Joyful Promises Reviews
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Maddie M. Sent on 04/01/2024Wedding Officiant
Absolutely thrilled with our choice of Marti as our wedding officiant! From our very first meeting, she made us feel comfortable and understood. She took the time to get to know us as a couple and crafted a ceremony that was truly reflective of our personalities and love story. Marti's approach is wonderfully inclusive, ensuring that our non-denominational ceremony felt meaningful and personal, resonating not just with us but all of our guests.We couldn't have asked for a better experience and highly recommend Marti to any couple looking for a personalized and heartfelt wedding ceremony. -
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Joshua L. Sent on 09/19/2019A Perfect Experience
For us, the most important item was to be able to have a wedding ceremony that would demonstrate our very own inner-faith marriage, conducted in a manner that was comfortable for all our guests but most important our immediate family and us as husband and wife. Let it be known that in this case, the groom is of the Jewish faith, while the bride is of the Catholic faith. Each of us have family that are very religious while some others are not so much.
Due to the fact that we ourselves are more reform, we decided against having a rabbai or priest marry us. Through our search of officiants and screening them, once we came across Marti, we knew that we needed to reach out to inquire about availability for our date, and were eager to chat more about her services. Learning via her own website that just some of her credentials are that of an award winning toastmaster, author and has an incredible amount of experience with weddings, it was evident that Marti is definitely very qualified.
Marti calls herself a Celebrant. A unique title, but a fitting one. Though Marti had been doing weddings for years, this was her first one requiring the Judaism element to be incorporated. She embraced the opportunity to take on the challenge and prove that we’ve selected the right individual for the job. One thing is certain, she nailed it out of the park. Our entire ceremony was written word for word, authored by her, with the exact amount of focus we each wanted to have with regards to religion, so as to ensure it not seem smothering, but also not too subtle.
Following the ceremony and still to this day, we continue to receive great praise on how nice our ceremony was from various family and friends that don’t even know each other. Very religious family from both sides have even complimented us on how much they enjoyed it. That right there should further support the above-and-beyond like expectations anyone will experience with Marti.Joyful Promises's reply:
Thank you so much for your very kind words. I really enjoyed collaborating with you to create a ceremony that respected both of your belief systems and your spiritual journeys to the point at which you wanted to join your lives together. I especially appreciate that you entrusted me with this, knowing it was my first experience doing a Catholic/Jewish interfaith ceremony. I am heart-warmed to know that it exceeded your expectations! Yours is a ceremony I will always remember.... I am honored that you chose me to do it. -
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Julee Sent on 10/08/2015Marti did a wonderful job writing and performing our ceremony. My husband and I didn't want anything religious and she was happy to make the ceremony be whatever we wanted. She gave us lots of good suggestions and helped wrangle our friends and family for the rehearsal-including my feisty dad who is a handful. Another bonus was that she was able to bring her own mics and speakers for our outdoor ceremony. It would have been impossible for our guests to hear otherwise. Her price was reasonable and she was willing to meet with us face to face to plan everything out. She did a perfect job at the most intimate part of our day. We can't thank her enough.Joyful Promises's reply:
Thank you so much for choosing me to celebrate your marriage, and for your lovely and kind words. You and Allen were a joy to work with, I enjoyed meeting your interesting family and colorful friends, and your dad was a hoot! I'm so glad I was able to meet your needs and make yours a ceremony that truly reflected who you are as a couple. I was honored to be included in that most intimate part of of your wedding celebration. -
User1865610 Sent on 10/15/2014She is so sweet! we fell in love with her on our interview!Joyful Promises's reply:
How kind -- thank you!
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