to any couple looking for a memorable ceremony.
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Kellie Sent on 12/28/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Unique and Personal

Michele was absolutely wonderful in creating the perfect wedding ceremony for us. She addressed the aspects that we felt were important and worked to make sure that the ceremony truly reflected us as a couple. After much thought, we decided to do a ring warming and Michele worked with us to ensure the reading/ wording was what we wanted. We received so many compliments on our ceremony and couldn’t be happier with having Michele as our officiant. Furthermore, she gave us a beautiful ceremony book to treasure and relive our ceremony through.
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