Wedding Ceremonies by Jeff

Jeff was amazing from start to finish of the wedding process. He helped us to create an absolutely beautiful ceremony from scratch. The result was a wedding with a perfect combination of humor and seriousness that truly matched our personalities. He knew the right questions to figure out all important expectations of family and religion and what we wanted our ceremony to feel like. Many guests approached me during the reception to tell me that our ceremony was one of the best they had ever seen! I cannot recommend Jeff Maszal enough to perform your wedding ceremony!

Jeff was an incredible officiant - from the first meeting we had with him nine months prior to our wedding through our wedding day. He was extremely helpful in planning our ceremony. He was very responsive to emails and any questions that we had throughout the planning process. Jeff also helped to make our rehearsal go perfectly. His humor and direction were both very welcomed! On our actual wedding day, he was incredible. Jeff calmed our nerves and when a group of our friends arrived late (due to the bus we had chartered), he seamlessly welcomed them in. I cannot thank him enough or recommend him enough for how incredible he made our ceremony. Jeff was a pleasure to work with from start to finish and we feel so blessed that he was our officiant.

It was a pleasure working with Jeff as we planned our wedding. He was professional, responded to e-mails instantly, and always made himself available. My fiancé and I had something very specific in mind for our wedding ceremony. From the beginning, Jeff was flexible and able to accommodate us. He wanted to make sure that whatever we had envisioned would happen on our wedding day. The wedding ceremony was great; we were able to incorporate everything we wanted and had the perfect day.

My husband and I could have not have chosen a better officiant for our wedding. Jeff was very flexible with our hectic schedules during the planning process and would always make himself available when we needed him. His wonderful personality made our ceremony enjoyable and smooth. He adjusted the ceremony outline several times to accommodate our wishes and customs. We would 100% recommend Jeff to family and friends.

Reverend Jeff just officiated over our wedding on January 14. While my husband and I are both uber organized, putting this wedding together was anything but, and Jeff completely rolled with the process and made everything magically come together. Most importantly though, he was able to incorporate exactly what we wanted into the ceremony - as if he had known us for years. In fact guests were shocked when they found out we had just met Jeff - they had the impression we went way back. As all weddings are, there was very deep meaning in this celebration and Jeff not only respected personal elements we wanted to include but did so in an elegant AND humorous way. Guests loved him. Lastly, we incorporated Filipino marriage traditions (for my husband's mom), Buddhist blessings (for my husband and me), and readings from the Bible (for all of us) - Jeff didn't flinch when we brought up our wishes to incorporate these disparate pieces and honestly just brought it all together. He was awesome all around and we feel so fortunate that he officiated over our wedding!

Jeff is a dream come true. He is extremely easy to work with and provides several ceremony templates (e.g., Christian, secular, etc.) and suggestions for vows and readings to use if you need them. We needed them. The week before our wedding was chaotic, and being the procrastinator I am, I didn’t get our ceremony content to him until the night before or the morning of our wedding, I can’t remember which. He had two other weddings before ours and still performed ours seamlessly. We were very impressed and grateful. He’s very low key and relaxed, and also provided advice that was very helpful. I can’t imagine a better officiant.

Jeff was the best officiant for us. It was hard for my husband and I to look for a pastor to be our marriage counselor and the officiant at our wedding. We wanted to have a good feeling about this person and we felt that way when we met Jeff. We initially met Jeff in January and spent the next nine months together. He helped my husband and I get through a lot and truly learn a lot about ourselves. On the big day, he did a great job of helping us through the ceremony. I would recommend Jeff to anyone looking for the best officiant in the DC area.

Jeff was amazing! We are so happy we stumbled upon him. He helped us make the perfect the ceremony unique and the way we wanted it. When things might not have gone perfectly, he was there to help us and make a joke. It made it such a fun but serious ceremony. It was absolutely perfect. I was sad he didn't join in with the reception fun but I'm glad to say he checks in on us every once in awhile. It's nice to know there are still nice and personable people out there. Genuine people like Jeff are rare.

Jeff is amazing. We could not have asked for more for the ceremony he prepared along with the premarital counseling. Wasn't sure where to start with a minister for the wedding so went to wedding wire and found Jeff. Could not be more pleased and grateful. I highly recommend him.

The Groom

Jeff was fantastic! The combination of an officiant and a pre-marital counselor was an excellent way to ensure Jeff knew more about us while also strengthening our relationship and increasing our communication. The pre-marital counseling sessions were helpful, especially around the time we moved in together - it gave us a chance to discuss issues with a "moderator" and helped us both see the other person's point of view.

As an officiant, Jeff is extremely versitile. After our pre-marital counseling sessions, Jeff created a draft ceremony based on what he thought we might like (it was spot on!) and gave us the chance to tweak it to our liking. He brought humor to the rehearsal and included several important tips to ensure that the ceremony went smoothly. He has a clear and commanding voice that demands attention from the guests. After our ceremony, all the guests raved about how great Jeff was. I highly recommend Jeff - he made our ceremony perfect, and has given us the necessary tools to start off our marriage right.

Where do we start?! From the moment we first met Jeff, he was unbelievable! We didn't want the traditional stuffy ceremony, but we also didn't want something that our guests would not be able to relate to. Jeff made the ceremony perfect for us. He was serious when he needed to be, but added laughter and warmth to our ceremony in a way we could never have imagined. It's not often people remember or talk about the actual wedding ceremony, but anytime anyone talks to us about the wedding they always bring up Jeff. Thank you for giving us an unforgettable ceremony!

I can't say enough good things about Jeff. We had back-to-back Hindu and Christian ceremonies at our wedding. Jeff officiated the Christian ceremony, although he also has experience officiating Hindu weddings. Many of our guests had never attended a Christian ceremony and they raved about Jeff afterwards. He performed a short but meaningful ceremony. He was kind, funny and very professional. I highly recommend him as a wedding officiant.

Jeff was the Officiant for our September 17 wedding and we could not have asked for anyone better. First, we met him and right away knew he was the one we wanted. We were completely comfortable with him and were able to laugh and joke with him. He gave us many different scripts and templates to choose from so we just mixed and matched and we were able to make it personal and change some of the wording. On the day of he was amazing in helping us through the ceremony, as we were a little nervous, and he plugged some humor in the ceremony knowing we would appreciate it as we love to laugh. Would highly recommend Jeff!

Jeff was the ideal officiant. He helped us craft a wedding ceremony that truly reflected our style and incorporated a tradition that isn't well known (the wine box). He has a style that put everyone at the wedding at ease while maintaining a professional demeanor.

Jeff has a great personality, a commanding and clear voice, and is able to deal with last minute (weather) changes like a champ.

As a pre-marital counselor (another service Jeff provides), he was terrific. His questions, observations, and remarks helped us focus on areas we were weak in and didn't realize. We feel that our counseling sessions were money and time well spent.

We were incredibly happy and pleased to have had Jeff as our officiant and pre-marital counselor.

I am so glad we found Jeff right here on wedding wire. The optional pre-martial counseling really gave us a chance to get to know Jeff and him to get to know us. We immediately liked Jeff's suggestions, endless options for readings and ceremony set ups the minute we met him. We personalized our ceremony in a way that I am sure only Jeff could have facilitated. I am happy to say that Jeff exceeded our expectations. We have recommended him to all our engaged friends and they are happy as well. I am glad to say that Jeff was not only our officiant, he made my favorite part of my day perfect. Jeff was more than an officiant he has also become a friend!

Jeff was fantastic. He met us at a location that was convenient to us, he answered all of our questions and helped guide us through the wedding process without any pressure towards any denomination or tradition. He was timely, efficient, effective, kind, helpful (gave the groom a handkerchief when the bride came out), and funny. We received nothing but compliments on how lovely our ceremony was and we know we owe a lot of that to Jeff.

We would absolutely recommend Jeff for your wedding, book him now!

Jeff was amazing. When I began looking for officiants, my biggest pre-req was that they allowed us to put ourselves in the ceremony. We were not looking for traditional church wedding. We got married outside, with my son at our side, and we needed someone who we instantly felt comfortable with who was willing to hear our feedback and include us in the process. Jeff made us feel like we were the only wedding he was planning. He is quick to return emails, he held my hand thru designing our wedding ceremony to fit our family. It was beautiful. I am still getting cards and notes saying how beautiful and how "us" our ceremony was. He was more than willing to go ourside the box for us to include our son in every step, to hold a Celtic handfasting ceremony, to include a sand ceremony, and to make my son feel like he was truely part of the wedding. I can't thank him enough for the love, attention and support he gave us through the planing process and during our beautiful ceremony!

We met with Jeff several months before the wedding, and he was very interested in getting to know us to be able to tailor our ceremony to our personalities and such. He has beautiful verses from which to choose and offers the otion to choose from pre-written vows or to write our own (we wrote our own, not because the ones he offered weren't lovely, we just wanted to write our own). Being that I am half Irish and since we were going to honeymoon in Ireland, he suggested doing Irish hand fastening as part of the ceremony, which was perfect. He has such a calming nature about him, and he know just when to add little touches of humor.

Jeff was wonderful in officiating our ceremony. The ceremony was beautiful, touching, and sincere. We receieved so many comments afterwards on the details of the ceremony. Jeff was also extremely accomodating to my various needs, and was there to calm me down on the big day. Jeff was very thoughtful and kind with a wonderful personality. Thank you Jeff for making our day so special!

Jeff was really great to work with! After meeting with another minister who said he would do non-demoninational ceremonies but pushed for a religous ceremony when we met with with, we met with Jeff and knew right away that he'd be great for the kind of ceremony we wanted. He sent me lots of different ceremony options and let us build our own ceremony, then offered his own suggestions a couple of weeks before the wedding. On the day of the wedding, he put us and everyone in the wedding at ease and even did a run-through with everyone else so that everyone felt comfortable with where they were going. He has a great sense of humor, is very responsive, and is very open to different ideas.

Jeff is the best!! He is a real pro and gave us a beautiful ceremony. During our initial meeting he really made an effort to get to know who we are and learn what type of ceremony we were looking for. I also made the goof of a lifetime and told Jeff the wrong time to show up (30 minutes later than the time on the invites) and realized my mistake about a week before the big day. Jeff was completely understanding and the ceremony went off without a hitch. Thanks Jeff!!

Jeff was great to work with, he let us design our own ceremony from many different ones he had and pick and choose what we would like. He was very responsive to all communication and flexible. He was a wonder officiant and we would recommend him highly.

Jeff was terrific to work with - incredibly responsive and would get back to us within they day of an inquiry. He helped us at our first meeting by providing great outlines and ceremony options. From there we tweaked to customize and personalize. He provided good feedback and great suggestions. He was very familiar with our wedding site and worked seamlessly with the wedding site manager to remove a lot of logistical questions for me to deal with. Guests complimented us on our lovely ceremony and Jeff spent a nice amount of time after chatting with our family and friends. We'd highly recommend him for other couples.

Jeff did a beautiful job at our ceremony... it was flawless, moving, and all of my guests mentioned how memorable the ceremony was. Jeff gave us tons of suggestions and advice about creating a ceremony that would represent us. We were lucky to have him!

Jeff preformed our ceremony a few weekends ago, and was wonderful. He allowed us to personalize our ceremony, and really make it ours. We wanted a "civil ceremony", neither of us are religious, and Jeff's suggestions were exactly what we needed.
He arrived on time to both the rehearsal and the ceremony, was assertive enough to corral all of our family members and friends during the rehearsal, which is not a small task.
I would recommend Jeff to any couple who is really looking to make the ceremony their own. Thank you Jeff!

Reverend Maszal was amazing. We had a complex ceremony that involved the blending of two cultures. Reverend Maszal was really helpful in mapping out the ceremony with us. We were able to blend my family's Indian traditions with the traditions of my husband's family. Reverend Maszal made sure we were all very comfortable with ceremony and on the day of wedding really took charge in making sure everything was as it should be for the ceremony. We can't thank him enough for making our special day so wonderful!!

Jeff was the BEST!! The most talked about portion of our wedding was the ceremony and how well it was officiated. If you want one less item to stress about - I would highly recommend Jeff's services.

Jeff was absolutely fantastic when it came to every aspect of our wedding ceremony. We knew from the moment that we met him that he was perfect for us, he is a genuinely friendly person who made us feel incredibly comfortable throughout the process. Jeff was very knowledgable and offered us a huge variety of options and advice for our ceremony, from very traditional all the way to a Buddhist ceremony! He offered so much insight and help while I was designing our ceremony, I don't know that I could have done it without him. At the rehearsal, he was indispensible. He really made us feel that we were ready to go on with this show, giving us answers to questions we hadn't even asked or considered (how to put the ring on smoothly, etc) and keeping everything upbeat and FUN. Every single person in our familes/bridal party absolutely adored him. Jeff executed our ceremony on the day of so beautifully, creating a strong presence but never overshadowing us. I definitely reccommend working with Jeff and am so very thankful that we found him, he was perfect for us!

Jeff was an absolute pleasure to work with. We felt comfortable within minutes of meeting him and knew that he would provide an unforgettable ceremony. Jeff provided many examples of different wedding ceremonies and then worked with us to create the most perfect ceremony to fit our style. During the actual ceremony, he combined humor and wit with sincerity and compassion. We would recommend him to all other couples without hesitation!

We can't say enough good things about Jeff! During our initial meeting, he really took the time to get to know us, and our story, and seemed genuinely interested. He kept in constant contact with us in the months leading up to the wedding, and worked with us to create a unique, beautiful ceremony. He is a wonderful speaker, and as a result, our ceremony was perfect. We got so many compliments from guests on the ceremony.....both because it wasn't so long that they started to fall asleep, and because it was like no other ceremony they had ever heard.

We are so lucky to have found Jeff. Officiants can be a little odd, so we were struggling. But Jeff was so friendly and open to our ideas, that we knew we would hire him as soon as we left our first meeting. He is a very cool guy and has lots of experience.

He provided us with templates to pick and choose from wedding traditions, blessings, reading, vows, etc. But he was also happy to incorporate our ideas into the ceremony. He is also is very quick to respond to emails which is great.

I wasn't up there, but I heard he was cracking jokes and keeping the guest entertained while the bridal party took a little extra time to get to the ceremony. Everyone loved him and they loved our ceremony.

Jeff is great and we highly recommend him!

Jeff was very professional and open to all my ideas. You can tell he is experienced and expert on what he does. Our families were moved during our ceremony and it is because of Jeff. If you come across his site, look no further, Jeff is the person for you and make your wedding day memorable!

Jeff was wonderful to work with. My husband and I were a little intimidated at first to meet with an officiant to go over things since this, of course, was our first time and also since we are Buddhists. Jeff made us feel very comfortable. He was very genuine and listened to our needs and took very good notes. Jeff is extremely experienced. He knew exactly what questions to ask and brought things up that my husband and I would never have even thought of. He was a true professional. He respected our Buddhist faith and made awesome recommendations. Although he made recommendations, we ultimately made the decision on what we wanted. He also conducted our rehearsal, which is for an additional cost, but totally should be booked. We were nervous enough on our wedding day, by rehearsing, it was one less thing to worry about. I can't say enough how wonderful the ceremony turned out. It was the exact length we wanted, conveyed the exact message we wanted and touched everyone in such a special way. I highly recommend Jeff. The price is a little higher than other officiants, but believe us when we say it is absolutely worth it. You will not be disappointed one bit.

I can't recommend Jeff enough. From the first time we met him, he provided us with fantastic advice on our ceremony, was professional, humorous and personable that we immediately knew he was perfect for us. Both my husband and I were so grateful that we found the right person. Neither one of us are from this area and couldn't afford to fly my minister in. We wanted the same personable and meaningful ceremony though. I had looked for nearly two weeks about 1-3 hours a day to find the perfect officiant that could accomodate both my husband and my views as well as give us a ceremony instantly meaningful, personable and memorable. Tall order to achieve for a discerning bride, but Jeff was absolutely fantastic every step of the way. I'll never forget how he discretely slipped me a handkerchief mid-ceremony (I didn't have one since I was convinced I wouldn't need it) and my husband forgot his. If you've been searching for an officiant - Jeff should be on your short list for interviews.

Jeff is professional and has a lot of experience so if anything doesn't go as planned, he'll go with the flow and make things work. He's also very responsive. We met with him prior to hiring him and he also officiated our rehearsal. Jeff provided us with various wording examples which we used along with other resources to put together our own wording. The ceremony was beautiful and we're very happy we hired Jeff. We definitely recommend him.

Jeff as great to work! He was very quick to answer questions we had leading up the wedding as well as ones we had on the wedding day. Jeff has a great sense of humor also that made us feel very comfortable with him and made our ceremony go smoothly. He was very flexible in working with us on our rehearsal day since our wedding was on a Sunday. His assistant that came out was fantastic and very organized and prepared us just as Jeff would have if he had been there. Jeff is very organized as well as well as professional about everything. He worked with us to create our own ceremony - we were able to add in or take out features of the traditional ceremony so we could make it our own. We were extremely happy with our ceremony and with Jeff. :)

Jeff performed a beautiful ceremony for us! Everything was absolutely perfect and far exceeded our expectations. His professionalism and ability to keep us in check/on track was greatly appreciated. We received lots of comments from our guests on how much they enjoyed it. Jeff was willing to work with us and incorporated all of our requests. He really made it feel like it was "our" ceremony.

Reverend Jeff officiated our interfaith (Hindu/Christian) wedding. He met with us prior to the ceremony to discuss our plans and our backgrounds, and was constantly in touch with us leading up to the wedding day to help us develop a ceremony that reflected both of our faith traditions. He was very flexible on our wedding day and even brought handkerchiefs for us to wipe our tears while we were saying our vows. He helped us have a beautiful ceremony that was just what we were looking for.

My husband and I were thrilled with Jeff. To be honest, we were a little concerned when we met him and were worried that he might be a little forgetful or not be as professional as we would hope. However, we couldn't have been any further off-base. He was absolutely fantastic and really charmed our guests--as well as the 200 tourists that gathered to observe our wedding at the Jefferson Memorial. :) It's really remarkable how many times we heard, "Your officiant was awesome"...not the first thing that people would usually comment on. :) His timing, appropriately-placed humor, and command of the crowd were impeccable. He was also completely flexible with our vows, allowing us to work from a template and edit/remove/add anything else we wanted. He was incredibly thoughtful, prompt, and became our hero of the day after working with the park rangers to secure the perfect location for our ceremony. We would absolutely recommend him.

My husband and I kept telling ourselves we didn't care about the ceremony - "it is just a formality to the celebration." We debated having a friend of ours ordained in order to save the money (officiants are more than we expected!) Well, we were wrong. Thanks in part to Jeff, the ceremony is the most incredible memory of our wedding. It was intimate and moving with the perfect touch of light-hearted commentary. Jeff makes a sincere effort to get to know you via several pre-wedding meetings. He provides great insight on ceremony content (particularly for mixed religion couples like us) and gave some excellent tips for ceremony logistics. We had no idea where to start, but Jeff's excellently organized templates really made it easy on us. I also loved the physical layout of the ceremony that he helped to design. We were married at the Carnegie Institute, and the circular setup made it SUCH an intimate occasion. I strongly recommend Jeff as an officiant - thanks for everything!

My husband and I can't say enough great things about Jeff. We had a good feeling about him from the very first time that we met with him. He really made us feel comfortable and helped us to create a ceremony that was about us and what we wanted. He provided great example ceremonies, readings, poems, etc that made the planning so much easier.

Jeff also attended our rehearsal at my request, which helped me to stress a little less about the whole thing knowing everyone was on the same page. Jeff does require an additional fee for his attendance at the rehearsal. This bothered us a bit, but we understand that he is giving his time. And he did help to guide our bridal party through the rehearsal and ceremony and ensured that things went off without a hitch.

Several of our guests also commented on how great our officiant was. We would recommend him to others.

Jeff has a great sense of humor and is professional. He has a vast knowledge of ceremonies and helped us customize our special day as well as work with our budget. We would recommend him.

Emily & Scott
9/12/10

We hired Jeff as our officiant for our wedding and overall had a pretty good experience. We didn't even bother meeting with any other officiants after we met with Jeff since we really liked him and also liked his style. We were interested in a non-religious contemporary ceremony that was very personal and not canned at all. We liked his templates and chose one to customize ourselves. He was on time for our wedding and prepared. Our guests loved how personal our ceremony was and gave us lots of compliments. Our love letter and wine box ceremony was a big hit, which was a suggestion Jeff gave us since we weren't interested in a unity candle or anything like that. However, the one and only complaint is that during the ceremony, he called me (the bride) by the wrong name. At the time, I was pretty ticked about it, but he was apologetic of course. Fortunately now, my husband I can laugh about it and it makes for a funny wedding day story. Ironically, right before the ceremony, he was talking with the wedding party to help get everyone ready and providing humorous anecdotes about how couples have botched names during their own ceremonies... Well, at least we can say that of the three people who do all the speaking during a ceremony (officiant, bride, groom), that if anyone is going to screw up a name, the officiant is the best person to do it. Anyway, it's a funny story now and we still enjoyed working with Jeff. His ceremonies really are unique, personal, and very tailored to your needs/wants.

The first time my (now) husband and I met Jeff, we hit it off and ended up talking for over an hour! Jeff is very experienced and provided us with a lot of suggestions and different ceremony outline examples. However, he was just okay when it came to the actual wedding. He was somewhat bossy and his jokes fell flat (sorry, Jeff!).

Jeff has been great to work with! His personality and charm are sure to bring laughter to each ceremony he performs!