Non-Religious Weddings for Couples of all Genders

Frank was a blessing. We just happened across his name when researching elopement officiants, and we couldn't be more grateful. Frank was incredibly kind, humorous, encouraging, and professional. He was with us every step of the way in developing our elopement ceremony, writing our vows, and adding special touches. He took the time to get to know who were were as individuals and as a couple so that he could draft a beautifully, specialized script for our ceremony, even with our short timeline. His excitement and passion is contagious, and made our day that much more memorable. Unlike other officiants, he blocked out the entire day for our event, which put us at ease with having a destination wedding, and he even waited for us to finish taking our photos before he headed out. He is worth every penny and then some. Could not have asked for more from our special day. Thank you, Frank!

Frank was phenomenal! At first we were just looking for an officiant to get us married in a park, but when we learned of his Urban Farm we quickly changed our plans to have the whole elopement ceremony at his venue. He helped talk us through everything and spent the time to really get to know us. He was as excited for the whole thing as we were. He did not make us feel rushed through the whole process and made everything very smooth. Because of the pandemic most of our guests were attending via Zoom. Frank knew and already had the equipments to set everything up for the call and engaged with the guests as if they were there in person. As an officiant Frank went above and beyond to tell our whole love story since the beginning and made us comfortable to say our vows. Frank doesn’t just go through the motions, he puts on a show and is very funny. You won’t regret booking with Frank.

Tl;dr Book Frank if you want a small intimate wedding that is custom made to your love story where he'll take out the stress in a beautiful setting We originally looked at Frank when were planning in 2019 for our 2020 wedding. We decided to have a friend officiate, but then the pandemic hit. We were disappointed because we wouldn't be able to celebrate with friends and family, but then we decided that we didn't want to delay our love. Although the reception would be celebrated in 2021, we wanted our original August 2020 date. But what to do? It was June and we were scrambling. Courts were closed, parks seemed risky even to do a small intimate wedding and we were intimidated by the permitting required. I went back to the internet and Frank came up again. And on his website he was doing COVID-19 weddings on his urban farm. An officiant and a small intimate venue? Was this too good to be true? Luckily for us, it wasn't. What originally drew us to Frank was still there. He wanted to focus on our love story and leave out the religious customs that made me uncomfortable. We were incredibly lucky that he had a cancellation on the 8/8 date we wanted. Even though the timeline was shorter than we anticipated, Frank put in 1000% effort and energy to capture our story. He asked us a series of questions about our relationship and how we met and we had tons of fun filling out and discussing them. The script he wrote us was custom and it was our story. Several of our friends told us that they didn't know our whole love story and Frank wove it so beautifully together. Frank's space is also quite special at his FranMo urban farm. He's set it up so that there are several different "stages" where you can get married. We chose a beautiful spot in front of a garden arbor. He even had a green room where my groom was able to change into his suit and I could change into my dress. We streamed our ceremony via Facebook live and folks were so impressed with the back drop. Frank was also phenomenal when we were streaming as he narrated the whole thing with people on the stream and made watchers feel a part of it even though our attendees were tuning in from all over the country and the world. We cut cake and while we were conducting the ceremony, Frank's wife set up a beautiful spread with a lovely cake stand that matched our cake, our champagne, the glasses, and some of the individually wrapped snacks we had brought. After we had the ceremony, we had our photographer take some fabulous pictures around the property with fun props and settings. Frank had thought of everything to the smallest detail. He blocked out where the wedding would be, he helped us with our vows to make them as meaningful as possible, and he was entertaining even to those streaming a wedding. If you're considering eloping or having a minimony during these crazy times, I highly suggest you do it with Frank. He'll bring the fun and pizzazz to make your day feel incredibly special.

You must hire Frank Harlan to officiate your ceremony AND MC your reception. I cannot emphasize this enough. Frank was a referral to us, as he married our friends. Frank is a showman, and he will script and block out your ceremony. It is full of humor and energy and love, and it's palpable. Frank's ceremony got some of my more stoic guests teary eyed. You must also hire Frank as your MC -- he went above and beyond your standard MC duties which you usually see from a DJ. He also dealt with some of our vendors who were having trouble; there were some fires which needed to be put out toward the end of the night and, I am certain, he dealt with many of them on his own without troubling us. I can't emphasize how grateful I am to him for doing this -- it saved my wedding. Frank's style in the ceremony also makes him ideal to continue running your reception, as the same feelings of joy and celebration continue into the evening.