Amy Riesenberg, Interfaith Minister

ew 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!

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to what we wanted. I would highly recommend Amy to any couple getting married - stress free.

ings 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.

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!

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.

g 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!

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.

ressive, 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.

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

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!

ve imagined. She was friendly, outgoing, and really made us feel empowered to make our ceremony what we wanted it to be. She provided thoughtful solutions and was, simply put, the glue that made the entire ceremony fit together. Her personality and demeanor was EXACTLY what we were looking for, and she was so knowledgeable about both faith traditions that we were completely at ease. One of our favorite things about working with Amy was that she was never pushy or adamant about doing something a certain way. She made sure we knew that she was there for us in whatever way we needed her to be, whether it was running the entire ceremony herself, taking a back seat to her co-officiant, or even singing some Hebrew prayers. Her biggest concern was us and our happiness, which is something that cannot be understated. DO NOT HESITATE to work with Amy – you’ll be glad you did.

without making our ceremony explicitly religious. Amy did this perfectly. Her counseling leading up to our wedding was also excellent. She is at her best when giving her own ideas and opinions; her canned curriculum, Prepare and Enrich, was not particularly useful for us, but her own words and wisdom were. Prepare and Enrich may be useful for some couples, but for us, as non-religious people who had lived together for a while already, it was overly focused on dimensions of marriage that didn't apply to our particular case. When she got away from Prepare and Enrich, Amy was truly fantastic, full of sage advice and realistic ways to manage expectations and to recognize each others' struggles. Her advice on communication was especially good. Planning the ceremony with Amy was easy. She had a great range of readings, rituals, and other things for us to choose from, and she did a great job of incorporating our requested changes even at the last minute. In all, Amy was a pleasure to work with, wrote and delivered a beautiful ceremony for us, and most importantly, made us and everyone else involved feel comfortable and confident about the wedding. She is a caring professional that we recommend to anyone.

o one another during our ceremony. She also took what she learned about our feelings for one another and our relationship and wove them into a beautiful ceremony. Thank you so much for the perfect wedding!!!

made everything stress free and fun! We couldn't have been happier and we received many compliments from our family and friends about how lovely the ceremony was. Thank you Rev. Amy!

band and I were both at ease. She has such a laid back personality and is open to tailoring your ceremony for whatever fits your needs. Many vendors I looked at had different price brackets for how many modifications you wanted to make to your ceremony. With Amy it was one price for as many modifications as needed to make it truly yours. After the wedding I had so many compliments about Amy from guests and how wonderful they felt our ceremony was. She not only tailored our ceremony to what was unique to us, but prior to the wedding day she sent both my Husband and I "Love" questions about each other. With these questions she prepared a short section during the ceremony where she described what we each loved about each other. It was such a special moment to be standing in front of our friends and family and hear this together. So many couples focus on the reception details. My best and highest recommendation is to not forget about the reason you're celebrating and find someone who will make that moment when you say "I Do" feel magical. For us, Amy was that person. Her passion, dedication to your love story and overall demeanor were worth every penny and I feel so fortunate to have stumbled upon her when searching for an Officiant. Thanks Amy for everything!

h flowed through to our ceremony which we are so thankful for! All of Amy's ideas for vows and readings were totally unique which is what we wanted, no cookie cutter vows for us. I would definitely recommend Amy to anyone! Thank you for making our day even more special, Amy! We can't thank you enough!

ony and was beyond impressed with her speaking skills and presence on the actual day. I had multiple people tell me after the ceremony how great she was and some asked me for her information. She was outstanding to work with and couldn't be happier that we chose her as our officiant. She truly made our day as special as I would of ever hoped for.

de it really fun. She has a great sense of humor, is incredibly creative and caring, and made our wedding ceremony incredibly special to us. Amy is SO easy to work with and tailored our wedding ceremony to fit our preferences perfectly. She was also a rock star at our wedding rehearsal the day before, and kept our large wedding party and family on track while still keeping the tone of the rehearsal fun and light-hearted. A+++!!

n to, but we wanted our marriage ceremony to be more spiritual than a "justice of the peace" wedding. This search led us to Rev. Amy. Rev. Amy is an interfaith minister, and although my husband and I were technically of the same faith, she was willing to make our ceremony as spiritual or religious as we wanted it to be. She spent almost an entire year getting to know us prior to our wedding - she gave us surveys to complete about ourselves and our relationship and met with us several times over the year. Then, when she felt like she understood what we wanted our ceremony to be like, she drafted a first draft of our ceremony. We were allowed to customize it and make our own, and we went through several drafts. My favorite part was that she sent my husband and I "love questions" a few weeks before the wedding that we answered separately. She used our answers to those questions to craft a surprise message to us on our wedding day. Overall, the whole ceremony was beautiful and we got many compliments on it. Rev. Amy was very professional and really led the whole bridal party through the ceremony. The best part about getting to know Amy is that we now have a minister for any of our growing family's needs. She is truly a very special person and I'm really glad we got to know her through this process.

ing and memorable. I had guests at the reception commenting about the ceremony and asking where I found Rev. Amy! I highly recommend her!

ity to make you feel comfortable talking about personal matters in a judgement free zone. My now husband, who is on the shy side, even felt comfortable with her! Our ceremony was beautiful! Amy included a personal message to us, and our guests (including myself) felt like she hit the nail on the head! We have received so many compliments on our ceremony! It was simple, personalized, and just plain wonderful!

flexible to work with. Amy helped us create a ceremony that was truly authentic and represented our journeys and personalities. This included some tradition but also non-traditional rituals that we created. We were also so impressed at how fast Amy got to know us and incorporated this into the ceremony to really personalize the experience we and our guests had. We had numerous people tell us that our ceremony was the best they had ever seen. Co-creating our ceremony with Amy was just what we needed to help our ideas come into a reality as Amy provided a lot of resources and ideas to us along the way. Thank you Amy for sharing your gifts with us! We absolutely recommend you to couples that want a ceremony rich with meaning.

y and officiant. She led an organized, fun, and somehow meaningful rehearsal and was a popular guest at dinner. Once you meet her, you'll want to invite her to your wedding anyway, so you might as well hire her to officiate. :) Rev. Amy loves people and bringing out the best in them and their relationships. She is a special person and I feel so blessed that she was there to help us share our joy and love with everyone on our wedding day.

before I found Rev. Amy on this website. I was impressed with all the reviews, so we decided to give her a shot and as soon as we met her we knew we had found our minister! Rev. Amy is so easy to work with and she is all about making sure that the focus is on you on that special day. She tailors the ceremony to exactly what you would like it to be and she kept everyone organized at the rehearsal and the ceremony and had everything planned out ahead of time to prevent any drama. We ended up doing premarital counseling with her as well, and it was fantastic. She was impartial, non-judgmental, and really helped us to identify where our relationship could improve as well as what our strengths are. We are both so glad that we met Rev. Amy and we'd recommend her to anyone!

son and will not let you down. Amy will also take the time to do the rehearsal if you choose. We both highly recommend having her at your rehearsal. Amy runs through the whole process, and more importantly gets to know the wedding party, and your family. It truly makes the actual ceremony run much smoother, and everyone is far more confident when it is Showtime! The ceremony went flawlessly, and everything turned out beautiful! If you are looking for a professional Minister, with a great sense of humor and full of experience, Amy is the right person for you. We both highly recommend Rev Amy!!

us many resources for us to continue to use as we start our marriage. Our ceremony was beautiful. We worked with Reverend Amy to create a ceremony that was unique to us and our families. She gave us a number of ideas and the freedom to create the ceremony we wanted. After our ceremony, we received so many compliments from guests about the easy going nature of the ceremony, so many people appreciated the personalized service. Reverend Amy has a very flexible style and her easy going nature made our service flow so naturally. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed working with Reverend Amy from the first premarital counseling session through our ceremony. We both feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Reverend Amy. During our rehearsal Reverend Amy really made things come together and was able to organize everyone, so we had an idea of what was going on. Reverend Amy had a wonderful balance of leading and letting us develop our ceremony. We appreciated her professionalism and humor. Reverend Amy knows how to work with people in a kind, humorous, and gentle way. We appreciated all of her flexibility and patience as we went through several transitions during our engagement. We appreciated Reverend Amy's wise words, support, and encouragement through our premarital and wedding. We cannot express enough how thankful we were to have the opportunity to work with Reverend Amy. We would recommend her to anyone looking for a pastor to work with.

earsal ran smoothly. Our wedding ceremony was perfect, thanks to her!

inviting about 100 members of my closest family members, many of which are midwestern Catholics. We also had my then fiancee's family flying in from Taiwan (they are Taiwanese and also Jehova's Witnesses). Rev. Amy helped us start with our general idea of what we wanted to say at our wedding, and turn it into something awesome - she helped us find readings, poetry, and even a unity candle idea that gave our wedding a more 'ceremonial' feel. She met with us several times, and I knew from our very first meeting that she would fit in so well with my family. She has a great sense of humor, and is really good at helping everyone feel at ease during the most tense times (especially our hectic rehearsal that I could have planned better!) She was always thinking about how to make our ceremony better - everything from offering her own great sound system and microphone for our vows to thinking of the little details that I missed when planning my wedding. She is multi-talented with backgrounds as a musician, minister, and even wedding planner, and also has a great speaking voice and did a great job reading a passage we chose. I can truly say when I look back at our experience, that my wedding day was the happiest day of my life, and am excited for everyone that has still yet to experience this! Amy was such an important part of our wedding and we're both so happy to have met her and are honored that she was able to be there make our wedding day a success!

alism at the ceremony, along with a little humor, made for a perfect setting. Thanks Rev. Amy !

ns with Amy. Time flew by, it was so much fun and my husband and I learned a lot about one another. Amy was also amazing at our ceremony. We received so many compliments on how great of a job she did. I would highly recommend her to any couple!

for success. The ceremony was so personal and many guests approached us afterward with wonderful comments. It was everything we hoped it to be!

nd accommodating. She gave us several options to use for readings and layouts for our ceremony. She sent us several drafts until we were happy with the outcome. I would highly recommend Amy for any service, and we would use her again if the situation arose. We couldn't have been more happy with the services she provided.

g to ensure that the paperwork was done properly for an out of state marriage license. One of the best things about her was that she was very helpful and gave us suggestions when we asked without pressuring us to do anything in a way that wasn't just right for us. We feel so blessed to have found Rev. Amy and to have had her as such an important part of our big day. From the very happy couple, Allison and Jess

h the ceremony if I was feeling nervous! After we had officially chosen her and then met with her "officially", we knew we had made the right decision. She is so easy to talk to and feel like you've known her forever. After the first official meeting, we worked mostly with her via email to create a personal ceremony for us. After the ceremony, we had a number of people compliment us on how beautiful and personal our ceremony was and remark on Amy's calming presence. (Even our very religious family members didn't seem to notice that we had created a completely non-religious ceremony and said that it was one of the most beautiful ceremonies that they'd been to!) I highly recommend Amy as a wedding officiant. She is one of the best!

remony we could have asked for. She genuinely wanted to know our story, and we've had so many people say how "us" our ceremony was. Amy wrote the ceremony specifically for our day and her huge heart and "love for love" is so evident in how she communicates with you as an individual and a couple. We did not want a "one size fits all" service, and it was anything but! We wish we could have Amy come talk to us about our love every day! :) Completely professional, organized and open minded, everything you want in a person helping you complete most important part of your wedding day.

ful. She provided lots of different options for our event and we were able to tailor it to our liking. She even added a personal speech which was very nicely done. Again, Amy is an amazing person and she did an excellent job. We will be staying in touch with her.

from the beginning to end. She was thorough in getting to know us and crafted a ceremony that reflected our values, personality, and style. It was romantic, fun, thoughtful, and gracefully delivered. She made rehearsal and the day of the wedding easy and organized. Her love for her job and investment in each ceremony shines through. Our guests had many compliments about her service. I can't thank or recommend her enough!

more than willing to Skype him in and was great at giving advice and sharing different ideas, without pushing us in any one direction. Whatever your background is, I would suggest Amy over and over again because she will make your ceremony exactly what you want. She clearly loves weddings, she was so happy and excited leading up to the day, which is a great quality always, but especially in the person who will be leading such an important day. She was very clear that we could tell her if we weren't happy with anything, she was so willing to change and edit the ceremony throughout the process. It was never awkward asking her to add or remove something, since she was always reminding us that she wouldn't be offended. She was bright, excited, friendly and smiley, exactly what I wanted from an officiant during the ceremony- she looked ecstatic to be there and so supportive of us, which I am sure is more enjoyable for guests that the officiant doesn't look bored! There is nothing I would've changed about our experience with Amy Riesenberg and I'm so happy she was a part of our day!

ess. When it came to the big day and the weather was more than unseasonably cold and rainy she was so wonderful in adapting to the changes in location and making sure everyone knew what to do. The ceremony was absolutely beautiful and Amy's personal touch was just perfect! Amy is a kind and wonderful person and I would recommend her anyone!

pts for people that don't want to write their own ceremonies, or don't know where to start. She was very reliable and helpful through the whole process. We also did pre-marital counseling through Amy. She made sure that we understood all of the information from the packet and made it really worthwhile. I feel that we gained a lot from the counseling sessions. I would recommend Amy to anyone looking for a wedding oficiant or for pre-marital counseling!

ions and to assist you in creating your ceremony as many times as needed. For any couple looking for a heartfelt, compassionate, and engaging minister, you will find all that and more when working with Amy.

considerate and helpful! We told her exactly what we wanted and that is what we got! Amy is the perfect person to work with!!! Thank you so much for this amazing experience!

r coffee and immediately knew she was the person I wanted conducting my wedding. I look forward to having an ongoing relationship with Amy. She is just that kind of person!

ur ceremony! She was easy to talk to, humorous, compassionate, and so willing to work with our ideas. She made herself available to us, even though she was very busy with other weddings; you could never tell because she always made us feel like a priority. I even ended up calling her at home on a Sunday night, having a "bridal moment," and she very graciously took my call and talked me off my bridal ledge, lol! I would recommend Amy for anyone looking for an open-minded, caring, non-judgmental officiant. She is just WONDERFUL1

interaction with her. We found Amy after having interviewed two other ministers, and from the minute we met with her at a coffee shop we knew she was the one for us. She was funny, honest, joyful, professional, personable, and just generally seemed like the kind of person you'd be crazy not to want to have around on your wedding day! Through the whole process, she was very supportive and quick to help us whenever we had questions about the ceremony. She had no agenda to push on us--I appreciated that she placed a lot of importance on crafting the ceremony WE wanted, not one she felt we should have. On the day of the rehearsal, she was a total pro at directing everyone, and managing all the different personalities involved! I felt like we were in the best hands possible. And again, the sense of joy she exudes is palpable, and very much appreciated since planning a wedding can definitely be stressful. Our outdoor ceremony was rained out, so we had to move inside to rather tight quarters, but Amy had talked with us beforehand about what to do in the eventuality of rain, so we were prepared. She performed the ceremony beautifully, and the personal reading she crafted for us was genuinely heartfelt and made me tear up a little! Afterwards, she assured us that we have a minister for life, and I can say with confidence that I would never look anywhere else! Reverend Amy is a joy, and just the kind of person you want involved in your wedding.

involved). At the ceremony, she was very professional yet infused the experience with her own personality and passion for what she does to bring our vision into reality. We would highly recommend her to others.

e this as easy on me as possible. If you want a minister who will work with you starting with a blank piece of paper or let you write your own ceremony, this very grounded, very supportive woman is for you! Love you Amy! T

elves and our thoughts for the ceremony. With this information she came back with a customized service that was exactly what we wanted. Amy is completely non judgmental and understands that each wedding is unique to the couple. This meant no pressure for a traditional anything. This was perfect as we were having a very nontraditional wedding. Amy was very flexible throughout the process of planning and was more than happy to adapt to the last minute changes we had. She was more focused on ensuring we received the wedding ceremony we had always wanted versus what anyone else wanted us to have. She was also more than happy to help us work through sticky family situations which result from divorced parents. I would highly recommend Amy to anyone!!

to my email. After emailing back and fourth my husband and I met up with Amy and chatted about what we wanted out of our wedding ceremony. She asked a lot of questions and brought up a lot of points I never thought of. After we booked Amy she was there to answer my questions and we were constantly tweaking the ceremony until I was happy with it! Come rehearsal day she had everything ready to go. Another thing I dropped the ball with Amy had worked out for me which was bringing her own sound system to the wedding site so that everyone could hear us! Overall Amy made our wedding ceremony fun and memorable! Thank you so much Amy!