They say the first year flies by quickly…we can confirm this. Today is our first wedding anniversary and over the last week we’ve been reminiscing about our beautiful day and the people who made it unforgettable.

One of those people was our officiant Minister John Fuchigami.
Being from NJ but getting married in AZ, we were nervous about being able to find an officiant, especially since we weren’t planning on making a trip out before the wedding. Our wedding venue provided us with a list of officiants we could choose from and Minister Fuchigami was the first person we reached out to.

Our email correspondences were always filled with a warm tone and genuine responses which was mirrored in the phone conversation we had set up.

We knew after that call that as long as he was available, we wouldn’t need to reach out to anyone else. And we didn’t.

He really took the time to learn about our relationship and turned it into a story that beautifully captured us.

And it wasn’t just us who felt like he was the perfect fit. We had so many guests come up to us after our ceremony and tell us what a wonderful choice he was. They loved how kind and sincere his words about us were and the light atmosphere he kept. A lot of guests also mentioned he had a great voice (which we both also agree with!) and loved the Hawaiian blessing we opted for. We were asked all night where we found him! Even a year later, he still gets brought up whenever people talk about our wedding.

For any couple who may be reading this review, we wanted to share our experience and let you know he was such a wonderful part of our day and the perfect beginning to our marriage.

We felt truly lucky to have had Minister Fuchigami as our officiant and would have made the same choice, without hesitation, a million times over.

Super easy to work with, very communicative. He really took his time in creating our perfect speech and even shared with us in case we wanted any changes made. Was on time, extremely friendly and genuinely just a great person. John was the best person for the job, you won’t be disappointed!

Father John was the most amazing officiant we could have asked for on our wedding day. He took the time to get to know us as a couple and the ceremony felt so personal and specific to our love story. Leading up to the wedding day, he was a pleasure to work with as well. We thoroughly enjoyed our calls with him and you can tell how much he cares about each couple he works with. He kept us on track and thought of every detail. He was very fast to respond and he even provided us with suggestions to help make our ceremony unique and personal.

He made our wedding ceremony perfect. We got so many compliments on the ceremony and how great our officiant was. We cannot recommend him enough!

John was an amazing officiant. He took the time to learn our story, get to know us, and made a genuine connection. We were so honored to have him there on our special day. Our guests were extremely pleased with his kind words and prayers. We couldn’t recommend John enough.

John is absolutely incredible. He took the time to really get to know my husband and I to turn our dream wedding into a reality. Every single guest from our wedding couldn’t believe how perfect he was! Not only was the ceremony beautiful, but it was filled with so much love and care from John himself!
My husband and I live in Hawaii, but we got married in Arizona, and John was so flexible every time to meet with us over the phone. He truly went above and beyond for us from day one!
If you are getting married, choosing John to officiate
will easily be one of the best decisions you make!!

Thank you so much for being a part of our special day it was magical and everything I ever dreamed of! You were amazing and I loved how you presented the vows everyone said they liked it too. We will definitely recommend you to anyone we know! :)

John was wonderful! We received compliments about John and his words.

John really takes the time to get to know you and your story. He wants to make sure he can add value to your ceremony. He worked with us, gave us amazing ideas and helped us with recommendations for how to write our vows. So many things that made it a fun experience talking about as he got to know us. He just made it so easy. There were so many little details, we were not even aware of that. He helped walk us through I believe we almost spent two hours on the phone with him as we went over a lot of the details. John is very warm, caring and heartfelt, you can definitely feel it through the phone. You can feel it more so in person.

Give him a call 🤙

Honestly everyone, we could not have picked a better Officiant. John was very professional, kind, and overall great! He will make sure that everything is the way you want it and will double check just to be sure. Everyone at our wedding spoke very highly of him and told us how great he was. He has a wonderful personality and was open with everything we wanted to do. He even gave us some pointers about our vows and printed them just in case! We would recommend him to everyone if we could.

I cannot recommend John enough. From our first intake call to signing our marriage license, he was kind, professional and thoughtful through our entire journey. We vetted several officiants and no one came close to the level of comfort and trust we felt with John. He asked us unique and thorough questions to craft a ceremony that was uniquely customized for us and was very flexible with adding or removing parts of the ceremony to make it our own. He was also always quick to respond via email and fast with turning around new drafts for us.

On the day of, we had many guests go out of their way to compliment John (and many suggested he narrate audio books in the future because his voice is so soothing!).

I can’t recommend John enough! You seriously won’t regret it!

John was absolutely fantastic! From our first phone call with him to the big day, he was a pleasure to work with. He took the time to get to know us and our love story over the phone so that he could share parts of our story at the alter. John is very sweet and has such a calming nature which was great to have on such a nerve wracking day! We highly recommend choosing John as your officiant!!