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Jesus Sent on 05/17/2023Magical and beautiful ceremony
We chose David because he was bilingual and all the great’s reviews. Also the background of the company and the touch storytelling about his wife. He made our custom ceremony more special and to be honest was magical! He get ours guests to follow the whole ceremony and made some special moments for us. -
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Taylor Sent on 11/17/2022amazing! 11-12-2022
I was lucky to find David on somewhat of a short notice (roughly a month or less before the wedding) . He answered all my questions very quickly, and any email I sent he always responded right away. We decided to do a bi lingual wedding for some of our Spanish speaking guests and it was perfect! we were able to customize our ceremony to how we wanted it to flow. David showed up early to the ceremony I was not able to speak with him how the plan was too because my 2 year old was having a meltdown minutes before the ceremony which made it start a few minutes late but he was great and rolled with it and it was such a beautiful and amazing ceremony. Many of my guests complimented on David! would highly recommend him to anyone!
thank you so much again David!
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Emily Sent on 02/05/2022
David Cooper was Excellent
David was wonderful from start to finish. He officiated our friend's wedding with humor and love which was just what they wanted. He was organized, kind, and on time. We highly recommend! This wedding was at The Ruins in Seattle with roughly 100 guests. Thank you David! -
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Sarah Sent on 10/12/2021Calm, collected, cool, and hilarious!
David went above and beyond at our small and intimate wedding we had in October 2021. We had him show up for rehearsal the night before at the lodge we were getting married at which made the next day feel so much easier to navigate since we were definitely going for a non traditional vibe for our intimate wedding. David was so helpful and easy to work with and was the exact officiant we were looking for since he specializes in handfasting rituals. Even though our bridal party forgot the cords at the ceremony, he made the crowd feel at ease with his humor which I felt made the ceremony absolutely perfect and awesome! I would totally recommend him to anyone getting married in the Seattle/Snohomish area. Thank you so much!! -
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Sandra Sent on 10/23/2020Highly Satisfied!
When I reached out to several wedding officiants on Wedding Wire, David was the only one who responded in a prompt professional manner. Our total experience with him was very positive and memorable! I'm glad we chose Forever Together. -
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Crystel Sent on 09/28/2019
Amazing officiant!
David and Joanna were awesome!
We were initially conversing with Joanna through email and she was very informative and responded very quickly to our emails.
David was who we met with in person; and my husband and I hit it off with him very well. He was very flexible in customizing the type of wedding ceremony we were wanting. We ultimately decided to work with him because he made us feel comfortable, he had experience in all types of ceremonies (we wanted to include both Filipino and Irish traditions) our ceremony and he was super funny!
We opted to add a rehearsal the night before our wedding - David showed early and was good in catching up some bridal party members that showed up late. The day of the wedding he did more than we could have imagined. We're so happy he included humor in the ceremony - it really made us feel at ease.
Overall, if you're on the fence about deciding to work with David; I'd highly suggest to do so! You won't be disappointed.
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Xuan Sent on 08/27/2019David was great!
David was a great officiant! Very early on in the process he gave us a lot of material to do research on to make sure we have time to pick/customize our own ceremony. He is also very patient and responsive to all of our questions and emails. He also has a great sense of humor, which match our ceremony vibes perfectly! Thank you so much David! Our ceremony wouldn't have been so amazing without you! -
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Celina Sent on 06/07/2019Perfect day !!!
David put me at ease from the very first phone call with his quick wit and kindness. Our ceremony was heart felt and serious with his splashes of humour which made it absolutely perfect for us! We had many phone conversations as well as emails and every communication was clear and helpful.. we appreciate you so much David and thank you for making our special day absolutely amazing !!! Much love from the entire family ~ Sincerely Jermaine and Celina Williams -
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Wanny Sent on 02/13/2019
Wonderful memory from Forever, Together
After we searched for professional wedding officiants, we found some of them who we would like to work with. We made decision to contact Forever, Together which was the correct answer for us. Joanne and David responded immediately and provided us with flexible times and wedding ceremony options. That was really helpful, because we did not have much time to prepare. David worked for us. He is really professional and responsible person. Even we were faced with some problems, with his assistances, everything went well. You can rely on them to create your fabulous memory. We would recommend Forever, Together to you for your precious experience. -
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Kristine Sent on 02/09/2019
Great Value, Easy to Work With
Joanna performed our elopement style wedding. She was so flexible and willing to customize things to us. She has a great sense of humor and warm personality. David printed our keepsake wedding license and it turned out so nice! -
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Alora Sent on 02/01/2019
Great experience for us procrastinators!
My fiancé and I waited way too long to find an officiant, and I was stressing out that we might not find one in time for our wedding day. My best friend actually found Forever, Together for me and sent me their way after learning they had our date available! We had a wonderful experience from the start working with David, and just a few minutes into our first video conference decided we wanted to work with him. He sent over many emails containing packets of details and ceremony options, and we ended up selecting on of his premade options. It was wonderful to meet him on our special day and he preformed the perfect light-hearted, short and sweet ceremony with some humor, which was a definite plus for us! If you're looking for a great team to work with, don't hesitate to contact Forever, Together! A million thanks to David and Joanna! -
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Rachel Sent on 11/16/2011Reverend David Cooper officiated our wedding, and if you can't tell from the site, he is very very highly recommended and rated 5th in Washington state! He did an exceptional job at officiating our wedding, following up with EVERY email prior to the wedding, helping us with our vows, he has the most amazing personality and made us feel completely at ease on our special day. KUDOS to you Reverend David Cooper!!! You are such an amazingly talented professional! Keep up the excellent work!!! -
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Abigail Sent on 08/05/2011Rev D was amazing. My husband and I wanted a ceremony in English and Spanish and had a very hard time finding anyone who could/would do it. But David was more than willing and did a great job with it. We couldn't be happier to have had him as a part of our wedding. -
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Brooke Sent on 12/01/2008We chose to use Rev D as our officiant with only about a month before the wedding. He was so helpful, so wonderful, we are so happy we chose him and were lucky enough to have him be a crucial part of our wedding. We would highly, highly, highly recommend he and his wife, you will not be disapointed! Prompt, fun, energetic and ready to help in any way they can. Thanks again Rev D!
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Michelle Sent on 08/13/2008Rev. Cooper was great! We would (and did!) recommend his services to our friends. He was punctual, organized, professional and fun. His guidance and advice were extremely helpful and never pushy. Our ceremony was exactly how we wanted it... I can look back and say that I wouldn't change a thing. -
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Bauhinia Sent on 02/05/2019Wonderful and friendly to work with, experienced
Joanna was wonderful to work with. At our consultation meeting, she brought along a lot of great materials, such as samples for designing ceremonies and vows. She was friendly and responsive by email. She kept things lighthearted and her experience helped us stay calm through our big day! -
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Amanda Sent on 10/16/2011When we first met with Joanna we thought she was great. She did have to call me a few times that day and change our appt due to her having a last minute dr appt and the dr's office running late, but at least she called, so no big deal. She flipped through the book of vows awfully quick was our only complaint in the beginning. However, she had told us she used to be a wedding planner so she knew to think of things like having my maid of honor or someone straighten my train when I got up to the "alter" for pictures, etc. So, for that very reason we picked her over another officiant that probably would've done a better job in hindsight.
After we paid our deposit, she was a little hard to get a hold of. I called her to tell her that we had changed our minds on having a separate day rehearsal because too many of our bridal party members wouldn't be able to make it and so we would like to do a same day rehearsal instead and I needed to know how much time we would need for that so I could schedule my hair and makeup appts around this and over 24hrs later she still had not returned my call. So, I called again. This time, she answered my phone call, however, she seemed like she had no idea who I was at first (even though we had just met less than a week prior to this). She had to ask her husband if she had any other weddings that day. Then about 1 wk before the wedding she calls and asks whether I was having a rehearsal a different day or if we had changed it to the same day, because she couldn't remember.
The day of the wedding, she was supposed to be at the venue at 1pm. Around 1:20pm, I call her to see where she is at and she does not answer. She finally showed up a little after 1:30pm claiming that there was traffic. Members in my party I had just driven through that area not too long before she did and it was completely clear. She said she didn't answer my call because she has received a ticket for talking on her cell phone before. I can understand that, but it only takes a second to pull over and call a panicking bride when you are over 30 minutes late! Or get a bluetooth or put your phone on speakerphone, which are both legal in this state while driving. During the ceremony she read word for word from printed papers as if she hadn't read the ceremony before the day. I understand that you can't memorize the whole ceremony, but it would've been nice had she familiarized herself with it a little to be able to look up a little more from her clipboard. She just seemed completely ill-prepared and it was really disappointing, especially for how much money you fork out for an officiant. I have no idea how they got voted in the top 5 of Western Washington, unless her husband is WAY better than she is!
***Edit in Response to Joanna's reply***
First off, she told us she would email us telling us when she wanted our vows as she did not like to focus on more than one wedding at a time because she liked to give each couple her undivided attention, but most likely she would want it the week before the wedding. I NEVER heard from her, so finally, I just emailed her the vows or she wouldn't have had anything to go off of the day of the wedding. Her reasoning really didn't make sense to me, since we were emailing her the vows. It's not like she HAD to go over them right then and there, she could've saved them and went over them at her convenience. Even if there was a misunderstanding about when we were supposed to send the vows, we picked our whole ceremony (except the sand ceremony, because she didn't offer one that included our parents) from her book and maybe changed 10 words throughout the entire ceremony. If she has been doing this as long as she says she has, then she should KNOW all the pieces of the ceremonies in her book. We only changed simple things like "from the end of our forever" to "for all the days of our lives" and might have omitted a few religious phrases. She had a lot more religious stuff in her book than what we were led to believe since she flipped through it so fast at our initial meeting. We made it clear to her at our initial meeting that we were NOT religious, so maybe that is why she felt the need to move through the book so quickly.
As far as her not recognizing me on the phone, it happened more than that one time. I have an email, that I saved, it's the one where she sent me a worksheet to fill out with our contact info, wedding date & time, venue info, etc and she called me Angela...my name is Amanda! Now, when you are emailing a client, you should have their info right there handy!
She was more than 15min late. If she really wanted to argue about that, I have phone records that show that I called her at 1:13pm and 1:14pm and people that could verify that she showed up about 10-15 minutes AFTER I called her. As for her showing up so early and not charging me, SHE is the one that told me to have the rehearsal at 1pm. I had called her (the day she didn't return my phone call & the next day) to tell her we wanted the same day rehearsal and ask how much time SHE needed for that, so I could schedule my hair and make up appts around the rehearsal. She was the one that said we should do it at 1pm. NOT ME! It's convenient how she twists the story around to try to make me look like the bad guy when she thinks I probably wont come back and read what she wrote in response. Think again, Joanna. I am here for the future brides, so they know what you are really about.
As far as her feeling she did a good job at the ceremony, she is the only one that felt that way. I got so many comments from my bridal party and my guests stating what a terrible job she did and how disappointed I must be.
***Edit 12/7/11 - I spoke with Joanna through email because I never received my keepsake copy of our marriage certificate, which she took with her to write in the text on her computer to make it look nicer. She said she sent it & it must be a post office error, but she still had it on her computer & could resend it. After discussing things with her husband, they decided to give me a partial refund after the whole debacle with my wedding & everything. This does help some, it is certainly better than nothing & I appreciate that they were willing to do this, especially after so much time had passed. I certainly didn't expect it, I just wanted my keepsake certificate and to be done with the whole thing. -
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Daria Sent on 08/29/2024Tainted our ceremony by trying to be the center of attention
David was the worst vendor I had to interact with on the day of my wedding. Leading up to the day he was very professional, our zoom meeting and phone calls were all standard and helpful. The day of the wedding he completely changed his attitude.
While my husband and father-in-law were waiting with him to walk down the aisle, right before the ceremony, David told them he hates weddings. He later clarified it was due to the heat, but it was an inappropriate comment to make right before our ceremony. During the ceremony he forget the ring exchange and I had to remind him mid-ceremony, right before our kiss, to do the rings.
The worst part happened after all of this. Despite his attitude and mistake during the ceremony, he had the audacity to "rate our kiss" and told us and the audience he "expected better". This made my husband and I extremely uncomfortable and he ruined the end of what was supposed to be a beautiful, short and simple ceremony. At the end of the day we are happy and married, but looking back my ceremony kiss will always be my least favorite memory of the day, which is pretty depressing. If you want a nice ceremony DO NOT go with this officiant.
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