About this vendor
Officiants set the tone for the entire day, for the most important day of your life. Choose wisely!
My wife and I get the comment always, "that was the most fun wedding I have ever been to..."
I love doing weddings and make it easy and fun at all times, including the prep up to the wedding day. I also integrate creative ways to make the wedding exactly what you want, while honoring the commitments being made, and helping couples be fully present for the most important day of your life.
Many want a pastor who is an active pastor in a local church. I lead a multicampus local church on Oahu. I love doing weddings! Performed 400+ now. 7 different countries. Contact pastorpaulgates@gmail.com. Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pastorpaulgates/
Details
Ceremony Types
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
Reviews
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5
out of 5.012 reviews
My husband and I are so grateful to have trusted Pastor Paul with our ceremony. He is genuine, experienced, kind and got the crowd laughing at various parts as well! My husband and...
I didn't want to say our own personal vows, but wrote down a "story" for Pastor Paul and he certainly told our story beautifully. We did premarital counseling with him as well (3 sessions). My husband and I had been together for 10 years before we got married, so I wouldn't say the counseling sessions were 100% necessary for us (whereas for a newer couple, I think they'd be outstanding), but I actually wouldn't take them back for a second just given the fact that we got to know and become friends with Pastor Paul! He's a wonderful man, pastor, husband and father, and you can really tell the love he has for his wife and family through the way he speaks about them. We gained not only a wonderful Pastor for our wedding, but a friend for life. Love this man! Highly recommend Pastor Paul for your wedding!
My husband and I opted to do the extra premarital counseling with Pastor Paul, as well as have him officiate our wedding and we are so thankful that we did! It was so great getting...
to know Pastor Paul as well as having him get acquainted with us before the wedding! It made the wedding day even more special to have someone we felt connected with to wed us! Pastor Paul is such a genuine person. He made our wedding ceremony so beautiful! It was actually my favorite part of the wedding!
If you want to have a very touching and loving wedding ceremony, I highly recommend Pastor Paul Gates!!
Paul did a wonderful job officiating our personal beach wedding and our wedding ceremony a month later with friends and family (that still tell us how much they enjoyed our ceremon...
y and relevant pastor) . He was always on time and personable and relevant and did exactly what we asked of him and he had great suggestions of blending salts representing our blending of families ,etc. on both important ceremonies he did a fantastic job personalizing for us.
We would also highly recommend doing premarital with Paul as we met biweekly for a few months and got real and authentic and deep and also just laughed a lot. Paul helped us walk through real life as a couple and we came out stronger and on same page . He encouraged us to stay the course and helped us navigate through deep waters with smiles and hope.
I don't even know where to begin with how happy we were that we had Pastor Paul officiate our wedding and help us with our pre-marital counseling! We met with him before our weddi...
ng to do pre-marital counseling and that was one of the best decisions we ever made. We met at the beach for our pre-marital counseling and it could not have been more "us". We just wanted it to be laid back and comfortable and Pastor Paul made all of that happen. He made us feel SO comfortable and gave us so much insight and advice that we still benefit from every day. It was so special getting to know him and having him know us and our relationship before our wedding day. At our wedding, he even shared special moments from our pre-marital that made our ceremony feel even that more special! To this day, our family and friends always bring up how impressed they were with how our ceremony went. It was the perfect blend of religious, laid back, fun, intimate and just so special. One of the things Pastor Paul also did was have everyone at our ceremony come up and pray over us towards the end of the ceremony, this was something we had not ever considered before and Pastor Paul orchestrated the whole thing perfectly! Considering we had over 200 people that was very impressive! We still stay in touch with Pastor Paul and I know we will stay friends for a very long time! If you are looking for someone to officiate your wedding or for pre-marital counseling, do not hesitate at all! Pastor Paul truly is the best of the best and we feel SO blessed that he was apart of our day!
Pastor Paul was amazing! Everyone at the wedding raved about ceremony. We loved how he worked us to make it personal. We couldn't thank Pastor Paul enough for making our wedding gr...
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Pastor Paul made our wedding so unique and intimate! We were so nervous about speaking in front of all our guests but Paul made everything so easy. All of our guests couldn’t stop ...
raving about our ceremony. We really can’t thank him enough.
Paul is an amazing person, and we were so blessed to have him be a part of our big day. He is so easy to talk to and he really gets to know you and your spouse. While we original...
ly did not plan to do pre-marital counseling, we felt so comfortable talking to him that we felt compelled to - without any pressure from him what so ever. And after doing so, we could not start off our marriage stronger. And as for the big day, he absolutely delivered. He brought up funny stories from our pre-marital counseling. He had great insights to us as people. And he was a big hit at ceremony. We absolutely recommend him to be a part of anyone’s important day.
Paul Gates is amazing at what he does! Thank you for making my daughters wedding ceremony so special!
Paul, is the man!! He helped make our wedding even more amazing than we could have imagined! Love this guy
Paul covered all aspects starting with pre-marriage counseling, the wedding itself and follow-up afterwards while keeping Jesus the focus.
Paul was great! I've known Paul for almost 20 years and he one of the nicest and best guys I've ever met, he is super genuine and authentic. If you know him, he is sure to bring a ...
smile to your face. During the ceremony he speaks God's word in truth but he does it with a very casual and non-religious style and vibe. So many people who attended told me later that they loved Paul and that the ceremony was so special. Also, we did premarital counseling with him and he was amazing. We find ourselves going back to things he taught us often. My wife and I are so glad we chose him to marry us :)
Paul was awesome officiating our wedding. He kept cool, calm and FUN. He really helped us make our wedding day special.
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Au St., Waialua, HI | Hawaii
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