About this vendor
I love weddings, and I love giving my couples a wedding experience they will treasure for the rest of their lives. Your wedding should be as wonderful and unique as you are. It should celebrate your love with cherished family and friends, and fill you with happy memories when you think back on how you began your journey together as one. The ceremonies I write celebrate love, marriage, partnership, and connection.
I have been ordained since 2014 and I am currently licensed to perform marriage ceremonies in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Maryland. I am very happy to marry any loving, consenting couple who wants to tie the knot.
I'm engaging and energetic, light-hearted and elegant, and my voice is somehow both powerful and soothing at the same time. Decades of singing opera, narrating audiobooks, and being a public orator has given me the perfect combination of presence and voice to deliver an unforgettable wedding ceremony. I would love to share those gifts with you on your wedding day.
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Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Orthodox
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Pagan
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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Throughout life, we experience several life-changing events, but once you find your person, your wedding day is quite possibly one of the most memorable and important ones. Even if the celebration is small and intimate, we still try our best to make it as perfect as it can be and, in my opinion, the person you choose to officiate that marriage is, by far, one of the most essential details.
I got married to my best friend just a few days ago, and I am leaving this review because I am beyond grateful to have had the chance to meet Michael and have him officiate our ceremony. My husband and I aren't the most typical; we are both nerds, both introverts, and both neurodivergent. We aimed for our wedding to represent us in every possible way, and to be totally honest, before we met Michael, we struggled to find an officiant who understood us and gave us the feeling we were in good hands. Michael not only took the time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple, but he also went above and beyond to tailor his speech to perfection. He found the exact words to make us feel seen, amused, understood, and absolutely happy. He even researched the videogame I met my husband in and used a few of the beautiful phrases our favorite characters say.
As if that weren’t impressive enough, he was the very first person to arrive at the ceremony, looking sharp in his suit, ready for anything that came our way. Did you forget a ring box? No worries, he had one. Would your makeup get ruined with all the tears? Fear not. He had Q-tips and tissues in every pocket. For those who get the reference, his suit was like Mary Poppins bag. He also made sure we were calm, relaxed, and happy before stepping outside the bridal room and helped us with all introductions and announcements. Throughout the entire event, and even before that, communication was smooth, prompt, and transparent. I could keep going about how impressed and grateful we are to have hired him, but I believe this review says we absolutely recommend him clearly enough.
Michael, you are wonderful! We enjoyed every bit of our wedding day and a lot of that had to do with having you as our photographer. Arriving early to multiple locations the day of…the relief I felt when I saw you pull up I knew we were going to have a fantastic day. You are incredibly organized, thoughtful, calm and fun!! When our hand fasting cord got left behind, you went running mid ceremony to find it even tho you didn’t have to..only taking maybe 2 min to find it amongst all the craziness of wedding decor, boxes, bridesmaids bags and who only knows what else!!…then running it out to our outdoor ceremony (those longs legs help!) I believe you knew where more things were than any of us did the day of!! My husband, so grateful for your humor and professionalism was beyond thankful when you would fix his boutonnière and in the moment tell him things to help keep everything going smoothly…like not to hug people wearing makeup the way he was bc he’s so tall too, that they were smearing all over his suit but you pulled out a shout wipe, cleaned him up and kept it moving. Communication from our first phone call all the way through after the wedding was impeccable. We had a blast doing all of our photos, you keep it light and fun so everyone can relax and you can get the shots we wanted, to have our wedding day story told so beautifully. Really we couldn’t be happier and more amazed by you! Thank you for so much and for helping to give us a FANTASTIC day. Would love to work with you again, even hang out with you as friends, you felt like family 🤍
Michael Chadwick was the perfect choice as the officiant for our Harry Potter-themed ceremony. We wanted the ceremony to be short yet elegant, with a few Harry Potter quotes, and Michael delivered. He provided a mock-up of the ceremony that included our vows (which we didn’t write ourselves) and even added some jokes to keep things light. Michael was a joy to interact with, both for us and our family and guests. He also guided us through the process of filing the marriage license. We would 100% recommend him!"
Everything was perfect, beautiful day, thank you. I highly recommend it
Michael was phenomenal officiating our wedding in Philadelphia. He was consistently responsive and made the process seamless to help customize our wedding ceremony prior. On our wedding day, he arrived ahead of time to go over the final details. He was sharp with his delivery and kept everything smooth for my wife and me during our ceremony. Later in the night, my married friends were especially complimentary of our officiant selection!
My wife and I chose Michael as our wedding officiant in New Jersey and we were both delighted on how smooth the process was between the initial preparation and ceremony. Michael is very professional, sociable, easy-going, and kept an open line of communication with us from the beginning. The delivery of the announcement, speech, and vows during our ceremony was well articulated and something that we will always remember. We also had the perfect timing for our ceremony and nearly avoided the terrible weather that arrived about an hour later. Thank you so much, Michael! We will highly recommend you in the future to our friends and family.
Michael did a perfect job officiating our wedding. The entire process was so easy. From our initial calls, to working on the script he put together, to helping my now wife with her vows on the wedding day - Michael was so helpful and easy to work with every step of the way. We had an idea of what we wanted in a ceremony, and Michael took our loose ideas and absolutely nailed it. The ceremony he put together for us was absolutely perfect. It felt like he had known us our entire lives. We had several guests ask where we found such a great officiant and comment on what a great job he did. We weren't putting a huge emphasis on our ceremony, as we had always wanted a ceremony on the shorter side, but it ended up being one of the highlights of the day. We'll treasure those moments for the rest of our lives, and Michael is to thank for that. We're absolutely thrilled with our ceremony and we would recommend Michael to anyone without a doubt!!
I could not have been happier with our choice to use Michael Chadwick for our wedding. He helped make our wedding as stress-free as possible, and there were certainly a few unexpected moments during our wedding day that tried to raise our stress levels. He was professional, helpful, and working with him was sincerely a pleasure. I was amazed at how flexible he was and how he really worked with my wife and I to give us the best possible day for our wedding. Our guests are still talking about how wonderful he was and I can’t imagine having anyone else work with us for our wedding.
Michael did a great job officiating our wedding! He made the whole process so easy and did an amazing job writing out our ceremony. It was short and sweet, just the way we wanted it. He also improvised when our unity candles kept blowing out with the wind! We are so glad we choose Chadwick Weddings!
Wonderful service. Short and sweet and very heartfelt. We went with an elopement and it was beautiful.
Great communications, made us feel comfortable and relaxed. Performed a beautiful ceremony for us. We are very happy with Michael Chadwick and highly recommend him.
There were plenty of things to stress out about over rainy weather for our garden wedding, but Michael was not one of them. He was amazing. From the beginning, Michael was kind, responsive, and communicative. He was clearly very experienced with weddings because he also offered some excellent advice about planning as well. He sent over the initial draft and it was perfect on the first try. We didn't change a thing! He incorporated our cultural traditions seamlessly and even put a few LOTR references at our request.
Due to scheduling issues, we didn't do a rehearsal, but Michael didn't need one! During our actual ceremony, he was insightful, funny, and eloquent. We had so many people coming up to us saying how beautiful our ceremony was. Thank you Michael for make it easy for us! We would recommend Michael to anyone looking for an officiant!
My ceremony was my favorite part of my entire wedding day and it is all thanks to Michael Chadwick! I wish that I had a reason to use him again because he was so charismatic, caring, and fun to talk to and he is great at what he does. I will ABSOLUTELY be recommending him to anyone I can. My ceremony in my husband and my eyes could not have been anymore perfect. When he emailed us the ceremony script he wrote we didn’t change a thing, he nailed it the first time around. We sent him bullet points of tv shows we liked, movies we liked, details about our relationship and I was amazed at how beautifully he incorporated everything. He really got to know us as a couple and our ceremony was a perfect representation of us and our love. Thank you Michael for making our wedding day so special and truly a day I will never forget. 10/10 would recommend!!!
Michael was a great officiant. Communication prior to the event was easy and his response time was impeccable. We decided last minute that we were going to elope and gave him a call. He answered, we found a date that worked and he sent over the information and scripts that night. Everything was so easy and stress free. Day of the ceremony, he showed up early, was very kind and helpful, and read the scripts exactly as planned. Easy to talk to, punctual, helpful and informative. Overall great experience and would highly recommend Michael Chadwick.
He is an amazing help to the process of everything! Has so much knowledge and even helped incorporate some favorite movie lines into the wedding!! Could not have asked for better results.
Michael was not only punctual and professional but had a great personality! He was so patient and kind and had a great sense of humor which made us both feel extremely comfortable! We really felt like we had known him a long time! I just know that any couple that chooses him for their ceremony would not be disappointed! He is truly the best!
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