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Very easy to deal with and enthusiastic about the process and aervice to make sure it all is the way you woukd like it. We left a lot of the process up to her with some input and the final result was very good.

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Mary Ellen Deckelmann couldn't have been more perfect for our wedding. She was extremely flexible, trusting, professional, fun and kind in her fee structure. Other wedding planners wouldn't even speak to us unless we were planning a costly extravaganza. Mary Ellen helped us with a beautiful, intimate ,and very low cost ceremony which just included two wonderful friends. We loved her. Our special day was tailored exactly to our needs. We had a wonderful time.

Adelle and John

Jennifer Sent on 06/01/2014

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Mary Ellen is wonderful!!! Her time taken to get to know us before our special day was really commendable and meant so much to us!! When she married us we didn't view her as a licensed stranger but more as a supporter and encourager for our commitment! When she spoke to our guests about who we are as individuals and as a couple, it was genuine and she was able to draw from her own observations!

Mary Ellen is organized, on time always and very professional! Beyond those qualities, she is fun, energetic and a believer in love and companionship! I will be recommending her to others in the future for their special day or even for relationship counseling! Time spent with M.E. is time well spent and won't be forgotten!!!

Valerie Sent on 11/16/2017

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Mary Ellen did an amazing job helping us make our special day exactly what we wanted - a short ceremony with our adult kids by the river in Bend on a beautiful sunny fall day. She helped us custom design the service and we loved the cheerfulness that she brought to our day. I highly recommend her for your wedding!!

Cathy Sent on 03/19/2021

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Perfect for us...

It is very rare for me to write reviews. The person getting one from me must be exceptional. I am extremely happy to recommend Mary Ellen and Weddings with Heart to anyone who wants a very special person to officiate their wedding, signing, elopement…whatever. We chose the simplest ceremony (a signing because we’d already been together for years) and Mary Ellen could have done her duty filling out the paperwork and showing us where to sign. Instead she commemorated our signing with the sweetest, funniest, memorable blessing on the next step of our journey, our marriage. She is a peach among apricots!

Lindsey Sent on 11/05/2020

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Incredible

Mary Ellen was exactly what we were looking for when trying to find an officiant for our elopement. She was extremely thoughtful and helped us create the most perfect ceremony. I contacted her with about a month to go, and she had no problem taking my ideas for ceremony scrips and turning them into a personalized, meaningful, incredible ceremony! She is worth every cent and I cant recommend her enough.

Lee G. Sent on 12/02/2024

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We're married!!!

We only had a basic marriage with no frills or guests, but Mary Ellen provided a wonderful, inviting atmosphere in her beautiful home for us to get hitched in. She was warm and welcoming, and she even provided the two witnesses!
I highly recommend her services for your wedding ceremony, for if she can make what should've been a basic paper-signing event into the special occasion she helped make it be, then imagine what she can do with a full-on, multi-guest ceremony in a church or other location!

Samantha Sent on 11/25/2014

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We are so glad we found Mary Ellen! We didn't want a "traditional, big," wedding but we also wanted something more special than a courthouse wedding. ME was able to give us a simple and small ceremony and made it very special! We do not live in Bend so ME made time to meet up with us on the morning of our wedding so we could find the perfect spot. She took us on a little walk through Shevlin Park and found some spots we could do our ceremony at. ME even arrived early to our ceremony and made a cute arrangement on the ground with pine cones for our family to stand around. She gave us just what we wanted, a nice ,sweet ceremony on a great fall day, among the trees,right along Tumalo Creek. I would recommend Mary Ellen to everyone.
-Sam & Jordan

Crystal Sent on 11/05/2021

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She’s perfect!

Mary Ellen was the most responsive and fun officiant that I had talked with during planning. She was so flexible with changes and made amazing suggestions. She allowed us to personalize our ceremony as much as we wanted. She kept us on our timeline for the day and made sure everyone knew where they needed to be.

Sharon Sent on 06/14/2024

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For a perfect experience

Mary Ellen was very prompt in all communication, explained the process expertly and gave us tons of options for vows, how the ceremony would be conducted, etc. On our wedding day she arrived exactly as planned and performed a beautiful ceremony for us. We would highly recommend!!

Miranda Sent on 03/07/2024

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Wonderful!

Mary Ellen was exceptional. She is incredibly knowledgeable and helped us curate vows that were perfect for us. She is a genuinely kind and delightful person and made our day special. Highly recommend using her services for your special day.

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Mary Ellen was great to work with. She was very flexible and had great ideas. We wanted to get married in a remote area with just us and our kids and she was willing to travel to where we needed her. We also wanted a very informal ceremony and she did a great job of getting to know us and adding information about us to our vows. She also provided great ideas on how we could include the children in our ceremony. We do not live in the area and she was able to answer questions for us and kept in contact via e-mail and phone up until the day of our ceremony.

Genavieve Sent on 12/08/2015

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Mary Ellen was wonderful. We both loved her, but for me getting the right officiant was everything. I get nervous in front of large groups of people so this was the most important vendor. She might be a little more expensive than some people you find during your search, but it is for a reason. Being uncomfortable during your own wedding ceremony should never be something that happens and it didn't. We had people asking us if she was a family member because of the chemistry that we had. And while I think we got along great I think a lot of that is simply her ability to get along with all of her clients. She helped make it a wonderful day for us and we would certainly recommend her services.

Channy Sent on 11/12/2013

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I would 100% recommend Mary Ellen to be any couples officiant!
The first day I talked with Mary Ellen over the phone I knew she was going to be the one to mary us!
Mary Ellen was very kind, compassionate and interested in my husband and I. She spent time (which a lot of people in the wedding vender world are lacking) with me on the phone talking and asking about our how are love grew and where we see our love taking us. She helped me visualize our special day and helped me feel at ease with our 3 month planing process.
Mary Ellen met up with us in person for lunch and spent a lot more time getting to know us on a friendship level. We then spent the next 3 months emailing back and forth about our ceremony and vows.
She was wonderful, patient, funny, open minded and creative throughout the whole process of writing our ceremony and vows.
On the day of our wedding Mary Ellen helped with making our special day everything we dreamed of! We had a big intimate wedding thanks to the words Mary Ellen spoke to make our union official. She was very professional yet relaxed throughout the whole process!
We have been asked many of times from our family and friends if Mary Ellen is our close friend and how long did we know her... everyone loved her and thought we new her since we were kids! She made all of our guests feel our love and our connection. She listened to everything we said and custom wrote our ceremony exactly the way we would have wrote it if we could write as well as her!
I feel like we have a great friend in Bend for as long as our love will last~ Forever!

Paula Sent on 07/22/2014

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Mary Ellen was an absolute pleasure to work with. Her extensive experience working couples and conducting personalized ceremonies was readily apparent. She is warm, easy to connect with, professional, and very flexible. We truly valued our pre-wedding couples sessions with Mary Ellen, and were able to create a positive dialogue and clear intentions to carry us into our marriage. Under her guidance, the ceremony came together better than we could have imagined. We are very grateful to have had her as part of our wedding.

Madalynn Sent on 07/13/2021

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Great loving and kind

Mary is a very kind woman and we couldn’t have asked for a better person to start us off into our new chapter of life she is very flexible and easy to work with and shows genuine interest in you and your partner and helps to create a special moment that will last a life time.

Laurel Sent on 10/16/2020

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Better than I imagined!

She was prompt and on time, put together a ceremony on short notice (5days) offered us many services to pick from and we cherry picked from multiple and she pulled that together beautifully. While Covid going on, she was attuned and keeping social distance but when it came to ceremony she was able to retain more than great social distance yet made everything natural. She took our request for a simple signing and turned it into a real heartfelt beautiful ceremony that we won’t forget. She drew the best out of us in every moment- thank you Mary Ellen!

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March 8, 2014 Mt. Bachelor tree-line wedding.

Reverend Mary Ellen's time investment in our wedding was extraordinary & unexpected. She prepared an address that was specially tailored to be most meaningful to us, and she delivered it in a challenging natural outdoor cathedral. Her robust enthusiasm and lively spirit provided positive reinforcement throughout the entire process.
We are extremely pleased with our choice of Reverend Mary Ellen to officiate for this once in a lifetime celebration.

Hilary Sent on 06/14/2016

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ME was the absolute best! She made our elopement exactly what we had wanted, small, intimate, fun, and happy! She worked with us to make sure that the ceremony was worded just how we wanted it, capturing specific words that we use. We couldn't have asked for a better ceremony or officiant!

Rebecca Sent on 05/29/2014

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Mary Ellen did an absolutely amazing job with our wedding day! We are from out of state so only met her 10 mins before the ceremony and she still managed to make it a very personalized, wonderful experience - building this rapport so instantly is an incredible talent that Mary Ellen has! It was a perfect day and we couldn't have asked for anything more from our elopement! Highly recommend her! Thank you again Mary Ellen!
Rebecca and Charlie

Morgan Sent on 07/25/2024

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A Beautiful Winter Wedding Thanks to Mary

Mary is a sweet and caring officiant who made our wedding day truly special. Highly recommend! She puts so much heart and soul into her weddings. She is very grounding and comforting and easy to work with.

Elece Sent on 03/08/2012

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Rev. Mary Ellen was absolutley wonderful to work with. She was open to our suggestions and was able to create a unique ceremony that fit our personalities and love story. Being a bride from out of town, she was flexible with meeting times and was able to address all of my questions via email or phone calls. By the time the wedding actually came around, we felt like Mary Ellen was a friend participating in the event and not just somebody we hired to be there.

Sue Sent on 01/09/2012

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We chose Mary Ellen to marry us and everything was perfect. She was very easy to communicate with, responded to our every request with ease, and was very professional. She is very organized so we knew just what to do and expect. I really loved the pre-nuptiul counseling, and we consider her our marriage coach as well. Our families come from different and staunch religions and everyone remarked at how well she covered everything! We requested a short, casual (2nd marriage for both of us) ceremony with a sense of humor. In the beginning, Mary Ellen gave us many ceremonies to choose from, rather than a real traditional ceremony we chose the sacred one. Everything happened without a hitch. Everyone afterward remarked to me how great the ceremony was. We couldn't have been more satisfied. She took care of details that were overlooked. Now, when i get into a blind area of marriage and I don't know exactly how to handle the situation i call Mary Ellen and she has always had a perfect solution for me. I just asked Don if he had anything to add...he said "she's great!"

Ann Sent on 09/17/2019

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Best wedding officiant ever!!!

All I can say is, Mary Ellen is the best! She truly is interested in making your wedding ceremony unique and special. Mary Ellen took time to learn our individual love story, and incorporated that into the most beautiful ceremony. All our friends and family commented on what a great job she did, and said our wedding was one of the best weddings they had ever attended. Mary Ellen not only provided resources and suggestions to help us along in the process, but was a huge emotional support as the big day approached with rain clouds threatening to dampen our outdoor wedding at Sparks Lake. We have no doubt that when the skies opened up and the sun revealed itself just at the right time it was due to Mary Ellen’s positive energy! Our wedding day was a huge success and we cannot thank Mary Ellen enough for all she did to make it happen!

Debbie Sent on 08/30/2014

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Rev. Mary Ellen, "M.E. Emmy", was absolutely amazing! She officiated our wedding this past August 16th in such a personal and beautiful way.

Emme made a point to meet with us at Anthony's in Bend and get to know us. She shared some very beautiful things at our ceremony (with our consent, of course!), with family and friends.

I have to admit, I was a bit nervous, but before too long, Emme made me feel right at ease, with her reassuring manner.

We are so happy to know Emme, and she is someone who you would want to continue to communicate with even after the big day has passed!

I highly recommend Emme for any type of wedding you may have!

Hannah Sent on 12/05/2018

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The perfect way to elope!

Mary Ellen was amazing and added the perfect touch to our elopement! She was easily available to chat whenever we needed to, provided tons of ideas for our ceremony, and added that special something the day of. We were thrilled to have her and have great memories from our day because of her!

Ashley Sent on 12/19/2017

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Mary Ellen helped us create a ceremony and vows that truly reflected our love. This was a second marriage for both of us, so finding a way to recognize the blending of our families with our grown children within the ceremony was something we wanted to do, but we struggled with how to do something that wasn't cliche or forced. Mary Ellen helped guide us to a simple, authentic, tasteful idea - a circle of love - that was one of the most moving of the evening. We highly recommend Mary Ellen to anyone interested in creating a special and thoughtful ceremony, unique to you.

Elizabeth Sent on 07/24/2018

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Working with Mary Ellen was awesome! Her vibrant spirit made our elopement fun and filled with love. She did a great job of personalizing our vows and making our simple wedding super easy. I love her relaxed style and her go-with-the-flow attitude. We traveled from South Carolina to Oregon for our vacation and wedding. We didn't even decide on a location until 2 days before our ceremony. Mary Ellen was cool with whatever we wanted and celebrated our unique ideas. If you want a one-of-a-kind wedding experience that will make your hearts happy, she's your gal.

Stepanie Sent on 12/19/2011

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When we first met Mary Ellen we knew that she was the one we wanted to marry us! She was so warm and welcoming and down to earth and listened to us as a couple and was very intuitive. We felt so comfortable we wanted to have her over for dinner! She is very organized with her work and very reliable. She really created a very nice layout of our vows and was flexible in moving things around. We were so glad to have her part of our wedding day and we highly recommend her!

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Marry Ellen was absolutely amazing to work with. Words in a review will not accurately reflect how much she meant to us and how special she made our day. She is extremely genuine and it reflects in the ceremony. Highly recommend her, it was a real pleasure!

Courtney Sent on 10/07/2021

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So easy to work with

Mary Ellen was wonderful to work with. She listened attentively, helped guide us when we were feeling overwhelmed, and delivered exactly what she promised. If it were any other scenario I would say we would definitely use her services again in the future! The plan is to only need to once though.

Andrea Sent on 09/24/2018

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Mary Ellen went above and beyond for our elopement in Central Oregon, including a 2 mile hike and even stood IN a waterfall with us to perform our ceremony. She is a beautiful soul who is fun-loving, hilarious, encouraging, inspiring and truly cares about her couples. She got to know us prior to our ceremony via multiple phone calls (we live in California) and put together a meaningful ceremony that exceeded our expectations. We can't say enough about how great Mary Ellen was/is!

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Linda Sent on 05/08/2020

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Spirit of joy and possibility

My husband and I could not be happier with Mary Ellen’s service as our wedding officiant and ceremony co-designer. Looking back, I can see how intentional she was about making sure our wedding reflected what our love and our union was about. She worked closely with me on the ceremony design, giving me time when I needed it, and giving me ideas when I needed them. From moment one, she was intentional about tuning-in to all the nuances – and she knew how to surface them with just the right questions. Our conversations were effortless, and fun too. Mary Ellen brings authenticity and a spirit of joyfulness and possibility to the work of wedding planning. She encouraged and inspired me to make our ceremony whatever we wanted it to be. Because I didn’t fit the picture of the young, blushing bride (I’m in my 50’s getting married for the first time), I guess I needed that. I didn’t even know that at the time, but I can see that Mary Ellen did! In that regard, her experience truly shows. She shared with us the best mix of professionalism and levity. I’m forever grateful that we had a meaningful ceremony and an unforgettable day of deep connection with our family, all in part because Mary Ellen was there for us. Thank you Mary Ellen.

Julie Sent on 11/16/2016

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Mary Ellen was very accommodating and responsive when it came to planning our elopement to Bend. She communicated well with us, helped with ideas for our venue/location and made efforts to make our ceremony special for us. We were very pleased with her services and would recommend her to anyone seeking a great officiant for their special day.

Amy T. Sent on 11/10/2020

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Wonderful Officiant for Our Lakeside Micro-Wedding

Mary Ellen was a perfect choice to officiate our hike-in ceremony. Mary Ellen took the time to get to know us and tailored a ceremony that fit us and our ceremony location. She was a trooper about hiking to the ceremony site and was the first to arrive at the trailhead on the morning of our ceremony. She fit right in with our small group of family and friends and added to the energy and celebratory feeling of the day. We highly recommend Mary Ellen!

Julianne Sent on 12/13/2019

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Destination Elopement

Mary Ellen was so easy to work with for our destination elopement. She helped us plan it all long-distance before we even arrived in Bend. When we did arrive, it was so easy to get everything finalized and to enjoy our ceremony with just close family.

Meghan Sent on 10/11/2012

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Maryellen was amazing! She was easy to contact and communicate with. She worked with my husband and I to tailor our custom ceremony. She made our day together special and sincere. It was just perfect!

Heather Sent on 09/23/2017

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Mary Ellen is such a joy & a friendship has developed her mentoring and guidance is top notch ! She goes out of her way & is very understanding & thoughtful. We had an amazing ceremony that wouldn't have been amazing without her !!!! We love Mary Ellen so much! Our youngest son was asleep on his daddy during the ceremony and she was so patient with us & my dress was tight and she made me take time to breathe and relax ! We couldn't have found any one more perfect for our life! Thank You so much Mary Ellen!

Amanda Sent on 08/16/2016

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Choosing Mary Ellen to be our officiant was one of the easiest and best decisions we made while planning our wedding. We wanted a very relaxed, informal wedding with just family and close friends, we wanted it to feel very intimate, and Mary Ellen delivered! Everyone said it seemed as if she had known us forever. We had a couple of meetings before the wedding to go over what kind of ceremony we wanted and we were very happy on our wedding day, that she went above and beyond what we imagined. She even helped tailor the ceremony to include our daughter and vows for her. The day felt easy and full of love. She worked with us and stayed flexible, which kept me relaxed. I can say with 100% certainty, we will recommend her to anyone looking for someone to make their wedding day very special. Thank you again Mary Ellen!

Amanda Sent on 03/14/2016

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After some online searching we found ME, she sounded perfect for our quaint intimate ceremony along the Metolius. She was helpful, fun, kind, enthusiastic, and she made me and my husband feel at ease. We couldn't have asked for a better person to perform our ceremony. It was a magical day and I am so glad we chose ME.

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Mary Ellen is a delightfully compassionate person to work with and an even lovelier person to know. She put us at ease with her knowledge and helped us by suggesting locations, vendors, and provided ceremony examples for us to get ideas. Mary Ellen worked diligently with us to create our one of a kind elopement ceremony, which we will treasure for the rest of our lives. We appreciated Mary Ellen's demeanor and easy going approach. We had so much fun eloping! I wish we could do it every year!

Rich Sent on 09/20/2021

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Warm, thoughtful, compassionate officiant

Mary Ellen was a fantastic officiant at our wedding, She listened to everything we had to say about the wedding we hoped to had, shared several drafts where she captured our story beautifully. She drew all of our guests in and exceeded our expectations.

Melanie Sent on 08/10/2013

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MaryEllen is amazing, that's all I can say. Words don't say what she really is as a person. We had a Celtic, Christian, Japanese ceremony and...wow more beautiful and deep then I ever imagined. You want a plain jane wedding, she can provide that any day but you want a unique one of a kind wedding, use her for sure!!! She spent months with us creating our special moment and it was worth every minute. People are still talking about how truly beautiful it was. Whole ceremony only took about 20 minutes yet we got to hear and share everything we dreamed. I can't wait to have an excuse to work with her again. She not only is a wonderful Reverend but has many other amazing gifts and talents to share with the world!! We're all honored and so blessed to know her and now have her apart of our world. Thanks MaryEllen it was a dream come true.

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MaryEllen is the only one I know that had the chutzpah and loving heart to marry me and my partner Twice!!

M.E is a shooting star, a wise Woman, an empathetic healer and a facilitator of all things “couple.” I was lucky enough to have her at both of my marriage ceremonies, always flexible, reliable and True. Her creativity was essential in helping us create a ceremony full of authenticity and sweetness, unique to my relationship and our values.
Many of our friends who witnessed our second union were awestruck at the potential a Renewing Ceremony could hold. ME simply flowed. She has great ideas, & an ability to draw out subtleties of intention that we found useful in prepraring our vows. A joy to work with!!

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M.E. is phenomenal!

M.E. was a great partner in officiating our wedding! She had a lot of materials that guided us in defining our ceremony and personalizing it to who we are as a couple and as individuals. I'd highly recommend M.E. to anyone looking to get married in the PNW!

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Mary Ellen was truly instrumental in the success of our wedding ceremony. She guided us every step of the way and thanks to her, the finishing touches to our event assured that we were relaxed, our guests were comfortable, and the ceremony was personal and memorable. She has a unique gift for working with people and couples and I have recommended her to others for their weddings with the same level of satisfaction.

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Mary Ellen was a great officiant for our wedding. She was promt with email responses and performed a great ceremony. Lots of guest came up after the ceremony and mentioned how great a job she did. Highly recommended.

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Mary Ellen has a very positive vibe to her. She is kind, supportive and compassionate. She wed us at our own home and brought the witnesses who are both amazing, She really made an effort to make our special day the best it can be. We really recommend her.

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The perfect officiant!

Mary Ellen Deckelman was the PERFECT officiant for our special day. We wanted to keep our ceremony personal to us. Mary Ellen spent time with us beforehand getting to know both of us & our relationship. She tailored our ceremony to our personal relationship and location..... It was magical. Thank you Mary Ellen!!! We wouldnt hesitate in recommending her for your special day.

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Mary-Ellen is fantastic!

Mary-Ellen is so fabulous! We wanted a non-traditional ceremony that represented us well but without being too long or overboard into spirituality. She came out, met with us and worked through all the uniqueness in our family and helped us to create "one of the most romantic ceremonies I have ever been to" quoted by one of our guests. Our ceremony represented us so well, she helped manage our stress and our families and kept everything running smoothly by stepping in and taking charge. We cannot recommend her enough!
Thank you Mary-Ellen for making our day so special!

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Mary Ellen provided absolutely everything we needed every step of the way! She spent 1 hour with me on the phone and after talking with her we knew we had found the 'right' person to officiate our wedding. She was so flexible in allowing us time to hike areas she thought we might like to pick our spot. And then met us there bringing with her 2 of the most wonderful people I have ever met to witness our wedding! She made it SO special. The vows could not have been better suited for us if she had known us all our lives! I will always feel a special closeness to her and her friends ... as if they share our life! Thank you and I'm really glad you were part of our day!

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ME executed our perfect ceremony. She is an excellent listener and truly wants to capture your individual love. We had an incredibly sweet, personalized ceremony thanks to her talented way with words!

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Special Day!

Mary Ellen made our wedding Day very memorable and special! Even though we had a simple ceremony ( paper signing) It was absolutely beautiful! She has a way of making the whole process magical no matter how simple you may want… it will make a difference.
Since the first phone call, I knew that I had found the right person to be part of such an important day in our lives.
Professional, responsive , dedicated and a wonderful caring loving person. She went beyond my expectations and went the extra miles.
Since I had no guests , she had two ladies as our witness. They were wonderful as well. Taking pics for us and helping me with my dress etc.
Look no more! You won’t regret it!
Mary Ellen will make your Wedding Day special and memorable!! She does it with heart and Soul♥️

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Mary Ellen did a wonderful job! Thank you so much.

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Beautiful Day on Mt. Hood!

Mary Ellen was such a pleasure to work with! We especially appreciated her advice and direction to find the perfect words for our elopement. Mary Ellen took the time to get to know our unique love story and incorporate it into our ceremony. We weren't certain of what to expect or anticipate for a private ceremony and she did a wonderful job of guiding us through both the preparation and the wedding day. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!

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M.E. brought clarity and lightheartedness to our wedding experience as she guided us through the process of putting together the scripts and reviewing the vows.

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We couldn't be more pleased with how our wedding turned out. Mary Ellen was "The" perfect fit. She took the time to get to know us and our love story. Mary Ellen made our special day more memorable than we could have ever imagined. We will be forever grateful she was the one to join our lives together in matrimony.

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We loved having Mary Ellen help us create the perfect ceremony that reflected the two of us! She was inspirational, flexible and creative. At first we had planned to wed outdoors, but in the end , were married in front of the fireplace in our home, surrounded by family and friends.Mary Ellen not only helped us with the practical details of gettin’ hitched, she is also a relationship coach, and gave us some lovely insights to make our marriage even better. However you imagine your wedding to be, Mary Ellen can help you plan the perfect day!

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Mary Ellen made our day just that much more special. We had special circumstances for a late planned wedding and she had our best interest at heart. Great communication, she is just great all around. I would highly recommend her.

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Our Beautiful Wedding

Mary Ellen is the best. She works with you to give you the wedding that you want. This was very important to me to have her listening to our wants.
She is the greatest. I highly recommend her to perform the perfect wedding for you.
Shan and Bill

Kristin Sent on 09/21/2021

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She married us twice and both times were magical

If you’re looking for a creative, grounded, authentic officiant - MaryEllen is who you want! She performed an intimate ceremony with a couple of our friends for an elopement on the canyon rim near Scout Camp. She then performed our ceremony almost a year later at FivePine Lodge when we celebrated with our families. Her communication throughout the planning process was amazing and she really got to the heart of why my wife and I wanted to get married. She is so well spoken and makes the ceremony process so easy. She has some great ideas already but is more than willing to change things up to cater towards what couples are envisioning. She really gets to the roots of our relationship to highlight the unique love each person brings. Thank you thank you thank you! If we have a third ceremony you’ll be the one we call! Thank you for making (both) of our ceremonies magical!

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Maryellen was a spectacular

MaryEllen is truly the best. From start to finish of the process , she made things so easy. She really took the time to write our ceremony and wanted it to be perfect for us. She made us feel so comfortable before, during and after the wedding. . She made us feel loved and so happy. She has a great personality and is so funny! She even dressed in fall colors because that was our theme. I highly recommend her 110% !!! Thank you so much for making our day so special.

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Mary Ellen was great! she was very helpful to my husband and I and knew good spots in the outdoors. She did an absolute beautiful job choosing and reciting the words at our wedding. I would absolutely suggest her to any bride and groom.

Ashley Sent on 09/09/2019

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Our dream wedding!

Words cannot describe May Ellen as she is such a wonderful beautiful person, she has been such a dream and her outgoing kind spirit just shines. When we came across her online and read about her own exciting life and adventures we knew she would be the perfect person to marry us! It has been such a personable experience working with her, our wedding and adventure was far from generic and was completely authentic. I cannot even count the times I have had tears of joy during this experience as she helped us dig deep into ours souls to really think and find new ways to express the special love my husband and I share. She will be a lifelong friend and we will cherish this unique experience FOREVER!

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Mary Ellen was just incredible. We contacted her in a panic just over a month before our wedding, when our previous officiant had to cancel for medical reasons. She had kept our wedding weekend free to celebrate her own birthday, but not only did she agree to officiate on such short notice on her birthday weekend, but she also agreed to drive all the way from Bend to Alsea to do it! This would have been enough for us, but she also worked with both my husband and myself over the phone and Skype to get to know us and tailor our ceremony to be exactly how we wanted it. She provided tons of suggestions, and encouraged us to add details that would make the day truly ours. She was just wonderful, and we can't recommend her enough!

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M.E. was the perfect officiant for our wedding. She was professional but not stiff, fun but responsible. She provided great ideas and helped facilitate all the ideas the we wanted and even improved on a few. She was super flexible with our needs and wants for our nontraditional ceremony.

A year and half later, we still love communicating and staying in touch!

I would and do recommend her to anyone and everyone for their wedding. M.E. is a perfect fit for any wedding type, from low key to grand and everywhere in between. And when it comes time to renew our vows, I will use her again. :D

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Mary Ellen helped us to find the perfect outdoor location for our wedding. She understands that we are nature lovers, and created the ceremony with awareness of the trees, the river, and the wind. It was very special to us. She found two awesome women to be our witnesses. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect experience, with better people. The day was absolutely magical for us both!

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ME did a great job. She provided a lot of suggestions and help via email and we met in person before the wedding. She personalized our service. We were very happy.

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Mary Ellen was very flexible and helpful during the planning of our elopement. She took the time to get to know my husband and I even though we live about 600 miles away from Bend. She helped us write the perfect ceremony that would encapsulate who we are as a couple. And seemed as genuinely excited as our family did on the day of our ceremony. We would definitely recommend Weddings with Heart & Elope Bend.

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Beautiful winter wedding

We wanted something different for our wedding and Mary Ellen was amazing. She skied in with us to a special place by the river and performed a beautiful ceremony there. She made us feel very comfortable on our special day. Would highly recommend!

Charitie Sent on 03/03/2016

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I am very happy that I found ME to perform our wedding. She was very kind, funny, and helpful. Our elopement was absolutely perfect, and we are so glad she was a part of it and helped us find the perfect location.

Rebecca Sent on 10/06/2020

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We found Mary Ellen on our own and she was spectacular from beginning to end. She made us feel comfortable from the start and helped us find a great spot for our elopement. Our church wedding got canceled because of COVID and I called here with only 2 months advance and luckily for us she was available. She also helped us hire a witness and was so nice about everything. Mary Ellen truly enjoys what she does and has lots of ideas for vows and allowed us to mix ours in with some of hers. I highly recommend her if your headed to Bend, Oregon. We came from California and she made us feel so welcome. Thank you so much!

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I am shocked to see a negative review for Mary Ellen. I got married a couple weeks ago, and I cannot say enough positive things about her, and the way she conducted and prepared our ceremony.
We live in California, but wanted to get married at my husband's parents house in Sunriver, where we have been spending holidays since we started dating. Preparing a wedding from far away, even a small one, presents some challenges, and the choice of an officiant was one of them initially, because we are not religious and did not want a religious service, but still wanted a personalized one that highlighted the love we have for one another.
We picked Mary Ellen from a list, based on what she said on her website, and just sort of a gut feeling. We contacted her, and had a phone conversation in which she asked questions trying to get to know us. She was diligent but also extremely friendly and funny.
After the phone call, we decided to go ahead and have her marry us. She sent us an email with a variety of previous ceremonies she had prepared for people, and we got to write what we liked about them and what we would want to change. In addition we wanted to not only write our own vows, but to say some words to each other about our love and what we mean to one another. Mary Ellen embraced this initiative, and I feel that the ceremony she wrote for us was a custom-made introduction to highlight our vows and words to one another.
Prior to the wedding we met in person at her office, and it was not only a wonderful way to get to know each other better, but very therapeutic in the way she made us feel at ease, and took us out of the place of stress prior to our ceremony, and into the important place which is the awesome thing we have together.
We decided to have a rehearsal as well, because we were both nervous wrecks, and I am really glad we did, because we were able to clear our minds a little before the big day and really take a minute and see and enjoy what we were doing.
In addition, Mary Ellen was very aware and gave us some excellent feedback on logistical stuff we had not thought about at all. Things like music for people to gather, who would enter with who and what musical queues we would look for. Spacing, timing, placement, and safety. We were glad to have her expert eye.
In response to the previous reviewer's unkind remark about Mary Ellen's personality: I'd say Mary Ellen has a quirky, slightly weird sense of humor, but in life I have learned that these are the best people to know, who have an unusual point of view and that don't take things too seriously. We loved Mary Ellen's quirk, and so did our families and friends. We also can say that when she means business, she can put the quirk aside and take care of business.
Thank you, Mary Ellen, for making our day extra special and for working with us to make it so personal and wonderful. We will remember you as one of the highlights of our wedding, and will keep in touch forever.

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Mary Ellen (ME) was incredibly supportive and flexible throughout the entire planning process. I had a lot of ideas and tried to include too much in the ceremony at first. She asked all the right questions and helped guide us to the best ceremony we could have hoped for! ME personalized our ceremony by including menton of our dogs, which was important to us as well. Overall, ME was a joy to work with, Fun, vibrant and professional! We had the best day of our lives!

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Truly Magical

Marry Ellen couldn’t have been a better fit for our Smith Rock elopement. She has an energy that absorbs you, and a genuine expression of joy when she speaks about the power of love. She was comforting, and easy going, exciting and sincere. We feel lucky to have come across her beautiful soul when we did. 💛🌲 AND she climbed Misery Ridge with us like the champ that
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My husband and I made a last minute decision to get married while on our family vacation in Bend. I was so happy to find Marry Ellen! She was so sweet and very happy to help. She gave us exactly what we wanted for it being such short notice.

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Exactly What We Envisioned!!

Mary Ellen guided us through the process of creating our intimate backyard wedding ceremony very thoughtfully. Less than one week separated our decision to get married and our wedding date. M.E. responded promptly to emails, phone calls and helping us with our vows (as needed). She took special care to understand what we wanted our ceremony to be and shared her wise suggestions, especially concerning things we had not considered. We wouldn't change a thing about our wedding ceremony. Thank you M.E.!!

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Weddings with Heart provides customized service in helping to create the overall experience of this special event, including the ceremony, the logistics, the ambience, and capturing the memories.

Alexandra Sent on 01/01/2019

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ME was wonderful!!!!

Mary Ellen was amazing! She made our ceremony so relaxing and full of love!

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Elopement in OR

Our original plan was to get married in Thailand (my hometown) but then covid happened. We decided to elope in Oregon because my husband and I love the vibe of Pacific Northwest. We found Mary from our photographer’s site.

Mary was very helpful and so understanding. Our site to elope was over 3 hours one way from her place, but she still agreed to help out.

Then the day before our elopement, there’s a wild fire in Oregon, and we had to change our location the last minute, which Mary had to drive even further. Mary was so flexible! I was worried that she would not be able to come and officiate our wedding.

We highly recommend Mary!!

Britt Sent on 11/18/2021

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Intimate and personalized ceremony

My partner and I enjoyed our experience greatly. We were able to get exactly what we wanted out of the day. We were looking for something heartfelt and meaningful but not over the top or traditional. Mary Ellen listened, understood, offered multiple great options, and helped us fine tune till the day was better than our vision. All the logistical aspects were handled with ease: price, contract, location, etc. I felt cared for in a personal way and also treated with respect and professionalism. I would recommend Mary Ellen to anyone planning any sort of ceremony!

Jessica Sent on 11/21/2021

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Beautifully memorable

Mary Ellen performed such a beautiful and unique ceremony for us that will stay in our hearts and memory for a lifetime. We are so grateful for all her time and effort she put in to making our ceremony special and meaningful to us and our relationship. She was so thoughtful and kind; while assisting us along the way during this process. She ensured we were taking all the necessary steps and her incredible communication with us throughout the journey helped to ease our minds from any worry during the wedding because we knew she was prepared and ready to make a beautiful memory that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Thank you for everything Mary Ellen.

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Easy to work with - No stressors

Mary Ellen was awesome to work with! Personable, easygoing, and super genuine. We wanted a quick and simple ceremony and she provided awesome templates that we were able to customize and make special. All super easy! She is a pro and I didn't have to stress about working with our officiant at all.

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ME is absolutely wonderful!!! We enjoyed working with her throughout the entire process. She provides insightful advice and performs the most beautiful ceremonies!!! I was over the moon with her abilities and the quality of our ceremony. It was unique and fit our personalities.
Thank you ME!!!

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She's awesome and very helpful to make each wedding personalized to the couple at an affordable rate.

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My husband and I chose Mary Ellen because she was highly recommended to us by some close friends of ours. We wanted our wedding ceremony to be non-traditional, non-religious and fun but also an elegant and beautiful expression of our love. We thought this might be a bit of a challenge but Mary Ellen came through for us and helped us to craft a ceremony that was absolutely perfect. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of time that Mary Ellen spent with us - getting to know us and what we were looking for in our wedding. Her sincere enthusiasm for us left us feeling so excited every time we left her office. She is extremely easy to talk to and very knowledgeable about logistics and what to expect. She never once pushed any of her own ideas onto us and strongly encouraged us to write our own vows which I am so grateful for. She was extremely flexible with our non-traditional ceremony and open to changes even at the last minute. When it came to the actual ceremony, her smile and sense of humor put us at ease so that we were able to relax and enjoy the ceremony. I never thought I would laugh or have as much fun as I did during my wedding! Our ceremony felt personal and custom made for us - far from most of the cookie cutter wedding ceremonies I have seen. My family and friends all loved her as well! Another part of Mary Ellen's service that I couldn't have been more grateful for was her professionalism and experience. She made sure the logistics of a complicated wedding ceremony with a large wedding party ran smoothly and effortlessly. Throughout the entire process Mary Ellen made many helpful suggestions for us while always keeping what we wanted in mind first and foremost. She NEVER acted offended or argumentative if we wanted something different. It took so much stress off of me knowing that everything would happen as it was supposed to. Thanks to Mary Ellen, I was actually able to relax and enjoy my wedding which I hear doesn't happen that often! I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking to have a wedding ceremony that is completely personalized and will put a smile on their face.

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Mary Ellen was awesome! We did a blended family wedding with our kids, and needless to say things didn’t go quite as planned ME was able to gracefully move the wedding ceremony along! Would highly recommend her!

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Mary Ellen with Weddings with Heart & Elope Bend is the most idealistic officiant possible.

Working with Mary Ellen was easy, fun, and thorough. I never felt alone or abandoned and my husband and I were able to edit and change and personalize our ceremony to perfect what Love meant to us. Mary Ellen was (is) personable, warm, comforting, and smart. She is quick to catch onto your personalities, your relationship, and she can pinpoint the special bits that make your relationship and marriage unique and brilliant. When, a few days before our elopement, a problem occurred with our destination, Mary Ellen helped us to figure it out with clear communication and a timely response. We never doubted that we would be taken care of. She brings joy and she brings laughter. We were truly lucky to have been married by her. She helped us to create a special ceremony that was entirely our own and something I will remember fondly forever. Thank you Mary Ellen!

Natalie Sent on 11/13/2022

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Amazing, fun and organized officiant

We were so lucky to have Mary Ellen as our officiant during our summer wedding. She created a beautiful ceremony with us and helped organize us all at rehearsal and for the big day. We had no planners and I knew very little about weddings so she really came to our rescue when it came to the flow and details. We couldn't have asked for a better wedding officiant! Thank you Mary Ellen! -Spenser and Natalie

Alyssa Sent on 09/08/2023

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Great experience!

We loved working with Mary Ellen to create our perfect ceremony. She really takes the time to get to know you as a couple, and is dedicated to making sure that your ceremony is exactly how you want it. The day of she was punctual, professional, and really made us feel comfortable. Would recommend Mary Ellen to any couples in Central Oregon looking for an officiant for their special day!

Ashley Sent on 12/02/2015

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ME was a huge part of the success of our wedding. She was both our day of planner and our officiant, a tall order to fill! She was very instrumental in structuring our wedding day, ensuring the time line flowed smoothly and making our ceremony memorable. She far surpassed our expectations for an officiant and day of coordinator. She's a very warm, outgoing person who can make the at times tedious wedding planning experience fun and light-hearted. I would highly recommend ME to anyone in need of an officiant/day of coordinator (or both!).

User1513815 Sent on 01/20/2014

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We knew Mary Ellen was the one for our special day within the first minute of our very first phone conversation. She is full of love, happiness, and joy! The three key components to an amazing day! We felt as though we had been friends before we ever met in person and we knew our day would be special! We are so very thankful for finding Mary Ellen and between her and Amanda Conde our photographer, we had an amazing elopement wedding and actually still had money in the bank when we were done! I always try and find the best person in their field for whatever it is I am doing and we found that in Bend! Thanks Mary Ellen!

Christina Sent on 09/12/2018

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Mary Ellen was absolutely incredible! She gave us the wedding we always wanted. Her words at the ceremony were sweet and definitely resonated with my husband and myself. She was amazing, quick to respond and just made everything so easy for us. We live in California and she took away any and all stress I had of planning a wedding all the way in Orgeon but she made our experience easy and stress free. She walked us through everything and managed everything she could for us. She was sweet, accomodating, and you can tell she has so much love for her clients. I could not have been happier or asked for a better wedding and officiant.

Stephanie Sent on 07/06/2019

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Spiritual Ceremony By a Special Person

Mary Ellen is amazing to work with. She spent a lot of time getting to know us, our story and what we hope for in marriage. Every step of the way, we felt like she heard us, honored our individuality, and in the end, created a beautiful, memorable ceremony we will cherish forever. With Mary Ellen’s help, we discovered and uncovered our truths. Our guests were brought into the entire experience, and it was just perfect in every way. Thank you for such a special day! Stephanie and Frank Wood

Bill Sent on 09/08/2023

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Wonderful wedding ceremony

It was a joy to work with ME on our wedding. In our case, we had a good idea of what we wanted and she respected all our wishes. She had a number of templates that helped us structure the ceremony. The ceremony itself was so romantic and meaningful to us. She honored our request that she maintain a limited role, but was really helpful in coordinating the ceremony. In particular, the musician was fully integrated into the ceremony, which added to making the day very special.

Cindy Sent on 12/30/2016

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If you want an intuitive, spiritual, professional, charming, engaging, overall delightful wedding officiant, Mary Ellen Deckelmann is your person. We cannot say enough positive about her. We only wish we had more time to hang out with her in a more casual setting. Truly made our wedding an inspiration to all in attendance. We had a small gathering of 20 people from all over the country at Zenith Vineyard, 1:30 on a Thursday afternoon. Choosing an officiant was difficult because we did it online from Cincinnati. A few phone conversations, and we knew ME was original and unique. Thank you ME, you made our ceremony special...truly a memorable occasion, better than imagined, we will never forget, ...a dream come true! Cheers!

Erin Sent on 12/31/2018

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She made our day more beautiful!

We were so lucky to have Mary Ellen as our wedding officiant! She was everything we were looking for, and more. She was professional but down to earth, she kept the ceremony light and lovely without sacrificing the depth of the love surrounding us, she was friendly and easy to get along with, she communicated effectively and respectfully, she was reliable, supportive, kind, thoughtful, prepared, and made us feel she understood our vision and carried it out. She has an ease and comfort about her that is so important as a guide for a day that can easily become stressful and overenergized. We are so grateful that she was the one who joined us together in matrimony. If it weren’t for the idea that we’ll be together forever, I’d want to use her again, lol. I hope she’s available should we renew our vows one day.

Kip M. Sent on 09/06/2023

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Mary Ellen is one-of-a-kind wonderful, so authentic an officiant

What I liked most about working with Mary Ellen was the time she spent asking us really good questions to make sure she really captured the unique essence of my wife's and I's relationship and matching the ceremony perfectly to that essence.

She's really, really good. I had a good friend comment to me after that our wedding had one of the most touching ceremonies of all the weddings he's gone to in his life. Mary Ellen was a big reason for that. I can't more highly recommend working with Mary Ellen and Weddings With Heart.

We wanted to have a destination wedding in Sunriver, OR (Bend area) and we were living in Puerto Rico at the time, but she made it work, even with the geographic distance.

We're happily 2 years married and are still in awe of how amazing our wedding felt.

Kip & Corinne

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Theresa Sent on 10/06/2020

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Elopement to Smith Rock

My partner and I eloped to Bend this September and we cannot say enough about Mary Ellen and ALL she did for us. We are from out of state, so all the work she put into our ceremony was invaluable. It enabled us to have a stress-free, absolutely perfect day. She had fantastic suggestions on sites and also photographers in the area for our wedding photos. She put so much time into getting to know us as a couple and as individuals prior to our ceremony. The vows she wrote for us (which she has many types to also choose from) were compassionate, fun, and full of facts and feelings we had shared with her about ourselves and our relationship. Mary Ellen has incredible energy and spirit - which made our day that much more PERFECT !!! You can tell that Mary Ellen loves what she does and it showed in all the time she spent with us prior to our day. She even coordinated her outfit with ours for even better pictures. Choose WEDDINGS WITH HEART - we are so happy we did !!!

Amanda Sent on 10/25/2020

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Tumalo Falls- Amazing and Fun intimate ceremony

M.E was amazing! She was very kind and receptive to all of our wishes and truly planned a fun intimate ceremony to celebrate our unique love story. We highly recommend her services, she is an amazing individual and we are blessed to have had her officiate.

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