Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace
Pricing
Prices start at $285
Packages
Prices start at $285
About Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace
Mara (Grace) McWilliams
At Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace, every couple is welcomed with warmth, respect, & genuine personal care. Minister Grace McWilliams has been ordained for more than 26 years & brings a calming presence, heartfelt guidance, & deep reverence to every ceremony she creates. Your ceremony will never feel generic or impersonal. It will be thoughtfully written to reflect your relationship, your values, your beliefs, & the love that brought you to this moment. Whether you envision a simple marriage-license signing, an intimate mountain elopement, a traditional wedding, or a deeply spiritual ceremony, your experience will be created with intention.
I love what I do. offiating and planning weddings makes my heart happy. Being a witness to couple’s love feels my world with love and it’s always an incredible honor to be picked for either role. Thank you for considering me for your most special and sacred of days.
In three words: Calm, Empathetic, Resourceful
Services
Ceremony types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Legal License Signing
- Multicultural Weddings
- Non-religious Ceremony
- Other
- Religious
- Vow Renewal Ceremony
Religious affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Interfaith
- Other
- Pagan
- Secular
- Spiritual
- Unitarian
Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace packages
Make It Legal Marriage License Signing
Price$285
Make It Legal — Starting at $285 + tax A brief, meaningful legal ceremony with Minister Grace, including your declaration of intent, marriage pronouncement, marriage-license completion, and guidance through the license process.
Sweet & Simple Ceremony
Price$380
Sweet & Simple — Starting at $380 + tax | Up to 25 guests A heartfelt ceremony for elopements and intimate weddings. Includes opening words, a meaningful message, vows, an optional ring exchange, pronouncement, and marriage-license completion.
Intimate Wedding Ceremony
Price$650
Intimate Wedding Ceremony — Starting at $650 + tax | Up to 75 guests A custom ceremony celebrating your love story, beliefs, and traditions. Includes a consultation, couple’s questionnaire, vow guidance, ring exchange, optional readings or blessings, marriage-license completion, and rehearsal attendance
Vow Renewal
Price$325
Vow Renewals — Starting at $325 + tax Celebrate your shared journey with a meaningful ceremony honoring your marriage. Choose a simple celebration or personalize it with your story, family, renewed vows, blessings, and traditions.
Reviews
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11 reviews
- SG
Serena G.
Could not recommend more!
Grace with Ruidoso Weddings is my mom and we had her officiate our wedding this past weekend! I was able to witness a wedding she did years ago, and it was so very clear that she loved being an officiant as she created a beautiful experience for the bride & groom. When I got engaged there was no question in our mind that my mom would be the one to marry us. Just as I saw her do previously, and have heard her speak of with the many weddings she’s officiated since - she did a beautiful job of creating a beautiful day for us. Leading up to the wedding, she sent over a questionnaire which we filled out on a date night. It was very enjoyable to reminisce & talk through so many memories over the years of our relationship. The questions she asked were insightful and thought provoking, used as a way to get a better & more intimate glimpse into our relationship. Once the questionnaire was finished, she shared the ceremony she had written based off of our answers. When I tell you both my husband & I cried and cried - it’s truly an understatement. She wrote a beautiful ceremony outlining our relationship & speaking of our future. I truly have never heard such beautiful words & was very excited to hear them spoken at our ceremony. Once our wedding day came she helped to ensure everything ran on schedule, making sure we were hydrated, and kept us grounded & in the moment. She did a superb job during the ceremony & conveyed so much love, emotion, and thoughtfulness. So many people came up to us after the ceremony singing her praises. It truly was so beautiful & I’m grateful to have been able to experience having her as our officiant after seeing & hearing of the many weddings she’s officiated!
- MM
Mercedes M
I highly recommend, she made sure we had all our questions answered and anything else we could think of such as hotel/air bnb recommendations and checking up on us the following weeks after the ceremony. She wrote out the ceremony beautifully and got to know us and included many pieces written to pray over us since she knew that was important to us. We just eloped but everything went smoothly and I’m happy we chose her to officiate!
Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace•Sep 17, 2026Thank you Mercedes 🤍 it was my absolute honor. You have a beautiful family. May your love only grow 🤍
- NJ
Neal Johnson
Grace was really great for our elopement- we came to her only a few weeks out and she was able to accommodate us and provided lots of meaningful guidance on good spots for a ceremony, contacts for photographers, hair and makeup stylists, etc. She took a lot of interest in us and our story and making sure she put together a ceremony that properly represented us. Would highly recommend her for those looking to wed in the Ruidoso area.
- JC
Jason Cook
Grace was an absolute pleasure working with. She made our special day an amazing memory! Highly recommend her!!
Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace•Aug 10, 2026Thank you so much Jason. It was my absolute honor. May your love only grow.
- SG
Serena Gomez
Grace with Ruidoso Weddings is my mom and we had her officiate our wedding this past weekend! I was able to witness a wedding she did years ago, and it was so very clear that she loved being an officiant as she created a beautiful experience for the bride & groom. When I got engaged there was no question in our mind that my mom would be the one to marry us. Just as I saw her do previously, and have heard her speak of with the many weddings she’s officiated since - she did a beautiful job of creating a beautiful day for us. Leading up to the wedding, she sent over a questionnaire which we filled out on a date night. It was very enjoyable to reminisce & talk through so many memories over the years of our relationship. The questions she asked were insightful and thought provoking, used as a way to get a better & more intimate glimpse into our relationship. Once the questionnaire was finished, she shared the ceremony she had written based off of our answers. When I tell you both my husband & I cried and cried - it’s truly an understatement. She wrote a beautiful ceremony outlining our relationship & speaking of our future. I truly have never heard such beautiful words & was very excited to hear them spoken at our ceremony. Once our wedding day came she helped to ensure everything ran on schedule, making sure we were hydrated, and kept us grounded & in the moment. She did a superb job during the ceremony & conveyed so much love, emotion, and thoughtfulness. So many people came up to us after the ceremony singing her praises. It truly was so beautiful & I’m grateful to have been able to experience having her as our officiant after seeing & hearing of the many weddings she’s officiated!
Ruidoso Weddings by Mountain Goodness & Grace•Jul 30, 2026It was my absolute honor 🤍 I’m grateful you felt comfortable trusting me with you most important of days 🤍 May your love only grow
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