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Hello, my name is Joe McAlpine. I am the main wedding guy here. I am a professional wedding officiant and certified marriage coach in the Milwaukee area with over 15 years of experience and I have a passion for helping couples begin their marriage journey in the most healthy and life giving way possible.

One of the reasons I do this is to help couples get started on their marriage journey in the best way possible. We are here to serve you and help you have the wedding and marriage you have always dreamed of.

Our team loves walking through the wedding planning process with couples. We always say that your wedding day is the biggest day of your life. It is the day where you will look the love of your life in the eyes and pledge your unending love and devotion to only them. Your marriage covenant is the biggest promise you will ever make to another human being.

We love weddings! We love everything about them. Our favorite part though is getting to walk through the planning and preparation of what life will look like AFTER the wedding. We are Christians by belief, BUT we work with couples from all different faith backgrounds. Our goal is to help you in your marriage, not to convince you one way or another on religion choices. You will never feel like we are trying to convince you of what we believe.

We offer so much more than just showing up on your wedding day and performing your ceremony. When you choose on of our team members as your wedding officiant you can take advantage of some of the best tools in preparing for your marriage that are available to couples today. We first schedule a no hassle meet and greet through an online web meeting. We don't pressure you or ask you to make any quick decisions. Then you can let us know in your own time if you would like to proceed.

The other big thing that we offer couples is solid pre marriage coaching. The divorce rate today is hovering around 50% Thats right... HALF of all weddings today end in divorce. I am a certified marriage and relationship coach from two different national organizations. The divorce rate among people that have taken our pre marriage program is under 5% To top it all off we make sure that it is affordable and realistic for anyone who wants to take advantage of the tools we offer. It is SO worth it!

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Frequently asked questions

What is the typical price for your wedding services?

$900

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

Ceremony Rehearsal
Premarital Counseling

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$900

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

Yes

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$50

What is the starting price for pre-marital counseling (per session)?

$15

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

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Baptist
Catholic
Episcopalian
Evangelical
Lutheran
Methodist
No Denomination
Presbyterian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

30-60 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY

What languages do you speak?

English

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Karen Sent on 05/25/2016
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Joe has been great. We interviewed several officiants before deciding to hire him. He was very informative from initial contact to the first meeting, so we knew what to expect before we met in person. My fiance did not think we needed the pre-marriage counseling, as we have a great relationship, and work hard at it. After the initial meeting with Joe, he changed his mind. Joe explained to us how he works, and what we should expect over the next several months. It has been well worth it. We had our ceremony planning meeting on Saturday, and it went very smoothly. I think the fact that we wrote our ceremony back in December and are now looking for minor tweaks helps. (We were excited, and stuck in the house on a snowy weekend, on call for work.) Right now, we are mainly looking to have the introduction to our ceremony tweaked, I couldn't come up with anything we really liked. I am sure Joe will make the intro great. We are not particularly religious, and he was ok with us leaving religion out of the ceremony. He was very willing to work with us, and we learned wonderful communication tools in the pre-marriage counseling sessions. We are well aware that marriage is hard work, and want to be as prepared as possible for success.
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Alisha Sent on 09/23/2017
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Joe was great throughout our entire process. From the time we interviewed him to the day of the wedding, Joe responded promptly and put together a great ceremony! He's so easy to work with and genuine in his work. Definitely recommend!
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Rebekah Sent on 05/31/2017
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Joe McAlpine of FamilyConnect Weddings was an absolute charm to work with. Upon our very first meeting, he treated us as old friends, making it quite easy to open up and share our most cherished memories. He created an exquisite, personal ceremony for us, better than we could have ever imagined on our own. He took the time to learn about our entire relationship, and turned our ceremony into a story who we were, who we became, and how we will grow together in the future.

Professional Network & Endorsements

1 Endorsement
Tuscan Hall Venue and Catering Tuscan Hall Venue and Catering Banquet Halls

We were so thankful to have Family Connect come to Tuscan Hall to perform one of our on site ceremonies. His expertise helped everything run smoothly, and professionally. We cant wait to recommend them to all of our on site ceremony clients.

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