About this vendor
I am not for everyone and that is okay! It's important that you feel comfortable with your officiant; make sure you meet them before you hire them. Call or text Meg (203) 464-2484, to schedule an online (Zoom, Skype or your favorite platform) or in person, no obligation consultation.
Meg’s Ceremonies crafts thoughtful wedding services based in Davis, CA. Founder Meg Gurley is a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, earning her qualification from the Celebrant Institute & Foundation. She approaches each special event with a custom sense of care. Passionate about people and their unique stories of unity, she aims to accurately represent each couple that chooses her services.
Meg’s foremost experience comes from a place of empathy. In her former occupations as a registered nurse, teacher, and community volunteer coordinator, she gained a keen insight into what makes partnerships unique. She is an ordained minister with the American Marriage Ministries and is well versed in the traditions of many major religions. This flexibility of knowledge is key to her practice and allows her to create ceremonies that make each member feel represented. Each couples’ story deserves to be told with its own unique narrative. Your collaboration with her to craft an engaging service is of utmost importance. She works tirelessly to ensure that each facet of your personality and connection with one another shines through in your stories.
Meg wants to ensure that, as an officiant, she is your perfect match. Clients are offered an interview to determine if her style fits the vision of their wedding. Following that, Meg will conduct a number of in-depth consultations to further familiarize herself with your story. Final edits are always down to the celebrating couple.
Meg can also write a personal ceremony for a close friend or family member to read.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Interfaith
- Secular
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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out of 5.035 reviews
Meg officiated our wedding and I’m so glad we chose her. She was a dream to work with, so kind and understanding. She really brought our love story to life on our special day. She ...
gave us options and was open to revisions as we all worked together to find the best words for the occasion. Thank you so much for your work Meg, you are fantastic at what you do!!
Meg made our ceremony so special. We answered questions and from that Meg put together the most loving, funny, and heartfelt ceremony. Felt like we knew her for years. I highly rec...
ommend her.
We cannot recommend Meg enough! The ceremony she created for us was everything we wanted and more. It was personal, thoughtful, and witty and everyone was touched. Meg is also an a...
bsolute joy to work with. She is kind and helpful and her positive energy added to the wonder of the day.
Magical. Meg has a gift. Her ability to weave together our story and walk our guests through it was mesmerizing. Her calming presence helped our guests and us navigate the various...
components of our ceremony. She created magic and in the end, helped us formalize our newly blended family. We are so grateful!
I cannot tell you how many of our friends and family asked us how we personally knew Meg. She put together the MOST beautiful ceremony for us and was open to any and all changes we...
asked her to make. Meg is extremely professional but also allows you to open up personally to make the most unique and real ceremony possible. We would wholeheartedly recommend Meg to anyone looking for a warm, personal, non religious ceremony.
We love Meg!
Meg was extremely kind and helpful. She asks all the right questions and makes it seem as if shes known you for years. She perfectly captured our relationship.
Meg is so fun to talk to! She was utterly amazing. She helped us not only officiate the wedding but just with some of the planning and day of. Our guests wanted to know how long we...
’ve known her, that’s how personable she made our wedding. She told our story and I could not have been happier with the way it went.
Meg married us on 5/6/23 and we are SO GLAD that she officiated our wedding!!! I cannot tell you how many times guests said, "That ceremony was amazing!" She wrote such a beautiful...
, unique ceremony and did such a wonderful job of sharing our love story! She seemed to know us so well that guests thought she must have been my aunt or a dear family friend. It is clear how much thought and care she puts into writing each ceremony. She was an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. She is kind, down to earth, and has such a grounded and calming presence (trust me, this is an important quality because you are going to be nervous!). She has my highest possible recommendation. The ceremony is the most important part of your wedding day. Call her. You won't regret it!!!
Meg is THE BEST!!! All our guests LOVED her speech and thought she was our personal friend. Meg has such a radiant energy about her that it brings smiles all around. She is kind, f...
unny, and such a joy to work with. She made the process really fun for us before and during the wedding ceremony.
We were in need of a new officiant two months before our wedding because our bestfriend suffered a stroke. Meg was the first officiant on a list of other officiants we were going to interview and we immediately fell in love with her. No other officiants we've zoomed called with connected with us the way Meg did. There was something about her energy and her enthusiasm about us that made my husband and I feel comfortable working with her. She's like a ray of sunshine and happiness.
Upon hiring Meg, she worked with us on a deeper level to understand us and our story better. She gave us both questionnaires and a survey to get to know our personalities. The best part is with the information she gathered from our zoom meeting, questionnaires/survey, wedding website, and talking with us she went and done her research. By research I meant that she created the most beautifully written speech for our ceremony personalized just for us, as if she has been there with us since our very start. Our guests thought she was a close friend of ours too to have known us so well! Don't forget to mention that she also sent cute gifts, texted me every once in a while to check in, and answered all the questions/worries I had.
She created this google document for our ceremony with a step-by-step on what she was going to say, stage directions for the entire wedding party during the ceremony, and music cues. We absolutely loved everything she has written and when it was time for the ceremony , she performed SO well.
Meg is honestly so good at what she does. Almost all our guests complimented her and asked about her especially our married guests. I HIGHLY recommend her for every couple looking for a kind, hardworking, optimistic , enthusiastic, and meaningful officiant. I only wish we had more time with her because we truly enjoy her company and love for us!
WE LOVE YOU MEG! Thank you so so much for creating such a beautiful ceremony for us.
Meg was the best. She is so fun, silly, but serious if you want her to be! I loved all the options presented to us, and her style was just so sweet. Thank you for listening to us, ...
and being so helpful. Meg will show up for you in all the right ways. I wouldn’t have wanted anyone else to officiate my wedding. Thank you a bunch on my special day.
Meg was a delight to work with! She officiated our wedding and made it feel so unique and meaningful. In the months leading up to our special day, she met with us a couple times to...
go over our expectations for the ceremony and get to know our relationship on a deeper level - she ensured the ceremony was everything we hoped it would be and we are so thankful she was our officiant!
Meg was absolutely wonderful! Isaac and I had no idea what we were doing when we hired an officiant. I am so happy Meg was recommended to us as she walked us through every step. Sh...
e really gets to know who you are as an individual and as a couple and uses that to create a beautiful ceremony. Not only that is she includes your family too!
Everyone was raving about her after our wedding. She is so talented!
Meg is a kind, thorough, and attentive officiant. When we first met her, I knew she was a great choice because she emphasized the importance of centering what we as a couple wanted...
. She gave us a questionnaire to get to know us as a couple. She tailored a personal ceremony based on what we told her. Her initial draft inspired/guided us towards creating our final version. She came to the rehearsal and helped us create the visuals for the processional/ceremony. She thinks of details we didn’t even consider. She stood to the side of us during the ceremony, so that we remained the focus. And overall her calm and breezy attitude made everything all that much better. She was so professional, communicated with us throughout, and turned in our documents as soon as she could. Everyone at the wedding said our ceremony was phenomenal and everyone was in tears of joy when I looked out at the crowd. Meg was definitely an integral part to our wedding day and she would be a great addition to yours.
Meg was very helpful, supportive, and did an amazing job telling our love story. We had a blast creating the ceremony together and it became something we absolutely loved. Multiple...
guests of ours commented on how great she was on the wedding day. We highly recommend her for your special day!
Meg was so professional and FUN! She gave us a questionnaire to fill out so she really could get to know us and our personalities and our relationship with eachother. She was so ac...
commodating, offering to rewrite our ceremony script as many times as we needed so that it perfectly suited us. Many of our guests also commented on how personal and unique she made the ceremony. I don't think she could disappoint!
Meg has a great personality; she is so welcoming and sweet. On the day of, she arrived early and even offered to help us set up. During our minimony, she made sure everyone heard u...
s, and her script for us was beautiful. We wanted a very simple ceremony and she delivered while still putting emphasis on the important things. We were delighted to have her as our officiant.
Meg was amazing! Her communication prior to the wedding and the day of was amazing!! I LOVE how the ceremony speech was customized and truly told mine and Sams story. Nearly all 13...
0 of my guests were in tears of joy! It was such a beautiful ceremony and that is due to how amazing Meg was! She is such a great person, with a great heart, and is very creative with awesome communication! I 10/10 recommend!!
Meg was the perfect officiant! Her positive energy and glow brought such great energy to our ceremony on our special day. She was so attentive and helpful throughout the process, c...
hecking in with us along the way really helped keep us at ease. Her questionnaire asked all the right things to capture our love and she put it into a truly beautiful ceremony. We can't recommend her enough!
Meg was the perfect officiant for our special day! I made a consultation appointment with Meg, and right away her personality and vibrancy were a great fit! She went through severa...
l drafts of the ceremony with us, making the changes we asked for and adding readings we found. She asked detailed questions to get a sense of who we are as a couple and did a fabulous job capturing our story to be shared during our ceremony. Meg is incredibly supportive, fun, and creative - she will make your special day one to remember! Thank you for being our officiant, Meg! And thank you for all the support during the trials we faced before and after our wedding - you are a gem!
Meg was amazing both before and during our wedding. We had an instant connection with her when we first met. Her ceremony was exactly us, she truly understood what were were going ...
for. We got so many compliments on our ceremony and how touching and thoughtful it was.
Meg, where do I begin with her? She is just the sweetest. From the moment we met her via zoom, we instantly knew we wanted her to be a part of our big day. We loved that she perso...
nalized the scripts according to our relationship and made it our very own. Planning a wedding during a pandemic was stressful to say the least. Meg checked in with us frequently to ensure we were doing okay. What more can you ask? We highly recommend Meg to anyone looking for an officiant. Look no further because she is truly the best! Love you Meg!
My now husband and I knew Meg was our girl the moment we got off the phone with her after speaking the first time. She makes the whole process so easy and fun.
Meg did an amazing...
job at our wedding ceremony. She made us cry, laugh and everything in between. We would highly recommend Meg.
Meg did a great job as our officiant. She tied in our hobbit wedding theme perfectly. The ceremony was funny at times and not too serious. She did a great job getting to know us.
I would absolutely recommend Meg to any couples looking for a wedding officiant! She was so pleasant and easy to deal with. My husband Garrett and I were supposed to get married in...
2020 but had to cancel due to COVID. Once 2021 rolled around we only had 3 weeks to plan our wedding due to our circumstances. We initially met with Meg over a Zoom call to introduce ourselves and see how we all got along together. 5 minutes into the call Garrett and I both knew she was the one. Meg asked us questions about our love story and our interests and really got to know us, because she hand crafts each one of her ceremonies to be specific to that couple. She agreed to our quick turn around which was so wonderful of her. She wrote out our ceremony and shared it with us ahead of time so we could edit how we wanted (but we didn't even need to fix anything, she was so good!) Our ceremony was so romantic and personal and just perfect for Garrett and I. During our reception we had many many guests come up to us and compliment Meg on what a fabulous job she did as an officiant. Meg was kind enough to take care of dropping off our marriage license at the court house for us, and she even gave us a small gift before she left as a "thank you" for choosing her to be our officiant. Seriously could not thank her enough for telling our story as wonderfully as she did, thank you Meg! Highly, highly recommended!
My husband and I had to plan a wedding in 2 weeks and Meg came recommended to us by our venue. In such short notice, we weren't sure if she would be available or if she would even ...
be able to get our ceremony written and sorted out in time. We met over zoom to discuss our ceremony and both my now husband and I instantly liked her. She was so friendly and warm towards us we couldn't help but have a good feeling about her. We decided to book her for our special day and couldn't be happier with that decision. The ceremony she hand-tailored for us was so thoughtful, and completely incorporated our love story and special interests in a way that I didn't think was possible. My husband and I got a ton of compliments on her and how good her storying telling was and how beautiful the ceremony was. She also took care of mailing our signed marriage license to the court for us, and she was so sweet to even give us a little wedding day gift before leaving. We ABSOLUTELY recommend Meg and her services for your event!
Meg was phenomenal! She had a great talent and passion for performing our wedding. Meg captured our story and incorporated our unique requests with care! She is excellent in her co...
mmunications and so many of our guests commented on her ceremony presentation excellence! Would highly recommend Meg for any meaningful ceremony. She was absolutely perfect! Thank you Meg for helping to make our day go smooth, seamless, and exactly what we envisioned! :D
We are so grateful and happy we chose Meg to officiate our wedding. She made the entire experience seamless and easy. We started with an initial phone call and we knew she was the ...
one right away! She sent both my husband and I questionnaires to fill out. There were questions regarding our love story, ceremony, etc. we enjoyed the process of answering the questions bc it allowed us to reflect and envision what we wanted our ceremony to symbolize. Meg was always attentive and incredibly responsive. She was quick to give any updates or make any changes we wanted. We love this about her!
The ceremony itself was amazing. The flow of everything went so well and the audience was engaged. She portrayed our love story so effortlessly and melted all the elements of words into a perfect scripted ceremony. We truly couldn’t have picked a better officiant. Thank you Meg for everything you have done for us. Please consider her for your wedding. You will not regret it! ❤️
Meg was the officiant at our wedding and she was excellent! She beautifully captured and delivered our story. Since we didn't know Meg prior to meeting her for our wedding she gave...
us questions to answer to get to know us and our story better. I wasn't sure how well she going to be able to put all this information together, but she blew our mind with her curation of our life. She was so thoughtful in checking in on us every so often in the months prior to our big day. 10/10 would recommend.
She told our love story during our wedding day as our officiant. She took the time to interview us, give us support, and made our special day truly personal and intimate.
Meg was beyond amazing and made my day so special. I didn’t want a typical officiant like a reverend or a minister because me and my husband are not that religious. So when I conta...
cted Meg and found out how she does her process I was sold. She made sure to get every little detail just right and that it was exactly how we wanted it. I also love that she writes a story for you and conveys your love for one another in words.
Meg is an awesome choice for a officiant! She’s kind and and professional but also makes you feel like you’re part of her family. The way she told the love story of my husband an...
d I at our wedding was so beautiful. She made it just about Our commitment to each other. Felt very special and intimate. She also has great ideas if you want to add special unity ceremonies or If you want to include family members, anything else you need help with Shes 100% supportive. She really helped us have our dream wedding. I highly recommend hiring her!
Meg was an absolute pleasure to work with for our last minute COVID wedding! She was incredible during our super tight timeline (2 weeks!) and was super on top of everything and ve...
ry organized. She was great with giving reminders and encouragement for all of the thing we needed to get done. She truly went above and beyond and even provided some decor options for the ceremony that we were lacking. We loved that we were able to collaborate fully in writing the ceremony through a shared Google doc and she made us feel very comfortable a reassured that we would have complete control over how the ceremony turned out, which was very important to us. Even our guests told us that they thought she did a great job with the ceremony!
Meg was amazing, and I cannot recommend her enough. From our first meeting, she was a breath of fresh air and a source of tranquility during the stress of wedding planning. Other o...
fficiants were pushy, but Meg had a very casual, relaxed business pitch, and we are so glad we picked her!
Our families have different religious backgrounds, and we are more spiritual. Meg handled our differences perfectly! Everyone, from my skeptical cousin to his very conservative and devout parents LOVED Meg. We recieved so many compliments on the ceremony, and it was all Meg! Meg provided the right amount of guidance and selected wonderful readings that fit us perfectly. I am so happy with our ceremony, and the bound copy she provided us will be a lifelong memento.
I will be forever grateful to Meg for talking me through from some very stressful moments. Our wedding plans changed a lot with the COVID-19 crisis, and knowing that our actual marriage would happen meant the world to me. Meg performed a safe, socially distanced ceremony for us this year, and we plan to hire her again to conduct a vow renewal for all the friends and family who couldn't be there due to the crisis.
We are so happy she was part of our ceremony, and we cannot recommend Meg enough.
Meg spoke with us over the phone, in person, and via email. She asked us a number of questions to get to know us as a couple. Meg made sure she understood what we were looking for ...
and personalized our service to fit us. She was very easy to work with and helped make our special day memorable. It was the easiest part of our wedding.
Meg was fantastic from our first video call until the day of our ceremony!
Never did we doubt the process of creating our ceremony with her: she took the utmost care to refine ...
every detail and collaborated with us each step of the way. It was the perfect balance of sentiment and humor and the way Meg delivered the ceremony was personal and engaging – we got so many compliments on it (and on her) afterwards!
Thank you so much for creating the foundation for what was an amazing day and evening – we are truly grateful and will never forget it!
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Davis, CA | Northern California, Greater Orlando, FL
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