The Best Wedding Ceremony Officiants in Novato, CA

Your wedding ceremony is the heart of the day — the moment everything else orbits around. I’m Stevi Hanson, a California wedding officiant who specializes in personalized, story-based ceremonies across Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Whether your celebration unfolds among vineyard rows, beside a redwood grove, or in your own backyard, my role is to help you feel relaxed, connected, and completely present. Together, we’ll create a ceremony that’s warm, modern, and true to your voice — a moment that feels like you two, not a script someone else has read before.

As Dr. Lili Goodman Freitas, a non-denominational wedding officiant since 1983, I bring over 40 years of heartfelt experience to your special day in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Specializing in Marriage, Renewal of Vows, and Commitment ceremonies, I provide a unique blend of grace, insight, and humor, ensuring your union is celebrated with the reverence and joy it deserves.

Hola, I’m Ernesto (he/him/él), The Out Officiant! Ordained by the ULC, I began officiating in 2019 and bring heart, humor, and authenticity to every ceremony. As a gay Latino who’s been through wedding planning myself, I know how vital it is to feel seen and supported. I specialize in LGBTQ+, bilingual, and multicultural weddings, always inclusive, personalized, and stress-free. Based in El Cerrito, my fee varies by distance. Let’s create a ceremony that celebrates your love story!

My journey as an officiant began when I performed the ceremony for my best friends. An honor that truly touched my heart and sparked a passion in me that I carry into every ceremony. I believe every couple deserves a beautiful and unforgettable wedding day. I also believe that love knows no boundaries in all its glory and I am honored to be the officiant to start your married life together.

I have been a Zen Priest since 2009, and have been officiating weddings since 2011. To everything I do I bring fifteen years of residential zen training at San Francisco Zen Center, including five years of intense monastic training at Tassajara, and many silent retreats. As a wedding officiant I am proud to have performed many same-sex marriages, and many of the couples I have married have been multi-cultural. I am often asked to wear my Buddhist robes for the ceremony, but that is entirely up to the couple. Ceremonies have ranged in size from the couple, me and the photographer, to much more formal settings for up to two hundred people.

Hello there! I'm Patrick, a professional wedding officiant based in Paso Robles, California...Our little drinking town, with a farming problem...but I do travel! I take absolute delight in helping make your wedding ceremony just as you envisioned it. After all, it's your special day! In addition to working as an officiant, I'm also the owner of a distillery in Paso Robles, a voice-over specialist, and I have a multiple-subject teaching credential. That's right, the booze making officiant!

Danny Bias Weddings creates calm, personalized wedding ceremonies across Southern California. As a professional wedding officiant, I help couples feel present, relaxed, and genuinely connected on their wedding day. Every ceremony includes custom vows, a personalized ceremony script, and thoughtful planning to reflect your story. Whether you’re planning an intimate elopement or a full wedding celebration, I’ll guide you through the process without unnecessary traditions, awkward moments, or added stress. My goal is simple: create a ceremony that feels authentic, meaningful, and unmistakably yours.

Sunshine Marriages est. 2024 Where love knows no boundaries! Every couple deserves a beautiful, unforgettable wedding day. Our journey started when a dear friend asked us to officiate their wedding—that moment ignited our passion for uniting couples in love. We quickly realized the need for trusted, inclusive officiants specializing in LGBTQ+ weddings in California. Let’s work together to create unforgettable memories on your special day. Join us in saying “I do” surrounded by love and acceptance. Welcome to our community!

Vowed and Clear is a team of online wedding officiants built on fostering spirit of accessibility and inclusion that marriage deserves. Based in Utah, Vowed and Clear helps couples legally marry online from anywhere in the world, ensuring that love, and not logistics, guides the ceremony. Vowed and Clear’s officiants have proudly helped couples across the globe celebrate their commitment. Whether joining from different cities or different continents, we help couples create a moment that’s both deeply personal and fully legal, all while honoring the belief that everyone deserves the right to marry the person they love.

Over 20’s years ago Terry started working for a wedding planning company in Traverse City MI and has since written and officiated countless wedding ceremonies, each one is unique and special as the two people who are getting married. We design your ceremony to capture your personalities, vision and wishes to most accurately reflect who you are as a couple. We love to meet with couples who want a candid heartfelt stressless ceremony full of genuine joy centered around two people setting off on a journey to conquer life. Leveraging our decades of officiating and event services, we’ll turn your dream wedding into a beautiful reality!

I love working with couples to write a ceremony that is authentic to their love story and with all the details they envision. I've officiated estate-sized wine country weddings and those at the Ritz; to ceremonies in art galleries and country clubs, to shoreline and backyard elopements, and vow renewals at a family picnic or a restaurant--each one just as special as the other.

Your ceremony doesn't have to be "cookie cutter" or "run of the mill." I work with all my couples to present a ceremony that truly reflects your relationship. My goal is to ensure that you and your guests experience a meaningful and entertaining wedding ceremony to start your special day.

Katherine Hunter is a wedding officiant based in the Lehigh Valley of eastern Pennsylvania. She has specialized in custom, (mostly) non-religious wedding ceremonies since 2017. A long-time LGBTQ ally, she joyfully celebrates all love!

With years of experience and a passion for celebrating love in all its forms, I create meaningful, personalized ceremonies for weddings and civil unions across the San Francisco Bay Area. Whether your style is traditional, modern, spiritual, secular, or something totally unique—I’m here to support your vision and help bring it to life. I’d be honored to be an important part of your big day.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding to the love of your life! Let's create the wedding ceremony of your dreams. Your ceremony is uniquely crafted to reflect your love story—authentic, deeply personal, and full of heartfelt warmth. It's a celebration of two individuals coming together as one, filled with joy and meaning.

Lawrence E. Adjah, MBA, M.Ed, M.Div. is a pastor, marriage counselor and best-selling author on relationships. Lawrence specializes in marriage counseling and one-on-one spiritual advisory. He approaches his guidance in a biblically based, structured, relatable, and systematic manner, with clear owned outcomes and next steps. Lawrence will guide you through the wedding planning process with warmth, intentionality and clarity. Lawrence offers a wide array of services to guide you through your wedding and beyond. He provides both wedding officiating services and vow renewals, as well as pre-marital counseling and ongoing marriage counseling.

Roya Soleimani Winner is a wedding officiant, specializing in Persian and multi-cultural ceremonies. She works with each couple to design and conduct a ceremony that reflects their love, cultural traditions, and vision for their wedding. Roya works with couples to provide a loving, unique, and thoughtful ceremony. The Persian wedding ceremony has thousands of years of history, and Roya helps give it a modern feel. Love is the root of so much happiness in this world.

Guiding couples through intentional commitment, emotional growth, and meaningful ceremony. I started Aligned Newlyweds to help couples build a strong foundation for a lifetime of love.  Rooted in our company core values—Tenderness, Harmony, Curation, and Celebration—I'm honored to support you on your wedding day and beyond. As a Licensed Therapist and Marriage Consultant, I have the joy of co-authoring love stories every single day.  I’m excited to help you craft a beautiful beginning!