Officiant Phil Gallagher

WOW...where do we even begin...Phil is incredible to work with! He is fun, personable, and made us feel very comfortable during the entire ceremony process. He provided us with 3 drafts and from there, we all collaborated until it was perfect. There's truly nothing Phil could have done differently for us—he knocked it out of the park! Our parents were SO IMPRESSED with him and our guests thought his delivery was amazing. So amazing, everyone thought we had known him for years! All in all, if you're thinking of hiring Phil—you 100% should! We are eternally grateful for you, Phil!

Phil was referred to us by our wedding planner and we loved his energy from our first conversation. He made the process of planning our ceremony seamless while also making it feel completely tailored to us and our relationship. He made an effort to get to know us and what we love about each other before creating a few ceremonies versions for us. I cried reading through each one and he worked with us to create a final ceremony that was completely perfect and personal to us. He brought such a genuine and upbeat energy to our ceremony that our guests thought he was a friend or family member. I can't recommend Phil enough as a wedding officiant. Thank you, Phil, for being such an important part of our day!

Phil was awesome to work with. He drafted us what he was going to say for our ceremony and asked about any changes but it was better than we would have ever thought. He was super easy to work with and a joy to have on our wedding day! I can’t imagine our day without him!

Phil was fantastic. His professionalism and reliability made him incredibly easy to work with. His love of life, humor and positivity made him so fun!!! We could not have asked for a more perfect officiant for our special day. His preparation and presentation was everything we wanted from start to finish. We are incredibly grateful for having him as part of our day. Thank you Phil!!!!! Love, Brittany and Brown

Phil was highly recommended by our wedding planner and we quickly learned why! From our initial call, we felt like Phil was a great match to officiate our wedding. He was personable and asked thoughtful questions to get to know us. We enjoyed iterating with Phil to create our custom script for the ceremony. He had us fill out a questionnaire, then provided a few versions of a script. We shared notes and ended up with a combination of pieces that was the right balance of personal, light hearted and sentimental for us. Phil is very charismatic and a fantastic speaker and everyone enjoyed the ceremony. Many guests asked how Phil knew us afterwards. We could not have asked for a better officiant!

Phil was enthusiastic, flexible, and very easy going. He showed no hesitation as it began raining during our ceremony and carried on making changes as needed. He adapted our wants with his expertise and we loved it! Couldn't have dreamed of a better officiant.

Phil was absolutely a pleasure to work with and made our day so special! My husband will tell you he was the best vendor I hired hands down! Working with him on the script for our big day was so personalized and well thought out. Thinking about what you want said during your wedding day can be overwhelming, but Phil made it feel effortless. He also helped us with our personal vows and gave valuable feedback. Most importantly, he brought our wedding to life and filled it with words of affirmation and love. All of our guests raved after about how incredible Phil was. Highly recommend his services and can’t say thank you enough!

I can't say enough wonderful things about Phil!! He took the time to get to know us as a couple, and talk with us about how we wanted our ceremony to feel before customizing a ceremony script together with us. I had no doubt we were in great hands and it really took stress off my shoulders knowing he was on our vendor team. We did premarital coaching with Phil as well, and he made it such an incredibly fun and rewarding experience! He is so easy to talk to, and he really customized the sessions to our wants and needs so we were able to get the most out of our time with him. It really helped us continue to build a solid foundation for our marriage as well as keeping us grounded and connected throughout the crazy process of wedding planning. Phil was so thoughtful and genuine throughout the whole process - our day wouldn't have been the same without him!

It's hard to put into words just how honored we were to have Phil officiate our wedding. Not only did he assist in making our rehearsal, ceremony AND reception run smoothly, he was a huge help in the weeks and days leading up to our big day. Phil made and kept timely virtual appointments in which we worked to assemble our ideal ceremony script and check things off of our "to do" lists. He was beyond helpful in the fine tuning process as we got closer and closer to our wedding day. He reminded us of little details, like which hand to reach for when putting on our rings, how to relish in the day and not get lost in the stress of everything, how to carry on if we got lost when repeating our vows, etc. Knowing we had Phil as our team leader, helped boost our confidence throughout the entire experience–especially when we hit unexpected bumps (because not everything will go perfectly, no matter what)! Phil also put together a VERY detailed timeline for both our rehearsal/dinner and the day of our wedding and made sure that our event coordinators and vendors received a copy--this was instrumental in creating a seamless flow of communication for everyone involved. He even wrote in a time for us (the bride and groom) to have an intimate moment together after the ceremony where we sat down to eat and revel in the magic that just ensued. That ended up being SO IMPORTANT because we got lost in the celebrations later on and neither of us had time to sit down or eat during the reception. Another thing that we were so impressed with was his quality of care–not just for us, but for our vendors and planning team. Phil made sure to communicate important details with our cinematic team (timeline, transitions, etc) and even arranged a block of time for them to sit down and eat during the reception! He remained in constant contact with our parents, bridal party and event coordinator, providing guidance and support as needed. When I failed to supply a wifi hotspot for our DJ, Phil offered his phone without hesitation. We wouldn’t have had music at our reception were it not for him! Phil's attention to detail, quality care, thorough checklists/reminders, timely meetings, and natural charisma made one of the most important days of our lives so very special. We are beyond grateful for his talent and cannot imagine the day without him.

Phil was absolutely amazing! From the moment we met Phil we felt like we had known him for many years. He made us feel comfortable and made our ceremony special even with the rain! He is so enthusiastic and you can tell he truly loves what he does. We would definitely recommend Phil for your wedding officiant. He did such an amazing job. Thanks again Phil!

Phil was the best officiant we could’ve asked for! He was very professional and had a calming presence that made us feel extremely comfortable. He did a great job in our ceremony and was also very kind to us and our families. I would definitely recommend him! -Annie & David

Phil was absolutely incredible! His energy and enthusiasm was fantastic, from the planning process through the end of our ceremony. Phil helped us create the perfect script for our wedding and gave guidance when we were writing our personal vows. We had so many people ask us "how long have you known that guy!?"...that's how personal Phil made our ceremony feel! We cannot recommend Phil enough!

If I could rate Phil over 100% I would! Truly one of the best parts of our wedding day. Almost 7 months later, I am still getting praises for how amazing of an officiant Phil was for us. He was personable, professional and friendly from the beginning. Our first phone call, we felt like we had known him for years!! He listened to our feedback truly delivered the most amazing ceremony. He even asked me what I wanted him to wear!!! I thought that was a very special touch that I didn't think about before. If you're thinking about booking Phil for your wedding, DO IT! You will not regret it :)

People can't stop talking about Phil! One of our vendors recommended Phil when we were looking for an officiant for our wedding. We wanted someone to help us write a nice ceremony script that suited our religious/non-religious views and guide us through our ceremony process. Phil delivered on that plus some! Our friends kept talking about how beautiful the ceremony was and how they actually listened to what Phil was saying (ha!) and they thought we had known Phil for years because of how approachable he was and genuine his script was. We strongly recommend Phil to anyone needing an officiant for their wedding (whether it be religious or not Phil can do it all!).

We hired Phil to coach our friend officiant and it was 100% worth it. It took a lot of stress off of us (& our friend) and the “speech” he gave was perfect. Phil gave us multiple scripts / a sheet of quotes to potentially use. We made it our own from there! We honestly don’t know if we would have asked a friend to officiate if Phil hadn’t been there to help & we’re SO GLAD it a was an option. Phil is kind, easy to talk to and clearly very experienced at what he does. You should hire him!

Phil is absolutely INCREDIBLE! We had a friend officiate our wedding so we hired Phil to write the script and coach our friend on how to deliver it during the ceremony. I can't speak highly enough of Phil. He made the entire process so easy, made us and our friend officiating feel comfortable and prepared, and consistently checked in to see if we needed anything. I would recommend Phil to absolutely anyone getting married!

Phil is incredible! We ended up working with him through complete serendipity and I'm so glad we did. Phil was one of the most complimented professionals at our wedding- all of our family and friends absolutely loved him. You can feel him radiating joy and true passion for what he does. Our ceremony was absolutely perfect, he did a great job listening to us and understanding how we wanted it to feel and incorporating his expertise to make it beautiful and authentic to us. Although we got lucky and dodged the threat of rain during our ceremony he was completely prepared with a large umbrella and was ready to stand in the rain with us if we needed to. So glad we worked together, would recommend him to anyone looking for an officiant.

Phil is truly the most incredible officiant, and we can't even begin to express how grateful we are to have met him and have him a part of our day!!! From our first call, he immediately understood our vibe & crafted us the most beautiful ceremony we could've asked for. Come wedding day...our outdoor ceremony was interrupted by an insane hail/rainstorm that rolled in moments after we got to the altar - and Phil took it all in stride!! We laughed, and he effortlessly abridged the ceremony on the fly to help get us out of the crazy weather - all while managing to keep in the most important parts to us (our vows, acknowledgement of our passed family members, and our closing remarks/pronouncement). Hail and all, it was the most wonderful ceremony - we can't recommend him enough, and are so happy to have chosen him!

Phil Gallagher was such an amazing person to work with! His efforts and expert guidance with being an officiant helped us throughout the process of planning, creating, and performing our wedding ceremony. He made our wedding so personalized and special. Phil knew just what to say and what to do to guide us through the process of creating a customized wedding ceremony and helped us navigate tradition, while crafting a ceremony specific to us as a couple. He is very professional, knowledgeable, helpful, and kind. He was a complete joy to work with! We enjoyed our wedding ceremony so much with his customized approach and heard many compliments from our guests. Phil was willing to work with us via many emails and a couple of phone calls, as well as perform our ceremony outside for a spring wedding, being flexible on an outdoor ceremony. He was very thoughtful of thinking through all the scenarios related to traveling in winter conditions and was early to both the wedding rehearsal and our actual wedding day. He was very personable and easy to get along with. We were so fortunate to have found him and he goes above and beyond! Being the experienced officiant that Phil is, we were confident of his skills and ability to entertain and win over our wedding guests. He helped make sure everything during the ceremony went smoothly. He helped coordinate with our vendors providing the audio for our wedding and made sure to step out of the photo for our first kiss photos. His attention to detail and care really show through. We can’t recommend him more highly and you will love working with him too! Thanks again Phil, you helped make our wedding day very meaningful, memorable, and great!

Phil was the most AMAZING officiant I could have possibly hoped for. He made the entire ceremony so, so, so spectacular. From the very beginning, he was incredibly communicative and easy to work with. He sent me three separate drafts right away which I sort of combined and we finalized/edited together at the end to create the most perfect speech. And when the day came, it couldn't have gone more perfectly. We had our ceremony outside in Breckenridge, CO, in FEBRUARY in the middle of a snowstorm (trust me, while we were cold, it made for some of the most amazing pictures). Phil was so incredible and he came prepared with a laminated speech so that the printed speech wouldn't be affected by the weather, and he carried a huge smile and wore a coat, fully ready to brave the weather with us! He looked at me and said "if you get too cold, you just turn to me and give me a nod, and we'll skip anything except the most necessary parts. Or if you want a break, or to grab a shawl or a jacket or a blanket, you just give me the nod. I won't take it from anyone except you." Luckily, I was able to make it through that entire ceremony outside in my strapless dress in a snowstorm (like a crazy person because I live in Miami right now), and Phil was fully there for it! He kept us smiling and laughing the ENTIRE time! The whole day was so incredibly perfect and Phil was a massive part of that. My family members all said it was the most incredible officiant speech they have ever heard in their entire lives (and they are not those family members who just say that to be nice, they are honest all the way. If they said that, it's because they meant it.) Could not recommend Phil more highly. We are all still talking about how awesome he was and how he was such an important part of making our day as perfect as it was! Phil, thank you so, so much for everything you did to make our day so special!

Phil MADE our wedding what it was. Every single person after our ceremony asked how we knew Phil and where we met him and how long we've known him - it was assumed he was the dearest and oldest friend of ours based on what an incredible ceremony he wrote. Phil was incredible to work with, so pleasant, asked the greatest questions, wrote several versions for us to choose from and pick and choose what we loved from each to make sure it was "perfectly us". I told him I wanted our ceremony to be fun, funny, sweet, and also have its serious moments. We've heard for months that our ceremony was one of the most beautiful weddings any of our guests had ever been to - and I credit all of that beauty to Phil's words. He made us all feel at ease and just filled with absolute joy. He is THE BEST!!!!

Phil was an amazing officiant. Everything was coordinated before the day of, and he worked extremely hard to make sure the ceremony fit my husband and I’s personality. His ceremony was so touching, and for not knowing us everything was expressed with such heart felt emotion.

When I got engaged, one of the first decisions I made was that I knew I HAD to hire Phil for my wedding ceremony. As a wedding planner, I have worked with many officiants, professional and friends/family, and Phil always stands out as the absolute best. He is incredibly professional and made the process very easy. The scripts he provided us were literally spot on to my fiance and my personalities, so it truly felt like he knew us. I received so many comments from wedding guests after our wedding that our "officiant was amazing, well-spoken, personable, and fun to listen to" and that they loved our ceremony. Given that your wedding ceremony is the most important part of your day and the reason for the day, it shouldn't be an afterthought. Hiring Phil will make sure that your wedding ceremony gets the attention it deserves and that you never feel stressed about the ceremony. Thank you Phil for making the ceremony so special!

Phil is amazing!!! We could not recommend him more highly. Phil was so easy to work with in customizing our wedding ceremony. He truly spent time getting to know us and making our ceremony completely about us and our story. It was a gorgeous ceremony and it felt like he had known us forever!! Every single one of our guests commented on how beautiful the ceremony was and how awesome Phil was. He truly creates the most wonderful atmosphere for your ceremony and makes sure you and your guests come away feeling amazing (and teary eyed!!). We could not speak more highly of Phil and we highly recommend having Phil do your wedding.

Phil was absolutely FANTASTIC to work with! He was excellent with communication and so personable. He worked so hard to make sure that our wedding ceremony was tailored to us and he nailed it! It was so perfect. Even our friends and family commented on how wonderful he is. Some even noted that he was the best wedding officiant they've ever seen... and we couldn't agree more! We would absolutely recommend him! Thank you again, Phil!

Phil is so awesome! He has a great personality and created a very positive environment during our ceremony. His speech was so wholesome and he put his heart into it. We loved Phil and recommend him for anyone’s wedding or elopement!! He made the process easy and worry free and was great with communication!

Phil did an amazing job during our ceremony. He is a great public speaker and did a wonderful job directing the ceremony. He has this natural energy about him that is so calming. He made us both feel comfortable right away. Though we had a small ceremony, everyone kept commenting on what a wonderful job he did. From beginning to end, the process working with Phil was effortless. Highly recommend!

We had the most phenomenal wedding! Phil not only wrote a personalized ceremony, going through several drafts to make sure we loved it, but he also arrived to the venue early to ensure everything went smoothly. Unfortunately, the site was closed unexpectedly but between Phil and Wendee an alternate site was found without any added stress to the day. Everyone climbed up a mountain to give us the most memorable wedding possible. Phil is just the best!

Phil was amazing! 1. He worked with me to plan the script ahead of time, so I would be comfortable with the progression of our ceremony. He was very helpful and responsive. 2. On the day of my wedding, it was raining! My planned venue was higher in the moutains, and Phil called me ahead of time to advise that it would be sleeting at that location and would potentially be too cold and dreary to have a nice ceremony. He suggested a different (and very beautiful!) location, where we ended up having the ceremony. We even had a break in the rain for the actual ceremony, so it worked out much better than I expected with the weather we had. 3. Phil has an incredible energy. He is so passionate and genuine. I felt like he had known us for years and was genuinely invested in and hyped about our wedding. It was awesome. Highly, highly recommend. Can not go wrong with Phil.

Phil is everything we dreamed of and more for our wedding officiant!! He is very professional and easy going. Creating our wedding vows was the best ‘to do’ on our list of tasks to prepare for our wedding, all because of how easy and fun it was working with Phil. He fills any room with such joy and positivity! Our guests couldn’t stop talking about how much they loved him (and we couldn't either!). Thank you for making our day so special - we couldn’t have done it without you! We highly recommend Phil to everyone!

Phil married us just a few days ago, and we've received so many compliments on our ceremony! We started working with Phil a few years before our wedding (due to COVID), and he made the process stress free and incredibly personal. We loved our initial meeting with him at a cozy coffee shop in Breck, and we felt like we had known Phil forever. He worked with us to make tweaks to our script until it felt just like "us" and brought a lovely presence to our wedding day. If you're looking for an officiant for your wedding, we couldn't recommend Phil more.

Phil was awesome! We got to zoom with him before the wedding and we just clicked! I loved that he sent us script options but let us fully customize ours. Our ceremony was so intentional and personal and Phil executed it perfectly! Every single person was in tears. He’s worth every penny! Do yourself a favor and make your ceremony a priority and hire Phil!

We recently had Phil as our officiant for our Vail wedding, and he truly was amazing in every way. We reached out to Phil after finding him online, and from our first conversations, we felt like we had known each other for a long time! From the first interaction to the wedding, Phil made the entire process seamless and so enjoyable. You can tell that Phil genuinely wants to know about you and your story, and he does a wonderful job at making the script exactly what you and your partner want. We were thrown many curveballs due to Covid, but we could always count on Phil for advice and timely, detailed responses. We can genuinely say that this was one of the most enjoyable processes of the wedding, and we would recommend Phil a hundred times over!

Working with Phil was a fantastic experience and one of the best decisions we made during our wedding planning process! Finding the right officiant was a part of the planning that we were quite nervous about but after we hung up from our first call with Phil, we knew that we had found the right person to officiate our wedding. Phil was energetic, responsive and so intentional about creating the right balance and tone for us and our day. Phil made the whole process fun and easy (even during the uncertainty of COVID) all the way up to the rehearsal and the big day. Months later, our family and friends (and us!) still rave about the ceremony and how much it captured us as a couple and the love and joy of the day. We could not have asked for a better experience and recommend anyone looking for an officiant to reach out to Phil!

Phil was such a great find!! He had a great sense of what we wanted for our ceremony before we even did! He was prompt, helpful, up-beat, and just an all around awesome officiant! Would highly recommend Phil to anyone considering getting married in Summit County!

We cannot say enough good things about Phil... He was so incredibly warm, thoughtful and helpful serving as both an officiant and friend that day, helping us navigate an elopement during these touch-and-go times. He really helped us with everything we needed to make that day extra special, from providing several script versions, notes on how to write our own personal vows, thoughts on potential locations, and just a wonderfully upbeat demeanor that spilled into the excitement leading up to and on day of. He was punctual on our initial FaceTime meeting as well as on the big day, was dressed well and was so respectful in honoring the gravity of a marriage, but with the biggest smile attached. We would highly recommend him to anyone in Colorado or beyond! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Phil!

Cannot emphasize enough how great Phil is. He made our entire ceremony feel so special and unique to us as a couple, providing several script options and tailoring them to us. Both of our families were so impressed with the script and the energy Phil brought to the ceremony, as were we. I would absolutely recommend him to future couples!

Phil created a masterpiece for us and was so flexible with adding everything we wanted in our vows. He was amazing in person and we feel so blessed to have had his services on our special day. He felt like family!

Our experience with Phil was incredible. He's wonderful to work with, and our ceremony was meaningful, memorable, and very much "us" because Phil took the time to get to know us. Can't recommend him more to any couple getting married!

Amazing Officiant!! He went over and beyond to make our day PERFECT! Thank you so much Phil!!

We had a wonderful experience having Phil as the officiant for our elopement! We had to postpone our original wedding to 2021 and Phil was super helpful with adjusting the scripts from our full ceremony to an elopement for just my husband and I. He has been responsive and accommodating even with three location changes on the date of our elopement (due to crazy snow) and remained positive throughout the whole experience. We are so happy we chose him and the ceremony and his words were beautiful! We can't wait to work with him again for our 2021 wedding! I would highly recommend Phil to anyone looking for the perfect officiant for their wedding, big or small!

Phil went above and beyond to make sure our day was perfect. He was punctual, good about staying in touch through the entire process and was a genuine joy to be around. I would easily say our wedding wouldn't not have been the same without him.

Highly Recommend Phil! Phil was so amenable to editing his ceremony to be just right for our couple and he was so pleasant in all planning correspondences! Most importantly, not only was he early to arrive to the wedding (which as a Planner I highly value) but he conducted a truly stunning ceremony that felt very personal despite him having only just met the couple. We would highly recommend him!

I cannot even express how thankful we were to have found Phil for our special day. From the very beginning, Phil made us feel so comfortable and honored our every wish. He was funny, kind, organized, fast to respond, and was just overall the perfect person to officiate our wedding. I wish I could give him more than 5 stars! Thank you Phil!

Phil was awesome! He really did a great job making us feel less nervous about our big day! He’s so genuine and such a great person!

We had such a great experience with Phil, we couldn't believe we got so lucky. Phil came recommended to us by our wedding planner, Carly Witzberg with Milk Glass Productions, as an officiant who performs non-denominational weddings. My husband and I didn't want to get married in a church or a temple but wanted to incorporate elements from our religions wedding ceremonies into our wedding (I'm Greek and my husband's Jewish). Phil worked with me to craft the perfect combination of Greek and Jewish wedding traditions into our ceremony and made it flow effortlessly. For him to write your wedding ceremony, he has you fill out a questionnaire about yourselves as a couple and then individually about each other. When everything came together, it was a beautifully crafted speech incorporating personal details about us and our families, mixed with our culture's wedding traditions. It was so perfect, our guests actually thought Phil was a close friend/family member! I would HIGHLY recommend Phil for your wedding day. He was my favorite part :)

Wow. I can’t even begin to say how thankful we are that Phil was our officiant. We eloped to Colorado to get married on the side of the mountain.. in the snow.. in 16 degrees. Phil was awesome!! He kept us smiling and laughing so much that we forgot how cold it was. He truly was one of the best parts of our wedding and probably one of the best people we’ve met in a while. You won’t be disappointed if you choose Phil! Thank you so much!!

Phil was amazing! He made the whole process extremely easy and made sure the ceremony went perfect!

Phil officiated our wedding last September and helped make our ceremony feel SO special. Multiple guests told us they thought Phil was a friend who we went way back with since the words that he said were so personal and tailored to us. He has such a positive attitude and is so easy to work with. We couldn't have been happier with our choice to have Phil officiate our wedding!

Phil did an amazing job at our wedding last summer! He’s very professional, personable and fun! We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant. After the ceremony, we got so many compliments from our guests about Phil. We would definitely recommend him to anyone!!

Oh my goodness! Where do I begin, I was married once before with a priest that had known me personally, who had baptized me and yet Phil who had met me moments before I was to be married, delivered as though he had known my fiance and myself for years! He kept in touch with me constantly prior to our wedding day and made it just right. He is kind and thoughtful and it genuinely comes through his delivery. I highly recommend him!

My husband Rob and I are so thankful we found Phil. We knew he was the perfect officiant from our initial phone call. He understood what we wanted right away and was so flexible in learning the Catholic and Jewish traditions we wanted to incorporate in our ceremony. Phil even helped us with our rehearsal the morning before our wedding because our day-of coordinator was unavailable. So many of our guests told us how wonderful he was and that he did an amazing job! We highly recommend Phil!

Phil did a phenomenal job officiating our wedding. The process of hiring him and working with him to come up with a personalized ceremony was enjoyable and easy. When we met Phil at the rehearsal, we were so happy to see how positive and calming his demeanor and energy was, and that totally put us at ease for the day of. He was extremely thoughtful and even offered to wear a variety of outfits to accommodate our look. The ceremony was beautiful and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. We would highly recommended.

We had the most amazing, magical ceremony all thanks to Phil. Usually officiants, who at times feel like strangers, just read the ceremony right off the piece of paper in front of them but not Phil. He brought the words to life, he put his own personal touch into it and just made us feel like the whole world stopped all for us. His happy, positive energy radiated from the minute we met and he just completed our ceremony. We are so elated with the way the ceremony went and it’s all thanks to Phil. Thank you again Phil!

From start to finish, Phil delivered perfect service. He was SO responsive and helpful throughout the entire process. We had a destination wedding in Colorado and he made this aspect of the wedding planning very easy. We received constant compliments about him, everyone loved him - including us. He fit in perfectly, conducted himself professionally and accommodated ALL of our needs. We could not have asked for a better person to marry us. THANK YOU PHIL!!!!!!