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Congratulations on your engagement!
I am Andrea Purtell. I am a full-time, professional Wedding Officiant certified to legally perform weddings in the state of New Jersey. Over the course of the past 13 years I have had the honor to officiate over 1000 weddings.
I am located at the fabulous Jersey Shore and travel through NJ as well as parts of PA.
I provide religious, non-denominational, spiritual, non-religious, interfaith and multi-cultural personalized wedding officiant services. I am honored to work with couples of all faiths, traditions and lifestyles. LGBTQ+ Welcomed.
Check out my website and contact me directly at www.forthisjoyousoccasion.com
I have a selection of ceremony packages for you to choose from. They range in length and price so there is something for everyone: Packages/Pricing
I have put together some beautiful ceremonies for you to choose from. You may use one of these, or use my unique "Build Your Ceremony Menu" to create your own ceremony based on your preferences. If you would like, I will work with you to create a more personalized and unique ceremony.
Services Offered
- Agnostic
- Anglican
- Baha’i faith
- Baptist
- Buddhist
- Catholic
- Earth-based
- Episcopalian
- Evangelical
- Hindu
- Jainism
- Jewish
- Lutheran
- Methodist
- Mormon
- No denomination
- Orthodox Christian
- Pagan
- Presbyterian
- Quaker
- Shinto
- Taoist
- Unitarian
- Woman-owned
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Congratulations on your engagement!
I am Andrea Purtell and I am a full time professional Wedding Officiant. I am certified to legally perform weddings in the state of New Jersey and New York.
Over the course of the past 9 years I have had the honor to officiate over 1000 weddings.
I love my work and take great pride in providing my couples with a quality service. I have received over 300, 5 star reviews on Wedding Wire, The Knot as well as FaceBook, Google, Square, etc..
I am located at the fabulous Jersey Shore. I provide religious, non-denominational, spiritual, non-religious and interfaith, personalized wedding officiant services.
I am honored to work with couples of all faiths, traditions and lifestyles. LGBTQ Welcomed!
All ceremonies can be personalized to your wishes. Some couples like to include wording about how they met and what lead them to this special day. They may want to include acknowledgment of children they bring to the marriage or loved ones who have passed.
I am happy to incorporate any religious customs or traditions such as breaking the glass, jumping the broom, handfasting, etc..
You may also like to include a unity element such as, unity sand, candle, glass, wine, love letter, love knot, cross, rose etc...
I have a selection of ceremony packages for you to choose from. They range in length and price so there is something for everyone.
Please check out my website to see a full description of my packages and prices.
I also have some sample ceremonies there for you to see!
Please contact me for more information or to schedule a video chat or phone conference.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Peace, Love and Be Married, Andrea Purtell,
Your Local Jersey Shore Wedding Officiant
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4 Endorsements
For This Joyous Occassion is simply amazing. Her services are touching, personal and full of JOY!

I can not say enough great things about Andrea. My staff and I are always delighted when a new couple comes in to book and they let us know that she is their officiant of choice. She is an absolute delight to be around and we wish her nothing but continued success!

I love recommending Andrea Purtell the NJ Wedding Officiant For This Joyous Occasion Officiating Services! Andrea does a fantastic job officiating and has a very down to earth, fun personality. I've had the opportunity to do photography for several of her clients Jersey shore weddings and it was such a pleasure working with her!