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Weddings by Deborah

Weddings by Deborah

Virginia Beach, VA
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    Thanks Deborah!

    We had planned to have a friend officiate, but as it turns out, he wasn't legally qualified to (didn't meet either of the rules in VA), so we found Deborah about 2 months before the wedding. We explained the situation, and she agreed to perform the legal aspects, so our friend could perform the ceremonial parts. She was super easy to work with and very kind! Thank you Deborah!
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    She did wonderful!

    Debra was amazing! We had a very tight schedule and she worked with us! The ceremony was short sweet and perfect couldn’t have asked for anything better!
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    fantastic!!!

    Absoloutly wonderful experience . Highly recommend
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    Deb was amazing and helped us have the perfect ceremony!

    We spent some time looking for wedding officiants since my partner and I are not particularly religious and were not getting married in a church but come from religious families. Deb was very receptive of our thoughts and created a ceremony that was perfect for us. She met with us multiple times before the wedding date and helped walk us through the ceremony and make any changes so we could have the perfect Big Day! We would highly recommend her to others!
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    Great Officiant!

    Debbie is so kind and sweet to work with. She takes the time to answer any questions you may have, works with you closely so that your ceremony is just as you want it. She was on time, professional, and takes her time to make the ceremony feel special. Highly Recommend!
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    Debbie was fantastic!

    Debbie was quick to provide us the ceremony we wanted. She met us weeks in advance (we only had a month to plan), and she responded immediately with updates as we requested. She was wonderful at the ceremony. We couldn't have asked for anyone better! Thank you Debbie!
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    Excellent service

    Debbie Quam was very professional. She was so flexible during Covid and us having to postpone our wedding. She kept in touch throughout the process and on the day of our wedding she was great.
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    Hire her she's amazing!

    Due to Covid my husband and I had to postpone our wedding and our original officiant was no longer available which was a blessing in disguise. Debbie is amazing and works with you to give you the wedding of your dreams by letting you customize your ceremony however you want to. Our families loved her and are still telling us how beautiful and personable our ceremony was and that wouldn't have been possible without her. Also, she went to the courthouse for us and we received our marriage license in the mail. I'm telling you, you won't regret hiring her.
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    Professional, responsive and friendly!

    Debbie was professional, responsive and friendly throughout the entire process. I would absolutely would recommend Debbie to anyone planning a ceremony. We are so happy with our choice to have Debbie as part of our special day!
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    Put us at ease

    My fiance and I planned for an elopement to Williamsburg after many plans fell through due to planning a wedding during a pandemic. At short notice, Debbie was able to get us onto her books and provide us with options for different styles for our civil service. She even offered to help with our vows as well! We are laid back people of few words so this was helpful for us. Debbie's fun personality made her easy to talk to as we were planning and made it even easier when we met her in person the day of the ceremony. She is lighthearted and funny, which helps take the edge off of those day of nerves, but kept it professional when it was time to say our "I do's". Debbie kept a smile on our face the entire time :) After we were married, my husband and I both agreed that she was perfect for us and we couldn't have asked for anyone better to marry us during these crazy times. Thanks Debbie!
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    Wonderful!

    She was so nice and willing to work with us last minute before our ceremony due to COVID messing with our original plans. She performed the ceremony exactly like we wanted and kept its simple and quick just like we asked. I would highly recommend her to anyone!
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    I couldn’t live her more. She was wonderful.

    Deborah was awesome. My husband and I had no idea what to have her say or do. We had very basic ideas on what we wanted for our ceremony. She helped us every step of the way and made us feel comfortable and confident with the direction of our ceremony. She even included our kids so they felt apart of it. She did an amazing job and everyone commented on how much they loved our ceremony. If you’re looking for an officiant then Deborah is the one to choose. Thank you so much Debbie!
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    Beautiful, Custom Ceremony

    Debbie helped us to craft our perfect day. She took time to get to know us as a couple. She gave us a handful of options for each portion of the ceremony ranging from poetic to succinct, and secular to spiritual. Then she used our choices to draft a script that we could edit in advance of our wedding day. The result was a beautiful script that was unique to us as a couple. She was also professional, polite, and punctual.
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    She is wonderful!!!!!

    Deborah is the best if u are looking for someone to marry you go to her she was perfect. Respond quickly answers any of your questions. Just love the vows we did with her shes the best. Hire HER. Thank you so soo much Deborah for marrying us you are the best!!
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    Absolutely Amazing

    Due to the pandemic, our Pastor had decided to cancel on us 3 days before our wedding. I reached out to Deborah and she was there for us right away and made the whole day perfect. We truly are so thankful. She is absolutely amazing!
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    Amazing!

    After postponing our wedding, we wanted to still keep our original date. Debbie was very responsive and so easy to communicate with. She helped us create the perfect small wedding at the same place he proposed. You can tell she puts her heart into every ceremony. Definitely a great addition to a special day!
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    Don’t miss out on working with her

    She’s absolutely wonderful and we adored her, she’s the best she comes up with perfect ideas
    If you need anyone to marry you HIRE HER.
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    Great experiences!

    I get nervous meeting new people but Debbie is awesome, definitely warm and friendly, she made creating our ceremony so easy. If we were unsure of what to do she had plenty of ideas! We loved her knot tying ceremony and did that. The readings she has are beautiful and soooo many options. I am religious and my husband is not but she was able to make a beautiful ceremony for the both of us. We were supposed to have a big wedding but because of corona we had to change our plans and Debbie was super flexible and did our ceremony at my parents home. I am so thankful we found Deborah for our special day!!! We are so happy and can't wait to have her do our vow renewals next year!
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    Quick Beach Wedding

    My fiance and I were looking to have a quick beach wedding with just us and our dogs. Deborah was very responsive throughout the whole process. I emailed her and then we set up a time to talk on the phone. My fiance and I went over what we were looking for and after our phone call, she emailed us sample ceremony options. The date we picked initially ended up having a forecast of rain about 3 days out. Deborah was very flexible when we asked to move the ceremony date to a day that would be sunnier as well as our meeting spot for the ceremony. We would highly recommend Deborah!
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    The Sweetest Officiant

    Deborah has amazing values and is willing to craft a very personalized ceremony script. We love that she gave us options and included us in writing it. She even sent us a draft a couple of months before the wedding so we could continue to make changes and finalize it up until the week of.
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    Perfect and Beautiful Ceremony

    Debbie was our perfect match for officiating in our wedding. She's easy to work with and she drafted the perfect script for our wedding ceremony. My husband and I aren't religious and we had zero to no experience with wedding vows. She's well rounded and very open minded. She made the experience enjoyable and ideal. We were provided lots of different examples ranging from all sorts of perspectives. Overall, 10 out of 5 stars.
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    The way we dreamed with Debbie

    Debbie was extremely responsive and helpful. She was very flexible, accommodating our work schedules for discussions and preparations. She even provided guidance with our vows. The ceremony was wonderful, performed exactly the way we dreamed it.
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    Deborah was a pleasure to work with!

    After lots of online research to find a wedding officiant who would fit our needs we luckily came across Debbie. After meeting her in person we knew she would be a great fit; very personable and relatable! Debbie responded timely to all of our questions and was a huge help in guiding us through the ceremony outline seeing as we did not really know what we wanted or where to start. She will share her opinions and offer suggestions, though was open to anything we wanted to add or change in order to make our ceremony feel more like “us.” We would certainly recommend Debbie to anyone in need of a wedding officiant!
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    Wedding Officant

    Deborah provided excellent professionalism to our wedding, she was very personable, and flexible with how we wanted things. She was even able to make quick chances to our service at the last minute. I would highly recommend her to anyone.
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    fantastic officiant

    Deborah was awesome. Walked us through the process, let us customize the ceremony, and did a great job at the rehearsal and ceremony. Strongly recommend.
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    Pleasure to Work With

    My husband and I looked around for several officiants and no one stood out to us until we found Deborah. Deborah was an absolute blessing to work with, she was so patient and helpful with us. We were so unsure of how we wanted our ceremony to be and she helped us bring our wild thoughts together. We were able to customize our entire ceremony with her help. I can not say enough kind words about her. She is definitely the best in the business
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    Wedding by Deborah

    Deborah is very lovely and made our day very special! She made us feel very comfortable and worked with us to make sure our day was what we wanted and it was wonderful! Thank you so much.
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    Lynne Sent on 09/28/2019
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    so thoughtful...you will be so happy.

    so attentive! You and your significant other will be so pleased.
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    Wonderful small wedding ceremony

    Deborah customized our ceremony to make it uniquely ours and made sure it included our blended family perfectly. I couldn't have asked for a better memory!
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    Phenomenal

    Deborah made our special day perfect. We were so blessed to have her perform our wedding on the beach.
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    Simply amazing!

    Debbie is sweet, smart, professional and well spoken. She was gracious enough to travel across the country to officiate mine and my husbands wedding. Debbie worked with us prior to ensure that the ceremony was exactly what we wanted. She gave us examples of ceremonies that she had performed and allowed us the freedom to change different aspects. She sat down with us and went over the ceremony word for word. This put us at ease because we knew exactly what to expect on the big day. It was amazing to work with someone who respected the fact that we are not super religious and was able to work with our comfort level. Debbie is a flexible, understanding and quick thinking. She was able to work though mine and my husbands mess up during the ceremony and get us back on track as if it was planned. I am forever grateful that I can look back on my special day and know the most sweetest soul and loving woman who I consider a dear friend married us.
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    One of the most amazing people ever

    There are no words to express how wonderful Debbie is. We needed someone who was okay with not meeting the groom until day of because of military and she was nothing but kind and reassuring. She listens to everything you would like and will write up your ceremony until you think it is perfect. She is an absolute joy to work with and her kindness radiates! Anyone would be lucky to have her!
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    An absolute privilege!

    Where to begin? Thank you, Deborah. From the bottom of our hearts we can’t tell you enough what an honor it was for us to have you as the officiant of our elopement. We came to Deborah last minute but she immediately put any doubt or worry of ours at ease. With her humble and nurturing manner she confidently created a ceremony that made our day even more special. We couldn’t have imagined a more perfect day. Deborah’s patience and understanding of our unique situation made us feel so incredibly privileged to have her with us. Her remarkable attitude and beautiful outlook on life/marriage inspired us and gave us so much to look forward to in our future as husband and wife. Thank you Deborah for not only giving us an unforgettable experience but also for welcoming my son and I to Virginia with open arms and offering your motherly love and support! We hired an officiant but instead gained a great friend.

    Peace and love,
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    Where do I begin? I met Debbie through my work at the Virginia Beach Police Department. She would do ride-alongs as the chaplain on that shift. We developed a friendship, which led to her marrying me to my best friend.

    Fast forward a couple years and I couldn’t imagine anyone else marrying me. My husband and I are both not the most religious people, however we were raised believing in God. We wanted a simple, somewhat religious ceremony, but short and to the point. Debbie met with us a few times before the wedding to narrow down exactly what we wanted. We had some versus and sayings we wanted included in the ceremony that meant something to us. She worked them in beautifully.

    She was very understanding that we wanted her to step aside for our first kiss, and made everything just flow so perfectly during the ceremony. She gave the blessing at our reception too and kept it religious, but not overly religious. She did everything we asked for and more.

    My husband and I would highly recommend Debbie to anyone getting married. She is professional, listens, and will make your day very special.
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    Debbie was a great officiant!

    Deborah took the time to get to know us as a couple. From our love story to our spiritual beliefs, she made sure that she knew who we were in order to create a ceremony tailored to us. Our ceremony was so perfect and heartwarming, and Deborah definitely was one of the reasons for that. We got our official paperwork sent to our apartment soon after our wedding day. She even included a beautified version of our ceremony script to keep forever. I recommend her! Thank you, Deborah!
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    Very happy with Debbie!

    Debbie was easy to work with and very accommodating. We wanted to be very hands on in our vow writing, which Debbie supported. She did not go off-script at all, which was very important to us. We live in Texas and despite the distance, there was no difficulty in working with Debbie. She was always responsive.
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    We were in great hands with Deborah!

    Deborah was very professional and accommodating. From the moment we first connected over the phone, she put us at ease that she would personalize our ceremony and vows according to our personal preferences. The end result was exactly what we wanted; heartfelt and sincere! Deborah provided us with many options and suggestions to help draft the perfect expression of our love and commitment. She even endured torrential downpours with us during our rehearsal. Our ceremony was absolutely genuine and beautiful! Thank you Deborah for being apart of it and making it official. We will definitely recommend!
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    A fantastic officiant!

    Deborah was the best person for us. My husband and I have two very different religious beliefs and having a wedding that fit our needs was very important to us. Deborah took time out of her own day to learn from my beliefs in order to accommodate a binding in my religion. She was kind, calm, and extremely professional. I would highly recommend her! Thank you so much Deborah!
    -Nicole and Qunetin
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