Nashville Wedding Minister

He was so great!!! Everyone at the ceremony talked about how great he was in the ceremony and funny!!! He is very affordable and a very nice man! We couldn't have asked for a better ceremony!

My husband and I are from Chattanooga, Tn. When we decided to have our wedding in Nashville, we didn't have the convenience of having everything at our fingertips. We were worried about having a minister that would suit our needs and our personalities, someone that would be perfect to do our ceremony. Ralph Griggs was entertaining, quick witted (when helicopters flew by and alarms were going off) and an overall lovely man. We could not have been more satisfied! I WOULD ABSOLUTELY STOP LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO PERFORM YOUR CEREMONY AND CALL HIM NOW. I guarantee you, you will not be disappointed!

Ralph was already booked for the day of my daughters wedding but his wife Mary is also a wedding officiant. SHe did a beautiful job and we were very pleased.

Mr. Griggs did a beautiful and wonderful ceremony. We never met him till the day of the wedding and he was just great!!!

When my husband proposed he promised that he would take care of the officiant! I found out that apparently the officiant was supposed to be the hardest thing to book! About two months before my big day I found out we had no officiant!?! I had already been looking around because I know my husband!!! and everywhere I looked and everyoe I asked all told me the same name Ralph Griggs... but at this point I knew I wouldn't be able to book him! I thought there wouldn't be any harm in trying so I sent him an e-mail and sure enough I got him! He did such an amazing job at the wedding (especially considering that was the first time he had ever met my husband and I in person) My whole family thought he was the minister of our church and had known us for years!

Ralph provides so many services from ceremony planning to pre-marital counseling to officiant. He is very personable and made our ceremony quite memorable, intimate, and humorous in parts. He was extremely responsive to every request we made. We highly recommend him.

Mr. Griggs is professional, personable and wise. Flexibility and communication are outstanding!

Ralph Griggs is an excellent minister. His guides are very helpful and easy to use.

We couldn't imagine working with anyone else but Ralph Griggs for our wedding. He was recommended to us by a few couples who were also married by him. He was quick to respond to e-mails, and always professional. We loved his ceremony planner, which let us tailor the ceremony wording to our liking. After the ceremony, we were approached by countless guests telling us that they thought Ralph was wonderful, and that it was the best ceremony they had ever attended. We also went through his at-home marriage counseling course, which we recommend. We learned a lot going through the exercises, and it's something couples should do anyway. We recommend Ralph to anyone who asks for suggestions!

Finding a minister was very a very difficult thing for my husband and I to do. At the time, we lived two hours apart and did not go to church regularly. We knew we wanted someone that was a minister, though. Religion is a part of our lives and we wanted it to be part of our ceremony. When we found Ralph Griggs online, we thought he sounded like the person for us. We set up a time to meet him and we also got to do an at-home marriage preparation course. It was very fun for us to do because it gave us the opportunity to talk about some things that we may not have talked about before. I would definitely recommend Ralph Griggs for weddings in the future! He was a blessing!

My husband & I are so thankful that we chose Ralph Griggs to perform our ceremony! Knowing that this is one of the most meaningful decisions we had to make, we met with several pastors & ministers trying to find the right one. We knew as soon as we met with Ralph at his home that he was the one. He invited us in & made us feel like family, really listening to what we expected from our ceremony. He gave us many different options of what that day could possibly be. He was very professional from beggining til end and even had a very calming effect when he was standing by us on that special day! Thanks to Ralph, our ceremony was flawless :)

Ralph Griggs is a wonderful choice if you're looking for a meaningful ceremony performed by someone who has tons of experience with brides and grooms. From the first phone call or e-mail to the day of your wedding, Ralph is incredibly responsive and ready to help you develop the service you've dreamed of. Ralph provides all his couples with both a Marriage Prep Course (which will save $$ on your license) and a ceremony planner guide. My husband and I don't currently have a church home, but we wanted a very traditional service that was a bit more lengthy than Ralph outlines in his guide. I sent him some initial questions and he was open to making any changes we wanted, and so we incorporated several additional elements and provided a "marriage message/homily" that Ralph delivered beautifully -- several of my guests assumed that Ralph had known us for some time! Definitely call Ralph if you're in need of an officiant for your wedding. Whatever you're looking for in your ceremony, Ralph will be able to work with you and make it turn out beautifully.

Ralph was wonderful he let us pick exactally how we wanted the ceremony would be and did a beautiful job at the ceremony. We got so many complements at the reception on how great he was.

Ralph was an amazing officiant! He offered many different types and options for the ceremony, and worked with us to create the best ceremony for us. At least two couples asked us for his contact information after the wedding! I would recommend Ralph to anyone!

We aren’t sure how our ceremony will go but this guy is great. Down-to-earth, non-judgemental and easy going. A little pricey but I think that is just sort of the going rate. I have heard great things about him from a friend who had him. He offers other services besides ceremony officiant. I've heard great things about his pre-wedding counseling and my fiance and I are considering a few sessions with him for our benefit and to give him the opportunity to get to know us a bit more before overseeing our ceremony.

Ralph was great, he is non-denominational and just a genuine heart-felt minister. He invited us to his home initially to get to know us and walk through his process and to get to know him. He also, provided us with FREE pre-marital counseling that we could do prior to the wedding so that we could both get to know each other better, but it also gives you a pretty big discount on your marriage license too. Ralph has several different ways that he can officiate your ceremony and he goes through all of the possibilities and lets you choose what is important to you. He custom tailors your ceremony to what you want or do not want in order ceremony. He can make it religious or not, it’s up to you. He has a great piece that we used in our ceremony that was absolutely amazing, the “Hand Ceremony.” Take our advice if you aren’t from the area and don’t belong to a church or even if you do, Ralph is a great choice!

He is so easy to work with, and he gave us the ceremony we wanted and dreamed of. He offers a traditional and contemporary service plus he is willing to the unity candle or many of his other options. We choose his hand ceremony and it was beautiful. Even though he only meet us once, his ceremony sounded like he knew us all of our lives. All our guest kept commenting on how nice the ceremony was and where we had found him. Neither of us are originally from the Nashville area.

Reverend Griggs is a pro at weddings. He serves a great niche in the Nashville community for couples who want a minister-led ceremony but who do not belong to a church or personally know a minister. My husband and I met Rev. Griggs at his home to get acquainted and discuss our wishes for the ceremony. He is very flexible and will conduct religious and non-religious ceremonies. He will write the ceremony himself or if you choose to write the ceremony yourself, he will read what you have written. He does offer a marrige counseling outline and workstudy for you and your fiance to do privately and at your own pace, but he does not require it. My only complaint with Rev Griggs is that he charges extra to attend the wedding rehearsal. Because my wedding had some unique elements, I found it important for him to attend the rehearsal and paid for him to be there. But on the wedding day, there were several missed cues dispite the rehearsal.

Ralph is a genuine man of the cloth, everything you want from a pastor, gentle, kind, lended greatly to our elopement to beautiful Nashville at the Parthenon. He will always be remembered most favorably by us - he made some wonderful memories. We are coming back to Nashville this weekend to celebrate our 3rd anniversary and hope to get ahold of him to thank him again.

I've enjoyed the pleasure of photographing several weddings where Ralph officiated the ceremony and I can say from experience, I'm sure you'll be very pleased when you select him as minister for your wedding.

Ralph Griggs is a favorite amoung the wedding vendors in Nashville providing a full service online pre-marital counseling service that actually saves you money on the wedding license.

Ralph has officiated more weddings at CJ's than we can even count! He really is the best in town - your ceremony will be flawless in his hands! His voice is warm and strong (important in a ceremony!), he lets your own personalities shine, and is completely flexible to make your ceremony "yours". If it were my wedding, there's no question who I'd have officiating - Ralph!