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Tennessee, North GA and North AL
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Rev Mary Toland Shaw
FOUNDER AND WEDDING OFFICIANT
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Welcome and warmest congratulations! Sacred Relationship, LLC, based in Harrison, TN, offers wedding officiant services to couples tying the knot in the Chattanooga area. Rev. Mary Toland Shaw crafts and officiates beautiful and meaningful customized wedding ceremonies that reflect your love story, family traditions, personality, style, preferences, and values. A loving Interfaith Minister and Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, Mary has a passion for delighting each couple with a uniquely personal ceremony that showcases "your love story."
Whether incorporating meaningful rituals, writing your vows, or inviting family members to participate in beautiful ways, Mary will help you orchestrate a profoundly memorable and joyous experience. Mary is well-versed in religious, spiritual, interfaith, traditional, and civil ceremonies, and her public speaking skills, as well as her calm and kind demeanor, will combine to create a meaningful, memorable, and heartfelt ceremony. To bring your vision to life, she offers two separate packages. The most comprehensive one offers a customized ceremony, as well as your choice of prayers, vows, readings, poems, and rituals. Mary will also coordinate with your musicians and any loved ones participating in the ceremony. After, your marriage license will be signed and filed with the County Register of Deeds.
Residing in Chattanooga, TN, Mary is happy to travel if a travel stipend is offered for distances over 35 miles outside her local area.
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Civil Union
Elopement
Interfaith Ceremony
Non-Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony
Second Wedding
Vow Renewal Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
Christian
Spiritual
Wedding Activities
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Rev Mary Toland Shaw
Founder and Wedding Officiant
Here is a bit about me: I'm a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, and Interfaith Minister through Alliance of Divine Love. I'm a loving wife and mother of 4 children, and a maltipoo pup. I've spent years as a business executive, writer and professional speaker. I'm also a Spiritual Life Coach and Meditation Guide. Being a wedding officiant is work that I absolutely love; and I'm dedicated to having you love your ceremony!
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5.0
out of 5.07 reviews
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Mary received glowing reviews from multiple couples for her exceptional skills as a wedding officiant. Reviewers highlighted her personalized and touching ceremony scripts that captured their love stories perfectly, along with her warmth, professionalism, and flexibility. Mary's attention to detail, communication, and ability to create magical and memorable wedding ceremonies were highly praised, making her a top recommendation for couples looking for an officiant to help create a special and stress-free wedding day experience.Shawna H
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5.0
6/22/2024
We feel incredibly fortunate to have had Mary as our wedding officiant. Despite having a short time to prepare and our choice of a remote location along the Tennessee River, Mary w...
as warm, easy-going, and seamlessly professional. Especially when she partnered with us to include our two beloved dogs in the ceremony. We are so happy she was our officiant and recommend her wholeheartedly!
Ivie T
5.0
12/04/2025
Mary did a fantastic job with our ceremony! Her communication skills were perfect and she did great with last minute changes as well! So glad she was there for us on our big day.
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Hayley-Rae T
5.0
11/02/2025
Mary was so amazing! She sent myself and my spouse separate questionnaires to fill out in order to write a custom ceremony script around our life together and tailored it what we w...
anted. It was the most magical feeling listening that script during our ceremony. Also very great with communication and very punctual, she was even flexible to moving the ceremony time based on the rain forecast. Absolutely recommend her to everyone!!!!
Myrical G
5.0
11/02/2025
This woman is absolutely fantastic. She was extremely personable and SO dedicated to bring our love story to life during our ceremony. She had everyone amazed and teary-eyed with t...
he way she put our journey into words - my mother came up to me afterwards and said she was SO impressed with her, and said anyone would assume she had known us our whole lives. It’s safe to say that anyone would be worried about that awkward feeling of involving an outsider into such an intimate, big moment in your life, and she melted those worries instantly. She made it so easy to be in the moment, and also so easy to trust her to keep that indescribable, full-of-love, whimsical, romantic, and magical feeling throughout the whole service. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. 10/10
Christopher
5.0
4/07/2025
We recently got married and had the absolute pleasure of having Mary as our officiant. From the moment we met her, she was incredibly warm, friendly, and welcoming, we truly couldn...
’t have wished for anyone better. She made us feel so comfortable and at ease during such a special moment in our lives.
Mary also went above and beyond, suggesting beautiful locations for our ceremony and making the whole process feel effortless and meaningful. Her husband was equally kind and helpful, and it was clear they both genuinely cared about making our day perfect.
We would recommend Mary to absolutely everyone, and we feel so lucky to have found her!
Michelle R
5.0
11/16/2024
Mary was everything you could ask for! She's kind, patient and rolled right along with my indecisiveness. She also rewrote my vows with no complaint and went out of her way to help...
me find a venue. Mary made my day extremely easy. She was great to work with, 5 stars should be 10! You won't be disappointed.
Michelle
Madalena E
5.0
6/18/2024
"Mary is truly amazing! She made our wedding ceremony exceptionally special. We had a beautiful and intimate gathering on Lake Chickamauga, and Mary added a thoughtful touch by int...
egrating wording into our ceremony related to voyaging together on the water – a perfect reflection of our venue. Despite the warm day and the bit of a trek through the woods to reach the ceremony spot, Mary's joyous and enthusiastic presence made everything perfect for us. We are incredibly grateful that she was our officiant and helped make our day unforgettable!" ~ Madalena and Jaime E.
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Tennessee, North GA and North AL
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