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Rev. Kate Adamson

Rev. Kate Adamson

Charlottesville, VA
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    five stars!

    Kate was so warm and kind. She helped us come up with ideas for our ceremony and was communicative throughout the process. I would highly recommend her for all couples! She was very LGBTQ+ affirming and made our special day brighter.
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    Leah Sent on 10/28/2024
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    Best ceremony!!

    from start to finish this experience was STELLAR! From the 1st sit down to the ceremony we had no complaints! Rev Adamson gave the best ceremony our friends and family have ever witnessed. everything was just the way we wanted it to be, very detailed and thought out! Rev. Adamson was very understanding with working with us about what we wanted - a good mix of religious and nonreligious, and I could not have asked for anything better!!
    10/10 highly recommend!
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    A perfect Elopement Ceremony

    A couple of weeks ago, Rev. Kate officiated my elopement ceremony and was absolutely fantastic! She did a wonderful job putting together a ceremony personalized towards us and our relationship. We had kept in touch with Kate via email and had a couple of phone meetings to ensure our ceremony incorporated everything we wanted. Kate provided us with examples of different ceremony outlines and even had my husband and I fill out a questionnaire to get a better understanding of our relationship. The ceremony was perfect and we couldn't recommend Kate enough!
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    Madison Sent on 10/23/2024
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    Amazing experience !

    Kate was amazing hands down! She was very thoughtful and thorough ensuring it was the perfect day! She included everything we asked for and Personalized it even more! I highly recommend her services. Even though we live states away everything went flawless! Thank you again kate for everything you do!
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    Hire Kate!

    Kate was amazing, would highly recommend! We didn't meet Rev. Kate until 5 minutes before our ceremony (other than phone calls) and she made us feel right at ease. Kate is very flexible, professional, and brings you lots of ideas! She is even willing to stand on the edge of a mountain for a ceremony. 10/10!
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    A beautiful ceremony!

    We just loved working with Reverend Kate! What sets Reverend Kate apart from other types of officiants is that she truly wants to collaborate with her clients to build a ceremony that is a representation of their love. Even standing in front of everyone on our wedding day, my husband and I felt like it was such an intimate ceremony with Reverend Kate supporting us in our commitment to each other. We received SO many compliments from family and friends about the ceremony and how beautiful it was. Thank you so so much Reverend Kate for making our day so beautiful and helping us to capture the meaning of the entire day!
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    Reverend Kate was amazing!

    Reverend Kate was absolutely amazing and I couldn’t imagine our ceremony with anyone else. She was patient, kind and flexible with the entire process. She made us feel calm and present during our large ceremony. She crafted a beautiful ceremony that was so representative of our love story and we couldn’t be happier. Plus, she’s super cool and a fun person to be around!
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    Natural Bridge Elopement

    Kate was a perfect officiant for our intimate elopement. She did a fantastic job helping us craft a ceremony that fit us and fit our elopement exactly right. From the first introductory call to the actual ceremony, Kate was great with ideas and recommendations and also with general guidance for our journey into marriage. I highly recommend Kate and consider ourselves lucky to have had her as part of our day.
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    Hiring Rev. Kate was one of our best wedding decisions...

    Choosing Kate as our wedding officiant was one of the best decisions we made for our special day. From our initial meeting to the heartfelt exchange of vows, Kate demonstrated a remarkable talent for crafting a ceremony that felt uniquely ours!

    Kate is a master with words, effortlessly weaving together our love story and personal anecdotes to create a ceremony that was both touching and meaningful. Her attention to detail and thorough communication ensured that every aspect of the ceremony reflected our values and personalities perfectly. It truly felt like she had known us for years, capturing the essence of our relationship in a way that resonated deeply with us and our guests.

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    Great professionalism

    Ms Kate briung out the true beauty of our relationship during our wedding she pinpointed exactly how we felt about one another. She was very attentive. I would highly recommend her
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    Warm, thoughtful, and genuine

    Our situation was a bit different as we were getting re-married after being divorced. Reverend Kate spent time getting to know us despite being 1,000 miles away. Her questionnaire was thoughtful and she communicated with us over video chat to get to know us better. It was an easy and casual conversation which was great, but the best part was that she was absolutely listening. She was able to incorporate that causal conversation into the perfect sentiments for our situation! She encapsulated 27 years of love and life - ups and downs into the perfect story of us at that moment!
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    The absolute best officiant!

    We loved having Kate be a part of our mountain elopement, and she truly exceeded our expectations as an officiant. She took the time to really get to know us, and exuded love and care throughout the entire planning and day-of experience. She was so warm and calming in every interaction, and both her resources and her input helped us customize a thoughtful and meaningful ceremony that was perfect for us. We highly recommend her!!
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    Personal and Meaningful Ceremony Design

    Rev. Kate was a huge part of making our wedding day so special. From our initial consultation, we knew she was a good fit as she made us feel comfortable and heard. We knew we were in good hands to create a wedding ceremony that was unique to us. We also used her pre-marital counseling services, which were a great opportunity for my partner and I to reflect on our relationship and let Rev. Kate get to know us better leading into the ceremony. She made sure every detail of the ceremony script was specified to us and was very flexible when it came to the amount of religion that we wanted in the ceremony. She had creative ideas...
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    Perfect Ceremony

    We are so glad that we hired Rev. Kate for our ceremony. Going into the process, our two requirements were to 1) have a secular ceremony and 2) to have someone speak about us with familiarity and not feel like they are reading about us from an info sheet. Rev. Kate easily fit both of these points.

    From our initial phone conversation, it was clear that Rev. Kate was thoughtful, insightful, and passionate about creating the perfect, personalized wedding ceremony. She offered a wide selection of vows to choose from and really guided us through forming our ceremony vision. It was the perfect length and the perfect balance between philosophical and sentimental. We received so many compliments about her delivery and script. Truly could not have asked for anything more!
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    Kate is exceptional!

    Kate Adamson was truly invaluable to our elopement experience. Her impeccable communication set the tone right from the start. Our initial consultation, which lasted nearly an hour, and an in-person meeting over dinner allowed us to collaborate on our ceremony together. Despite being stormed out on our first date, she reassured us that everything would be fine and that she would get us married! She was extremely flexible and accommodating, probably past the point of her responsibility to us. What set Kate apart was not just her professionalism, but the genuine pride she took in curating a ceremony that resonated with us. Her thoughtful suggestions, coupled with a host of resources including example prayers, readings, and distinctive unity ceremonies...
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    Above and Beyond - we are SO grateful for Reverend Kate

    We were working with our prior officiant for several months, when there was a COVID situation 48-hours before our wedding. We had a truly wonderful experience in planning a very customized ceremony with our prior officiant, but made the tough call to partner with her recommended colleague, Reverend Kate, last minute due to health concerns.

    We were blown away by Kate's generosity, warm spirit, and professionalism. We are so grateful she joined us the next day for our rehearsal, and made accommodations to officiate our early afternoon ceremony with just 24-hours notice (while she already had another wedding later in the day). She was prepared, organized, and made the entire experience completely seamless. Kate made a significant...
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    Rev. Kate is incredible

    When we hired Rev. Kate we knew we wanted a nonreligious ceremony but had no idea where to start. She walked us through our options and learned about us to truly design a ceremony that felt meaningful and authentic. The ceremony was everything we wanted and more. Rev. Kate helped calm our nerves before the wedding, on the wedding day and during the ceremony. She has a calming presence that helped us take in the wedding day as much as possible. I cannot imagine our day without her help. There is nothing I would change about the ceremony. I highly highly recommend hiring Rev. Kate.
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    Rev Kate is a wonderful person

    Rev Kate is wonderful! My husband and I were looking for a nondenominational service for our small outdoor wedding. We contacted Rev Kate fairly close to our wedding date upon the highly praised referral from another officiant who was unavailable for our date, and she did not disappoint. Despite the fact that we did not have a lot of time to spend with Rev Kate prior to our ceremony, she was still able to perform a lovely service. She has a wonderful presentation and delivery. I had no idea what to request or suggest regarding the itinerary for the service, but Rev Kate had many sample templates to choose from and walked us through it making it feel like a breeze. I would highly recommend Rev Kate as an officiant!
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    Can't imagine having anyone else perform our handfasting

    Kate was organized, punctual, and caring in all of our interactions. Excellent communication. From the first phone call we felt like we had known her for years. The questionnaires and paperwork she uses to outline your ceremony are well worth the effort. She used the information and created a beautiful ceremony for us filled with love, laughter, and even a little Harry Potter reference. By the end of this experience we felt like she was part of the family. Kate was also adaptable to our crazy weather situation. Tropical Storm Ophelia visited our wedding day, and Kate greeted us with a big warm smile and a hug.
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    Wonderful Officiant

    I highly recommend Kate as your officiant. She was absolutely wonderful. She officiated my brother’s wedding in 2019 and I remembered loving how personal their ceremony was to them. When I was on the search for my own wedding I kept looking and looking and couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for until I remembered Kate. She is so easy to communicate with and you can tell she truly cares. She was so easy to meet with and I am so pleased with how thoughtful our ceremony was. She created the perfect ceremony for us and it was so personal to our love story. I was very impressed with the entire process we had with Kate.
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    The perfect choice for our snowy mountain-top ceremony!

    Kate was absolutely incredible as Celebrant for our tiny but magical mountain-top ceremony! Not only did she agree to hike to the top of a Stoney Man in Shenandoah National Park at dawn with us, but she smiled the whole way through the surprise snow. We felt like we had known Kate for years as we walked up the mountain together. She made us very comfortable throughout and joked around with us as we shivered through the cold. Thankyou Kate for making this moment something we'll never forget.
    Love from Amanda and Michael in our new home in Australia.
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    Amazing!

    Kate is as good as it gets! My wife and I got married in a non-traditional ceremony with a small group of our family. The first time we contacted Kate, we made an immediate connection with her over the phone. We then set up an in-person meeting to discuss the ceremony with her. When we met Kate in person we both felt like we'd known her for years. She is so easy to talk to and accommodating. She had great suggestions for our ceremony and can handle any sort of scenario you can imagine with ease. Our level of comfort with her was off the charts! The morning of our ceremony (we got married at 8am), Kate was there...
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    Entertaining Ceremony

    When I started looking for an officiant for our wedding, the first think I noticed on Rev. Kate's photos is the SMILES. I knew right away, that's the ceremony I wanted and exactly what we got.
    Rev. Kate really put effort into getting to know us as a couple. We had a phone conversation, met in person, and loved filling out a questionaire. She really challenged us to express our deep thougths and feelings for another. All this made our ceremony really personal to us. Our wedding was a bit untraditional (25 guests, shipping container bar at a brewery). Kate was openmided and helped come up with unique ideas.
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    Rev. Kate is phenomenal!

    I’ve worked with Rev. Kate as a wedding coordinator quite a few times so it was a no brainer that she officiate my own wedding. The fact she was able to share our special day with us was more than memorable and I’m so glad to say that I’ll be able to hold onto that blessing forever. Rev. Kate makes planning your vows a breeze with her detailed questionnaire and customization. We were even able to include a sand pouring with our children as well to unite us as one family.

    Thank you Rev. Kate for the many memories (and hopefully many more!)
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    Wonderfully personal and meaningful experience!!

    Rev. Kate was truly the perfect person to do our wedding ceremony. We really could not have asked for a better experience. We came in having very little idea of what we wanted for our ceremony, but Rev. Kate was able to help us put something together that was beautiful and personal. She was very communicative and organized and we really felt like we were in great hands through the whole process. She really took the time to get to know us both as a couple and as individuals and that care really shone through in the words she chose for the ceremony. Rev. Kate took the time to make sure we felt comfortable and that our vision for...
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