5 out of 5 stars and 129 reviews
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(129)3240 East Union Hills Drive, Suite 106, Phoenix, AZ
About this vendor
Arizona Ministers is a wedding officiant service based in Phoenix, AZ. They have been helping happy couples celebrate their love for more than 20 years. Their team of ordained ministers have performed more than 16,000 wedding ceremonies, and each new celebration is a cause for fresh delight.
Their ministers are creative, passionate, and respectful of all faiths and backgrounds. Their work is a celebration of love in all its splendor and variety. Whether you’re looking for a traditional service or something that speaks to your unique story, you can expect their heartfelt commitment and support.
Arizona Ministers wants to make your special day meaningful and memorable. They are happy to include any ceremony elements and rituals you may desire, including sand blending, unity candles, and more. They have also designed their own Golden Cords element, which they would be delighted to perform for you. They also offer pre-wedding consultations, premarital counseling services, marriage license services, and much more. They can’t wait to discuss your needs and what they can do for you.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Catholic
- Interfaith
- Jewish
- Muslim
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
9-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.2021.+6 more.
Best of Weddings
The Knot independently assesses vendors for this award—it’s never self-reported. We base it on firsthand experiences from real couples and guests, and they must have a 4.5-star average across 7+ reviews in the qualifying year.
Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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Gwen is a great and eloquent officiant. She was recommended by our venue. Jesus and I had our 1st phone conversation with Gwen, she went over the whole timeline, we knew instantly ...
that the structure and clarity in which she conveyed what she does as an officiant was exactly what we wanted. She talked to us as if we were standing at the altar, and recited what would be said, and brought tears to our eyes while going over the details of her part in the wedding. She also recommended unity and glass for our unity ceremony because I informed her I did not want the sand or the candles have seen done throughout. we looked it up while we’re on the phone with her and ordered it shortly after and I’m thankful that she recommended it. It’s going to be beautiful when we receive it. The day of the wedding she came in talk to me and my dad I know she went and talked to Jesus and she made the wedding ceremony very beautiful and were thankful that she was recommended to us.
From the moment we began service with Gwen she went above and beyond to get back to us as soon an possible and provide as much information about the wedding process as she could. G...
wen had so much patience with us and answered all questions as many times as we asked them. We wanted to add a unity ceremony to the wedding and she worked with us to create the perfect planting ceremony. She also completed this addition to the wedding very quickly. She works so diligently, is so kind, and has so many years of experience to offer that created a calm and wonderful memory. I couldn’t imagine a better experience. Thank you Gwen!!
Gwen was the most kind-hearted soul, and working with her was an absolute pleasure. She made our day absolutely effortless. She took all of our worries away by thoroughly guiding u...
s through our ceremony. She made it a mission to ensure we remembered every moment of our BIG DAY. She had everyone captivated by her speech and just in awe of our beautiful day. Thank you so much, Gwen!
Gwen is so easy to work with. She is very professional and experienced in what she does. She is punctual and very well spoken. She made us feel at ease with the whole process. High...
ly recommend her for your wedding officiant.
Gwen was amazing. She asked us what we wanted. Gave us ideas and options. Shared her opinion and experience. For a stressed bride she was so helpful. She kept in touch all the way ...
until wedding day. She even helped my parents through the day. She is a natural and what she does.
Our wedding was short and sweet. Gwen opened our ceremony with such beautiful words!
Gwen has been so easy to work with. She’s extremely knowledgeable and handles everything very professionally. Our venue coordinator didn’t show it, and Gwen ran our entire rehearsa...
l with no problem. Without her, we wouldn’t have had our rehearsal in time before the wedding. She. Is. Amazing. Thank you Gwen.
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Gwen is amazing officiant. helped us out even on a short notice . We had many questions and she helped us out with everything we asked very knowledgeable. Thank u for being a part ...
of our special day
Gwen is a really wonderful officiant. She helped us set up a time and date as well was very informative and was super easy to work with. If we had the chance to do it all over agai...
n we would choose Gwen time and time again can’t thank her enough for being the one to marry us and being a part of such a special day❤️
Gwen was great! Really helped us out, even providing us with a witness! Helped out on short notice, couldn't have gone better!
Gwen is absolutely the best! She is affordable, fast with communication even after hours, she was flexible with our ceremony. The studio was absolutely devine. She made both of us ...
feel very special on our wedding day. Thank You, Gwen. I would recommend her to anyone.
Gwen was amazing and super easy to work with! She was super knowledgeable and was able to answer any questions we had, which was nice since we were planning from out of state.
Gwen was absolutely amazing! From our first phone call to our wedding, she was prompt, kind, informative, and professional. She created the perfect ceremony for us and even hand de...
livered our marriage license! Would definitely recommend her to any couple looking for an officiant for their special day.
Gwen was an amazing officiant! She was very easy to communicate with and very responsive. She also helped tailor the ceremony to our needs and helped make our wedding special. I’d ...
highly recommend her to anyone.
Gwen was absolutely amazing! She did a great job preparing me for the ceremony and set expectations before hand. She did an amazing job with the ceremony itself and I would recomme...
nd her for anyone. Thank you Gwen!
Gwen was absolutely amazing. We are so happy we decided to go with her. She made the whole process so smooth and easy and truly listened to what we wanted for our ceremony. It coul...
d not have been more perfect and would highly recommend her to anyone!
Gwen was wonderful to work with and made our clients ceremony absolutely perfect! We can't wait to work with her again on more weddings. We'd definitely recommend her for her frien...
dliness, professionalism, and organization!
Gwen was more then amazing she did such a great job working with her from start to finish was simple and very easy! She made no mistakes and we are soooo happy We chose her to marr...
y us. Would recommend her highly
Gwen is absolutely AMAZING!!!! We couldn't have asked for a better officiant! From our initial phone call with her she was helpful and led us through planning the ceremony, which m...
ade planning stress free and easy. We had multiple guests rant and rave about how beautiful our ceremony was and also about how much they enjoyed our officiant! Some guests even said Gwen was the best officiant they've ever seen! Gwen, we had all the confidence in you from our first phone call and you made our ceremony truly unforgettable! Thank you so much!
Gwen is just amazing- we couldn't have asked for a better officiant! She went above and beyond, helping us every step of the way, which made the planning process SO easy. We had so...
much confidence in Gwen from the minute we spoke with her, and she made our ceremony completely stress-free. We are forever grateful.
Gwen is the absolute best! She was so easy to work with, and let us customize our ceremony with our own readings and it turned out better than we could have ever imagined. She real...
ly made it feel like we had known her forever and our family and friends thought the ceremony was just beautiful.
Wish we could give Gwen 6 stars! Made our planning process effortless and executed the ceremony perfectly.
Gwen performed the wedding ceremony for my daughter and son-in-law on 10/23. It was beautiful - and just what they wanted!
I'd also like to add that Gwen was always very responsiv...
e to questions along the way, she was always warm and helpful. A pleasure to work with!
Gwen is amazing! She is warm and caring but also very professional. I would highly recommend.
Gwen did an AMAZING job and went above and beyond. She asks a lot of questions, kept in touch with me throughout the year, triple checked time frames, and basically facilitated the...
entire process of my wedding to go smoothly. I HIGHLY recommend!
Minister Gwen Waring made our wedding day so very special.
We highly recommend her.
Gwen was absolutely great with the entire process from the first phone call to officiating the wedding. My wife and I were very pleased and happy with Gwen and her service
Without a doubt a first class company! Gwen officiated our wedding and was incredible! We had our wedding in our home and it was perfect!
Gwen performed our ceremony at Stonebridge Manor on 7/3/21 and it was amazing. It’s clear that Gwen loves what she does and is very knowledgeable and delivers ceremonies very beaut...
ifully. Our guests all said that was one of the best ceremonies they have attended. Thank you Gwen!
Our wedding was 11/28/2020 and our officiant was Mike G. He said my first name wrong in front of everyone and this was extremely embarrassing. My biggest regret was booking an offi...
ciant last minute but honestly, I still don’t think there is an excuse for this at all. Phil and Gwen seem wonderful and were very fast with responding to my inquiry about availability and let me know they would have someone contact me if available this day. I receive no apology and still paid this man $200 to say my name wrong on the most important day of my life.
Gwen Waring was awesome! She ensured our wedding ceremony went as planned and is very through with her work. Gwen is very respectful of our wishes and plans and is very easy to wo...
rk with. Great job, Gwen!
Thank you Gwen for caring about us on a personal level!
Gwen was amazing before during and after the ceremony. Highly recommended.
Gwen was amazing!
Phil and Gwen were awesome to work with. Very responsive to phone calls and details. Phil officiated our ceremony and was so much better than expected ... he was a blessing on our ...
special day! He really did make it extra special!
Gwen and Phil were very responsive and easy to get a hold of. We had to reschedule due to COVID and they made the process very quick and easy! Phil did an amazing job during our ce...
remony and really made it feel like it was just for us.
From the moment I contacted Gwen and Phil, my experience was outstanding. We had a very intimate outdoor ceremony at our favorite hiking trail. As soon as Phil started speaking, I ...
knew that his words would transform the humble gathering into a moment that could only be described as magical. His presence and poetry gave us the perfect ceremony.
Thank you Phil and Gwen!
With our officiant unable to make it at the last minute, we were pretty hesitant when finding someone else to officiate our wedding. Phil and Gwen were recommended by two of our ot...
her vendors, so that made us feel good! Right away Gwen and Phil were so so helpful and willing to help out at the last minute! Phil did a fantastic job from start to finish making our day so special and sentimental. We would highly recommend him to anyone else getting married! Thank you again.
What a great couple and team! Very genuine and down to earth.
Phil is such a kind man with a great sense of humor. Him and his wife are very organized and punctual. He was a great ...
help with helping us organize the ceremony and having the biblical verses that we wanted. Highly recommend using them for a wedding. Thank you Phil. I pray you continue to bless others as you did for us on our wedding.
We came across Phil and Gwen because they were the preferred vendors through our wedding venue. They were absolutely amazing to work with. Gwen reached out to us to schedule a time...
to meet Phil so he could get to know us and what we wanted our ceremony to be all about. Once we met him we were over the moon with their services, there's definitely a reason they are Stone Bridge Manors preferred vendor. He took time to understand who our other vendors were and plan out our ceremony. He is very humorous and really fit the feeling we wanted of our ceremony perfectly. We have been to weddings in the past that were a little too religious for our liking and he made sure to walk us through our different options and readings. Easily our favorite part of our wedding!
Arizona Ministers are absolutely wonderful! Phil made our ceremony heartfelt and special.
While we were planning our destination wedding, we ran into great difficulty with finding the perfect officiant for our wedding day. After some searching, we came across Arizona Mi...
nisters and knew we needed to contact them. After a wonderful phone call, we knew immediately that we wanted to have Phil officiate our wedding. Our experience with both Phil and Gwen was professional, positive and seamless especially with planning everything from a far. Phil did an amazing job on our wedding day and had the perfect balance of combining our values with his words. Phil was personal, meaningful, natural and his overall disposition was beyond genuine. We even had guests come up to us thinking we had known Phil for years! There is nothing we would have changed with how our ceremony went and it was everything we hoped (and more!).
Phil was amazing. You can tell he is an expert in his field. The ceremony was so important to us and we wanted to make sure we found someone who paid attention to the little detai...
ls, cared to ask how we envisioned our ceremony going and made us feel comfortable and Phil exceeded our expectations. He made our ceremony flow seamlessly and we couldn’t be more grateful. We are so happy we found Phil to officiant our special day. We can not recommend him more!!
Gwen was an excellent minister/officiant! My wife and I were able to easily work with Gwen in tailoring our ceremony to the way we wanted. She provide essential insight and tips, b...
ased on her vast experience, to make our ceremony even more amazing! Several of our guest commented that our minister/officiant was amazing and that they loved our ceremony! Thank you so Gwen!
Thank you so much for your incredible service in officiating our wedding Gwen! You have been so warm and accommodating to our needs, and really made us feel special! We are so happ...
y to have found the perfect woman for the job! Wouldn't have been the same without you! (perfect!)
Thank you again!
Love, Hannah & Trevor
We had the pleasure of being married by Gwen Waring. While we had not known Pastor Gwen well, we were very impressed with her services. We had our initial meeting with Pastor Gwe...
n and she was so personable, we felt as though we had known her for ages. During the ceremony, she conveyed our message of love to our attendees in the most simplistic and caring manner. We had attendees approach us saying "they loved our minister...how long have we been going their church." When I shared that we had only recently met, they were surprised at our well she know US and made the message so personal. I'd highly recommend their services.
Phil and Gwen are incredible. From our first conversation it was apparent these two were professionals and my future husband and I could relax knowing they were the perfect choice...
for our wedding. They provided wonderful information about the process and paperwork needed to be completed at the court. It was also made clear what information and readings for our ceremony was needed from us. They gave us visuals and ideas of what we could do. Phil was our minister. He was sincere, funny and very well spoken. I've been to weddings where guests have a glazed look in their eyes until cocktail hour... not at our wedding! Phil was incredibly engaging and his words and interaction with us made for a beautiful ceremony. Several guests approached me after and remarked how this was the best ceremony they had witnessed. I am so grateful to Phil and Gwen for making our experience so wonderful and seamless! It was a very positive experience working with them.
I had my wedding on 4.12.19 and it was absolutely perfection! All of my guests talked about how touching, professional and wonderful the ceremony was. All thanks to Arizona Ministe...
rs! Phil and Gwen are the ABSOLUTE BEST! Thank you for making my wedding a day my family and I will never forget!
Gwen provided exceptional service and guidance for our wedding ceremony. She walked us through the ceremony steps multiple times beforehand. She fully respected our wishes for the ...
type of ceremony we wanted. Even better, she provided helpful guidance for our vows and the types of readings to consider. Many of our guests complimented after the ceremony shared their compliments for how great Gwen was as our officiant.We would recommend her in every respect!
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3240 East Union Hills Drive, Suite 106, Phoenix, AZ
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