Amy Riesenberg, Interfaith Minister

We interviewed multiple officiants for our wedding and Rev. Amy stood apart from the rest! She is very personable, friendly, caring and compassionate. She makes sure your day is special and exactly how you vision it. Being a same-sex couple, we were seeking someone that was truly inclusive, and Rev. Amy made it clear that she would be honored to marry us. Throughout the process, she exerted complete professionalism and expertise. She was fully supportive of some last minute changes we had to make and was willing to perform the full ceremony in the rain! We received many compliments on our ceremony and couldn’t be more grateful for Rev. Amy’s services.

Rev. Amy made our wedding day on 11/23/24 absolutely seamless and truly special. As a very nervous couple, we felt an incredible sense of peace and reassurance from her expertise and calming presence. From our very first meeting, she made us feel guided, heard, and completely validated. She offered us an array of thoughtful options for our ceremony—readings, scripture, blessings, and prayers—and carefully crafted them into a ceremony that felt deeply personal and exactly what we envisioned. It was faith-based without ever feeling overwhelming or forced. One of the most touching moments was when she incorporated answers we had given separately about each other into the ceremony. Hearing those words brought tears to our eyes and left us—and our guests—filled with joy and emotion. Even during a stressful moment, like when I had a small panic attack while signing the marriage license, Rev. Amy stayed calm and grounded, helping me to find my center. Her grace and professionalism were a true gift at that moment. Our friends and family are still raving about her, asking how long we’ve known her or where we found her—which always brings a big smile to my face. Rev. Amy was such a blessing to us, and I cannot recommend her highly enough to anyone looking for a wedding officiant who will make your day as heartfelt and meaningful as it can be.

Amy was awesome - from the very beginning it was clear that she had the organizational skills and experience to make this an easy experience. She put together a draft and provided a 30 page document with different options so that we could make the ceremony as personal as we wanted. It really only took three drafts to get to a ceremony that we loved with very little effort! Beyond the plan, Amy was great at organizing the bridal party and helping make sure everyone was comfortable and ready for the ceremony and that it would go off without issue. For the actual ceremony, Amy was professional and her personalized message was very moving - Im glad we included it! Almost every single guest commented that they loved our ceremony and that Amy was great the entire time. We would 100% recommend Amy - she will do an amazing job!

We would highly recommend Amy as your wedding officiant. Both of us were raised Catholic, but identify as more non-denominational Christians currently. It was important to us to us to include our faith, but allow for a more light-hearted ceremony to reflect our personalities. Amy took the time through questionnaires and in-person meetings to truly get to know what was important to us. Amy was able to build a beautiful ceremony that felt personal and included all the elements of our values, love for each other, and truly represented us. We were a little overwhelmed in how to build a wedding ceremony, Amy made everything so simple. She is a blast to work with and we genuinely looked forward to our meetings with her. If you are looking for a personal and professional ceremony, we cannot recommend Amy enough. She will deliver the energy you want from having a friend/family member perform the ceremony with the added benefit of professional experience and guidance. From ceremony design, to rehearsal, to day-of we were so grateful to have her!

We highly recommend Amy Riesenberg as a wedding minister. Amy's attention to detail was exceptional, ensuring that both of our perspectives were included to create a perfect ceremony. She collaborated seamlessly with our other vendors, making our day stress-free. Amy was also prompt in providing drafts, allowing ample time for any desired changes. Most importantly, she respected our vision, never pressuring us to conform to a specific style. Thank you, Amy, for making our day so special!

Revered Amy is the bees knees! We reviewed quite a few officiants but Revered Amy stood out because of her personality and presence - she really cared about who we are and what we had to say! She also wasn’t afraid to push us and challenge us in appropriate ways while we did couples counseling in the lead up to our wedding. Her prompts and questions were very helpful (she helped us discuss topics in more detail like finances, conflict resolution, intimacy in its many forms and more) plus she made the premarital counseling experience really fun due to her great sense of humor! The wedding itself and rehearsal was incredible due to her guidance and leadership. She kept everyone in line during the rehearsal and kept it short, sweet and efficient. She knew Hannah and I really well and by the time the wedding came around she was able to really tailor her words and the ceremony itself to our personalities. She really sought information from us through conversation and questionnaires to make our wedding special! You will be thrilled after choosing revered Amy to be your officiant and equally happy or more so if you include premarital counseling! She had an incredibly positive impact on our entire process from engagement to the aisle! She made sure we didn’t miss any steps getting our marriage certificates completely in a timely fashion and making sure we didn’t forget also! Added bonus!

Amy was the best! When we started planning our wedding, we had absolutely no idea what the ceremony should/could be like, but Amy helped us figure it out with shockingly little agonizing via discussion, some well-crafted questionnaires, and a comprehensive resource of examples. The process helped us to focus on the most important things, and the resulting ceremony was meaningful and genuinely resonated with us. Furthermore, she has a warm and reassuring presence, good humor, and real professionalism. We could not recommend her more highly!

Working with Rev. Amy was an absolute pleasure! She made designing our ceremony easy, fun, and very personalized to us. The bride is Christian and the groom is Jewish and she was able perfectly intertwine customs of both religious while helping explain the customs to all of our family and friends who may have been unfamiliar. We received so many compliments from our guests about our ceremony and Rev. Amy. She also went above and beyond to make sure all of our vendors were on the same page before the ceremony. But, I think one of the greatest gifts of working with Rev. Amy is her calming presence, she was able to help everyone relax and reduce all nerves before the ceremony. We are so grateful we were able to work with her!

Amy was the absolute perfect fit for our wedding, and she has the personality and flexibility to be the perfect fit for just about any wedding. She made the experience easy and stress free, while also making it personal to us. After getting to know us and gathering some information, she created a personalized message to deliver that our ceremony that was so fitting and perfect for my wife and my relationship. Thanks Amy, you're the best! - Tony (and Madison)

Amy is the absolute best! She not only did an amazing job on our wedding day, she helped us with planning the entire ceremony. She met with us twice before the wedding to get to know us and to help us plan. She even gave us a huge sampling of readings and vows that we could select from. We could choose from or modify any of them, or we could select/write vows and readings of our choosing. Amy is professional, she knows what she's doing, she's also flexible, and easy to work with. I can't recommend her enough!

Amy was incredible to work with! She listened to what we wanted and made it a beautiful ceremony. Amy is one of the sweetest people so if you’re looking for someone to officiate your wedding, look no further!

Amy was such a gift to work with for our wedding. We were bringing together multiple faiths and including many people in our LGBTQ ceremony. Amy listened so well and asked supportive and helpful questions. She guided us in the process of developing a ceremony that was such a good reflection of our love and commitment and values. Our guests loved her and so did we. We can't imagine our wedding without Amy!

Rev. Amy exceeded our expectations and was one of the best choices we made in planning our wedding. She guided us through the ceremony planning and let us create a service that fit our faiths and personalities. We appreciated her responsiveness and willingness to meet to discuss things. We always looked forward to those meetings because she put our minds at ease amid the planning stress. Her appreciation of all faiths/spiritual journeys, compassion and humor make her exceptional at what she does. She truly went above and beyond to make our day special and memorable!

Amy is exactly the officiant you are looking for! She was perfection! Amy understood our vision, took all our input and feedback, and understood exactly what we were looking for in our ceremony. We also completed the four pre-marital counseling sessions with Amy and it was enlightening and beyond fun getting to know her and getting to understand us as a couple (even after dating for 9 years before getting engaged!). She just had a way of making us feel comfortable and getting us to talk about everything. Our wedding guests are STILL talking about her ceremony, even months later. We cannot recommend Amy enough - she truly made our wedding day perfect.

We feel so lucky to have found Amy to officiate our wedding. Amy was so kind from the moment we spoke through video chat due to Covid. She spent time to get to know us and the guests thought we had known her for years. The creativity she put into our ceremony along with the ways she personalized it was beyond what we dreamed of. It was just perfect.

I can’t say enough good things about Amy. She made our ceremony so incredibly special I did not except it to be that amazing. She has a sense of humor, personalized it to us and kept our friends and family in line that need a little extra attention. I can’t put to words how great she is. She truly has a big heart and her calm personality made me feel so comfortable.

Amy was absolutely everything we could have wanted in an officiant. From our first call it was apparent that she was one of the kindest, most open minded people that we’d ever met, and it only got better from there. Every call left us feeling so calm and excited for our wedding. She made sure to get to know us and our religious beliefs and crafted a unique ceremony that was tailor made to us and ended up being my favorite part of the entire day. All of our family and friends commented on how genuine and full of love our ceremony felt. 

She was almost like having an extra wedding coordinator for the ceremony. She made a detailed itinerary, checked audio equipment ahead of time, and coordinated with our ceremony music to make sure everything ran absolutely perfectly. If you are looking for a personalized ceremony that reflects you and your significant other perfectly, I could not recommend Amy more.

Reverend Amy was a fantastic officiant for our wedding at The Quarterdeck Resort in Nisswa, MN. We were in a pinch as our other officiant could no longer perform our service. We were blessed to have found Amy. She is so friendly, organized, and communicates effectively. She personalizes your service. She takes the time to get to know you as a couple. After the service many of our guests though that we have known Amy for years. Hire Reverend Amy for your wedding if you want a personal service that you will never forget.

Amy is an amazing Minister. Her wonderful personality made us feel comfortable from the beginning. Very quick to respond to our emails and phone calls. Extremely professional and very easy to work with. She helped us create a ceremony that was exactly what we both wanted. We would highly recommend her to be a part of your special day.

We found exactly what we were looking for in Amy. She is a wonderful person and minister. She is extremely approachable and helped us find a balance between my husband's and my preferences and perspectives. She responded to us quickly as we were deciding the format and message of our ceremony. She came in with suggestions when we needed direction and encouragement in moments of frustrations. She arrived early to our rehearsal and wedding, which brought us ease. My husband and I both come from big families and she managed this flawlessly. Amy exudes a a great balance of professionalism and sincere care . Do not hesitate to have her as your minister. You will not regret it.

I can't undersell it - we were extraordinarily lucky to find Amy as our minister. She was on top of all of the details of the ceremony every step of the way. She ran the show flawlessly for the rehearsal and ceremony. And she was a brilliant pre-marital counselor that helped us grow our relationship in ways that I didn't think were possible. You won't regret choosing her.

Amy was so wonderful to meet with and was a fantastic guide in crafting our wedding ceremony. We truly enjoyed working with her and we were so pleased with our wedding day. Many of our friends and family sought us out afterwards to remark on how beautiful the ceremony was and how well it reflected us.

Reverend Amy Riesenberg was an amazing find as the officiant for our wedding. Rev. Amy was thorough, dedicated, and a pleasure to work with. From our first meeting with her and throughout she provided valuable guidance and ideas to make our wedding the amazing day that it was. We highly recommend her!

Amy did an amazing job officiating our wedding. She made the service very personal and was easy to communicate with. It also feels like we made a good friend on our journey of planning our wedding ceremony with her. We could not imagine anyone else helping us with our wedding. She made our day so much easier and perfect. Amy was outstanding.

We were so lucky to have Amy as our officiant during our wedding this fall. She is such an amazing person and cared so much for making our big day so special. I highly recommend her for your wedding day!

Amy was a real joy to work with! She helped us customize our wedding ceremony and make it perfect for our wedding day! Thank you Amy!

Amy was fantastic!! She made our day so much more special than I ever thought she could. Very thorough and makes sure you get what you want! Besides all that, she is such a fun person to be around and talk to.

We absolutely loved Amy as the officiant of our wedding! She is extremely kind, bubbly and easy to work with. I am Jewish and my now husband is not. She was so helpful in giving us ideas and options on how to do our ceremony while never pushing her own thoughts or agenda on how we should do things. She made the whole process of designing our ceremony and vows a total breeze. When the rehearsal and wedding day finally came, I was totally confident that the ceremony would go perfectly (and it did!). We were unsure how it would feel to have a "stranger" marry us, but Amy was so personable throughout the process that she definitely did not feel like a stranger on the day of our wedding. We couldn't have been happier with our ceremony and the whole process with Amy!

Amy was absolutely amazing, and my husband and I highly recommend her! She is so friendly and personable! After the first meeting, we felt like we had known Amy for years!

Rev. Amy was perfect for us and our wedding! My husband and I grew up in the Christian faith (me Lutheran, him Catholic), but we wanted a wedding ceremony that was more spiritual than religious and felt welcoming for everyone of all faiths. We did the premarital counseling sessions with her, which really helped us to learn more about how eachother thinks, and to identify where our relationship's growth areas were. I highly recommend doing the counseling with her if you're able to. Rev. Amy is caring, non-judgemental, very funny, and very fun! At our rehearsal dinner, she knew exactly how to wrangle routy groomsmen and unsure parents. The ceremony was beautiful - and Amy's words and message during the ceremony were so heartfelt, real, and represented my husband and I very well. Everything went so smoothly with Amy there. Highly recommend!!!

We are so glad that we had Amy officiate our wedding. From day one, she was communicative, warm, open-minded, and easy to talk to. She helped us create the perfect ceremony that made us and many of our guests cry. She was wonderful with our families and so helpful at the rehearsal. Amy is punctual, organized, flexible, and positive. She was extremely cool, calm, and collected when unexpected and uncontrollable things happened during our ceremony. For example, the sound system we rented from our ceremony venue broke-- not Amy's fault at all and she spoke loudly for the rest of the ceremony so our guests could hear. Also, right when I (the bride) was about to walk down the aisle with my parents, a loud train came through town! We all took it in stride and Amy was so calm about it. She has an incredibly welcoming and peaceful presence that we and our guests could all feel. Amy was incredible from beginning to end!

Amy is wonderful! Looking back at the wedding, I realize that we had absolutely 0 stress regarding our ceremony, and I think that it's mostly due to Amy. She has a wonderful process for planning out the ceremony, and she was very helpful in creating a ceremony that would appear "sufficiently religious" to please my parents while still being a ceremony that my husband and I wanted. As an added bonus (besides being an awesome officiant) Amy is just hands down one of the friendliest people I've ever met!

Amy did a great job balancing our different backgrounds and religions. The ceremony itself was extremely well-run, and we received a lot of great feedback about Amy and her delivery. I highly recommend Amy for any interfaith wedding ceremony.

Amy is amazing, so sweet, and a great choice for an officiant. We also used her for pre-marital counseling and we both loved the experience. We both appreciated her open mind, creativity, and positive attitude through everything. She knows her stuff!

My wife and I were thrilled with Rev. Amy! She brought her whole self to our ceremony, and all our guests loved her personal touch. Her kindness and ease with our unusual processional was truly wonderful. Whatever we suggested, she was able to incorporate it and make it special. All around fantastic!

Reverend Amy officiated our outdoor wedding ceremony this weekend, and she was just incredible! My fiancé and I are both very spiritual people, though we do not identify with a particular religion, and we have several family members who follow Catholic and Lutheran religious practices. Amy did an amazing job of helping us craft a ceremony that was true to our values, but also sensitive to the beliefs of others. We absolutely LOVED working with her for the past several months. She is kind, open-minded, big-hearted, and welcoming with a great sense of humor. I would highly recommend Rev. Amy to anyone and everyone! If I could give more stars, I would!

She made us so comfortable and was so fun and professional! So great!! Definitely recommend her!

Rev. Amy was great officiated our wedding this last July. Amy did a great job customizing our ceremony content to what we wanted. She was very prompt and organized for all of our meetings, rehearsal, and day of wedding. Some of our wedding party was a little rowdy after a day on the golf course for the rehearsal and Amy was great about commanding the room and getting everyone in line. We received lots of compliments on the ceremony and Amy from our guests!

We can't say enough wonderful things about Reverend Amy. For our wedding, the bride was Catholic, and the groom was Jewish. After contacting Amy via her website, we were able to meet her for coffee in Minneapolis. She asked why we didn't want a wedding in either a church or a temple. She made sure we were choosing an interfaith ceremony for the right reasons. After our first meeting, we were sold. Her approach to creating a wedding where we both felt included, and both of our backgrounds were represented was absolutely perfect. Her sense of spirituality and her sunny disposition helped us feel confident in choosing her to officiate our ceremony. Amy made sure that we could include traditions from both of our faiths. We wanted to ensure that our Catholic and Jewish relatives were able to feel welcome, without overshadowing either background. She made the entire process of planning extremely simple. Amy provided a wide array of traditional readings, prayers, blessings, and poems to choose from. Every aspect of the ceremony outline and wording was customized to our preferences. Best of all, we heard over and over again from our family and friends that our wedding was the most meaningful ceremony they had ever seen. Amy made both cultures feel welcome and represented. From modern liberal friends with no real religious ties to our most conservative traditional grandmothers, everyone said it was the best wedding ever. Amy made our wedding so incredibly special, and we will always be grateful for her guidance, presence, and support.

Amy was a delight to work with. She was very flexible for our meetings, and provided so much guidance when it came to writing our ceremony. She was perfect for us, and she'd be perfect for you!

Amy was great to work with, cared about our service, and helped make our day a success. Very capable and highly recommended.

Rev. Amy was such a delight to meet! We could tell right away that she was open to whatever we wanted to do and include in our wedding ceremony. She had great ideas to personalize our ceremony after only meeting once! It was like she already knew our personalities and what was special to us. Amy was also so easy to communicate with over email and phone as we live out of town and only made a couple trips to the cities. Our ceremony was emotional and touching, but fun at the same time. There wasn't a dry eye in the room when Amy read our personalized messages that even we hadn't heard yet. It was amazing and flawless! Rev. Amy stressed to us that if we ever needed her at ANY point in our lives, she would be there. What an amazing lady! We will definitely see her again!

Amy did an excellent job officiating our wedding! We had the opportunity to meet with Amy a few times before our wedding day and we were able to get to her know on a more personal level. She knows how to make the ceremony fun but yet still be professional.

Amy was wonderful, we were so happy to find her. Amy provided options for every part of the ceremony for the opening prayer to the vow, to the introduction of us as a married couple. Amy is professional, friendly, reliable, and really listened to what we wanted. I would highly recommend Amy to any couple getting married - stress free.

Amy was a fantastic fit for our wedding. She took the time to get to know my husband and I and she worked with us to create a ceremony that felt true to us and that was very personalized. It was great working with someone who had done many weddings before and who had a sense of professionalism, but also is very down to earth and easy to talk to. Amy is very warm, kind, and offered helpful suggestions for ceremony options. We are very happy we went with Amy - it eased any concerns we had about the ceremony and we were able to just enjoy our big day.

Amy is amazing! From the minute we met her, she made us laugh and feel comfortable. She was really easy to talk to and asked great questions about our relationship and what we wanted for our ceremony. Planning a wedding can be really trying at times so working with the great people makes it so much easier and that's what Amy did for us! We got so many compliments after the wedding on our ceremony and it was all because of Amy! So if you are where my husband and I were trying to find an Officiant for your wedding and feeling a little awkward picking someone from Google, you've come across someone whose truly a great person, who wants your wedding ceremony to be a great experience and we highly recommend her! We can't thank her enough for giving us a great ceremony we'll remember forever!

We were really happy to go with Amy. We had our original pastor cancel somewhat close to the wedding so we scrambled to find anyone. We were fortunate Amy was available. Several pastors we had contacted who were unavailable recommended her to us. She was very responsive, flexible, and worked with us on making our ceremony unique but also including a religious touch we were looking for. We heard lots of compliments from friends and family about her after the ceremony.

Amy was so great! From the moment my wife and I met with her, we knew that we wanted her to be our officiant. We met with Amy prior to the wedding day several times for sessions that doubled as premarital counseling and ceremony planning. During these sessions Amy presented us with numerous communication techniques that we think will benefit us for our entire marriage. Her fun personality and sense of humor also kept the sessions light and fun. She was also a great help planning the ceremony. She shared lots of great ideas and wisdom but never pushed us to to anything that we didn't want. On wedding day the ceremony went exactly as planned (which is a good thing!) Amy did a great job of letting us know exactly what to expect and she delivered a beautiful personalized message about my wife and I that was based on questions we had answered separately. Overall, we can't say enough about how great Amy was! We highly recommend her services!

We used Amy for premarital counseling and as an officiant for our wedding. We were a little nervous going in because we'd found her online and didn't know what to expect, but she was a really warm and wonderful person. I'd definitely recommend premarital counseling with Amy -- 100% worth the price to a) really get to know her before your wedding and b) get some really great insights into your relationship and how to make it stronger. My husband and I already had what I'd consider a strong relationship, but her counseling sessions were always eye-opening, enjoyable and really practical/useful. Then she used what she'd learned about is in the sessions to craft a personalized, warm, meaningful ceremony. And I should add she's also hilarious, so the ceremony really struck the perfect tone. Just the right amount of levity. All of our guests raved about Amy and the ceremony. (Seriously, even our wedding party raved about the wedding rehearsal she organized -- she's just so on top of everything and fun and knows exactly what she's doing. I cannot recommend Amy enough -- we wish she did regular marital counseling too so we could continue to see her! Just an all-around great person.

We were looking for a minister to perform our wedding ceremony because we did not belong to a church congregation, and we found Reverend Amy in an online search. Both of us were impressed by her reviews, and she met our criteria of being a progressive, interfaith minister. When we first met Amy for coffee to introduce ourselves, we were immediately drawn to her warmth and her humor. It was clear that she took her work as an officiant seriously, but also that her focus would be on crafting a ceremony that was unique to us as a couple. When she insisted on giving us each a hug before we left the coffee store, we knew that she was someone we could quickly build a connection with and decided to hire her for counseling as well as officiating. We met with Amy four times for counseling before our wedding, and each session was a chance for the two of us to explore aspects of our relationship that we had never discussed out loud before. Our conversations were enlightening, heartfelt, and often left us all laughing, while the homework assignments we received help facilitate more discussion at home. Amy also helped us understand our differences, and moderated the tougher conversations with grace. While the counseling sessions were great in their own right, they also had the great side effect of helping inspire her sermon at our wedding. She worked with us to plan our ceremony, helping us select readings, blessings, and vows; and she was great at working with our wedding party during the rehearsal to get everyone prepared for the big day. The ceremony went off without a hitch, and everyone found Amy’s words to be inspiring and personal, with just the right dose of humor. We could not have been happier with Amy as an officiant or as a counselor. She did a great job helping us plan all the minute details of our wedding day, but she also made sure we took the time to consider what being married would actually mean for us going forward.

Amy was exactly what we were looking for and more! My now husband and I both come from different religious backgrounds and wanted a way to display that at our wedding but not be overly religious. Finding an officiant that would make this unique for us was a bit of a challenge but Amy couldn't have been a more perfect fit. As soon as we met her we knew she was the one for us. Amy was very patient as we worked through how our wedding would be and gave insightful advise when she knew we needed it most. After our wedding, and still to this day, our guests talk about how personal our wedding was and how great of a job Amy did! I would recommend her to anyone and feel extremely blessed to have her be such a huge part in our day! Thank you Amy! Love - Ashley and Josh

Amy worked with my husband and I for our premarital counseling sessions this past summer 2015. We had a difficult schedule, and were living in 2 different states. She was fantastic at planning our meetings around that. More importantly, Amy is an incredibly down to earth, kind, intelligent, and open minded person. Her positive attitude and happy disposition helped make talking through some tough topics easy. She was able to work with us through the Prepare/Enrich inventory and evaluated the results in a realistic way which matched our spiritual/religious beliefs, rather than being a stickler. We appreciated her candid nature and ability to personally relate to us. We felt fortunate to be able to talk through a lot of the big topic issues many couples face, and reaffirm our love for each other. Amy is fantastic and I would highly recommend her to anyone!