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Happy 2024! Congratulations on your upcoming special Wedding! Officiant John Reardon knows how personal, special and important your Big Day is!
When John helps you in Officiating your Wedding, you will feel confident that your Ceremony will be conducted by a reliable, helpful, professional Officiant, who understands how meaningful your Wedding Day is. You will not be dealing with a large, impersonal, cookie cutter company but a caring Officiant.
Specializing in beautiful St Augustine, Jacksonville, the Beaches, Ponte Vedra, Palm Coast and North Florida for many years.
From Spectacular to the Simple, from Grand Ballroom Weddings to Beach Weddings, whether planned in advance or on short notice, John has earned the reputation as a well respected and preferred Wedding Officiant in Northeast Florida!
Engaged couples wanting to create a magical event that best represents their individual tastes and wishes, prefer John's helpfulness and customizable choices.
Local Wedding Venues, Resorts, Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts of the finest caliber continually refer Couples exclusively to John.
Count on Officiant John Reardon/My Custom Wedding Ceremony to bring your dreams of an exclusive, beautiful, stress-free wedding to life.
John has been helping couples create their Custom Once In a Lifetime Wedding Ceremonies for many years.
John will make your special day everything you ever dreamed it would be. This is your celebration!
Why shouldn't it be exactly as you envisioned it and planned? I look forward to speaking with you!
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- Second Wedding
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- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Jewish
- Reform
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- Ceremony
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John was absolutely crucial to how smooth our wedding ceremony went! He was extremely professional and undoubtedly very good at what he does. John helped to calm both my husband and Is nerves at the alter and helped us to stay present in the moment, really making sure we soaked it in. The vow and ring statements were beautiful, John was fun spirited and so personable and we couldn’t have made a better choice in who we picked!
John was a wonderful officiant to work with! He was professional yet personable. He helped us to make the ceremony personalized and gave us suggestions, during rehearsal, to make our wedding run smoothly. John also was able to help calm my nerves, minutes before the ceremony, and help us get the final pieces of things together!
John made the whole experience less stressful. He was extremely friendly, made sure everyone understood where they needed to be and what do it and even made everyone laugh on a few occasions. John is very professional and we would recommend him as your wedding officiant!
John was amazing officiating our wedding! He helps you to customize your wedding vows and puts you at ease throughout the process. I was so nervous during my ceremony and he did an amazing job keeping me calm. 100% would recommend him to any friends wedding.
John Reardon officiated our wedding and did an outstanding job! My fiancé and I were scrambling after our prior officiant could no longer participate and John was highly recommended by our wedding planner. He did not disappoint. He was very professional and easy to get in contact with ahead of time. He spent time working with us to put together a custom wedding ceremony that was a great fit for us. John was able to join us for the rehearsal and did a great job preparing us for the wedding. During the ceremony, he was outstanding. He helped my fiancé and I feel comfortable and kept our guests engaged. We are thankful to have had him for our wedding and highly recommend him!
John was a wonderful officiant and super friendly with all our friends and family as well! Having a multicultural ceremony, he was very open to letting us tweak the ceremony so it flowed how we liked. His guide on what we should have was also extremely helpful! Definitely recommend him!!!
John was on a recommended list provided to us from our venue. After reading his amazing reviews and having a wonderful introduction phone call I knew he would be perfect for us. He kept in contact through the process and was a pleasure to work with. He is a friendly, kind and fun! He created a perfect ceremony piece for us. I cant thank him enough. He has this beautiful bright light about him that carried through the whole room. My husband, family and I feel honored and blessed to have had him be a huge part of our special day. Countless guests came to me as well with high complements for John, stating how great he was. He was one of the best decisions we made. Thank you John!
John was such a wonderful officiant. He listened to our needs and made our wishes become a reality.
John is caring and has a great personality.
John was great! My daughter and her groom are deaf John provided an excellent ceremony and included their ideas. I found him on the knot just a few weeks before the wedding and from the moment we spoke he put my mind at ease! The bride and groom were so happy with their personalized nuptials and the guests were extremely pleased. Thank you John for making their day beautiful!
John was recommended to us by our venue Serenata Beach Club. He was exceptional, very professional, kind, patient and attentive. We could not ask for a better officiant for our ceremony. I would highly recommend him. Very responsible and dedicated.
This is so very late in coming but John Reardon was wonderful. He has an incredible demeanor and made our wedding day so light and comfortable and perfect. I would strongly recommend John!
John Reardon was awesome!! He responds quickly and makes you feel at ease with your ceremony! I loved the custom ceremony he made for us. :)
John was recommended to us by The Eventful Gals (wedding planner) and he was great. We wanted someone professional but laid back and he was the perfect match. His humor put everyone at ease at the rehearsal and was a pleasure to work with. The ceremony went smoothly and was beautiful. I appreciated how he was willing to customize the ceremony readings to match our preferences. Definitely would recommend.
John was recommended to us by our venue, and we're so glad we found him! He was very professional, easy to work with, and has a great positive energy. We loved our ceremony and would highly recommend him as an officiant!
John came highly recommended by our venue and he did not disappoint! Throughout the whole process he was kind, patient, and communicated very well. He was always quick to respond and mapped out a beautiful ceremony for us. He was very patient and soft spoken with our girls and what to do during the ceremony. It was also very windy during our ceremony and he was very calm and collected to talk my maid of honor to kindly hold my veil so it wouldn’t blow around which made my pictures look beautiful as well. We cannot recommend John enough! Thank you so much for a lifetime of memories.
John was amazing. He was so great to work with and he went above and beyond to ensure our special day was perfect!! I would highly recommend him to officiate your wedding ceremony!!
John Reardon did a fantastic amazing job for us during the wedding. My family and I have known him for years and he did such an amazing job.
John was amazing to work with! We are a dual military couple currently stationed on opposite ends of the country. He was able to work with us via conference call and made the whole event a breeze. He was prompt to the rehearsal and wedding, and has a great sense of humor to put everyone at ease. Our wedding was a dream and I am glad we chose John to be a part of it!
My fiance and I needed someone to officiate our wedding at Anastasia State Park. Coming from out of town we didn't know where to start. After calling around and reading reviews we choose John. He was great at keeping in touch and making sure we felt comfortable the whole way.
The ceremony he put together for us was beautiful. He was easy to work with and delightfully personable. His light hearted way made us feel at ease. We were thrilled with how he adapted to our style. His joy was totally infectious.
John is truly a wonderful officiant. He brought our ceremony to life with his genuine kindness and sense of humor. He made us feel warm, special and made our ceremony a moment we will never forget for the rest of our lives. We highly recommend John if you are looking for an officiant who will make your ceremony a magical moment.
John is one of our favorite officiants to work with. He is very thoughtful and never skips a beat. He is great at communicating with us and the couple. He is very professional and is never late to a ceremony.
John was so fantastic! My uncle was supposed to officiate our wedding, and at the last minute his wife was diagnosed with cancer and they couldn't make it. Going through the shock and fear of a family member having a terrible illness, on top of having to deal with getting a new wedding officiant was so stressful, but John helped relieve all of that stress! Incredibly responsive, flexible, personable, and kind. Highly, highly recommend!
My husband and I are both so happy that we retained John’s services for our recent wedding. John was warm, professional and made our ceremony exactly what we had envisioned for our day. We are from out of state and John worked with us in the months prior to not only ensure that our vows were perfect, but he also gave us valuable direction on other vendors and helped to set our minds at ease in regards to our upcoming wedding day. We could not have imagined a more beautiful and personal ceremony. Thank you, John!
John came recommended by our wedding coordinator and we're so glad he was. John was great to work with before, leading up to and at the wedding. Very friendly, professional and all about making the day special for you. Highly recommend having him there for the rehearsal because he really does a great job going over how the ceremony is going to go and making you feel more relaxed about an obviously big day! He also took care of the marriage license which was really nice to have one less thing to worry about after the wedding.
John was fantastic. We spoke with him on the phone for our initial consultation with him and loved his positive energy and his professionalism from the beginning. He was always prompt in his communication with us, followed up when he said he would, and was thorough with describing his process. He provided a number of options for what he and we would say in our ceremony. We requested a few changes to a unity ceremony and he was happy to update them. For our vows, we ended up using a combination of vows we wrote ourselves along with portions of sample vows he provided. John was very encouraging of us customizing the ceremony in that way, for which we were very appreciative. During the rehearsal and ceremony, John was on time and appropriately dressed, had a calming presence, was very courteous to our family and guests, and set a happy tone for the ceremony. We are very grateful that he was our officiant for our wedding and would gladly and enthusiastically recommend him to others! Thank you John!
John was great from the beginning to end. He did a wonderful job with our ceremony and it was absolutely beautiful. We couldn't have been happier with his service, highly recommend!! :-)
My husband and I could not have asked for a better officiant for our wedding. John was outgoing, responsive, on time and overall a pleasure to be around. If you want one less thing to worry about on your wedding day- book John as your officiant!
My wife and I had hired John for our wedding at The White Room in St Augustine and we are extremely grateful we did. We live in New York so we spoke with John over the phone planning out our day and then we met in person before our event for coffee one morning and then rehearsed everything with him at the rehearsal the day before. John took care of everything from speeches and vows that we could customize ourselves to make them our own if we wanted. He even took care of all the paperwork for the marriage licensing and sent it in for us after the wedding. John made the entire ceremony very relaxing and made us feel very comfortable during the process. I would highly recommend John to anyone looking for an officiant for their wedding!
John was the perfect person to officiate our wedding ceremony! My husband and I were concerned of not having anyone we knew officiating our wedding, but John was so likable and personable that you wouldn't have ever known we had never met him in person before- lol! I greatly appreciated the suggestions he had for us and also how he asked us to make any changes to make it as unique and personal for our wedding day as possible. He was extremely flexible and positive to work with. You can tell he truly enjoys doing this and we couldn't have been happier having chosen him!
John was just amazing throughout our whole planning process for our wedding. I was planning out of state and he was so helpful throughout it all. The options he sent us for our vows were SO perfect. We felt so comfortable around him and he had the guests both crying and smiling throughout the ceremony. Thank you so much John!! :)
John Reardon did an awesome job officiating our wedding! He worked with us from day 1 to help us create a perfect wedding ceremony script. He was genuinely interested in what we envisioned for our wedding day. He was also very professional and reliable. I would highly recommend him to any couple!
John is amazing in every way! We first contacted him after seeing all of his reviews online along with some photos from weddings he's officiated. When we met with John, he was truly vested in us and in our marriage. He really took the time to get to know us, and was an incredible support as the day neared. His calm, caring spirit was a true blessing to us. He took us through step by step what to expect, and ways to make our ceremony special. We chose the vows and ring statements that were the best fit for us, we added a prayer, and we added a special acknowledgement of my grandparents into our ceremony as well. Our ceremony was literally perfect for us, and we would not have had that experience without John. We could not have asked for a more sincere and caring man to get us started as husband and wife. Thank you John!
Stephanie & Carter Johnson
We chose John Reardon as the wedding officiant for our daughter’s wedding. We found his name on Washington Oaks State Garden’s website among the list of officiants who’ve performed wedding ceremonies there (which is where our daughter’s wedding was), as well as Wedding Wire, the Knot, and several other wedding planning websites. He had great reviews, which really encouraged us. John was very responsive and handled everything in a timely manner (from correspondence throughout the planning, obtaining the marriage license – my daughter and her husband live in Texas and needed John’s assistance in obtaining an out-of-state marriage license , to planning all of the details of the actual ceremony). I spoke to John initially, to secure him for that day and felt very assured by his professionalism. He spoke to my daughter and her fiancé, at the time, and they loved him immediately! He was friendly and spent time with them going over everything. They were able to customize their vows and he gave them valuable suggestions and recommendations as to the unity candle and other details of the ceremony. We met John in person for the first time on the day of the wedding. He was so friendly and efficient! My husband and I loved how he led the ceremony and his personality. He was light-hearted and sincere. He had a sense of humor, which we appreciated, and he led the ceremony with expertise. We loved that he seemed to take his responsibility as the officiant performing their vows to heart, like he genuinely cared about their vows and the lifelong commitment they were making. We would recommend John’s services without hesitation.
John Reardon did such an amazing job for us! He was so easy to work with and gave us a beautiful ceremony that was tailored to our liking. Everything from adding a song, to compiling and writing our own vows. He also provided guidance during the ceremony which was much appreciated as we were unable to do a proper rehearsal due to schedules and travel needs for everyone in the wedding party. In short, John helped make our day as perfect as it could've been, and we'd definitely recommend him to anyone in the area!
John was fantastic from the first call through the ceremony! When I called him, he was honestly enthusiastic about our upcoming wedding and wanted to know all about my fiancé, myself, our families, and the type of wedding we wanted. He prepared a beautiful ceremony for us and was open to our suggestions for modification. During the actual ceremony, he did a great job reading the crowd and actively engaged our family of friends, all of who are very outgoing and joined in with cheers. We would highly recommend John for your ceremony!
John-
We are so grateful you were recommended to us as our officiant for our destination wedding in July 2015. From our initial emails and phone conversations to our final phone conversation the week of you encouraged our excitement, allowed us to customize our ceremony and helped us feel at ease and excited about the entire process. On the day of you were so helpful in getting the guests organized, the ring bearer and flower girls on cue, and helped make the whole ceremony intimate, memorable, fun, and on point. Your style was perfect for what we were looking for! We couldn't be more pleased!! Thank you again, Amy & Adam
John Reardon is a professional and was the perfect person to officiate our March wedding in St. Augustine. We were able to tailor the ceremony to fit our needs and he kept things flowing smoothly, even helping to get everyone in place after a storm went through right when our outdoor ceremony was scheduled to begin. (he even held my veil down when the wind was whipping it around!)
thank you John for helping to make our day special!
- Mr. and Mrs. Watson
From start to finish our ceremony was perfect! When we first talked with John Reardon during our selection process for an officiant, we knew he was the right person for us. He worked with us to customize our service and was always responsive to our input and questions. He provided invaluable suggestions and ideas to help us create the service we wanted. John prepared us well and calmed us when he picked up on our nervousness. John easily connected with us, our children, and families. He was professional and easy to work with. We would highly recommend him as an officiant.
Len and I found Mr. Reardon on-line Christmas Day. We already had obtained our marriage license but due to moving and us both working, we had no time to prepare a big fancy wedding. We wanted just us and our dog in a beautiful outdoor location. John Reardon had us ready to go in one phone call!
The very next day at 5pm, we were married at a historic fountain just outside the gorgeous Casa Monica hotel in Saint Augustine, FL (the oldest city in the USA) during their Festival of Lights!! It was beautiful and perfect. The photographer was wonderful as well and we are eagerly awaiting getting all our pics in the mail on a CD.
I highly recommend John and My Custom Wedding. It was fun to learn that he is "family". John is a former US marine and my oldest son is a combat US marine veteran as well. So it was like being married by a family member and we all had a great time!!
Thank you John and Devin!!
Much gratitude and love,
Maria and Len Piotrowski
Working with John was a pleasure, he took time to answer all of our questions ahead of the wedding, and more importantly did a great job during our ceremony. He was able to make my husband and myself feel at ease during the ceremony and really created a unique experience for us. I would highly recommend him!!
My wife and I can't say enough great things about John and the job he did for us. Not only was he great the day of, but he was incredibly helpful in the weeks/months leading up to the wedding. The detailed ceremony and options he presented put the both of us at ease and really took a lot of the stress off the whole thing. I think what I really liked the most about John however, is how spontaneous/entertaining he was throughout the entire process. He is not one of those officiants that will just perform the "standard issue" ceremony. He will make it fun and light hearted and that's what you'll remember about him. I highly recommend John Reardon/MyCustomWeddingCeremony. You will not be disappointed.
-Nate & Liz
When planning our wedding, I had so many ideas and knew exactly who and what I wanted as our vendors, except the officiant. That seemed to be our last piece of detail where I didn't really have a plan. Originally I wanted to get married in the Catholic church but it didn't work out so when we started thinking about the officiant I really had no where to start. We looked on Google and My Custom Wedding ceremony popped up & it looked promising. Then we reached out to our venue & asked who they would recommend & John was the first on the list. We contacted him & were able to set up a meeting shortly after. John was great and made our day so special. He had pre-planned ceremonies we could choose from but could customize it in any way that we wanted, which was extremely helpful. My husband wanted to write our own vows, but I wanted to say the traditional I Do's, so John was able to make that happen. We told him all of our ideas for the ceremony, how we wanted to have special songs sang & we were doing a Unity Cross, and together we were able to come up with the perfect ceremony that fit our style & it was perfect! John was so helpful during the rehearsal, he helped keep things running smoothy and stayed calm and made sure everyone knew what to do and where to go. The day of the wedding and during the ceremony he could tell I was nervous & even had me take a deep breath to take in our surroundings to help me calm down after walkiing down the isle with my dad which was a really great moment for me. There were so many small touches he did that made our day even that much more special & I would recommend him to everyone. Not only is he a nice person, but he seems to love what he does & it fantastic at it!
My husband and I were in search for an officiant, when we landed on My Custom Wedding Ceremony's page on Wedding Wire. We were intrigued by the way John Reardon customizes the ceremony for each of his couples and were hooked once we met at One Ocean. He made the ceremony so beautiful and simple, and at our request it only lasted 25 minutes, which was wonderful because we did not want a very long ceremony. John is very persistent with any requests and is just an email or phone call away with help of any kind.
He is a very kind gentleman, and I would recommend him to anyone requiring officiating services. Thanks John for making our wedding so special and effortless.
Much Love,
The Elmore's from Jacksonville Beach Fl.
We couldn't have asked for a more professional, courteous and pleasant man to officiate our wedding. He was on time for the rehearsal, knew the folks at the venue, and was just so pleasant.... Both my wife and I loved meeting him and were amazed that we found someone like him! HIGHLY recommend him for an officiant for your wedding.
I knew the moment I spoke to John he was the right one for the job! He such a compassionate human being and that came through on the phone just talking. From helping us pick our ceremony, writing our own vows and the ring statements everything it was a very pleasurable experience. On wedding day he helped us slow things down and breathe so we could enjoy it. I'm so thankful he did that because it help me calm down and enjoy the moment! Five star recommended you won't be disappointed (:
My husband and I knew John was perfect to officiate our wedding from the moment we met him. We loved that everything could be customized, but that there was some structure to work from, too. John is extremely personable and definitely loves what he does. He was so kind and worked with us when we were a bit light in the bank due to my lack of pay in summers by letting us pay in installments. We were able to correspond mostly by email (we live in Georgia), which was extremely convenient. John was always quick to respond to emails and was thoughtful and would check in periodically.
When the wedding got closer, John called me and made sure everything was going as planned - I don't even think it was about the ceremony, just checking in on us in general. That tells you what a great person he is! Then, he was there for our rehearsal and made sure we all stayed on task. The ceremony went perfectly - my husband and I loved every minute, and so did all our guests. We HIGHLY recommend John for anyone - he is so wonderful! Thanks so much, John, for making our day perfect! :)
C & J
5-25-2014
John was fantastic! He offers exactly what it says, a custom ceremony. We chose what best fit our personalities. He was great at including my daughters into it as well, making it a running theme throughout that it was not just a wedding but a creation of a family. He was super supportive and "held our hands" through the whole process. Our ceremony was a perfect mix of serious heartfelt touches and lighter moments of laughter that truely exemplified our relationship.
My husband & I were so happy that we found John Reardon to be the officiant for our recent wedding in Jacksonville, FL. I found his website, and really liked what I read there as well as the pictures that I saw. We met John, and he explained how his services worked. We felt an instant connection with him, and hired him right on the spot. He immediately provided us with the framework for our wedding ceremony. He was so flexible with changes! I was able to make changes just a few days before the ceremony! I felt like I had ample to time to make sure the ceremony contained all the elements that were very important to me and my husband. From the moment we met John until after he completed the ceremony, he has been so kind to us. He always called to check in and see how things were going and if he could be of any service to us. We really appreciated that. I would absolutely without a doubt recommend John Reardon to officiate your wedding! He is comfortable bringing religious aspects to the ceremony or leaving them out. He really helps customize the ceremony for the couple! So many guests commented on how great they thought he was, and we couldn't agree more!
Thank you, John, for helping us create our dream wedding ceremony!
The Romigs
John is a true professional; he is compassionate, flexible, and genuine. From first contact, he guided us through planning our perfect ceremony, ensuring that we received exactly what we had envisioned.
On the day of our rehearsal , our wedding party was running late due to heavy traffic & John agreed to stay until everyone had arrived. He is understanding, easy going, and truly passionate about his career. I highly recommend John to any couple searching for an officiant that won't just punch his time card; He really went the extra mile for us.
John, it was a pleasure meeting and working with you!
Semper Fi.
Mr. & MRS. (!!) Burroughs
I am so grateful that we found John Reardon and he was available on our special day! He was the perfect officiant and allowed us to create a custm ceremony that we felt was perfect.
John by far surpassed my expectations and guided me through the whole process. He came to my rescue just 2 short weeks before my wedding cause I had a last minute issue with my officiant having to leave town unexpectedly. John kindly made an appointment to meet me the same day I left an online inquiry. I immediately knew I had struck luck when he had everything laid out and so easy! We had 3-4 simple but eloquently written choices for our vows that are suitable for any couple. I would highly recommend John to any one looking for an officiant for their big day. Thank you so much John!!! Micaela Barrancotto Adams :))
I am so thankful I found John to perform our ceremony. My husband and I decided to "elope" and only had a friend (photographer) present. Upon meeting John though it was like having another friend by our side. He has a calming presence about him and truly makes the moment all about the couple by customizing the vows to fit each others individualities. I will always recommend John to anyone I know getting married.
I chose John Reardon of My Custom Ceremony for my destination wedding in St. Augustine through the web and a phone conversation. I'm glad I did.
He sent us sample ceremonies with ample suggestions for vows and room to be as creative as we wished. John was helpful, available and always had a smile in his voice.
He was wonderfully calm and reassuring at our somewhat calamitous rehearsal (bad rehearsal, great show!) And on the day of, despite the frigid weather, his personal warmth and good humor was evident. He was flexible, rolled with the weather, the jokes and the laughter of my wedding party and guests, and helped to make my wedding an awesome event.
As a working professional, I have come to realize how important effective partnerships are to achieve positive results. John is not only a knowledgeable and polished event coordinator who truly attempts to achieve the desired outcome for his couple, but he maintains an unparalleled aspect of true consideration and collaboration to make your event a unique and beautiful realization. As I was very nervous and excitable moments before walking down the aisle, John provided clear and calming consultation that made me completely at ease and prepared for the big moment. The ceremony was exquisitely performed with the right amount of humor, sincerity, compassion, and commitment. My husband and I could not have asked for a better wedding officiant than John, who has now also become a great friend!
John Reardon was excellent. He was a calm presence in a very hectic situation. He exuded confidence and also helped keep us on track. We also liked the way he accommodated our wishes in terms of the vows. (Neither of us is religious, and we didn't want that as part of our ceremony.) He offered us choices, which we then customized for our ceremony; the result was a beautiful, meaningful ceremony that we will remember for a lifetime. We loved him.
From the first time we spoke with John we knew we wanted him at our wedding. He has a friendly personality and really wants to make your day special. He really makes it "your" wedding! He was on time and did an amazing job at the rehearsal and ceremony. We are so glad John was our officiant. He would randomly check in on us to make sure everything was fine and we didn't have any questions. Any time we needed a question answered, he would respond very quickly (even at 11:00pm)! The ceremony was beautiful and John did a great job in making sure everyone could hear and see us. He is a great person to have at your wedding.
John met with us before the wedding and helped up create a customized ceremony that fit our needs. He was very professional and was available to answer our questions. John was also easy to get ahold of later on when we wanted to add ann addition to the ceremony. Thanks, John!
John delivered a beautiful ceremony which we were able to fully customize to us!
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