5 out of 5 stars and 40 reviews Best of Weddings (3x).
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(40)Serving the whole State of North Carolina
About this vendor
An ordained minister and college instructor, I have been performing weddings and other ceremonies for more than 30 years. Your wedding should be what you wish it to be so I am happy to do religious or secular ceremonies and work with you to personalize the ceremony. Centrally located in the Triangle area of North Carolina, I am available for weddings throughout the state. I am also registered to perform ceremonies in Virginia. Premarital counseling is not required but is available upon request.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Quaker
- Interfaith
- Secular
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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I cannot thank Perry enough for everything he’s done for us! He’s very nice and honest with everything! When looking for Officiants, he was one of the cheapest ones around that we’...
ve found and we do not regret booking with Perry! He answered all of our questions in a quickly timely manner! Thank you again Perry for everything!
Rev Perry was just what we were looking for in an officiant. As two individuals with different belief systems, he was able to make us both feel heard, included, and respected in th...
e ceremony and in the process leading up to it. As a couple, he was able to make us feel like we were his priority, even though we knew he had many other weddings happening around the same time! While we hired him the same way we did our other vendors, in the end it felt like we had someone who knew us and cared for us officiating our wedding ceremony which was very special.
As a local wedding planner of over 10 years I can say that Perry Hardison is one of the best in the business. He is very attentive, responsive, and professional. He brings the perf...
ect balance of personalization and tradition to the ceremonies he officiates. Would absolutely recommend him to anyone and hope to continue to work with him for years to come. - Tara - Premier Party Planners
Reverend Perry Hardison was absolutely wonderful officiating our wedding ceremony. His warm and heartfelt words truly made our special day even more memorable. We couldn't have ask...
ed for a better person to marry us. Highly recommend him for anyone looking for a genuine and caring officiant.
Also, we did pre-marriage prep with Perry and it was worth it. Highly recommend to other couples.
Pastor Perry was great to work with. We used his services for premarital counseling as well as our officiant. Highly recommend the counseling as it not only
Benefits you and your...
partner, but also
Spend more time and get to know Perry and he gets to know you. He was very responsive and answered any questions we had. During the ceremony, Perry’s mic kept cutting out, but he did a great job adjusting his voice so everyone could hear. Would definitely recommend Perry for your wedding
Perry officiated our wedding this September and we had an awesome experience! The communication was great throughout the whole process. He was kind, professional, and had some grea...
t prompts for us to chose from for the ceremony, which made it so easy. Can't recommend him enough!
Perry officiated a wedding at our venue and he was such a pleasure to work with!! We are so excited to have him back and would recommend him to any couple.
Me and my now husband, Steven, are so happy with the services we received from Mr. Perry. Very informative with this being mine and Stevens first marriage. He didn’t leave us hangi...
ng with any questions or concerns. Very thankful to have a calm voice like his while you and your partner are freaking out in the back of our minds. Very calming. We highly recommend.
Perry was so great from the booking process he had an initial call with us and he really makes you feel comfortable and makes the ceremony what YOU want and that was what was most ...
important to us. He emailed us back right away whenever we reached out and got our ceremony readings down to a T.
He was so great the day of and we can’t thank him enough for being apart of it!
Honestly, could not ask for a better officiant. I told him exactly what we wanted and he delivered. He made rehearsal fun, and we met with him via zoom for the planning process a...
nd worked everything out within 15 minutes. IT was incredible! I am so thankful for Perry, he was the perfect guy for the job! Thank you so much!
Perry was awesome for our wedding in August 2022! He is kind, patient and has a wonderful way of making a group of people with nervous-excited energy become calm and at ease. He he...
lped us create a ceremony with some religious components that we wanted but thoughtful to our relationship as a whole. He is extremely prompt, timely in his email responses, and easy to talk to. Highly recommend and we are very thankful to have had Perry be apart of our special day!
We loved working with Perry for our wedding ceremony! We wanted a non-religious ceremony that wasn’t too long. The ceremony he put together was perfect in length and content, and h...
e even took a look at each of our self-written vows ahead of time to make sure they were similar in general format and length. At the rehearsal, Perry let us know about common slip-ups that might happen and how to respond to them, and he gave perfectly-timed reminders for each portion of the ceremony. He was such a calming, grounding, welcoming presence both at the rehearsal and during the ceremony! I highly recommend working with Perry for all of your wedding-related needs.
We loved working with Perry! He designed a lovely ceremony based on what my husband and I were looking for (incorporating some spiritual touches into a secular ceremony), and helpe...
d our whole ceremony run smoothly. He was easy to get in touch with and very responsive to our questions! Would happily recommend him to anyone.
We highly recommend you use Perry for your wedding. He is great at communicating and working with you before the wedding. He also did an excellent job officiating our wedding and h...
is rates are affordable.
We had the pleasure of having Perry officiate our wedding and I could not be happier with our ceremony. Perry walked us through every step of the ceremony and had pre-made scripts ...
for us to review depending on the type of ceremony we were hoping for. We were able to customize the ceremony as much or as little as we wanted. He also made sure to include personal details about our relationship and really made sure it was meaningful, and light-hearted (as we didn't want anything serious). He also walked us through the marriage license process and answered all of the questions I had. I highly recommend Perry! He is truly a joy to work with!
Perry officiated our wedding and he truly did an amazing job! Our family and friends all talked about how beautiful our ceremony was. We both felt like we have known him our whole...
lives just from a few moments of talking to him. I would highly recommend Perry for your wedding!!
We had the opportunity to work with Perry for our wedding on a recommendation from our venue and he was such a delight. We had a planning meeting where we were able to explore the ...
different ceremony options that we might be interested in and Perry was very patient and adaptable with us and easily able to translate our ideas into an elegant and flowing ceremony structure. At our rehearsal and on our wedding day he gave off the most comforting and calming vibes, ensuring that we weren’t too nervous and that he was there to guide us through our vows every step of the way. His experience showed not only to us but to our guests as well as they were very complementary of his delivery throughout and enjoyed getting to meet and spend time with him outside of the ceremony. He made our process so simple and smooth that we would highly recommend him to other couples in search of an officiant in the future!
We were guests at a recent wedding officiated by Perry Hardison. It was one of the best ceremonies we had the pleasure to be a part of - and we are in our 60s. Perry struck a bea...
utiful balance - it was personal to the bride and groom, engaged and acknowledged the role of the family and guests in this day, emphasized the different symbolism of marriage in the ceremony and feathered in the religious aspects of the ceremony.
The duration of the ceremony was perfect as well - not too short or too long. If we were in need of an officiant, we'd definitely have Perry on a very short list.
We decided to have a video conference with Perry to see if we liked him and he was great. Good sense of humor, very nice, and open to whatever we wanted for our ceremony. We chos...
e to have him officiate our wedding and he did a wonderful job. He helped us with the planning process and was very responsive any time we had questions or changes. He was prompt to the rehearsal and did a good job telling us what to expect, advice for day of, instruction to all our wedding party members, etc. On the day of he did a great job and I am so glad we decided to include him in our wedding.
Perry is an absolutely fantastic individual and officiant. He made our ceremony so special and personalized to us as a couple and our love story. Perry was adaptable and flexible w...
ith us while we changed our wedding from a big wedding to a small destination elopement due to COVID. I would recommend Perry to all.
Mr. Hardison is so wonderful. We highly recommend him as an Officiant to everyone. He met with us in person and again on Zoom. He was quick to respond to all our emails. He helps c...
reate your ceremony and promised my husband a 15 minute ceremony, and it happened! He helped with the rehearsal and made sure we were comfortable and prepared. He also made sure our marriage certificate was signed and mailed off on time. He is very professional and our families and friends also complimented him. Thank you Mr. Hardison!
Perry was the officiant at our (socially distanced) wedding and we absolutely loved him! He was very accommodating when we had to make changes to our wedding due to covid. More imp...
ortantly, he was extremely helpful with the decisions we had to make about the ceremony itself. He provided a lot of different options, both religious and non-religious, allowing us to customize it to exactly what we wanted. On the day of the ceremony he arrived early which was comforting when there were so many other things to worry about that day. He was friendly with everyone there and he honestly felt like family. The ceremony was perfect. Highly recommended!
Perry was the officiant for our wedding in December 2019. He was great to work with. Prior to the wedding, he sent a handbook of options for each part of the wedding (welcome, vows...
, readings, etc). We were able to use his guide to piece together the ceremony we wanted. He was very flexible and willing to add, omit, and rearrange the ceremony how we wanted. He even sent over a final script for us to approve. We were very pleased with the ceremony and highly recommend Perry for anyone getting married!
Great experience!
Reverend Perry came highly recommended to us, and we are glad we chose him to perform our wedding ceremony! He was very responsive and patient and was able to off...
er guidance to make our ceremony great and personable to us. He did a great job the day of our ceremony too! It was such a nice day and we appreciate his help in making our day special!
Perry was a phenomenal officiant for our wedding! He was so easy to work with, and made sure we knew every detail so we were fully prepared for our ceremony. We can't thank or reco...
mmend Perry enough for helping to make our day so special!
Perry was absolutely amazing!! He was definitely one of my favorite people to work with. He has a great sense of humor and made the rehearsal so fun and enjoyable but was also extr...
emely professional during the ceremony. He displayed leadership throughout the rehearsal and was extremely kind and helpful when my husband and I were faced with making decisions. He even stayed after the ceremony to help in anyway he could. I am so happy I chose Perry. You won't be disappointed!!
I can't recommend Perry highly enough. We met with Perry twice to talk about our vows, and he was always very easy to schedule time with. Choosing our vows was easy because he has ...
everything organized so well! Our vows were simple but personalized, and we got a lot of compliments on them (and a few laughs, which was great!).
Perry did such an amazing job with our wedding! He asked lots of questions before hand to make sure we got exactly what we wanted, was on time for everything, had a great personali...
ty and was very patient with us. We could not have asked for a better officiant!
I am so happy that we chose Perry to officiate our wedding. His beautiful spoken word made our wedding day so much more special. Working with Perry while planning our wedding was e...
xtremely stress-free, any inquiry we sent his way was promptly responded to. I would highly recommend Perry to anyone; he is a pro at what he does!
Perry performed our wedding ceremony at Jordan Lake! He was AMAZING!!!! We let him basically write the ceremony with the exception to us writing our own vows. The words he spok...
e during the ceremony were so beautiful. His prices were very reasonable as well. HIGHLY recommend Perry.
Perry was a joy to work with and we loved having him as our premarital counselor and officiant for our wedding! As soon as we spoke on the phone, we knew that we would have a great...
time working with him. He was super personable, professional, and always on-time. We would definitely recommend Perry as a premarital counselor and/or officiant - he helped make our wedding day very special!
We couldn't have picked a better Officiant for our Wedding. Perry was very personable always there when we needed him. Perry thank you so much for being our Officiant and making ou...
r Ceremony the way we wanted it. Short and sweet for a Hot August Afternoon.
Perry was able to help my groom and I put into words what we could not. His ceremony was beautiful and meaningful. I had "the random guests" (like my parent's co-workers) coming up...
to me afterwards telling me it was one of the best ceremonies they had ever been to. Perry makes the process very easy, he sends a script over where you can pick and choose what passages are best. Some passages are more religious than others, it is all up to the couple for what is best for them. Our day was made even more special thanks to Perry and his words.
Perry was wonderful and we are so happy we chose him to officiate our wedding! We were planning our wedding from out of state so we had an initial phone call with Perry and hired h...
im right after. Closer to the wedding we were able to schedule a time to meet and Perry was very accommodating. He was very kind and personable and answered all the questions we had. Perry provided us with ideas for the ceremony outline, readings, and vows in which we were able to make any changes we wanted and add in our personal touches. Perry even attended our rehearsal the day before the wedding to run through everything with us (practicing our vows, what to do if someone drops a ring or it doesn't go on the finger all the way, etc). We had several compliments on how great Perry was after our wedding ceremony and would highly recommend him!
Perry was great to work with, and helped us put together our perfect wedding ceremony--brief, heartfelt, and personal. He met with us twice to make sure that everything was just ri...
ght, asking lots of questions about our relationship so that he could tailor the ceremony specifically to us. He also provided a number of examples of ceremony outlines, speeches and vows to help us get ideas, and was very open to all the changes we wanted to make and to doing the ceremony however we wanted. We're so glad we went with Perry for this special day!
Perry was wonderful! We enjoyed having him as both counselor and officiant. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking for an officiant for their wedding. He took time to get ...
to know us, customized the ceremony to what we wanted, was flexible, and was very personable and professional. We were very pleased with the wedding! Thank you Perry!
Rev. Perry Hardison was very patient and helpful during our wedding. He answered all of our questions before, during, and after the ceremony, and was completely fine with us writin...
g our own wedding script, so we could make it what we wanted. He took the time to fill out our ceremonial marriage license, as I hadn't had the time. And his pricing was very fair, I highly recommend using him!
Perry is amazing! We knew from the moment we met him that he was the perfect person to marry us. His southern charm and easy-going personality were exactly what we were looking for...
. Before meeting Perry, the thought of crafting a ceremony felt like a daunting task. Perry made the process very easy and helped us create a ceremony that felt unique to us. He was instrumental in helping coordinate efforts at the rehearsal and on the wedding day. At the rehearsal, he gave advice to the wedding party (when to start walking down the aisle, where to hold your flowers, etc.) and told them what they could expect on the big day. On the wedding day, he helped coordinate efforts not only with the wedding party but with my other vendors as well. Most importantly though, Perry was incredibly supportive of my husband and I. You could tell he genuinely cared about us as a couple. I couldn't of asked for a better officiant for our wedding!
We are not a religious couple, but our families are, so when it came to picking someone to marry us, we were pretty much stumped. Usually, you can go to your place of worship, eve...
n if you aren't that involved, and have your priest/rabbi/pastor/whatever marry you. The only other option I knew about was to get a justice of the peace.
We wanted our families to enjoy the ceremony (as well as approve!) just as much as we did. Then we found out that because of our personal situation (living together, different religious family backgrounds, non-practicing) there are a lot of people who could marry us outside of a church membership, but wouldn't due to conflicting beliefs.
Next comes a long search through the internet of who we could get at the last minute (4 months to go!). We emailed a few people, but ultimately came to the decision to meet up with Rev. Hardison. We knew from the moment we started talking that we had made the right call--and it only got better! The ceremony he wrote for us included all the little bits of our story that we had talked about at our first meeting. He asked us to email him a little blurb with more details, and custom made our ceremony.
Everyone was asking how long we had known him because it felt like he was an old family friend. That is how much care and consideration goes into each of his events. There was no doubt that we hadn't gotten our message of love and devotion out there, without having to overload it with scripture and religion that we didn't partake in. The religious notes that were included highlighted enough of our families' traditions that it didn't feel sterile and secular.
Perry Hardison made us feel comfortable from the moment we met him. He seemed to get us, and our personalities. He did a rough draft of a ceremony for us, and it was beautiful. ...
It was not focused on religion, but on love and our relationship being a journey. He made it ours, without disrespecting anyone's religious beliefs, yet making it what we wanted.
He is a Baptist minister, and teaches religion at a community college. He was a real person, and told jokes, made us feel so comfortable standing at the altar.
Best decision we made.
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