Forever, Together - Seattle Wedding Officiants

Reverend David Cooper officiated our wedding, and if you can't tell from the site, he is very very highly recommended and rated 5th in Washington state! He did an exceptional job at officiating our wedding, following up with EVERY email prior to the wedding, helping us with our vows, he has the most amazing personality and made us feel completely at ease on our special day. KUDOS to you Reverend David Cooper!!! You are such an amazingly talented professional! Keep up the excellent work!!!

Joanne was great from our very 1st meeting. We didn't have a wedding rehearsal so everything planned was online or phone.
My partner and I have uncommon names that are ofter mis-pronounced, but Joanne said our names correctly. Everyone told us how beautiful our service was and had nothing less than kind words for Joanne.
I don't know if we were her 1st same sex-wedding, but if it was she didn't show it.
Forever, Together gets two thumbs up!!
Thank you so much,

Treva & Da'yo

They were very friendly from the very start. Our first meeting was relaxed yet extremely informative. They will help you from start to finish and answer any questions you have. Joanne and David really care about each couple and the love they share.

I enjoyed very much working with Rev. Cooper. He was more than willing to "meet" with me from opposite sides of the state and did not have any problems with my need to communicate by phone or email. My wedding was absolutely perfect and I am very glad the David was there to help. I would recommend Forever, Together to everyone!!!

We lived in Spokane, and had our wedding in Seattle. David was very helpful via email and phone working with us, since we were unable to meet in person prior to our wedding.

I'd also like to add that despite this being the 2nd marriage for both of us we really had no idea how to put vows/wedding together. David was very helpful and really made it a joy for both of us to review the pieces that make up a ceremony and to pick out exactly how we wanted the ceremony to flow.

Rev D was amazing. My husband and I wanted a ceremony in English and Spanish and had a very hard time finding anyone who could/would do it. But David was more than willing and did a great job with it. We couldn't be happier to have had him as a part of our wedding.

Rev. D did an amazing job directing our wedding rehearsal and ceremony! He was prompt, personable, fun and made sure everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do. His booklet of ceremony examples gave us plenty of ideas and we were able to create our perfect ceremony.

We went on our honeymoon the day after and had forgot to make copies of the wedding certificates. We needed them as proof for a newly wed vacation package we signed up for. I called David and he quickly scanned the certificates and emailed to us. We were able o print it out just before we headed to the airport! He really went above and beyond what we had expected! I highly recommend him to anyone that will be getting married!

Thanks again David!
Quoc & Amanda

Rev D is amazing...period. If you are looking for an Officiant and/or Wedding Planner, he is definitely the man for the job! We were looking for someone lighthearted, focused on making our magical day all about us, flexible enough to incorporate the uniqueness of our ceremony and hilarious to work with...with found David Cooper. There were just as many laughs as there were tears that day; Rev D made it all possible and worth every penny!

DAVID WAS OUR OFFICIANT AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH HIS THOUGHTFULNESS, THE TIME HE SPENT WORKING WITH US, AND HOW WELL THE CEREMONY TURNED OUT. EVERYTHING WAS VERY LOW STRESS AND WENT SMOOTHLY. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND DAVID AND HIS SERVICES!

B & J WEST

Rev. Joanna Marie was amazing, she not only helped my husband and I plan our very short notice wedding giving us suggestions where she thought it might help including helping us locate a venue. It was a very beautiful ceremony, professional, and even laid back where it needed to be. It felt as if she was part of our family. My Husband and I would recommend her and her Husband to anyone whether it be a large ceremony or even an elopement, you won’t be disappointed.

We love David! He came highly recommended from an event planner and David went well beyond the call of duty for us.

David was a wealth of information and was incredibly positive and patient with me and my wife. My wife had a few nerves about having a larger wedding and initially wanted to elope. About a week before the wedding we realized that we could do both (elope and still have a larger wedding). David moved a few things around and married us in our living room a few days later.

At the larger wedding David was great and stayed as our guest through the entire evening. Everyone we spoke to told us how great he was and we couldn't agree more.

Thanks again David!

Michael Croix

Easy to work with; as many suggestions as we needed/wanted. Conducted our ceremony precisely as we wanted (no surprises). Not having done this before, he had the perfect recommendations and was one step ahead of our questions. One of the vendors I just didn't have to worry about coming through for us on our wedding day or following up with. Things were just done, done right, and done right the first time.

We were very happy with the ceremony that Reverend David Cooper performed. It was lively, entertaining and perfect for what we wanted for our wedding.

I was blown away by the work to detail and everything came together and it looked so nice. After months and months of planning, the final product was more amazing than I imagined it to be! They did everything professionally and in a timely manner. Their coverings were so baeutiful that we were relunctant to give them back after the wedding.

David did a wonderful job. I picked all the pieces of my ceremony and he placed them together for me beautifully. Everything flowed really well and nothing went wrong. His wife also helped out because she didn't have a wedding that day and the drive from Seattle to Bellingham is long. She did an excellent job helping us figure out exactly what we were supposed to do and when.

It was wonderful to work with Rev. D. Warren Cooper! He was open to the ceremony that a family member had written, but still offered suggestions where he thought they would help. His presence and personality as well as his sense of humor put us at ease from our first meeting. Finding an officiant was one of the hardest things for us, and we were blessed to find him. All our guests (as well as ourselves) were incredibly pleased with the ceremony and several mentioned to us that it was one of the most beautiful weddings they had ever attended.

Everything about the service was wonderful. Me and my wife felt so comfortable around him it was as if he was a part of the family, in fact we insisted he stay for dinner with the family at the wedding.

When I first met Reverend Dave I was very nervous and he had a very calming way about him. I new instantly that I wanted him to marry us. He was extremly helpful in giving suggestions and also being respectful in the type of ceremony that we wanted to have. I would highly recommend their services to anyone that is looking for a compasssionate, respectful, completly flexible wedding officiant. Thank you Reverend Dave for help making our day truly memorable.

Always,
Shane and Katie Gushwa

We chose to use Rev D as our officiant with only about a month before the wedding. He was so helpful, so wonderful, we are so happy we chose him and were lucky enough to have him be a crucial part of our wedding. We would highly, highly, highly recommend he and his wife, you will not be disapointed! Prompt, fun, energetic and ready to help in any way they can. Thanks again Rev D!

Brooke & Kurtis Swanson
Snohomish, WA

David was the perfect officiant for us: he provided us with tons of ideas/materials but let us tailor the ceremony to our own style. He was laid back but professional, and we would recommend him to anyone.

Looking for an officiant in March for an August wedding was a mistake, we had waited too long. As it happened everything worked out just right David and Joanna had been planning to take a vacation that week and had canceled because requests for that weekend were overwhelming, lucky for us. It took minutes to decide David was the perfect officiant for us to work with. I couldn’t have asked for anyone to be more flexible, professional or easy to work with his humor complemented ours to a t. David went out of his way to make our day special and very memorable not to mention as stress free as possible. We would not hesitate to recommend Rev D to anyone and hope we will be able to have him present for our vow renewal 25 years from now.
Christine and Noah

It was wonderful to work with Rev. D. Warren Cooper! He was open to the ceremony that a family member had written, but still offered suggestions where he thought they would help. His presence and personality as well as his sense of humor put us at ease from our first meeting. Finding an officiant was one of the hardest things for us, and we were blessed to find him. All our guests (as well as ourselves) were incredibly pleased with the ceremony and several mentioned to us that it was one of the most beautiful weddings they had ever attended.

Rev. David Cooper was wonderful! Of all the vendors we had to work with he was by far the most helpful and least stressful of all of them. He was very quick to respond to email (my favorite form of communication when stressed with wedding issues!), he has a very friendly attitude that we did not encounter with some other officiants we interviewed. He loves what he does and it truly shows. David works for a wonderful price (he is worth much more than he charges) and allthough it was one of the most inexspensive purchases for our wedding, the return was so much more than everything else put together. He rolled with my groom and I's mistakes and he was not rushed to get out of there after. He is a true friend, and a lovely person. We are so thankful that we found him, and we could not sing his praises enough!
With Sincere Thanks,
Paul and Donna

Joanne was a wonderful officiant. We enjoyed meeting her, and she immediately put us at ease. My husband had never been married before, and was very nervous about meeting her, and the ceremony itself. Her kind and professional demeanor put him at ease immediately, and there was never a moments doubt for him after that! I highly recommend Forever,Together for your wedding!

David was my officiant on my 8/2008 wedding. I was very nervous about picking a officiant but I was quickly set at ease. David met my mother and I at Starbucks and I quickly decided he was the right man for the job. We met for about an hour and he answered all my silly questions, and offered suggestions for the some of the "traditions" I was uncomfortable with. He also sent me later that day a ton of wedding ceremonies to chose from. He also did some research to find more readings. He arrived on time, even though I didn't walk on time, he put me at ease. He made sure to double check how to say some Ukrainian names of my family member who have passed on. His voice level was perfect for our outdoor wedding ( I was nervous people wouldn't be able to hear). His aspect of my wedding went perfect when other parts didn't. I had so many compliments about the "rose ceremony". Ask him about it, it was wonderful.

Rev. Cooper was great! We would (and did!) recommend his services to our friends. He was punctual, organized, professional and fun. His guidance and advice were extremely helpful and never pushy. Our ceremony was exactly how we wanted it... I can look back and say that I wouldn't change a thing.

Rev David Cooper was amazing; he made our day feel like just that..our day.
We have had so many comments on how beautiful our ceremony was and we would not have been able to have it be as perfect as it was without David. I would recommend him to anyone, he really listens to what you want and is so great to work with; I loved his sense of humor and how relaxed he made us feel.

David was fantastic! He performed the ceremony exactly like we wanted and we could not have been any happier. We enjoyed his sense of humor and his attention to details.

We're very satisfied about the service of David. He was very responsible and helpful, really did a wonderful job for our wedding and made our wedding so holy, so funny, so sweet...A lot of our friends asked us where we find David. Also we think their price is very reasonable compared with other officiants in the area. Highly recommend!

With the short time given for Rev. cooper to conduct the wedding service, he was most helpful and provided a wedding ceremony that was special.

Joanna was an excellent officiant. I am very pleased with the amount of material she gave us to work with, her willingness to drive out to meet us, and her general air of confidence about making our wedding day fantastic. When I began the planning process, I had no idea what to include in my ceremony, and Joanna gave me exactly the tools my husband and I needed to personalize our ceremony and make it reflect not only our feelings for each other, but our vision of the perfect wedding.
Thank you Joanna!

Joanne did a wonderful job with our ceremony. She was punctual to the rehearsal and day of the wedding and made sure that we were all happy with the way things were laid out. Thank you!

He was very good at getting back to us in a timely manner with the planning of the ceremony. I was a little nervous about him being late to the wedding. He did another one right before ours in Seattle.

When we first met with Joanna we thought she was great. She did have to call me a few times that day and change our appt due to her having a last minute dr appt and the dr's office running late, but at least she called, so no big deal. She flipped through the book of vows awfully quick was our only complaint in the beginning. However, she had told us she used to be a wedding planner so she knew to think of things like having my maid of honor or someone straighten my train when I got up to the "alter" for pictures, etc. So, for that very reason we picked her over another officiant that probably would've done a better job in hindsight.

After we paid our deposit, she was a little hard to get a hold of. I called her to tell her that we had changed our minds on having a separate day rehearsal because too many of our bridal party members wouldn't be able to make it and so we would like to do a same day rehearsal instead and I needed to know how much time we would need for that so I could schedule my hair and makeup appts around this and over 24hrs later she still had not returned my call. So, I called again. This time, she answered my phone call, however, she seemed like she had no idea who I was at first (even though we had just met less than a week prior to this). She had to ask her husband if she had any other weddings that day. Then about 1 wk before the wedding she calls and asks whether I was having a rehearsal a different day or if we had changed it to the same day, because she couldn't remember.

The day of the wedding, she was supposed to be at the venue at 1pm. Around 1:20pm, I call her to see where she is at and she does not answer. She finally showed up a little after 1:30pm claiming that there was traffic. Members in my party I had just driven through that area not too long before she did and it was completely clear. She said she didn't answer my call because she has received a ticket for talking on her cell phone before. I can understand that, but it only takes a second to pull over and call a panicking bride when you are over 30 minutes late! Or get a bluetooth or put your phone on speakerphone, which are both legal in this state while driving. During the ceremony she read word for word from printed papers as if she hadn't read the ceremony before the day. I understand that you can't memorize the whole ceremony, but it would've been nice had she familiarized herself with it a little to be able to look up a little more from her clipboard. She just seemed completely ill-prepared and it was really disappointing, especially for how much money you fork out for an officiant. I have no idea how they got voted in the top 5 of Western Washington, unless her husband is WAY better than she is!

***Edit in Response to Joanna's reply***

First off, she told us she would email us telling us when she wanted our vows as she did not like to focus on more than one wedding at a time because she liked to give each couple her undivided attention, but most likely she would want it the week before the wedding. I NEVER heard from her, so finally, I just emailed her the vows or she wouldn't have had anything to go off of the day of the wedding. Her reasoning really didn't make sense to me, since we were emailing her the vows. It's not like she HAD to go over them right then and there, she could've saved them and went over them at her convenience. Even if there was a misunderstanding about when we were supposed to send the vows, we picked our whole ceremony (except the sand ceremony, because she didn't offer one that included our parents) from her book and maybe changed 10 words throughout the entire ceremony. If she has been doing this as long as she says she has, then she should KNOW all the pieces of the ceremonies in her book. We only changed simple things like "from the end of our forever" to "for all the days of our lives" and might have omitted a few religious phrases. She had a lot more religious stuff in her book than what we were led to believe since she flipped through it so fast at our initial meeting. We made it clear to her at our initial meeting that we were NOT religious, so maybe that is why she felt the need to move through the book so quickly.

As far as her not recognizing me on the phone, it happened more than that one time. I have an email, that I saved, it's the one where she sent me a worksheet to fill out with our contact info, wedding date & time, venue info, etc and she called me Angela...my name is Amanda! Now, when you are emailing a client, you should have their info right there handy!

She was more than 15min late. If she really wanted to argue about that, I have phone records that show that I called her at 1:13pm and 1:14pm and people that could verify that she showed up about 10-15 minutes AFTER I called her. As for her showing up so early and not charging me, SHE is the one that told me to have the rehearsal at 1pm. I had called her (the day she didn't return my phone call & the next day) to tell her we wanted the same day rehearsal and ask how much time SHE needed for that, so I could schedule my hair and make up appts around the rehearsal. She was the one that said we should do it at 1pm. NOT ME! It's convenient how she twists the story around to try to make me look like the bad guy when she thinks I probably wont come back and read what she wrote in response. Think again, Joanna. I am here for the future brides, so they know what you are really about.

As far as her feeling she did a good job at the ceremony, she is the only one that felt that way. I got so many comments from my bridal party and my guests stating what a terrible job she did and how disappointed I must be.

***Edit 12/7/11 - I spoke with Joanna through email because I never received my keepsake copy of our marriage certificate, which she took with her to write in the text on her computer to make it look nicer. She said she sent it & it must be a post office error, but she still had it on her computer & could resend it. After discussing things with her husband, they decided to give me a partial refund after the whole debacle with my wedding & everything. This does help some, it is certainly better than nothing & I appreciate that they were willing to do this, especially after so much time had passed. I certainly didn't expect it, I just wanted my keepsake certificate and to be done...

In all of our correspondence Joanne would tell me that when she was there it was all about me and my day. When she arrived, she had not reviewed my ceremony, had not practiced and was not prepared for a special part of it that ended up being dropped because of her lack of experience and preparedness. When she arrived and we found out my dress would be a little late she continually stated "I have another wedding to get to". It seemed that my small private wedding meant nothing to her and all she cared about was getting to this other wedding across town. I felt as though my day meant nothing to her and that she didn't care. When the ceremony did proceed, she rushed through things, quickly read the words,often stumbling over them or leaving some out entirely and asked us questions about the ceremony as the ceremony was progressing. She didn't accommodate our photographer or videographer, she was asked a few times to step aside to allow the shot of the bridesmaid walking in and my entrance, she would not comply and simply stood there like stone, no facial expressions. She made what should have been about a 30 minute cermony last 10 minutes. I felt cheated and let down. I was very unhappy with her services and would advice other brides look at another officiant and only use "together forever" as a last resort. The service they provided for my wedding was horrific and all in all nothing like what they sold me.


~A very disappointed Bride

David Cooper has performed several weddings at our venue and we always enjoy him. I know the couples are always happy and have thanked me many times for recommending him.

Please understand that you will "Forever" be "Together" using The Caring Strength of "Seattle Wedding Officiants: "We Bet On It!" So Make them your choice,You won't be Disappointed!

I recommend the services of Forever, Together - Seattle Wedding Officiants to make your Wedding Day a one-of-a-kind event that will be remembered and cherished by you and all your guests for years to come. ~~ Angela Neik www.calligraphybyangela.com 214 957 2155
Dallas Calligrapher

You will enjoy working with Forever, Together Seattle Wedding Officiants. Having your vows come togehter seamlessly is very important to David and Joanna. Caring, creative and compassionate ceremonies...expect it with these two!

Joanne and David are a warm and wonderful couple and both do a great job as Wedding Officiants. They put great effort into creating wording that best expresses your commitment. They are very supportive and willing to step in and help giving directions that have everyone feeling comfortable and knowing what to expect.
I highly recommend them to assist in creating a a memorable event for you and your...

Very friendly, reliable and professional officiants. Our wedding couples are very happy with their ceremonies.

I had the opportunity to work with Rev. Joanna Marie, and she was very warm-hearted, sincere, and professional. I refer all of my brides and grooms to her. :) Prices extremely reasonable and Forever, Together seems incredibly flexible as well! Highly, highly recommended!

Recently we photographed a wedding where David was the officiants. The ceremony was touching with tears (of joy) and laughter. We enjoyed getting to talk to him briefly, we found David to be down to earth and he sincerely loves what he does and it shows in the ceremony. We hope we have the opportunity to work with him again or maybe next time in getting to meet his wife.

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