Professional Wedding Officiants Serving NJ, PA, DE, NY, and MD

John and Devon

★★★★★ · June 2024 · Bellevue Hall Wilmington

Michael did a perfect job officiating our wedding. The entire process was so easy. From our initial calls, to working on the script he put together, to helping my now wife with her vows on the wedding day - Michael was so helpful and easy to work with every step of the way. We had an idea of what we wanted in a ceremony, and Michael took our loose ideas and absolutely nailed it. The ceremony he put together for us was absolutely perfect. It felt like he had known us our entire lives. We had several guests ask where we found such a great officiant and comment on what a great job he did. We weren't putting a huge emphasis on our ceremony, as we had always wanted a ceremony on the shorter side, but it ended up being one of the highlights of the day. We'll treasure those moments for the rest of our lives, and Michael is to thank for that. We're absolutely thrilled with our ceremony and we would recommend Michael to anyone without a doubt!!

Grace and Jakob

★★★★★ · June 2026 · Arts Ballroom

We had the absolute pleasure of having Michael as our officiant and we couldn’t have been more happy with how he helped make our wedding day so special. From the start, we knew Michael would be the perfect fit. His energy and warmth made it so easy to talk with him, and he was so informed about lots of different aspects of wedding planning. He had excellent communication and always answered any questions we had quickly and efficiently. On the day of the wedding, he exceeded our expectations. He brought such a fun, upbeat, and joyful energy to our ceremony that guests loved, and they continued to let me know after the wedding how much they loved him. He definitely made our ceremony text uniquely us. If you’re looking for an officiant who is professional, charismatic, and knows exactly how to make a ceremony both meaningful and fun, we cannot recommend him highly enough, he will not disappoint!

Kayla & Tyler

★★★★★ · September 2026 · The Madison

Michael Chadwick was absolutely wonderful as our wedding officiant! From beginning to end, he made our ceremony feel personal, meaningful, and completely true to who Tyler and I are as a couple. Our ceremony was everything we hoped it would be—romantic and heartfelt, with just the right amount of humor. Michael made it feel warm and genuine rather than overly formal, and he helped tell our story in a way that felt like us. There were happy tears, laughter, and so many special moments that we will always remember. He made us feel comfortable throughout the entire process and helped create a ceremony that celebrated not only our marriage, but the life and family we’ve built together. We couldn’t have asked for a better person to officially pronounce us husband and wife. Thank you, Michael, for being such an important part of one of the most special moments of our lives. 🤍

Madison and Sean

★★★★★ · September 2025 · Seaview Dolce Hotel

Where do I even begin??? My husband and I recently got married on 9.19.25 and Michael was our officiant. From the very first zoom call with Michael, I instantly knew he was the one I wanted to marry us. Funny story... I had 3 more appointments with officiants after my appointment with Michael and immediately canceled them all. From his professionalism, to his ability to connect with you on a personal level, Michael did it all. My biggest worry with hiring an officiant was "I didn't want a stranger that I never met to handle the most important part of our day." That fear immediately went away when I met Michael, it was as if he's been a friend of ours for a long period of time. Michael was extremely informational and answered/ helped with any questions we had, and even gave some recommendations that I ended up using on our day! Clearly his time doing this has helped and shown tremendously. He sent us over a draft of his speech for the ceremony so we could read it and make adjustments as we saw fit, but there wasn't much to adjust! He nailed every detail on the head of how I envisioned our ceremony to be! Lighthearted, a little comical and personal all in one. I couldn't recommend Michael enough for your wedding, he was simply just extraordinary. If you were worrisome about hiring an officiant, let this be your sign to hire Michael! Thank you Michael!!!

Alyssa and Paul

★★★★★ · May 2026 · Greate Bay Country Club

We could not have asked for a better officiant than Michael Chadwick for our wedding. From the very beginning, he was professional, organized, and genuinely cared about making our ceremony personal and meaningful. He was super helpful throughout the entire wedding process and was always available whenever we had questions or needed guidance, which made everything so much less stressful for us.

Michael took the time to get to know us as a couple, and it truly showed during the ceremony. He spoke with confidence, warmth, and humor, which helped make everyone feel comfortable and engaged. So many of our guests complimented how beautiful and heartfelt the ceremony was afterward. He made one of the most important parts of our wedding day feel seamless and special.

If you are looking for an officiant who is reliable, personable, supportive, and truly passionate about what he does, we highly recommend Michael Chadwick!

Katey and Derek

★★★★★ · April 2022 · Valleybrook Country Club

My ceremony was my favorite part of my entire wedding day and it is all thanks to Michael Chadwick! I wish that I had a reason to use him again because he was so charismatic, caring, and fun to talk to and he is great at what he does. I will ABSOLUTELY be recommending him to anyone I can. My ceremony in my husband and my eyes could not have been anymore perfect. When he emailed us the ceremony script he wrote we didn’t change a thing, he nailed it the first time around. We sent him bullet points of tv shows we liked, movies we liked, details about our relationship and I was amazed at how beautifully he incorporated everything. He really got to know us as a couple and our ceremony was a perfect representation of us and our love. Thank you Michael for making our wedding day so special and truly a day I will never forget. 10/10 would recommend!!! I also want to note that he was so good that when my mother passed from Alzheimer’s a few months after my wedding I had emailed Michael because my family loved him at my ceremony as much as we did and we thought he would be the perfect person to do a eulogy at my moms funeral, he himself was going to be out of town for a funeral the same week (I hope he doesn’t mind me saying this) but that was the only reason he couldn’t make it to do it but he called me which was so sweet, he owed me nothing and he did not have to do this but he said that if we had my moms funeral when he got back he would do the eulogy even though that’s not something he’s done before, he truly cares! He was so sweet on the phone with me, when I spoke to him on the phone we didn’t have the date of my moms funeral planned and we did end up scheduling while he was away but he followed up with me, he shared his condolences and at one of the roughest and best times of my life - my moms passing and my marriage he was there for me. I will never forget Michael and I encourage you to choose him, you will not regret it.