Alternative Wedding Services

Rev. Ari was wonderful to work with. During our first meeting, she was very knowledgeable about the different types of wedding services - from traditional to completely unconventional. And she provided us with all the tools to customize our own ceremony. Even when we provided changes a week before the wedding day, she was able to accommodate us. She was very easy to work with at the rehearsal, and the wedding party and family were impressed by her professionalism. We ended up having a short & sweet ceremony and it went perfectly! Even though we were all so nervous, she was able to keep us calm and on cue. She has a great personality and is very easy to talk to. Thanks Ari for making our big day perfect!!

We loved Rev. Ari! She was just what we were looking for in an officiant. She gave us great resources to look through and worked with us to design our ceremony to reflect what we wanted to have said and what was important to us. She helped keep everyone on track and yet kept the feeling light when any stressful situation did appear. So very happy we had found her to perform our wedding.

Rev. Ari Gray was lovely and fun to work with!! She understood our needs and special situation perfectly!! Recommend her to anyone who wants a Reverend who truly cares for her clients!!

Arianna was absolutely wonderful. I had zero problem at any point during the whole process. The ceremony was perfect and she is very knowledgeable about many different types of ceremonies. We were worried about working on a ceremony by ourselves, but Arianna made it easy. Our ceremony even started late because of rain and traffic, but she stuck it out with us :) Thanks so much Arianna!

We absolutely love Rev Ari and she did a great job for our wedding.

Dear Arianna,Thank you so much for officiating our wedding. The wording of your ceremony was absolutely perfect, and I LOVED the handfasting idea. It will always remain in our hearts and minds as "our perfect day", thanks to you.Sincerely,Margaret & Michael Schroeder

We loved working with Reverend Ari. She was very helpful in finding the perfect ceremony for our needs and beliefs. Our wedding was a success mostly because of the people we surrounded us with and this is no exception. I high recommend! She is sweet and professional - a joy to work with!!

After an exhausting officiant search I was SO excited that we booked Ari. She was so helpful, so sweet and her ceremony was heartfelt and sentimental. Ari is a true professional and very eloquent. She actually cried when my DH said his vows! My heart was so warmed that even as someone who sees weddings all of the time, she still was moved by them. Ari is a must!

Rev. Ari did an AMAZING job at our inter-faith wedding ceremony. She was on time, professional and set the tone of the ceremony. Thanks Ari for everything!!!!! We highly recommend youto ALL future brides!

Ari was amazing! She was recommended to me and I will do the same to others!

Arianna is so wonderful. My husband’s father passed away about a year and half before the wedding. When we met with Arianna, the first thing she talked about was doing a memorial candle for people you always thought would be there but can’t be. And I just lost it there in the middle of Starbucks! Arianna helped us create a ceremony that was completely customized to us, and it was so beautiful. She has a lot of great ideas, and she really knows the history and meaning behind all of the wedding rituals. She was great from start to finish, and our ceremony was perfect. And I don’t know if she has some kind of magic, but we got our marriage license back in less than a week!

Reverend Ari was very flexible and willing to make our ceremony exactly like we wanted. i especially loved that we were able to communicate by email to get her opinion. :)

Ariana officiated our wedding wonderfully - from the minute we sat down to meet with her we knew she was the one to be there for us on our special day. Learning that Ari knows and is willing to perform any cultural ceremony was a plus. We loved having the flexibility and empowerment to tailor the ceremony to exactly what we desired - tools were provided for us to be as little or as much involved in the overall process. Many post-ceremony comments have been made to us on how beautiful and unique our ceremony was - and it would not have been such if it wasn't for Ari's involvement with it.

Rev. Ari was so wonderful and we couldn't have been happier with her and her services. We loved the fact that she had so many great ideas about different ceremony details. Something extra special is that she officiated my brother and his wife's wedding, and did a wonderful job for them too! We HIGHLY recommend Rev. Ari as a wedding officiant!

Rev. Ari was awesome. She helped us create a wedding ceremony that was unique and special. Her experience and expertise helped to ensure that the wedding went smoothly and perfectly. I would definitely recommend her to anyone getting married!

Ari was one of our favorite vendors. After our first consultation with her, we immediately knew that we didn't need to look for another officiant. We are not religious but wanted our ceremony to be special and we didn't want it to be 5 minutes long either. She was on board with us the entire way. She gave us great ideas and helped us put together a truly special ceremony. It's a few weeks after our wedding and we are still getting comments about how special and "us" it was. Ari is professional, funny, down to earth and truly cares about her clients. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a ceremony they will never forget.

Reverend Ari was professional and respectful from the minute we met. Our wedding guests remarked on what a good job she did and what a delightful person she was. She was more than willing to guide us with both the vows and the legal aspects of our special day. She was highly recommended to us and we would happily pass on the referral to others.

Ari was absolutely wonderful!! We were worried because we had waited until the last minute to find an officiant, but I am so happy that we did because Ari was amazing.I would definitely recommend her to anyone that has upcoming nuptials.She rolled with the punches and was extremely professional. When the ceremony started the DJ did not have her mic on, and she did not even bat an eye lash. Plus, she let us know about a Scottish tradition that we had no idea about, which made the entire wedding even more special. I cant say enough good about Ari or Alternative Wedding Services

She was an excellent Officiant that offered an array of great ideas to add to our ceremony. We would definitely suggest her for any ceremony you intend to have!

Rev. Ari made our special day truly memorable. She was extremely helpful in assisting us with selecting the perfect ceremony and vows for our wedding. All the guests commented on what a fabulous job she did and how she must have known us for years. Everyone was shocked to learn that we had just met a few months before the ceremony. She handled everything perfectly!!!!!! Thanks to her, we will have wonderful memories for many years to come.

Arianna Gray took care of all the details on our wedding day! She was professional, but very personable when dealing with our desires. She made sure every detail of our wedding went perfect! I don't know what I would have done without her help. Her encouragement and support through the entire process was breath of fresh air!

Aria did a wonderful job! She was very accommodating and responded promptly to all our emails. She also has beautiful ideas to enhance your wedding ceremony. We highly recommend her to everyone!

I loved having Arianna as my officiant. She was professional, flexible and very responsible. I can't imagine having my wedding without her.

Reverend Arianna, First of all, THANK YOU. After the wedding, and ever since, all we have heard is how wonderful our ceremony was. And each person had something different to say about what they loved about our ceremony, whether it be the roses to the moms, the sand ceremony, the hand fasting, or how the married guests were asked to hold hands and remember their own vows. It was incredible! And so sweet. Exactly what we wanted. Thank you for making our dreams come true. You did everything you said you would do. And it set the tone for the rest of the night. We had a blast! Our love spread out and inspired everyone there. You had a big hand in that. Thank you SO much! Everyone thought you were just great. Thank you for doing what you do, with heart and with integrity. If only everyone did their job like you do.... Sincerely, Alison

Rev. Ari was amazing. I couldn't have designed a more perfect person for our needs. She had terrific suggestions, was open to us contributing as much or as little as we wanted to the service. On the day of the ceremony, she was an oasis of calm for me. I would recommend her to anyone.

We loved Ari. We are not religious people and originally planned to go with a Justice of the Peace. However, we found that they were pretty expensive, wouldn't attend our rehearsal, and wouldn't let us customize our ceremony the way that we wanted. We found Ari here on Weddingwire and couldn't have been happier with her services. She was personable without being over-the-top and helped us customize our ceremony to be very "us." She also specializes in unique traditions (we did the German Wedding Cup), which was a nice way for us to personalize things. We trusted her completely to do our ceremony, our way, and she did exactly that. We got lots of compliments on her and on the ceremony and would highly recommend her.

Rev. Ari is a wealth of knowledge about wedding ceremonies and rituals.

Rev. Ari was an absolute BLESSING for us! She was extremely flexible with meeting times and made choosing the perfect ceremony extremely easy. She was able to incorporate ways for my husband and I to express ourselves as a couple and personalize the ceremony so we didn't have a "cookie cutter" wedding. We really couldn't have been happier with her! Highly, Highly Recommended for anyone!

We had a friend preforming the ceremony, so I attempted to write it for him, but felt like it was missing something. Ari was recommended to me by my Wedding Planner and I am so glad I found her! The ceremony I had written was rather boring, almost to the point of being depressing. Ari worked with us to learn us as a couple and as individuals in order to guide us into writing an amazing ceremony! The ceremony was so perfectly us, very unique, but incorporated just enough traditionalism. EVERYONE who attended the wedding raved about how much they enjoyed the ceremony and how unique it was. Ari was well worth the money (which wasn't very much at all) and definately made the most important part of our day (the actual wedding) stand out in everyone's minds!

Ari was a wonderful officiant! At our first meeting with her we knew she was the perfect officiant for us. She provided several formats for our wedding vows; allowing us to pick and choose what suited us best. Everyone enjoyed our service, commenting on Ari's warmth and outgoing personality. We have many special moments from our wedding service and can't image it without her.

Ari did an absolutely amazing job for our wedding. She was just what we were looking for. We are not religious and wanted to have an alternative wedding that was built around "us". She met with us, made suggestions and gave us samples of ceremonies that we used to piece together our very own ceremony. She did a beautiful job during the ceremony and I can't thank her enough. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant. I don't think it gets any better then having Rev. Ari officiate your wedding. Many thanks Ari!!!! Stacy & Miles

I highly recommend Rev. Ari's services. She was a godsend for a completely lost bride (that would be me, lol). The service was so personal and touching that the groom got choked up and the bride (that would be me again) provided a few laughs for the onlookers. But really, Rev. Ari has the best sense of the individuals that she helps and this sense did not go unnoticed by anyone attending. Thank you Rev. Ari, you will never be forgotten!

Neither my husband or myself are very religious. We don't go to church and we didn't want a judge to perform our wedding. I realized, quickly, that finding someone to perform our ceremony wasn't going to be as simple as I had once thought. I heard a lot of religious force feeding in my search.Ariana was great! She sent us suggestions, and then when we decided to write our own vows she was our pointman to make sure they matched up in length and content. We ended up writing our own ceremony, stealing bits and pieces from stuff all over the internet and things sent to us by her. We ended up with a ceremony that was perfectly fitting for us. She helped us make it flow and had suggestions towards the end.She had wonderful ideas I never would have thought of which we incorporated into our wedding like the hand fasting which we now treasure. She made us feel perfectly at ease and I was incredibly glad to have her be a part of our ceremony. She was upfront with her pricing and was timely to everything.

Reverend Ari was wonderful. She's a great lady who will do anything you wish to make your wedding ceremony one of a kind. We really enjoyed having her!

Reverand Ari was wonderful, professional, caring, genuine, warm, friendly and personable.

Rev. Gray was AWESOME! She helped make our ceremony unique and gave us the freedom to make our ceremony fit "us." She was always a phone call away and helped us in every way she could. She was invaluable on our wedding day. Would HIGHLY recommend!

Reverend Arianna Gray was a fantastic choice for our wedding. She absolutely caters the ceremony to you personally and has an extensive knowledge of all things wedding! She has so much to tell you as far as your options are concerned, and she brings props!!! She is one of the most prepared officiants with a sparkling and fun personality you could ever hope for. She made all the difference for us.If you are having a theme wedding of any sort, this is also the gal for you! She almost seemed disappointed when we told her that our ceremony was more traditional! I adored her and would recommend her to anyone!

Ari was great! We had a beautiful ceremony and got tons of compliments on it. Ari performed our rehearsal too and we arrived right on time, but we had to unload all the beer/wine/champagne into a storage closet before we started since a wedding was occurring at Old Red that day. The groomsmen, my dad, and a few of my cousins who were there helped unload everything and we ended up starting the rehearsal about 20 min. late. Ari didn’t complain at all and was just ready to start when they got done with the unloading. The way she did the rehearsal made it easy for everyone to remember what to do. She gave us a variety of wording to choose for our ceremony and had a ton of ideas for us to use, since we did not want a religious ceremony.

He provided a very nice ceremony that we loved.Our Officiant was great. He made sure the entire ceremony was all we wanted to be. He made it personal. It wasn't just another ceremony. We do highly recommend him.We were both blown away by how well everything went. She exceeded our expectations by far. We are still hearing everyone rave about ours being one of the best, if not the best, ceremonies many of our guests had ever been to.

Rev. Ari was super friendly, and had lots of different suggestions for things we could include in our ceremony. As her business name suggests, she will help you construct the exact ceremony you wish to have. She writes her own ceremony wording and re-writes them on a very regular basis, and gave us about 8 different full ceremonies from which we picked our favorite parts. She had a wonderful idea for a special "roses to the moms" moment in the ceremony which was an unrehearsed surprise for our mothers. They were very touched !! Especially if you are working on appealing to an inter-failth (or in our case religious/non-religious) crowd, she can help you figure out how to create a ceremony that will be just right :) Our wedding was perfect and everyone complimented us on the ceremony.

My husband and I do not follow any kind of traditional religion and did not plan on having a traditional wedding ceremony. We went to visit Rev. Ari with the thought that we really didn't want anything too ritualistic or involved for the ceremony, just something quick and simple so we could get on to the fun part, but she quickly changed our minds about that idea.She explained how materialism is overtaking symbolism when it came to marriage and told us that most couples don't remember much of their weddings while caught in the whirlwind of stress and expectation. She said that what couples remember best are the ritualistic moments, such as putting on the rings and saying the vows, and convinced us that they would be an important part of our day. I'm glad she won us over.Rev. Ari then impressed us with her vast knowledge of many different wedding rituals, both modern and historical, practiced by cultures from all parts of the world. We chose three that we felt meant the most to us. For the weeks following our initial meeting, she continued to answer our questions about what we would need for the ceremony and helped us put together our vows.After the ceremony, our friends and family kept commenting on how beautiful and unique it was. Some even asked for a copy of our vows! When I look back on it, I feel like our ceremony was a true and personalized expression of who we are, and those who were there to witness it felt the same.

Ari was very helpful from the beginning. She is very quick to respond when any questions were asked. Very professional during the entire process and had many great ideas. Would definitely recommend her to others looking for alternative wedding officiants.

I love working with Ari of Alternative Wedding Services. She is extremely professional and really works with the couple to create a personalized ceremony. I hear the guests afterwards talk about how lovely the ceremony was. She truly cares about creating a memorable ceremony for the couple.

Rev. Arianna Gray and Rev. Krymsun Parker are very perceptive and compassionate women who will perform your wedding your way and make it deeply meaningful and memorable.Barbara Gabbert, BMG Originals Custom Clothing, www.bmgoriginals.com

Alternative Wedding Services is a wonderful choice for brides and grooms of any denomination. Arianna automatically makes my clients feel comfortable and at ease with the very personal and important details of the ceremony. She also is well versed in world cultures and has given me ceremony ideas that I have passed along to other brides. I highly recommend Alternative Wedding Services and recommend them to all of my clients looking for wedding officiants.

Alternative Wedding Solutions is the ONLY set of officiants I recommend! Versed in about every culture and religion, they create truly memorable ceremonies that reflect couples from traditional to very unique. Warm and fun personalities that make the ceremony and custom vows (sometimes not the most exciting part of a wedding.. let's be honest ;o) ) truly memorable and meaningful.

Reverend Arianna Gray is an amazing and intelligent woman who cares GREATLY about her clients wants and needs. Her wealth of knowledge about cultures, traditions and religions are at the disposal of her clients. I've not seen anyone take on a couple and care so much about their background as her. She is truly wonderful and if you meet with her just once, you'll see exactly what I mean. I wish all my brides would use her!

Rev. Ari is fantastic! She is a hip minister and very in the know about how to incorporate traditions into your ceremony with a modern twist. She is extremely personable and charismatic and will keep your guests interested in your ceremony.