After meeting Ernie, we knew he had to be our officiant. He is such a kind, intelligent, and thoughtful human, and we really enjoyed getting to know him through the process of creating our ceremony. He created such a warm and welcoming and we are so hopeful to have the opportunity to stay in touch with him. Our wedding ceremony was stunning — we received so many incredible compliments about Ernie’s words and what he created, and when we have talked about it since, we feel so grateful for the love and care he put into it. I got a little choked up during my vows and Ernie gently guided me to help me get through them. There is no better person you could select to help create a beautiful memory for your special day. He’s a wonderful, wonderful human being.

Hiring Ernie as our wedding officiant was the best decision we made!

Where to begin?

From the moment I met Ernie, he was extremely funny, charming and witty. He set up an hour long FaceTime call with me and my husband where he really took the time to get to know us, what kind of people we are and what we value in each other— and then he used that information to craft a highly personalized ceremony, which was lengthy, full, super accurate, and hilarious. It was so personalized, in fact, that several of my guests thought that Ernie was a family friend. Others thought that I gave him a script to read off from, because it was so perfect and accurate. But in reality, I had no idea what was going on. He wanted his ceremony to be a surprise, and asked us to trust him that he would make something beautiful. And he did! There wasn’t a dry eye in the audience, but he also injected enough wit to make everyone laugh out loud.

He helped us every step of the way with our vows and ceremony, even though we were super clueless going into this process. He suggested several things to make the ceremony more interesting, like a wine box ceremony, giving roses to our parents — and even went as far to ask my MIL and husband if it was okay to dedicate a few words about my FIL, who passed away a few years ago. That was very considerate and my MIL was so touched by it. She kept speaking of Ernie with such fondness after the wedding.

But as an added bonus to the wonderful ceremony, every single email from Ernie was an absolute delight to read, and I became super excited whenever I received a new message from him. He seems wise beyond his years and has an otherworldly charm of some sort. I am convinced he is the reason why it didn’t rain on my wedding day.

His prices are extremely reasonable, too. I saw other officiants would charge you extra for something personalized, another extra fee for consultation, and yet another extra for attending your rehearsal. Not Ernie! He has one flat fee for literally everything you could ever want from an officiant. He came to the rehearsal without an additional cost and took charge of the process— helping the wedding party with what to do, answering questions, making everyone feel comfortable, and making sure everything went smoothly (this was especially helpful when I noticed that the day-of-coordinator was struggling to control the situation).

He also did not stress me about payments and wouldn’t even talk about how to pay him until after the wedding. He kept telling me to not worry about it until later, and didn’t charge me until after I got back from the honeymoon. I got the sense that he is truly passionate about his job and doesn’t do this just for the money.

He sent me and my husband a full printed copy of our ceremony along with a handwritten card, too.

Wedding planning was hard, but working with Ernie over the last 9 months made it worth it. Interacting with him was definitely the most fun part about the whole thing. Do not look any further than Ernie. Hire him and he will make your wedding day fabulous.

I contacted Ernie through this website and he answered immediately. We did vows renewal for our 10th wedding anniversary. We came from Canada to Newport Beach for the ceremony. He understood what we want and he was extremely flexible. He did a Facetime with us and we discussed all the details. We trusted him a lot and we had no worries. He was there ahead of time and he even called me to say that he arrived, he was very well dressed and he did our event very special. He gave us a wonderful vibe and we felt special.