Rev Mary Stone

Rev Mary is simply THE best! She was extremely communicative, kind, and helpful throughout the whole process. She gave us structure and her point of view based on her years of experience that truly helped shape our ceremony to exactly what we wanted. If we could have her marry us again every year, we would! She was the perfect addition to our day and couldn't recommend her enough.

Mary did everything and more for us for our bid day! We loved how she took the time to get to know us & make our ceremony personalized and custom to my husband and I. She was available for any questions and support before, during and after the ceremony and was so easy to work with. Hire Mary as your officiant!!

We were so blessed by having Rev. Mary Stone to officiate our wedding! From our very first meeting we felt a warm yet electrifying energy! We knew after that initial meeting that we picked the right person to help us enter into our union. Not only did she guide us through the marriage license process, she also drafted the ceremony order based on our preferences. Most importantly, it was her calm and peaceful energy that helped ease our nerves during the ceremony. She truly helped us to make our ceremony a special and memorable experience!

Rev Mary is such a wonderful, gracious, authentic and charismatic woman who made our ceremony so special! Our guests all commented on the amazing job she did. We did pretty extensive searching for almost all of our vendors, probably averaging 5-10 inquiries before we’d come across the right fit for us. Rev Mary is the only one who we were lucky enough to get right on our very first inquiry! She told our story with humor and affection, was so easy to work with and iterate on our write-up, answered our questions, provided great recs, and we did a fun wine mixing ceremony to play on our venue at a vineyard. Thank you, Rev Mary! You will be in very capable hands!

Reverend Mary recently officiated our May 2024 wedding, and we were so thrilled to work with her for our big day. Mary is extremely professional, kind, fun, heartwarming, and everything else you could want in an officiant! From the moment we met her, we knew she was the officiant for us. She was instantly warm and welcoming, and took the time to learn about who we were as individuals and as a couple. Her ceremony script captured our relationship from the get-go, and she was patient and thoughtful in incorporating our suggestions and edits. We liked that her approach was focused on personalizing the ceremony to who we were, so that even though she hadn’t met us in person yet, it didn’t feel like a cookie-cutter ceremony. Her questionnaire was thoughtful and thorough, and served as an excellent starting point for customizing the ceremony further. We never felt rushed or pressured to finalize the ceremony quickly, and were so happy with the final edit. Now on to her presence on the wedding day - Mary has the most welcoming presence, and our guests really loved hearing from her. She was timely in her arrival, and also worked quickly to finish the paperwork and mail it by the very next day! She was also very patient in answering our questions about getting the marriage license, what comes next, etc. Long story short — Mary is an incredible officiant, and you won’t be disappointed! She’s really good at what she does, and she made our big day all the more special.

Mary was the absolute best officiant I could have dreamed of for our wedding. Me and my husband didn't want a too serious ceremony and Mary delivered. We got so many compliments that our ceremony was the best our guests have ever been to. Mary made a connection with each of us and really displayed our love well in her words. I would recommend her a million times over!

Mary was an absolute pleasure to work with! She has a clear passion for what she does. She put together a thoughtful ceremony based on a detailed questionnaire she created to really get to know us as a couple. She was open to collaborating on the ceremony and readily incorporated our ideas. She also respected our wishes to have a secular ceremony. She made the whole process easy for us; she was very responsive and on top of things. For the actual wedding, she brought a great energy that was palpable. It was clear she was excited to be a part of our special day. I highly recommend Mary!

Reverend Mary was an tremendous officiant for my wife and I's wedding in Northern Virginia in October. Throughout the process, she was professional, communicative, and created a script that made our ceremony feel personal. We received many compliments from our guests on the quality and cadence of the ceremony, and that was it among the best they had been to. We would very much recommend Mary Stone to anyone having a Virginia or D.C. wedding.

Mary was absolutely amazing and made our ceremony perfect! We knew immediately when we met her for the first time on Zoom that she was exactly what we were looking for in an officiant. She was helpful through the whole process and full of joy and love. Cannot recommend her enough! Our guests are still talking about our ceremony and Mary specifically.

Exceptional!! Rev Mary Stone did such a beautiful ceremony on our wedding day! Mario and I were amazed to how quickly we connected with Rev Mary! It felt like we’ve known her for the longest time, the vibes were very natural and organic! Thank you so much, Rev Mary !

Mary was absolutely wonderful to have on our wedding day. She was extremely communicative, and wrote a beautiful ceremony for my wife and I. I would recommend Mary to anybody!

Mary was absolutely amazing and I could not recommend her more to officiate a wedding! My husband and I got married mid-December and a month later we are still hearing from guests about how much they loved our ceremony! Thank you Mary for making our day SO special!

Mary was absolutely incredible and such a wonderful presence to have leading the way on our special day. She is so so sweet and kept our ceremony fun and light hearted through her charisma and unique personalization. It was a pleasure to work with Mary and we could not recommend her enough! Thank you Mary!!

Reverend Mary has been such a pleasure to work with. Not only did she take the time to really get to know us, she made sure our ceremony was perfect for us. Her questionnaires and attention to detail made our dream ceremony come true. She is so lovely, patient, and sweet, making it easy to communicate. From beginning to end, it did not feel like a business transaction, Mary felt like family to us. The day we got our preview of what our ceremony would be like, my husband and I cried because of how beautiful she captured our love for each other. Look no further, Reverend Mary is who you should choose to capture your magic, like she did for ours.

Pastor Mary was awesome. She contacted us via video to have a conversation to get a feel for the wedding. She provided us the script to edit and add on to. We did a hand fasting and our vows. For the hand fasting she was perfect. She found the right theme for them and performed it flawlessly. When it came time for our vows she stepped aside and allowed us to exchange vows alone on the dias. I asked to speak to her alone while I was getting ready and asked for a blessing which she provided. My wife really enjoyed her. We would gladly ask Pastor Mary to perform another ceremony for us such as renewing our vows. We couldn’t have been happier with Pastor Mary.

Rev Mary was amazing! We found here via the Knot for our small elopement ceremony (with just immediate family) where we knew we wanted a short but sweet and personalized ceremony. Mary was communicative throughout the entire process, ensuring my husband and I and our families were involved in the ceremony and that it reflected our story and values. If you need an officiant, call Mary!

Rev Mary Stone was an amazing masterpiece to our ceremony. We wanted our ceremony to be special for not only us but our guests too. With a blended family of many different ethnicities, cultures, and spiritual beliefs, Rev Mary perfectly blended who we were as a couple into a beautiful God/Spirit-Lead ceremony while including guests into the nuptials and adding a little humor as well. Everything was tailored to us: From the ceremony "script" to the special request of a foot bath ceremony at the end. Everyone loved her! She also stepped ALLL the way out of the way for the big kiss photo without us having to tell her so (lol). Very thoughtful, intentional, and professional through and through. We could not speak anymore highly of her! Mary, thank you for blessing us with your spirit, Godliness, and true talent. Apologies for this year-late review. Our families still rave about our ceremony, and Baby Williams will arrive any day now!

Mary Stone was the perfect officiant for our wedding! She was fun, energetic, quick and a joy to work with. She made us feel comfortable and relaxed during planning, as well as the ceremony. We really loved how Mary took the time to learn more about us and our relationship to help her customize the script to fit our preferences, and she sprinkled in humor and warmth to the ceremony that made it all the more special and memorable. Mary was very responsive and flexible throughout the planning process, always making herself available to answer our questions and accommodate any requests. Mary is a true professional and a lovely person, and we are so happy we chose her to officiate our wedding!

Mary was the perfect officiant for our big day! My husband and I met Mary on a zoom call and immediately knew when we ended the call that she was the right officiant for us. We wanted a fun and happy ceremony and she delivered! she made our ceremony very personal and all our guests continue to rave about how they loved her message! We had many international guests and she tailored her message to ensure everyone felt welcome and included. We can’t thank Mary enough for being support and for being a big part of why our wedding day ended up being our favorite day yet!

Mary was fantastic to work with! We loved the way she presented at our wedding ceremony, and was able to appeal to both sides of the family. 10/10 would recommend

We are SO SO glad we chose Reverend Mary Stone to be our officiant. From the moment we did our first video call I knew she was going to be a perfect fit. I am a total crybaby , so I wanted to make sure we had an officiant that could help keep me calm and bring a good dose of humor, joy, and lightness to our ceremony while still having meaning and sentiment-- Mary did just that!! Mary was very intentional about asking what words, phrases, and quotes that we were comfortable with (use of the word god vs other phrasing, nothing of a subservient nature) which I appreciated greatly. I would absolutely choose Mary if I was doing this all over again.

Mary was absolutely wonderful! She delivered exactly what we wanted how we wanted! She was easy to communicate with, got back to us right away with answers to any questions we had. She was very professional, and made our special day one to remember 🤍

Mary was a dream to work with! We had a video call at first to get to know each other and we instantly knew she was the one! Our ceremony was beautiful but she was also able to bring in some humor and help us calm our nerves while standing up there. We are so grateful!!

We couldn't have asked for a better person than Mary Stone to marry us! From our first phone call with her we knew that she was the one. She was so easy to work with and just wanted us to have the most spectacular day. Our guests LOVED her too!

We could not have asked for a better officiant than Mary! She was truly incredible! The moment we met her, we knew she would be the perfect person to marry us! She is kind, calming, funny, charismatic, and an all-around bright light. She walked us through everything and was extremely helpful. Our ceremony was made specifically for us and was expertly delivered. I can't recommend Mary highly enough!

Mary helped to make our wedding ceremony exactly how we hoped it would be. She is so personable, easy to work with, and receptive to input, which made the entire script-writing process a breeze. All we had to do was fill out a brief questionnaire, and she handled the rest. The end product was an incredibly personalized and meaningful ceremony that we will remember and cherish for the rest of our lives.

Mary was a wonderful officiant at our small wedding. She engaged our guests during the ceremony and spoke beautifully. As far as her process works, she really wants the couple’s words and values to shine through, so our answers to her questionnaires provided a lot of the language for the ceremony. She offers suggestions for readings and vows as well if you need them. After the wedding she was even cheerfully helping our photographer wrangle family photos and stay balanced on a chair. Just a wonderful woman! She even filed our marriage license for us and explained how to get copies. I would highly recommend seeking her services.

From the first time we spoke with Reverend Mary, her welcoming and warm personality shone through. She worked with us every step of the way to craft a beautiful ceremony that struck all the right notes of our wedding day. We are so glad that she officiated our ceremony. And on the big day, Reverend Mary made sure that we felt comfortable about everything. One detail that sticks out in retrospect was that she asked if we would prefer ourselves or her to hold on to our vow cards until it was time for us to read them. It was such a small detail, but it encapsulates how attentive Reverend Mary is to all of the little things, while making sure that we felt reassured and in control.

I cannot say enough good things about Mary! She helped us craft a beautiful wedding ceremony that was short & sweet and true to us. So many of our friends and family told us how much they loved the ceremony and how great Mary was. Mary has the most beautiful personality and was such a joy to work with throughout the entire process of planning our ceremony. She is without a doubt, one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! Cannot recommend her enough!

I have never matched so perfectly with someone as I did with Reverend Mary. She completely understood my fiancé and I, and was able to create a script for us that was perfect. We had a zoom session to get a feel for each other, then filled out questionnaires so she could get a better idea of who we are as a couple. She checked in a few times before the wedding too. Day of, she helped herd sheep even though that isn't her job, and made my wedding party feel comfortable. She is amazing and my guests couldn't stop raving about her. Highly recommend!

My fiance (now husband) used Rev Mary Stone as our officiant for our elopement ceremony and we cannot recommend her enough! From the start, she was very easy to communicate with and very quick in her responses. She even took the time to schedule a video call with us to talk about what we wanted in our ceremony. My favorite part was she had us fill out questionnaires about each other and our relationship that she used to make our ceremony so personal and thoughtful. Even our photographer mentioned out of all the weddings she has attended, that Mary's ceremony was by far the most personal. Mary's presence, uplifiting demeanor and lightheartedness was just what we needed to make this nerve wracking day calm and allowed us to really be in the moment and listen to her beautiful words. I really felt like Mary cared about getting to know us and wanted to make this day as special as she could. Highly recommend hiring Mary!

We asked Mary to be our officiant for our wedding in September and we were so happy with how the ceremony turned out! Mary was fantastic to work with through the whole process. In our initial meeting she took the time to walk us through the typical parts of a wedding ceremony and talked about many different ways we could customize it. She sent us detailed questionnaires to individually fill out so she could get to know each of us better as individuals and as a couple. She used many of our own words to draft the ceremony and gave us tons of options regarding vows, the final blessing, and really each aspect of the ceremony - it was all customizable. She did a beautiful job drafting the ceremony - it had some nods to a Catholic ceremony that we wished to include but was very inclusive and felt so genuine to us and our beliefs. We had so many people come up to us after and comment on how genuine and heartfelt the ceremony was - it was a highlight of our wedding day! She also made the marriage licensing process after the wedding so easy for us. We can't recommend Mary enough!

We couldn’t have picked a better officiant for our wedding. Rev Stone from our first introduction was a perfect fit for our wedding. She made sure our wedding ceremony was fun, inclusive and highlighted things that were important to us, example we are huge Harry Potter fans so she included quotes from Dumbledore about love. On the day of our wedding when things didn’t go our way… she stepped in to help and made us feel calm. She went above and beyond to make our day special which was not expected at all and a very nice surprise. She had us complete a questionnaire prior to writing our vows and included it in the ceremony, which was really nice. She was fun, professional, came early to our ceremony, and affordable. Thank you so much Rev. Stone for all you did to make our day truly special!!

We couldn’t have picked a better officiant for our wedding. Rev Stone was professional, fun, and punctual and went above a beyond to make our day special. From our first introduction, Rev Stone was a perfect fit for our wedding. She made sure our wedding ceremony was fun, inclusive and highlighted things that were important to us, example we are huge Harry Potter fans so she included quotes from Dumbledore about love. On the day of our wedding when things didn’t go our way… she stepped in to help and made us feel calm. She went above and beyond to make our day special which was not expected at all. She had us complete a questionnaire prior to writing our vows and included it in the ceremony, which was a nice surprised. Thank you so much Rev. Stone for all you did to make our day truly special!!

Our wedding planner recommended Mary for our officiant, and it couldn’t have been a better choice. Mary took the time to get to know my husband and I, our backgrounds, and the details that mattered to us for our ceremony. She worked with us to craft an intimate and meaningful script. We received so many compliments from our guests about the ceremony! Having Mary officiate our wedding was one of the best choices we made in the planning process!

We are so thankful we found Reverend Stone and so happy she was the one to perform our ceremony! She was so kind and informative throughout our entire planning process. She truly made planning the ceremony readings easy but still tailored to our story. With her storytelling abilities, she was able to keep everyone’s attention throughout the entire ceremony and even included them in it. We had so many of our guests tell us how wonderful our ceremony was. The readings brought much laughter and tears. We truly couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony!

Mary was everything we were searching for. We knew immediately after we spoke with her the first time. My husband and I just looked at each other and simultaneously said "yep"! You will not be disappointed! She's very easy to work with and will help and guide you with the ceremony script until you are absolutely satisfied. She's SO funny, quirky, kind, and really cares about her couples! She really radiates positivity and it will show during the ceremony. Our guests absolutely adored her! I would recommend her again and again to any couples getting married in the near future.

Mary was incredible to work with through-out the process and did a phenomenal job creating a ceremony that was almost entirely in our own words.

Mary Stone is a rockstar who happens to be an officiant! We are so thankful that we found her in our planning journey - from the start she made us feel comfortable with her and let us know that this was OUR ceremony, nobody else's! Mary respected our traditions (or rather lack thereof!) and crafted a beautiful non-religious ceremony for us. Her words of love and commitment were beautiful and felt so natural to us. On the day of our wedding, her special message had our guests audibly swooning, crying, and cheering with us. Thank you Mary for being the ultimate officiant and helping us begin our marriage journey together!

Mary was wonderful, a cheerful person and very helpful during wedding preparation. She provided helpful suggestions for the ceremony and was also very open to the changes we wanted to make.

I am not sure I can find the best words to describe Mary. She was perfect and crafted a ceremony that captured us beautifully even though she only met us once through a video chat. Our ceremony was injected with humor, laughs and love a everything we wanted. The moment I saw her website I just knew she would be perfect for us and she did not disappoint. She felt like an old friend when we met right before the ceremony. We were beyond happy with her. So much that I’d almost be tempted to renew our vows each year just to see her again!

We hired Mary as our officiant for our wedding at the end of May and we are so glad we did. Mary took the time to meet with us on multiple occasions leading up to the wedding to truly get to know us more and to craft the most amazing wedding ceremony. Our ceremony was absolutely perfect from start to finish and we got so many compliments on how great it and Mary was. She consistently kept our wishes in mind throughout the entire process and created a ceremony that was so personal to us. We are so grateful to have had her as a huge part of our vendor team and as a part of our special day!

Mary was everything we wanted in our officiant and more! She is such a positive and warm person and made the entire process fun and stress free. She was organized and prepared and allowed us plenty of time to provide feedback and make edits to her script. She made sure the day off that everything went smooth (and that we stayed hydrated) during the hustle and bustle 30 minutes before the ceremony, and was well rehearsed and perfect for the one hour ceremony we had. She incorporated everything we wanted from our unity sand ceremony with our children, to the foot washing, and family vow. I am so thankful she was a part of our ceremony and I would highly recommend her for yours.

I can’t even express how pleased we are with every aspect of Rev Mary’s service! She far surpassed our expectations in every way, delivering a perfectly customized ceremony and executing it flawlessly! Rev Mary was warm, funny, professional, prompt and gave us lots of personal attention. She is also very affordable, I’d recommend her to everyone! Many thanks Rev Mary

Reverend Mary really works hard to get to know you as a couple. Her questionnaire was amazing and allowed us to easily articulate our story. She is enthusiastic and flexible and guides you through the creation of your ceremony like a pro. I have people still remarking on how wonderful the ceremony was months later. We cannot recommend her enough!

Mary was amazing and provided a bespoke experience. She had a conversation with us, got to know us, and sent us a questionnaire to fill out. She then sent us a draft ceremony script with several creative options throughout. Her communication was always prompt and she was on-time and comforting during on the day of the wedding. She was one vendor we didn't need to worry about.

Reverend Mary was the perfect antidote to all the ills of trying to plan a wedding during the age of COVID. She was easygoing and personable from day one, but also very supportive and a fount of positive suggestions and wisdom. She was a major factor in making our hybrid wedding (which had to be rescheduled due to the pandemic) a huge success. One thing you'll find when you work with Reverend Mary is that she truly engages, she truly cares. She wants to know who you are on a deep level, and this was evident in the questionnaire she had us fill out. I'll admit that it was pretty extensive, but she asked many insightful questions. When we saw the draft of the ceremony which she prepared it was obvious that she had read and thought deeply about our responses. That, of course, was in addition to our face-to-face (or Zoom-to-Zoom) meetings, during which her ebullient and irrepressible personality, supportiveness, and wonderful sense of humor quickly came to the forefront. Truly, our wedding would have been diminished without her presence. Even as the day approached and we faced multiple last-minute challenges, Reverend Mary remained calm, confident, and unperturbed, and imparted some of that stability to us just when we needed it the most. We felt we were in the best possible hands during a period of intense pressure. She was accommodating and supportive, always taking her cues from our needs, never imposing her own ideas on us. For example, she encouraged us strongly to edit the drafts of the ceremony to suit our tastes, and embraced all of our changes, even when we cut out things she had written. She never acted as if her words were sacred, and demonstrated a down-to-earth ability to roll with all the punches. We cannot recommend Reverend Mary strongly enough. Our sense is that we could reach out to her at any time -- tomorrow, next month, ten years from now -- and she would still demonstrate the same caring attitude which she brought to the planning and execution of our special day. What more could a couple want?

Reverend Stone was an amazing officiant! We absolutely loved her energy and how she made the whole experience fun and less nerve racking when everyone is staring at while we said our vows. We recommend her 1000 percent, if you want an officiant who will take the time to get to know you, put together a script with you and make it seem like you have all been friends for a long time! We had guests asking if she knew us personally and I said yes because she took the time to get to know us through a questionnaire she takes and turns into a wedding ceremony. She is wonderful!

I'm so happy we chose Mary to be our officiant on our wedding day! We knew right away that we wanted her to be our officiant after having a video chat with her. She made us feel so at ease when going over her process and what we should expect in the months to come. She was absolutely incredible and amazing to work with! You can't go wrong with hiring Mary as your officiant! Thank you so much Mary!