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Kayla Allen Wedding Officiant is a Charlottesville-based professional wedding officiant, ordained, licensed & insured to perform marriage ceremonies in Virginia.

I offer the following services to anyone in love:

Marriage license signing ceremony: An intimate & simple gathering to sign the marriage license before or after your wedding reception.

Wedding ceremony creation & officiation: A traditional yet personalized, 20 - 25 minute short & sweet sacred ceremony crafted to reflect your values & beliefs. I can be scheduled to perform the ceremony or am available to coach a friend or family member on the ceremony we create.

Pre-marriage and post-marriage counseling: as a trained spiritual director & pastor, I have a pre-marriage assessment that can be used for couples in the beginning stages of marriage.

Your wedding is a threshold moment; let me guide you through it!

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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?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$150

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

$150

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

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Episcopalian
Evangelical
Lutheran
Methodist
No Denomination
Presbyterian
Quaker
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

VA

What languages do you speak?

English

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Kayla is a warm, professional officiant who crafts personalized, heartfelt ceremonies. She’s organized, communicative, offers premarital counseling, and handles logistics like licenses and rehearsals. Couples praise her calming presence, flexibility, and highly recommend her.

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Kayla is a warm, professional officiant who crafts personalized, heartfelt ceremonies. She’s organized, communicative, offers premarital counseling, and handles logistics like licenses and rehearsals. Couples praise her calming presence, flexibility, and highly recommend her.

Frank
Frank Sent on 11/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The Best Officiant!

We won the lottery with Kayla! You will instantly feel the warmth and connection that radiates from her beautiful soul. We would highly recommend doing the premarital counseling. She reaffirms your compatibilities and emphasizes the steps to take to create a happy, lifelong marriage. She got to know us well and was able to personalize the speech to us. The rehearsal was efficient and smooth under her direction. She provided a great template to personalize the ceremony speech with beautiful excerpts and suggestions that made it easy for us to have the most perfect day. We are so honored and happy to have her in our memories when we reflect on our wedding day. She will go above and beyond to make your day special!
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Grace Sent on 05/11/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful experience!

Kayla is wonderful! We had a friend officiate the ceremony and Kayla was there to do the official license, but she still went out of her way to get to know us and our story. She is warm, friendly, and efficient, giving us a stress free experience and getting us to our reception quickly! I would recommend her to anyone! Thanks Kayla!
Ashley
Ashley Sent on 04/30/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Small Elopement Ceremony

Kayla Allen was the perfect choice to perform our small elopement ceremony. We met with her to discuss the details of the ceremony and she had so many great ideas about how we could include our children in the ceremony to make them feel special, while keeping it intimate and personalized to my husband and I. On the day of our ceremony she spoke with family members and our children and made them all feel so comfortable and eased their nerves right before we got started. She added in so many little details that were special to us as a couple and we loved all of the special touches! She is flexible and communicative and willing to work with you to provide you with a perfect day!
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Kaley Sent on 04/28/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Ceremony Script and Officiant Coaching

Kayla was so helpful with writing our ceremony script and coaching our friend who was our honorary officiant! She had materials prepared to help us choose what we did and didn't want in our script while also customizing our ceremony to reflect us as a couple. She was prompt and on top of things both in planning and day-of!
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Mallory Sent on 11/18/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Kayla exceeded our expectations!

Her professionalism, calming presence, and beautifully written ceremony set the perfect tone for our day. She guided us through the whole process with clarity and care, and the result was a ceremony that felt uniquely “us.” We weren’t local to her area, so we had all of our meetings leading up to the wedding via zoom. She still was able to get to know us and craft a beautiful ceremony. 

I also highly suggest some of her pre-marriage counseling sessions.  We’re so thankful for her role in making our wedding unforgettable.
Emily
Emily Sent on 10/13/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Kayla is the BEST!!!!

Picking Kayla as our officiant was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. As a non-religious couple, we were initially nervous about finding the right officiant—especially someone we didn’t already know. We wanted our ceremony to truly reflect our love, our values, and our commitment to each other, and Kayla did exactly that and more.

From the very first meeting, Kayla radiated such warmth, joy, and genuine care that we instantly felt comfortable. She has this incredible ability to make you feel like you’ve known her for years. Many of our guests were shocked to learn that we hadn’t, because the connection she creates is that natural and heartfelt.

Kayla’s ceremony workbook was such a thoughtful tool that helped us craft a ceremony that felt so authentically “us.” She guided us every step of the way, offering insightful advice both leading up to the big day and on the day itself. On our wedding day, she was not only our officiant but also a calming, supportive presence—checking in, offering a hug, or simply being that friendly face who grounded us in the moment.

She is professional, punctual, organized, and truly knows what she’s doing—but what sets her apart is her heart.

I cannot recommend Kayla enough. If you want a ceremony that feels deeply personal, filled with love, and led by someone who genuinely cares about making your day perfect, Kayla is the one. I would recommend her to absolutely everyone—religious, non-religious, traditional, or modern—because she has a remarkable gift for making every couple’s love story shine!
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Lauren Sent on 10/13/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The warmest and kindest officiant!!

We had the pleasure of working with Kayla as our wedding officiant, and it was an incredibly smooth experience. From start to finish, she was warm, professional, and exceptionally flexible—exactly what we needed during such a special (and hectic!) time.

We did our premarital counseling-martial counseling with Kayla as well and loved that we got to know her well through our sessions before the wedding day. On the big day she was such a lovely presence—we highly recommend working with her for your big day!
Katie
Katie Sent on 09/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

100% Recommend!

Kayla was so fantastic throughout the entire process! She took time to listen to our thoughts about the wedding and marriage and was able to provide us with really great ideas and support as we figured out what we wanted our ceremony to look like! She provided us with the script/speech she had prepared so we had full control over what would be said. She was such a joy to work with and was so welcoming and professional, we had several of our friends/family ask if we knew her from something before because of how comfortable we were with her! She truly cares about her work and was heartfelt throughout our preparation and the day of. We 100% recommend her for anyone looking for an officiant!
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Emily Sent on 09/01/2025
5 out of 5 rating

08.22.2025 - Emily & Tyler

Kayla was amazing to work with! Her personality is what made us choose her to marry us. Her energy, positive attitude , and enthusiasm makes for a great ceremony. We had tons of compliments from family about how beautiful the ceremony was and how Kayla was NOT monotone and they could keep their attention while she was talking. I would recommend her over and over again!
Savannah
Savannah Sent on 08/12/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Morris-Rogerson Wedding

Kayla was a tremendous help in navigating our wedding day! She had numerous planning resources and was accommodating to our requests throughout our ceremony planning. Kayla was well-spoken and professional--our wedding guests told us that she did a fantastic job relaying the significance of our relationship and the connection to the location and each other!
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