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Liz O'Brien
Liz O'Brien
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Woman-owned

16 years in business

We speak English

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Joyful Unions provides experienced, non-religious wedding officiating in Tucson, Arizona. Liz O'Brien, the owner, is a non-religious wedding officiant happily serving a diverse array of couples throughout the Tucson metro area. She has successfully and nonjudgmentally guided hundreds of couples at their wedding altar during her more than 20 years in the business. Liz is a warm, smart, and experienced speaker and offers a grounding yet uplifting presence for you and your guests. She combines your ideas with her best practices to create a personalized and authentic narrative wedding ceremony that you and your community of family and friends will feel and remember.

Services Offered

Joyful Unions provides non-religious officiant services for wedding ceremonies, elopements, and vow renewals. Rehearsals are available if needed. A licensed officiant, Liz can help couples create custom vows, incorporate readings, and participate in cultural rituals such as a wine-box ceremony, wishing stones, unity sand or candle ceremony, a handfasting, or a smashing of the glass. She also provides unlimited email, phone, virtual, and text support prior to the ceremony, files your marriage license afterward, and also sends you a keepsake copy of your ceremony script.

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Pricing

Starting at $350
Couples usually spend $395
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FAQ

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$75

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
Earth-Based
Jewish
No Denomination
Pagan
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

AZ
CA
CO
NM

What languages do you speak?

English
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Liz from Joyful Unions stood out in multiple user reviews as an exceptional wedding officiant. Consistently praised for her personal touch, professionalism, and ability to create heartfelt and tailored ceremonies, Liz's attention to detail in incorporating couples' love stories resonated with guests and made ceremonies truly memorable. Couples appreciated her communication, calming presence, and the way she captured the essence of their relationships, going above and beyond by providing keepsakes and making the entire process stress-free and meaningful. Highly recommended for couples seeking a warm, personalized, and flawless ceremony experience.

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Liz from Joyful Unions stood out in multiple user reviews as an exceptional wedding officiant. Consistently praised for her personal touch, professionalism, and ability to create heartfelt and tailored ceremonies, Liz's attention to detail in incorporating couples' love stories resonated with guests and made ceremonies truly memorable. Couples appreciated her communication, calming presence, and the way she captured the essence of their relationships, going above and beyond by providing keepsakes and making the entire process stress-free and meaningful. Highly recommended for couples seeking a warm, personalized, and flawless ceremony experience.

Leanne
Leanne Sent on 03/04/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Liz was the PERFECT Officiant for our Wedding!

We can't thank Liz enough for her perfect leadership before, during, and after our wedding ceremony. Her professionalism and commitment to ensuring a smooth, heart-felt, memory making ceremony from our first phone call with her, to meeting her in person to discuss our relationship story, to checking in and ensuring everything was ready to go in the days before the weekend, to helping organize the wedding party pre-wedding, to officiating a beautiful ceremony, to signing and sending the marriage license was so very appreciated. Our ceremony truly captured the love, emotions, and commitment of the day! Liz took all of our wishes in account-including a family blending activity and incorporating both our own written vows and some traditional I do's. We highly recommend Liz to any couple looking for a tear-jerking ceremony filled with love and respect for the sentimentality of marriage!
Caroline
Caroline Sent on 03/16/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Happily Married by Liz

Liz was beyond fabulous as our wedding officiant! Almost every guest we talked to after the ceremony commented on what a wonderful job she did, and how it was apparent that she loves uniting two people in marriage. Liz took the time to really get to know us as a couple, and our love story. She then incorporated it into our ceremony. It was as if she knew us for years. We really appreciated the personal, loving feel Liz brought to our ceremony, and our guests loved hearing the story of our relationship up to our wedding day. Liz arrived at the venue in plenty of time to check in with my husband at the venue, and with me in my bridal dressing area. She wanted to let us know she was there, and to check and see to see how we were both feeling. So sweet! We could not have selected a better officiant to marry us. I highly recommend Liz at Joyful Unions! You will also be very happy that you did. Thank you, Liz!!
Nikki
Nikki Sent on 12/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The Perfect Officiant for Our Special Day

We cannot recommend Liz enough! From the very beginning, her communication was exceptional—she was so kind, attentive, and truly accommodating to everything we hoped for in our ceremony. She took the time to get to know us as a couple and crafted a beautiful, heartfelt ceremony that perfectly captured our love story in the most authentic way.

Her words moved everyone in attendance; there wasn’t a dry eye throughout the entire ceremony. She struck the perfect balance between our Jewish traditions and the personal touches we wanted to include, making it such a meaningful and memorable experience for us and our guests.

Liz was an absolute joy to work with, and we feel so blessed that she played such an important role in our day. If you’re looking for an officiant who is thoughtful, talented, and truly cares, look no further!
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Words can't describe the amazing experience that I had working with Joyful Unions! Absolutely professional, and extremely pleasurable to work with from start to finish. Quality vendors that work well together make every single event better for everyone involved (especially the clients), and this collaboration was no exception. Looking forward to future events with Joyful Unions!

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Such a wonderful speech Liz gave for one of our brides who we have designed the bridal gowns. We felt as if Liz was the best friend of the bride and groom forever and speech filled with love, care, happiness made us moved. Thank you Liz!

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Liz at Joyful Unions is awesome! Her ceremony style is innovative and fun. In other words a perfect fit for our clients :)

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