About this vendor
Hello and congratulations on your engagement!
My name is Bill Hoffman and I am a multi-year winner of the Knot "Best Of" award and a member of the Knot's "Hall of Fame."
Many years ago my wife Alicia and I were much like you. Excited to be engaged and planning our ceremony, yet still figuring out what our options were as far as hiring an officiant. Perhaps like you we came from different spiritual paths in life and getting married in a church in the traditional sense just was not for us.
Luckily we were blessed to have found an amazing Wedding Officiant who was willing to come and perform the ceremony on the shores of a beautiful lake. The ceremony was open to anything we wanted and having the freedom to express our love and share our day the way we wanted made it that much more special.
Since becoming Ordained myself I have been able to help couples in building their dream ceremonies on their own accord while fine tuning them to their exact wishes. Being flexible shows the couple that it is truly all about them on this glorious occasion.
I am here to perform your ceremony in anyway you want. This is your day!
I would like to thank you for taking the time to consider me as your Officiant and I look forward to talking with you soon. Keep in mind that I have been blessed in regards to being in high demand and wedding weekends fill very quickly. Contact me as soon as possible to check my availability.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
7-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2025.2024.2023.+4 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.
Reviews
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Bill is great! We were recommended to him from the Oakland County District Court system as they were fully booked for marriage ceremonies for the next 3 months, and told us they kn...
ew of couples who had used Bill from TheKnot. Bill replied to my message on TheKnot the same day, and 1 week later from contacting Bill he officiated our elopement. Very kind and personable, as well as knowledgeable! He has been performing ceremonies for 23 years and we were ceremony number 617.
Bill did a phenomenal job officiating our wedding! He created a ceremony that had us smiling and something meaningful to us! He was truly a pleasure to work with, made the whole pr...
ocess super simple and fun.
We are so grateful to have had Bill Hoffman as part of our wedding day. From the very beginning, he took the time to get to know us as a couple and helped craft a ceremony that fel...
t so personal, meaningful, and true to who we are.
The ceremony was heartfelt, beautifully written, and had just the right touch of humor and emotion.
Thank you, Bill, for creating such a special and memorable moment for us. It truly couldn’t have been more perfect.
Bill was great to work with! He's friendly and professional, and has a lot of knowledge that he's happy to share. He was flexible with our schedules and tailored our ceremony to fi...
t what we were looking for. I would recommend him for sure!
Bill understood our circumstances and made himself available to marry us sooner vs later.. He was on time for our scheduled nuptials and extremely professional. We asked for a shor...
t & sweet ceremony. Bill understood the assignment.
Sweet, short & simple.
This guy is great! We met up at Panera to get to know each other and had a great conversation. It felt like we had known him for years!
He was a calming presence during the stress ...
of the wedding, he was humorous as well as genuine in his delivery, and he got us hitched, kissed, and ready to party.
We highly recommend you book this guy for your officiant!
Bill was great to work with. He answered all of our questions and guided us through the process with ease. We wanted an officiant that wasn't stuffy or too formal, but someone that...
felt comfortable to stand up there with and he was the perfect choice for us! We received several compliments on his performance/ service and everyone said he did an awesome job! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Bill was great! He took the time to get to know us and made planning for the ceremony easy.
Bill clearly has immense experience. He knew all the right ways to comfort my bride and me during the rehearsal and leading up to the big moment. He is funny, composed, and quick o...
n his feet.
Bill did an amazing job, he showed up early and spoke with us before hand to make sure he knew everything we were looking for. The ceremony was great, and he had all our guest's la...
ughing and celebrating along with us. Bill is a great public speaker, and all my guests loved him. Bill made himself available anytime I messaged him with questions about how the process worked and what the next steps for us were. I couldn't have asked for a better officiate and I will recommend him to everyone. Thank you so much again Bill!!
Bill is a great guy and was very easy to work with. He gets to know the bride and groom before the big day. Bill makes sure things run smoothly as possible during the whole process...
. I would definitely recommend him to be your officiant for your wedding.
I had the honor of working with Bill this past Saturday (7/20/24) and let me tell you… AMAZING is an understatement. He knew how to draw in the crowd leading up to the ceremony, ha...
d the perfect words during the ceremony, and handled everything afterwards great as well. Bill is extremely organized, professional, and easy to talk to. He’s also fun and adds a little more love to the ceremony with his own intimate and personal touches. HIGHLY recommend!
Thank you Bill. You were friendly at our first Zoom meet. You listened to our stories. You helped us organize the ceremony. You introduced our love story wholeheartedly to our ...
guests like you'd known us for a long time. You set the stage for us to deliver our personal vows so sincerely and flawlessly. You really helped us achieve a simple but heart warming ceremony which will be a long-lasting memory for us and our friends and families.
Bill was absolutely a pleasure to work with. He made the entire experience of getting married so easy! He tailored the ceremony to what WE wanted. He was witty and humorous to ligh...
ten our nerves. Definitely the BEST vendor we worked with!
Bill was so easy to talk to, he effortlessly assisted us in organizing a custom ceremony that felt meaningful and reflected our vision. We arranged two online meetings prior to t...
he wedding day. All questions and concerns were addressed prior to the event. Bill was prompt, organized, and prepared. Bill made our guest laugh and it seemed as if had known us for years.
Bill is amazing. We gave him very short notice but he came through for us and did a wonderful job. His communication was great and his delivery was just what we were looking for.
Bill went over everything in detail in advance so that our day was super magical! I love how he had several versions he could do and made it easy to customize so it was exactly wha...
t we wanted from start to finish. His preparedness and enthusiasm is 1000%! We had a renaissance festival wedding and literally everyone that came to our wedding thought he was hired from the wedding venue, he was that good. No one could believe we hired him separately.
My husband and I do not have enough good things to say about Bill and his services! We give him our highest recommendation!
His organization, kindness, humor and expertise truly h...
elped to make our wedding day stress-free which we were so grateful for. He took time to meet with us before our wedding day, made sure we knew what to expect and helped prepare us for the big day! He took care of absolutely everything - we appreciate how on top of it he was!
One huge takeaway from Bill that was amazing, besides how awesome he was, he took away all the stress pertaining to our marriage certificate, name change, new social security card etc. We cannot thank him enough for that! He sent us a very detailed outline of everything we had to do for the items listed above, which helped me tremendously with the name change process. Without his detailed step-by-step guide, I would have been so lost.
Thank you, Bill, SO MUCH for making our day so special. Our guests appreciated our quick ceremony and your wit! Thank you for the laughs and for taking away a lot of our stress!
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND BILL HOFFMAN!! :)
Bill did such an amazing job with officiating our wedding! From the very beginning, he was communicative, accommodating, friendly, and very easy to talk to throughout the planning ...
process. We enjoyed meeting with him beforehand to go over our script, and loved how he was able to cater it to our style. Our friends and family mentioned that they loved the humor he brought to the ceremony, and so did we. 10/10 would absolutely recommend!
Everything about Bill was absolutely perfect. Made us feel like we've known him forever!
Bill was absolutely amazing! He made our day so special by officiating for us. We were asked multiple times where we found Bill and how we knew him because he did such a great job ...
by making our guests laugh and share in our love. Bill was prompt, communicated well, coordinated with other vendors, and made the process stress free! We wouldn't have changed anything! If you're looking for an officiant, you won't go wrong choosing Bill!
Bill is amazing to work with! He is such a kind individual and really helped us throughout the planning process. Our ceremony was perfect and we highly recommend him and his servic...
es!
Billy was absolutely wonderful to work with for our wedding! He was very organized throughout the whole process and easy to communicate with. Billy was very thorough and made sure ...
all our wishes were met in planning the perfect ceremony specific to us. Thank you so much Billy!
Bill did an amazing job meeting our needs and being adaptable to any situation!
Can not speak highly enough of Bill. He made our special day that much better! Highly recommend!
Kelsey and I had an amazing experience with Bill. Luckily he already did my wife's brothers wedding so it made the decision very simple to pick him! We highly recommend him and his...
services!
We were so lucky to find Bill. We had the most beautiful, intimate and personal ceremony. Bill was professional and wrote us a lovely ceremony personalized for us. He was the perfe...
ct addition to our day. He worked flawlessly with our other vendors, knew when to be involved and when to step back. He even stepped out of the frame for our first kiss! He made sure it was all about our love and we’re so thankful to him for helping make our day absolute perfection. Everyone cried happy tears and our guests can’t stop saying how special the ceremony was. Thank you Bill <3
Bill made our ceremony short and sweet but beautiful! He helped calm the nerves and made it flow smoothly. He sent in our marriage license for us as well which helped majorly with ...
post wedding day tasks! Thanks Bill.
Did a wonderful job. Fun and professional.
It's a pleasure to work with Bill. He is pretty flexible and happy to customize the ceremony for us He planned one month ahead with us the details of the reading and vows, which he...
tailored to reflect our love story. In addition, although he lives far from the venue place, he still arrived pretty early for both our rehearsal and wedding.
Most importantly, he is very experienced and guided us through the ceremony step by step to make the whole process smooth and ensure no 'surprise' happened.
We will definitely recommend Bill to the ones who are looking for an officiant.
Bill was amazing!
We were pretty nervous about our big day and had no idea what to say but Bill handled everything and helped make our ceremony simple yet personalized, which is e...
xactly what we wanted. He has been extremely helpful through this whole process and made the day a breeze. Could not have asked for a better officiant!
Bill was great every step of way! He took the time to get to know us and personalized our ceremony to exactly what we wanted. He was very helpful during rehearsal and made sure ev...
eryone felt comfortable for the real thing. The whole experience was very smooth and I’d recommend him to any couple looking for an officiant for their special day!
Bill was a wonderful officiant to make our day special. He met with us prior to the rehearsal to get to know us better and make the ceremony personal. He was very adaptable to our ...
preferences to allow us to have a ceremony catered to what we wanted. I would highly recommend him to any couple in need of an officiant.
Bill was great to work with! We were looking for someone who wasn’t super religious, who has a sense of humor, and who we could relate to personally…and he checked all those boxes!...
We are grateful we found such a wonderful officiant and I would recommend him to anyone who is looking!
My (now) husband and I had a great experience working with Bill Hoffman as our wedding officiant! We wanted to work with someone who would bring joy and laughter to the ceremony, w...
hile making everyone feel welcome. Bill delivered on both! Our phone consult at booking and then our sit-down ahead of wedding day to map out our ceremony were both professional and fun. We walked away from both already laughing. He did a great job of directing the rehearsal, ensuring we were efficient but also thorough, so that the bridal party knew the what/where/when they needed to do things and that the ceremony musicians were comfortable with the pacing and transitions. And finally, for the day of the wedding, Bill delivered a beautiful ceremony that felt unique and personal and true to me and my husband, which is the most important. Thank you, Bill!
Bill was so great and helpful every step of the way. We had so many compliments about him from our guests and he brought love and laughter into our ceremony. He directed our rehers...
eal for us and even sent a free name change kit afterwards! He made our whole experience one to remember.
Bill was spectacular! He calmed down the groom and I, and added some humour! We highly recommend choosing him for your event!
Bill did an amazing job with our ceremony! It was the perfect fit for our style and he completely customized the entire thing to be what we wanted. Bill was organized and prompt an...
d we were so lucky to have him be a part of our special day. I would recommend him to every single person I know!
Bill was AMAZING!! He officiated both of our weddings - first our 2020 at home COVID wedding and then again in 2021 at our postponed ceremony. He was so great both times, we receiv...
ed so many complements about the ceremony because of him. He made the ceremony personal each time and kept it short and sweet (which is exactly what we wanted)! He was hilarious and helped us relax before each of our big days! He was also incredibly helpful - my husband and I didn't know where to start with figuring out what we wanted in our ceremony, but Bill made the process so easy. Bill was personable and professional. I appreciated his timely responses and he was such a joy to work with. We would highly recommend him for anyone that wants a fantastic wedding ceremony!!
STOP and read!!!!
Bill was absolutely the best officiant EVER! I do not know where to even start. From the first initial contact through The Knot - to the very informative phon...
e calls (and many laughs) - to our Big Day - he was absolutely perfect.
Do not even think about hiring anyone else. Even everyone that attended said how perfect our ceremony was and this could not have taken place without Bill.
He is 100%!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH BILL!!
Chelsea & Randy 10-3-21
I would definitely recommend Bill! He added personal touches to our ceremony and kept things light and fun, which really helped with the nerves! Not only was his message and speaki...
ng great, but he was also very knowledgeable, responsive, and organized.
Bill, simply put, is the BEST! He helped us customize everything we wanted in our wedding ceremony. We wanted to add a lasso ceremony as our unity ceremony and Bill took the time t...
o research it and then wrote a very beautiful piece that brought our loved ones to tears. His professionalism, humor, and guidance truly helped make our wedding and the whole planning experience very special and memorable. We will forever recommend him to anyone we come across looking for an amazing officiant for their wedding day! Thank you, Bill!
This could be the easiest decision you can make about your big day.
Bill was beyond helpful. From the first phone call, to even making sure I was taking breaths at the altar as I ...
awaited my soon-to-be wife walk down the aisle. (Thank you for that)
Great personality, all around a good time. The ceremony was exactly what we could have asked for and I know he would be able to make it happen for you as well.
Seriously, this is the slam-dunk of decisions you can make for your wedding.
Bill was amazing and would highly recommend! He went above and beyond to make the day so special for us!
Bill is hilarious, super helpful in all the steps from first to last, and will make sure things go smooth. Great dude. 10/10
Bill was very good. On time which is great because I stress when people are late. He was very funny , down to earth and personable. My husband and I were blessed to have him marry...
us!! Thank you Bill Hoffman
Billy was fantastic. Helped us craft the perfect ceremony tailored to exactly what we were looking for. Too bad we won’t be able to use his services again, but I highly recommend...
you do!
Bill was great! When our original elopement plans fell through in 2020 we decided to still elope just closer to home. Bill was timely in his communication with us, suggested a few ...
different places where we could go, and when my husband and I said we wanted a short and sweet ceremony that's exactly what we got! Definitely recommend!
Billy is great!!! On time! Does a wonderful job during the ceremony! I highly recommend him
Billy was very professional and sweet. He even found a way to incorporate the groom’s children into the ceremony using ribbons. I would highly recommend him!
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