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Reverend Tim Mills is an ordained non-denominational wedding officiant serving every corner of the Bay Area & beyond. He's experienced: 3,000 weddings, 32 years, 900 venues. He personalizes to fit the couple and their style, keeps guests fully engaged and expertly combines the two great essentials, dignity & humor. Fluent in Hebrew, does Jewish and Catholic-Jewish ceremonies in a creative inclusive manner. Experience in the rituals and traditions of Persian and Filipino ceremonies. Does religious and non-religious with equal enthusiasm and expertise. Reasonably priced, always on time, easily contacted (e-mail or text: timmills2005@sbcglobal.net; 510-334-5308).
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Reverend Tim Mills was an excellent choice to officiate our wedding. We spoke with several other officiants prior to Tim, and while I’m sure most of them would have been great, Tim was the right guy for the job! There are several reviews about his impressive voice, which at first I thought must be overstated, but WOW! From the second he picked up the phone we were impressed.
He was very hands off in the planning process, and had several optional items to include (think a prayer, traditional vows, personal vows, a reading etc.) and we loved his idea to read personal stories that we wrote for the ceremony instead of having us recite our own vows in front of all of our guests. Overall we opted for a shorter ceremony, but Tim gave an excellent performance and had a great sense of comedic timing without making the ceremony seem like a stand up routine. We received plenty of compliments from the guests after our ceremony, and while we don’t plan on getting married again, if we did we would definitely choose Reverend Tim again!
We used Tim for our wedding in Sonoma, CA and boy was he the right choice! First, he has an incredible voice, but more importantly, the way he structures the ceremony allowed for it to be truly special and personalized. We had so many people tell us that our ceremony was different than anything they had experienced before and really captured us. Tim was also super communicative and pleasure to work with as we prepared for wedding day.
We hired Reverend Tim to officiate our wedding and we are so happy with our decision. He is a kind, professional and down-to-earth guy that made us feel comfortable and at ease with our ceremony and vows. He really got to know us and wrote a beautiful ceremony around our interests, relationship and personalities. Everyone was crying happy tears! Highly recommend for a truly special and intimate wedding experience.
Reverend Tim was the officiant for our wedding. He did an amazing job officiating our ceremony.
As part of the preparation process, Reverend Tim meets with you to understand your story/personal connection and works with you to incorporate this into your ceremony which our guests loved. He was able to seamlessly incorporate the religious elements we wanted in our ceremony but can also officiate for those who want a non-religious ceremony.
We met with Reverend Tim once in person, in addition to our correspondence via email, but his presence and understanding of us made the ceremony feel like he had been in our lives for a long time. In addition, he orates ceremonies with a low, warm voice that wedding guests were raved about (it’s kind of barry white-esque)!
We highly recommend Reverend Tim for any wedding looking for a fantastic officiant.
Reverend Tim Mills is the best in the business! My husband and I hired him to Officiate our wedding in May 2022. We are not ones to do personalized vows but he was able to ensure that we were represented in the ceremony readings. He has a wonderful way of bringing humor, love and light to what would normally be considered the "boring" part of the wedding for guests. I should also mention that my husband and I are non denominational and that is not a problem when working with Tim. Most importantly he has such a calming voice. I highly recommend working with him for your special day!
From our first interaction with Tim, to the beautiful and humorous way he performed our ceremony… we are delighted and impressed. Our guests have never experienced anything like Tim’s service. Forever grateful:))
We can’t thank Reverend Mills enough for creating such a touching and memorable ceremony! It couldn’t have been more perfect!! We have had countless numbers of family and friends tell us that it was the best ceremony they have seen! He seamlessly mixed in traditional Jewish elements which was so special for George’s family. We feel so blessed to have found him!
With Heartfelt Appreciation!
Amy and George
I was recommended to Tim by a wedding coordinator. She told me he had a beautiful voice and he is the best officiant on her list. I contacted him that night to book him. When he answered the phone I thought “whoooaaaaaaaa” and booked him right away. I think he was even a little puzzled how I just sent him the deposit right away! Lol, he told me I didn’t have to deposit until we met but I was not going to risk having someone steal MY OFFICIANT for my wedding date.
When Tuan and I met him, he was professional, funny, and open minded. We were extremely nervous about doing our own vows and he offered to read our story for us instead. He even sent us reminders to have the story ready and helped us revise.
He gave us several pointers on how to stand and act during the ceremony. Some of it I was surprised about, and so was my maid of honor: not to pay attention to him when he talks, to whisper to each other when he is speaking which I thought would be being slightly rude to Reverend Tim? But we trusted him and did what we were told! My maid of honor was amazed when she saw us following the instructions, how much more of an intimate loving feel the ceremony had. I don’t know if I am doing a good job at explaining it, but bottom line is he knows what he’s doing and if you listen to him, you’ll have a wonderful ceremony.
I used to never think picking the right officiant was important for our wedding. We even thought about having a friend do it. But I am so glad I did and Reverend Tim is worth every penny. I want him back when we do our vow renewal and I am not taking no for an answer!
We had our wedding in San Francisco in December 2016, but live in Florida, so I solely had to go off of reviews to find the right officiant to marry us. Tim responded to our emails quickly and allowed us to write our own ceremony readings. He instructed us to write our own personal stories and not to share with each other. These were read at the beginning of our ceremony and our reactions to each other's stories were priceless. Our guests were so amazed with our personalized ceremony and said "Our wedding was the best they had ever seen!" Reverend Tim helped make our special day perfect by the way he conducted our ceremony. His voice carried beautifully and our wedding video turned out amazing with Tim as our officiant! Our ceremony such was a memorable event and we will remember this day forever!
Reverend Tim was the best decision we made for our wedding ceremony! He made everything so personal and heartfelt, while delivering our vows and stories smoothly. We received so many compliments from our guests about how amazing and touching our ceremony was and we owe it all to Reverend Tim!
To be honest, we kept putting off dealing with our ceremony details until we couldn't any longer. We kept trying to think of a family member or friend we could ask to get ordained and marry us. After all of the details that go into planning a wedding, the thought of then helping write our ceremony with a family member or friend (we'd have NO clue where to begin) wasn't interesting anymore.
I work in the wedding industry and have seen hundreds of ceremonys but I don't really listen as I'm usually running around getting ready for the next detail. Luckily, one of my clients used Tim last year and I remembered him for his great voice and the amount of laughter that came from guests during the ceremony.
My husband and I had a quick call with Tim and his personality, sense of humor and awesome voice made us immediately decide he'd be perfect! Tim gave us some great advice about writing our own vows (not too) and instead we each wrote stories that Tim shared during the ceremony...he was right, everyone enjoyed listening to these much more and given our nerves, it was so nice to take a deep breath and listen to what my husband wrote. Tim also gave us some great advice about when to use prayers (since neither of us are religious but some of our family is) and provided us sample prayers to select from.
He made planning the ceremony beyond easy and the day of was honestly perfect! His delivery was amazing and we had so many people comment on what an amazing job he did. We'd absolutely recommended Tim and are so thankful we had a videographer because we both can't wait to listen to the ceremony again!
Tim really gave me an unforgettable ceremony!
I received a ton of compliments about the personal story part in the ceremony. All my guests like it. They said they can feel the love in the story. He is so professional to make the ceremony smooth and impressive. I will definitely recommend Tim to anyone whoever are going to get married.
Tim was great - we met with him before selecting him as our officiant and he gave us tips (what people actually listen to and remember about a good ceremony, so we don't waste our time focusing on the wrong things, to practice how the first kiss will look so that we don't have pictures of ourselves looking like a hot mess up there, how we should plan to stand and hold hands while he talks, etc) and "homework" (ways to personalize the non-denominational ceremony with stories and readings) and we were able to get all our questions answered about our semi-traditional, semi-custom desired ceremony. We got a LOT of compliments on Tim's ceremony performance from our guests after the wedding too!
We are so grateful to Reverend Tim for doing such an amazing job with our ceremony. He made everything so personal and special! I can not tell you how many people commented on how wonderful he was and how much they enjoyed the ceremony. It was so nice to be able to hand everything over to him and know that everything was taken care of. I can not thank him enough for making our day so special!
My groom and I chose Reverend Tim Mills for our officiant because 1) he has a deep booming commanding voice, 2) he had a great sense of humor, 3) he appreciated the need for a bit of theater during the ceremony, 4) he was very personable. Reverend Mills was professional and courteous. He was prompt to response to any inquiries we had. He was not over-bearing nor did he push his own agenda for our wedding ceremony. He listened to our vision, provided a few suggestions and recommendations, and customized our ceremony exactly how we wanted. He was compassionate, reverent, but not a religious zealot. Nearly every one of our guests asked how we found him and complimented on what a wonderful officiant he was. THANK YOU Reverend Mills for making our wonderful ceremony even more fantastic!
Reverend Tim was great! I booked him based on reviews and did not talk to him until about a month before the wedding (it had been all email). He was very personable and fun. We got many compliments on the ceremony and it seemed like he'd known us for years. I very highly recommend him for anyone planning a wedding in the SF area.
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6 Dublin Ct, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, Pleasant Hill, CA | All Bay Area, N to beyond Sacramento, S to Monterey-Carmel.
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