Sherry was such a wonderful person to officiate our wedding! She was truly a joy to work with. She was very flexible, and allowed a lot of creativity to my husband, who really wanted to help write the ceremony script. She had great communication, and was so helpful, kind, and supportive throughout the entire process, making sure everything was to our wishes. She even helped me with my veil and hair before the ceremony, and made sure last minute changes to our marriage license were filed correctly. Highly recommend! Thank you so, so much for everything Sherry! We’re truly so grateful for you, and everything you did to ensure our ceremony was perfect for us. We’ll be sure to share photos when we receive our gallery!
Amber L.
5.0
Sherry was so wonderful to work with. She worked with what we wanted for our wedding and the ceremony was beautiful. We wanted a handfasting and she was able to seamlessly add it in. Thank you so much for helping make our day perfect.
Heather Q.
5.0
About this vendor
Sherry Maynard
OWNER
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AWARD WINNER (2X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
"I Do" Weddings is a certified wedding officiant business serving Western New York and the surrounding areas. Their professional and friendly officiants work closely with couples to develop the ceremony of your dreams.
With a wealth of experience in a wide variety of ceremony styles, the “I Do” Weddings team can perform religious, traditional, contemporary, and civil services. They also provide vow renewal services for couples who want to restate their love. Their officiants are flexible with ceremony locations and sizes, so they can orchestrate the perfect service whether you are planning an intimate affair, elopement, or grand celebration. They take the time to get to know each individual couple so that their creative, unique orations accurately reflect each newlywed's love story.
Contact "I Do" Weddings to start planning your special day, starting with a ceremony you and your loved ones will never forget.
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Meet the team
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Sherry Maynard
Owner
Sherry was ordained in June of 2015 by the Universal Life Church. She enjoys working with the newly engaged couple and helping them create the ceremony that matches their likes and traditions. She will help you plan the vows, readings, prayers, poems, and special touches, that will make the service something to remember. She can help you create an "Out of the Box" Service or a Traditional Ceremony. Sherry will guide and support you as you plan "Your Dream Wedding". Sherry makes planning this part of the Wedding as easy as saying "I Do".
Mark Ruff
Officiant
Mark was ordained in 2017 and joined the team in 2020. Mark will work with you to custom design your perfect ceremony. He will embrace your ideas to ensure your wedding is both beautiful and memorable.
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The officiants were warm, professional, and very accommodating, helping couples craft personalized ceremonies (including handfastings), assisting with vows and last‑minute license details. They communicated promptly, met beforehand, and guided rehearsals so couples felt comfortable. Reviewers praised their calm, supportive presence and highly recommend their services.
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Amber L
5.0
Sherry was such a wonderful person to officiate our wedding! She was truly a joy to work with. She was very flexible, and allowed a lot of creativity to my husband, who really want...
ed to help write the ceremony script. She had great communication, and was so helpful, kind, and supportive throughout the entire process, making sure everything was to our wishes. She even helped me with my veil and hair before the ceremony, and made sure last minute changes to our marriage license were filed correctly. Highly recommend! Thank you so, so much for everything Sherry! We’re truly so grateful for you, and everything you did to ensure our ceremony was perfect for us. We’ll be sure to share photos when we receive our gallery!
Heather Q
5.0
Sherry was so wonderful to work with. She worked with what we wanted for our wedding and the ceremony was beautiful. We wanted a handfasting and she was able to seamlessly add it i...
n. Thank you so much for helping make our day perfect.
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Emma Z
5.0
Sherry was awesome and professional, thank you!
Hannah B
5.0
Mark was excellent. He really listened to what we were looking for and followed through. We greatly appreciate his kindness and care. He even met with us prior to our wedding day a...
nd made sure we were all comfortable. He was so so great and made our day go so smoothly
Emily H
5.0
Mark did an amazing job getting to know us personally and to include special things about us in our ceremony. He is very thorough and professional! I definitely recommended him to ...
others
Caitlyn H
5.0
Sherry was incredible! She was so friendly and made getting through our ceremony a breeze. Sherry was very accommodating with adding and creating our vows and communication with he...
r was excellent!!
Colin V
5.0
Sherry was a wonderful officient. Even when things didn't quite go to plan, she was accommodating and lovely. Would recommend to anyone.
Ed W
5.0
Sherry was wonderful!!!! She was very personable and easy to deal with. She met us last minute and was able to help put together the ceremony that we wanted. I highly recommend her...
for your wedding.
Remi M
5.0
Sherry was incredible! Our communication before the ceremony was quick and easy. She provided a couple examples once we told her our thoughts on the ceremony. The day of our ceremo...
ny she spoke beautifully and made our day so special. Highly recommend!
Julia T
5.0
Sherry was wonderful to work with. She kept us up to speed on what we should be doing as a couple leading up to our ceremony, met with us on Zoom to hash out details, and helped na...
vigate our rehearsal with our wedding party and family. Sherry also was a huge comfort during our ceremony, guiding us through the moment even though we were both nervous. She stayed professional and composed during the ceremony. We're so happy we worked with her!
Rosemarie G
5.0
Very professional and responsive to all inquiries. Felt very comfortable with the service provided. I would recommend "I do" to all.
Cindy L
5.0
Sherry was very professional and warm person. She helped us with our vows . And kept us on track in the process. She helped us relaxed an enjoy our ceremony. I would highly recomme...
nd her
Rachael T
5.0
Sherry did a great job directing us through the process and performing the ceremony. We highly recommend her!
Erin W
5.0
Sherry was so sweet and made the wedding ceremony go seamlessly. She captured exactly what the couple was looking for and made their ceremony intimate, but short and sweet. Sherry ...
was incredibly quick getting back to us and it made the whole process easy! We absolutely loved having her!
Myra N
4.0
Sherry was very professional and the service went smoothly. There was a delay in her correspondence to me. I contacted her about 4 weeks before the wedding, maybe I didn't allow e...
nough time.
Lauren K
5.0
We are so happy we decided to hire Sherry as our wedding officiant. She took everything we said we wanted in our (short but meaningful) ceremony and made it perfectly "us". Sherr...
y is very communicative, helpful, and just an all around sweet person. Highly highly recommend!!
Chelsea Z
5.0
Sherry was delightful to work with!!! She put together a beautiful ceremony for us, even incorporating a "unity toast" between our fathers! We can't recommend her enough!
William S
5.0
10/10 STARS! I asked Sherry to officiant our wedding on a boat in the middle of a waterfall. She signed up with no questions asked! Everything was absolutely perfect! Sherry was he...
lpful, friendly, and beyond punctual. We could not have done it without her. I can't express how truly grateful we are for everything she did. Anytime we needed something, she was always there for us. Everything was effortless with Sherry. We are honored to have had her as part of our private ceremony and be thrown around the Maid of the Mist with us. It was truly a magical experience and Sherry was a huge part of making it happen. We are truly grateful and could not have asked for a better officiant! Thank you again for everything!
Maria H
5.0
Highly recommend! Sherry performed the perfect ceremony for us! I enjoyed working with her, she made everything so easy for us!
Vermonica J
5.0
Sherry was amazing! Sherry put together a great ceremony template using what was important to my now husband and I. She was courteous and kind, especially with the curve balls we w...
ere thrown during our planning process. My husband and I recommend her for whoever is looking for an officiant!
Nicole S
5.0
Sherry is amazing! She was promptly on time, and said the most beautiful words during the ceremony. All in all she was a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend using I Do Wed...
dings for your wedding officiant needs!
Noel N
5.0
From the moment me met sherry we knew she would be perfect marrying us! She can create your ceremony however you would like it to be and makes suggestions along the way to help mak...
e it very special. She was so easy to talk to and we were so pleased on how beautiful our ceremony was all because of her! Thank you so much Sherry for everything.
Melissa W
5.0
To whom it may concern, our over all experience was beyond satisfactory. Sherry Maynard made the process not only simple and easy but it was also fun. My wife and I had a marvelous...
experience and highly recommend her service to all of our family, extended family, and friends!
Kelly L
5.0
Sherry did a wonderful job as our officiant at our wedding ceremony! She was kind, organized, easy to communicate with, and really helped to make my husband and I feel comfortable...
. She was great to communicate beforehand with as well! I highly recommend her as an officiant! Wonderful job!
Mary A
5.0
I highly recommend Sherry with “I Do” Weddings! Leading up to our wedding she was extremely helpful and easy to communicate with. Even though we hadn’t met in person until the wedd...
ing day, Sherry made my husband and I feel very comfortable. Her demeanor is warm and welcoming and her delivery of our ceremony was very professional. Thank you Sherry!
Kenneth B
5.0
Our officiant did a great job during the ceremony, but more importantly Sherry wrote in a section to include our daughter, and had a lot of good advice to really make our wedding e...
verything we wanted. We would definitely recommend her.
Jillian K
5.0
We are so thankful to have found Sherry for our wedding ceremony. She was wonderful to work with. We first met via face time to get to know each other and she was so down to earth ...
and instantly made my fiance (now husband) and I so comfortable and calm. We knew that she would be perfect to officiate our ceremony. She was extremely flexible with the ceremony. We chose to have her send us sample scripts and we pieced what we liked together and sent it to her. Sherry was so helpful at our rehearsal. She gave us clear directions and really made us feel relaxed through the entire process. Our actual ceremony was perfect. It went exactly how we had planned. Sherry provided us with a unforgettable ceremony and we are so happy we decided to go with her. We can't imagine our day any other way!
Katrina L
5.0
Sherry is very patient, kind, and easy to talk to. She accommodated everything we wanted for our ceremony and was an absolute pleasure to work with. Everything turned out great! I...
’d definitely recommend Sherry to anyone getting married in the Buffalo/Niagara region!
Jill F
5.0
Sherry was fantastic and extremely professional. She absolutely captured what we wanted for our ceremony. We would definitely recommend her to anyone!!!
Janine E
5.0
Sherry was so great to work with! I went into wedding planning without a clue what to do for the ceremony and Sherry was very helpful in providing guidance. She sent me a few templ...
ates of different ceremony options which was very insightful. She was very personable throughout the process and communication lines were always open. I would definitely recommend working with Sherry and “I Do” weddings!
Priyanka M
5.0
Sherry was great! She tailored the ceremony to what we wanted. She was very flexible and helped us make our day very special! Highly recommend her.
Mindi L
5.0
Sherry was the perfect fit for our backyard wedding. She met with us beforehand to ensure everything was exactly the way we wanted. She checked in with us up until the wedding to m...
ake sure everything was perfect for our special day. I even needed to push the ceremony back a half hour the day before and she was so accommodating. Our ceremony was beautiful and it was in large part to Sherry!
Alicia C
5.0
Sherry, thank you for making our wedding day so special! We can’t say enough about how wonderful you were and how easy it was to contact and communicate our wants with you! You he...
lped us feel comfortable throughout the entire process and loved the personal touches you added to our ceremony. Your flexibility and easy-going personality is amazing and we would recommend you to anyone looking to get married! We appreciate everything and thank you so much, Alicia & Allison.
Allison D
5.0
Sherry made my wife’s and my day that much more special! She not only added a personal touch to our ceremony but she was extremely personable throughout the entire process! From ou...
r first meeting of finding out specifics that we wanted, to opening her schedule up to assist at our rehearsal! We couldn’t be happier with Sherry and we would recommend her to anyone looking to get married! Thank you Sherry, from the bottom of our hearts, Allison & Alicia.
Gabby A
5.0
Sherry was absolutely wonderful to work with! She took the time to get to know us and made the ceremony extremely personal. Sherry was willing to answer our last minute questions...
and let us create the ceremony we wanted. My husband and I couldn't be happier with our choice to have Sherry as a part of our day.
Renae H
5.0
Sherry is the best! She made our special day even more perfect than I could have imagined. Very professional and punctual. She made herself available to us any day/any time to disc...
uss details and changes and was open to anything. She added personal touches to make our ceremony one of a kind. I would recommend her to anyone!
