Minnesota Reverend - Rev. Derek Kiewatt

ding the best experience possible. We highly recommend him to everyone.

t emails discussing our plan immediately. He guided us through the whole wedding ceremony process and gave us lots of tips. On the day of the wedding, Rev. Kiewatt came an hour early to meet everyone and gave us a chance to rehearse the ceremony twice before the guests started arriving. Thanks to Rev. Kiewatt, the ceremony was very professional and organized!!!! So for all the brides looking for an officiant, Rev. Kiewatt has all my votes!

e listens, offers advice, and will go above and beyond to make your day exactly how you imagine it. If you hire Rev. Derek you will not regret your decision!

ation, and very kind. Thanks Reverend Derek for all that you do!

et with him a few times several months before our wedding for premarital coaching and it was super beneficial to build a relationship with him ahead of time, along with learn a few things about my husband and our relationship. Rev. Derek was extremely professional and always very responsive. I emailed him numerous times with ceremony questions and got thoughtful responses usually within a few hours. He stayed for part of our reception and fit right in with our family and friends. Numerous people came to us afterwards and complimented him and the ceremony. Rev. Derek is an amazing officiant, and we would definitely recommend him to anyone planning their wedding!

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fect wedding ceremony and added a very special, personalized message that referenced some of the things we had discussed in our coaching sessions. We've gotten so many compliments from guests! I feel confident that our relationship with Rev. Derek won't end with our wedding day, and I feel grateful to have built a lasting connection. Thank you Rev Derek!

He was willing to help us in anyway we needed. We are very excited to have him for our second wedding as well! We also did premarital counseling with him and it was very help for us as a couple and to have him get to know us before the big day. He is great at making the ceremony special, personal to the couple and engaging your guests. Our families commented on how great he was as well. He is a great person to get to know, very genuine and many great stories. We can't thank him enough for being a part of our wedding day (both wedding days)!

ate into our ceremony. We chose to complete the pre-marriage counseling with him as well and couldn't recommend that experience more. Not only were we able to figure out more about how we communicate as a couple, Reverend Derek was able to learn more about us to truly create a ceremony that was personal and perfect for us. If you are looking for an officiant that will listen to your needs, charm your pants off, and make you and your guests smile, look no further!

use our own. He was able to guide and direct without a lot of opportunity to practice. He was fun and added a romantic intimate feel to our event that was heart felt. His humor was appropriate and perfectly timed. He was absolutely the best choice and really helped set the tone for a very beautiful day for my family.

tch, which is the most important part; perhaps our favorite piece, though, was the premarital coaching. Rev. Derek came over to our apartment for a couple sessions, and it was so fun to see how my fiance and I responded to questions, different assessments, etc. And more than fun, it was meaningful. Rev. Derek was a great facilitator through it all and we are so happy we chose him!

booked him as our wedding officiant. He had great communication throughout the process and was always available for questions. Following our ceremony, many of our guests asked if Rev. Derek was a family friend, which we had felt like he had been. I definitely recommend Rev. Derek!

em finding ceremony elements that worked for us. Throughout the entire process, he was incredibly responsive and flexible which helped relieve stress rather than add more. Any time we had any questions or concerns, he immediately responded to our emails and offered to meet in person if needed. Overall, Reverend Derek was a huge reason our wedding so smoothly.

experience, calm, and confidence as an officiant. He is comfortable with a variety of wedding ceremony styles (we did a combination of traditional, with some Jewish elements, but overall not a strongly religious ceremony) and was receptive to everything we asked of him, and if we were not sure how to approach a topic, Derek provided us wonderful options and selections of vows and other readings and elements for the ceremony. The premarital education was also very insightful and he helped us discover many unique elements about us as individuals, how we related to each other, how we saw ourselves, and how we viewed each other, that we will be able to take with us in our married life. We enjoyed our time planning and learning with Derek, and are so grateful he was a part of our ceremony.

ause we felt comfortable around him, but also because he was affordable and was willing to work with us for our custom ceremony needs. Jokes were an added bonus!

w him. Derek you will forever be a part of our life and we couldn't have anything better to say about you! He guided us and let us customize what we wanted in our special day. Quickly got back to us with answers to any and all questions we through at him! Customized the ceremony to our religious beliefs and was open to our needs. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a great officiant!

rtfully craft a narrative to go along with it. He didn’t disappoint, it was perfect. We also did our pre-marital counseling with Rev. Derek which was great. He helped guide us through tough conversations that will help us ensure our marriage is strong for all the days ahead. He was quick to respond to emails and provide suggestions for our ceremony. He genuinely cares about making your wedding day perfect. We are so grateful that he was part of our wedding! We highly recommended him!