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Your wedding is a special day and your marriage is the most meaningful relationship. I care deeply about both. I enjoy getting to know you through premarital counseling and helping you prepare for a great marriage. Getting to know you makes for a great wedding. Contact me today for availability!
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If you’re looking for a sign here it is… After months of planning then came time to find the perfect fit to marry us. We found each other but how could we find someone who fits both of our families needs?
My Husband Tyler comes from a Catholic background and my family comes from a loose Christian background. Finding someone who satisfied both families with different religious views to little to no religious views at all was going to be a challenge. Tyler and I took a leap of faith and reached out to Griff and we are forever grateful we did.
We started off with a rather lengthy questionnaire so Griff could have a better understanding of us individually but also us as a pair. Upon entering our first of four premarital sessions, Tyler openly admitted he didn’t really think four sessions were necessary but we’d give it a go. After completing our first session with Griff (and Mitch), we quickly realized our search was over.
The 4 premarital sessions consist of deep conversations about subjects (money, family, good/bad habits, priorities, religion, etc.) you may not realize would impact your relationship negatively with time. Griff (and Mitch) took the time to listen to us, guide us and better us as we enter a whole new journey as Mr & Mrs.
The communication skillsets and mindsets we have taken away from our session are the greatest things we could have invested in ourselves personally, and into our new marriage together. Tyler and I have never felt closer and we owe that to Griff (and Mitch) for showing us how to let down any walls, be vulnerable, open our hearts and minds to each other and to become growth partners.
On 9/17/22 two families with different backgrounds, different beliefs, different visions of what our wedding should be became one. Invest in your relationship and grow together. It’s the most rewarding thing to take away from a new marriage, you’ll be thankful you did.
We love you Griff and Mitch! We hope to see you at Crossroads soon. -TNT
Griff is seriously such a blessing!! He helped us prepare for marriage through four premarital counseling sessions that were faith-based and very specific to our personalities and family background. He is a great combo of fun loving and also serious when needed. He is a great listener, communicator, very personable and has so much wisdom to give. As an officiant he is great in front of crowds and wrote his script based on our conversations. We grew so close to him over our time together that we really have gained a great friend and mentor. We are so glad we picked him and have no regrets!
Griff is amazing! Our officiant was unable to make it from South Africa the week of our wedding due to Covid travel restrictions so we were scrambling and stumbled upon Griff on The Knot. I am SO glad we did! He met my husband and I for coffee a couple of days before our wedding and chatted with us both to get to know us a little bit before our big day. You would have never have guessed that we had just met him when he performed our ceremony. He put in personal touches and stories of us as a couple, a bit of humor, and uplifting verses. He did such a fantastic job. We have had so many of our guests tell us how great our ceremony was and it was definitely because of Griff.
Amazing! We found Griff on theknot.com but instantly knew he was the right fit! His counseling and guidance was so valuable we know we will use it for the rest of our lives. He made our ceremony personal, uplifting and rooted in faith. He has become a part of the family, and we are so grateful he was a part of our wedding and now our lives!
We stumbled upon Griff through The Knot and man are we so glad that we did! Marriage Counseling was by far one of our favorite parts of wedding preparation. We learned so much about each other and how to better our relationship in the time we spent with Griff. We are so thankful for his guidance and friendship. The sermon for our wedding was so beautifully written and spoken. The words he spoke are some that we will treasure forever. We are so thankful that God brought us to Griff.
Thank you for everything, Griff! Our marriage is sweeter because of the role you played in our engagement season. We love you!
If you are reading this, rest assured. You have found the best wedding officiant you possibly could.
I met Griff a couple of years ago when I was scrolling The Knot looking for someone to officiate our marriage. My husband and I met with Griff in person at Panera bread. We were immediately sure that Griff was going to be the person to marry us.
Our first counseling session with Griff was very eye opening. To this day we are positively influenced by the lessons Griff taught us. He genuinely cared about our commitment to each other and wanted us to have an amazing wedding day AND marriage.
We attended four counseling sessions with Griff and every single one of them furthered our relationship and prepared us for marriage. My husband (who was initially very against the idea of pre-martial counseling) and I both really looked forward to each lesson and we enjoyed our time with Griff.
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed itself about a month before our wedding. In a matter of 30 days, two years of wedding planning went down the tubes. We lost our venue/caterer/DJ/wedding party/ and about 200 guests...thirty weeks before our wedding.
So, we did what we had to do in order to still get married. We moved the wedding to a private residence and cut the guest list down to 10 people. Out of 200 people, there was really only 1 person (besides my husband and myself) that was essential for us to be married and that person was Griff.
Choosing who will connect you and your spouse for the rest of your life is a big decision. I am so incredibly grateful that this website introduced us to Griff and brought his good vibes into our marriage. We really can't thank this man enough for everything he has taught us and we will always have love for him. 10/10 would recommend.
Wow. Griff was awesome from beginning to end. Looking for an officiant initially seemed daunting, because my husband and I are by no means religious. We wanted that little special touch. I also wanted to attend pre-marital counseling, because I wanted to be prepared during marriage for the hardships. Upon first meeting, my husband and I were blown away. Griff is such a personable individual. He made us feel comfortable from the beginning. He told us personal stories and that made him very relatable. He prayed with us and spoke to us about the Lord. My husband and I are planning to go back to church because of Griff! The week of our wedding, Griff met with my husband and I individually to get an idea of our love story (to add that personal touch to our ceremony). He knocked it out of the park. My husband and I both laughed and cried during our ceremony. We got many compliments on how well Griff did. The fact that he was able to intertwine some religion, comedy, and seriousness into our ceremony was everything that we wanted. We are so blessed that Griff was able to participate in our ceremony. I will recommend him time and time again to anyone who is going to be getting married in the near future.
I can't begin to express how wonderful Griff is, as an officiant, a mentor, and now a friend. I found Griff thru the Knot and was immediately impressed by his glowing reviews. After meeting with him the first time, my now husband and I knew he was the one we wanted to officiate our ceremony. We learned a lot thru him during our premarital sessions and felt comfortable in discussing the not so glamorous parts of being a couple. He made our wedding so special, thru lots of tears and laughs. I can't being to tell you how many people came up afterwards and said that they had never been to a ceremony like ours, one that was so personal. They thought that Griff was our longtime friend, rather than someone we had just met a few months prior. I fully recommend Griff, he has such a special gift!
Griff was the perfect officiant for our wedding. He charges $500 but includes premarital counseling which I would recommend to any couple, no matter the relationship. During these sessions, Griff really gets to know you as individuals and a couple, and can bring this personalization into the ceremony. He genuinely cares and wants you to succeed in your marriage. We got many compliments on the ceremony, which was mainly all Griff. Would highly recommend!
If you are looking for someone to guide you and your soon to be spouse, someone to encourage you both to be better for yourself and each other, or just someone who you can talk to in order to give you a better perspective on things, Griff is your guy! My husband and I agree that throughout the entire wedding process, by far the best part was meeting Griff and learning from him through premarital counseling! He takes the time to get to know you both and to help you improve things so you can be better for each other. He makes your ceremony personable, fun, and something you both will remember for the rest of your lives! We are so thankful for Griff and everything he has done to help us!
Griff officiated mine and my wife's wedding this past summer. He done a terrific job throughout the entire process. Not only did he make the ceremony perfect, but he really helped guide us towards finding out exactly how we wanted the ceremony to be done. He is full of wonderful ideas for any type of wedding ceremony. We did not know Griff before asking him to be our officiant. We attended a wedding that he officiated a few years ago and this is how we found out about him. He done a wonderful job gathering background information on us both to make the ceremony more personal. He kept us laughing throughout the ceremony, as well as supplied a wonderful deep message. He also usually requires couples to complete premarital counseling. Me being a guy, I was not really looking forward to this part of it all, but after the first session I knew it would be very beneficial and enjoyable. These sessions do not take a lot of time and really help prepare you for marriage. I would highly recommend Griff to anyone looking for a wonderful enthusiastic officiant.
Robert and I waited a long time to get married, and we thought premarital counseling would immensely enrich our marriage!! Well, with Griff Ray's help, encouragement, and counseling, it certainly paved the way for a kick start to a healthy, happy, and successful marriage. We covered a lot of personal issues, (some topics were very difficult to discuss) but Griff offered unbiased opinions and nonjudgmental counseling in order to help us understand what it would take to move forward together. Griff did a fantastic job helping us see that even though our spiritual journey is different, God can bless each of us individually as well as together as a couple. We had no idea what to expect at the wedding ceremony, but because we invested our time into the premaritial counseling, Griff captured our personalities and love for each other perfectly. He nailed it!!! Our ceremony was filled with tears, laughter, truth, and love. We were married last October (2013) and we are still talking about how special Griff made our ceremony. We feel incredibly blessed to call Griff our friend, and someone who truly wanted to make our day memorable. If you want your wedding to have that extra special touch, please take the time to reach out to Griff Ray. We love him dearly and trust that he would offer the same type of counseling to other couples that he so lovingly offered to us. And WOW, he will make your ceremony sincere, fun, and entertaining!!!
- Whitney & Robert Johnston
Meeting with Griff during the premarital stages of our wedding planning was actually fun and an experience we learned so much from. Griff's transparency and genuineness was something that will stick with us throughout our marriage. Griff made sure that while the process was followed that it was personalized and made relevant to our relationship and the future of our relationship. The wedding day could not have been any better than we had hoped. Griff was like one of the family joining two people that he truly loved and was excited to be officiating over them coming together. His message of love, marriage and personal touch on our promises have still been talked about amongst our guests to this day. Griff's sense of humor, communication skills, professionalism and his genuineness will not be matched by any other. We truly love that Griff was a part of our day and will be in our lives forever!
Griff Ray is the most personable and loving guy you may ever meet. I have been a member of his church for 15 years and have always been so inspired by him. I contacted him about officiating my wedding maybe 3 weeks before the date I had chosen. He was very happy to hear of our plans but asked if there was any way to push the date so we could do premarital counseling to prepare my husband and I for a Godly marriage. I like to think of myself as a Christian woman and felt like, "I got this" but I REALLY wanted him to officiate so I agreed. It was the BEST thing that I've ever done in my life, besides have my children. :) My husband and I took so much away from our time with him. He prepared us in so many areas and I'm certain that if we continue to apply what we learned, our marriage will last forever. Griff gets to know you on such a personal level, he makes you feel like family. The sessions with him are so inviting, relaxing and fun. My wedding was a small vintage wedding where I wanted to focus on family and love. Griff made the ceremony so personal, it brought tears to eyes. He also made me laugh. For weeks, my family and friends bragged about how wonderful he is. I highly recommend Griff Ray and his counseling services to prepare you for a life long marriage. He is one of a kind that's for sure and we love him!
We have known Griff Ray for several years. Although we are not official members of his church, he has been there for our family many times since 2008. He performed the marriage service for one of our daughters, which many of the attendees said was one of the most personal weddings they had ever attended. He took the time to really get to know our daughter and her fiance', which came through in his service. Everyone felt like they knew our children personally because of the care Griff took in getting to know them and their story. We were then privileged ourselves last year to go through premarital counseling with Griff before he married us in our home in February of this year. We had dated for almost 10 years, but found it extremely helpful to go through the exercises Griff gave us that challenged our communication skills, marriage expectations, financial considerations, family issues, and spirituality. Again, Griff did an outstanding job in making us feel very special and comfortable. He listened to our feelings and tailored his service and message accordingly. We would recommend Griff Ray to anyone looking for a personalized and meaningful wedding experience.
We had the privilege to work Pastor Griff Ray for our premarital counseling sessions. Being an older established couple, he formulated the counseling to our needs and really made it personal. We openly discussed goals, dreams, finances, life and situations that could come up in the future and how to handle both the communication and the stress aspect. Griff guided and mediated our discussions and allowed us to grow as a couple. I think often couples are scared of the word "counseling." His relaxing atmosphere, compassion and love for aiding in successful marriages made it an easy choice for us to chose him. We really enjoyed our time with him and he helped prepare us for the road ahead. Since our marriage, 3 years ago, we have grown so much as a couple and survived a military deployment, just shortly after. Without strong bonds in our Christian faith and a wonderful support group, that his church help create things could have been much harder. We have and will continue to recommend him to friends and family. Pastor Griff Ray has and will continue to be part of our family. Oh and I forgot to add, we have had tons of compliments of how beautiful and personal he made our ceremony. He really chimed in on our humor and love for each other. I can recall it like it was yesterday and the time and effort he put in with forever be in our hearts.
As a bride, I wanted my wedding to be as perfect as possible, and in order to do that, I wanted to have a personal touch added and that is exactly what Griff Ray was able to do. Through pre-marital counseling, Griff was able to get to know my husband and I in a very positive and personal way, leading up to our wedding day. He did an amazing job and I even had guest compliment how good of job he did during the ceremony. He made me more than happy that day!!!!!
Griff did an amazing job throughout the entire process from premarital counseling to the ceremony. I would highly recommend him(and have to many friends).
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