5 out of 5 stars and 28 reviews
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(28)Orlando, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, St. Augustine
About this vendor
Based out of Daytona Beach, FL, Weddings by Sam is an officiation service that serves couples marrying in Central Florida. Sam Mullen, a licensed officiant and ordained minister, owns and operates this business. This personable officiant is passionate about making each ceremony he conducts a creative and memorable affair.
Sam is a lifelong bookworm and is drawn to people’s unique stories. At the age of 30, Sam took on ministry, serving as a pastor and then as a hospice chaplain. In 2016, he set up Weddings by Sam, with a focus on each couple’s personal love stories. His goal is to officiate a ceremony that truly reflects a couple and that is truly remarkable.
Weddings by Sam officiates in Daytona Beach, Orlando, Ormond Beach, and nearby areas. Sam offers wedding service in a range of packages, that all include a consultation to ensure your complete satisfaction. This officiant will do his utmost to make planning your ceremony stress-free and to let you exchange your vows in a fun and light-hearted manner.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Interfaith
- Pagan
- Secular
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2024.2023.2022.
Best of Weddings
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Sam did an amazing job officiating our ceremony. His delivery of our special moments of meeting each other and falling in love received compliments all evening. Thank you!
Sam was fantastic! His service was unique in that he took input from my wife, me, and loved ones to put together an amazing story. During the planning process, Sam was very flexibl...
e in meeting our preferences towards religious connotations, order of service, and anything else we would like to add. Afterwards, our guests commented on how great our officiant was. My wife and I absolutely recommend Sam!
It was such an honor to have Sam officiate our wedding. Not only was he incredibly kind and understanding towards what we wanted out of our ceremony, he went above and beyond to ma...
ke our day so special and to tell everyone our love story in such a special way. Working with a stranger to put together an intimate wedding ceremony can be scary, but Sam was so accommodating, and we are so glad that we chose Weddings by Sam to be a part of our special day. We highly recommend his services if you are thinking about hiring an officiant for your big day!
We had the honor of having Sam officiate our wedding! He was so nice, sweet and professional. He made this process so easy and took a lot of the pressure off of us. He is extremely...
creative and did an amazing job with our wedding. One unique thing he does is reach out to close family and friends to get their input on who we are as people. This implements such a fun and creative twist on the ceremony. Sam is very talented and it was truly a privilege to have him officiate our big day. Thank you Sam!!
Sam was absolutely wonderful as our wedding officiant! From the first meeting to the ceremony, he made us feel completely at ease and truly understood our vision for the day.
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warmth and genuine personality shone through in every moment. He crafted a beautiful, personalized ceremony that perfectly captured our love story and made our special day even more memorable. Many of our guests commented on how touching and meaningful the ceremony was.
We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant. Thank you, Sam, for making our wedding so special and for being a part of our journey. We highly recommend him to anyone looking for a heartfelt and unforgettable ceremony!
Where to even start with this incredible man. Sam seriously could not have been more perfect for us and even our guest agreed (my husbands father and one of the groomsmen even told...
him that). He was so personable, easy to talk to, and we felt so comfortable having him stand up there with us on our special day in front of all our loved ones. If you need someone in central Florida, Sam is your man.
I cannot recommend Sam enough! He was amazing to work with, and walked us through exactly what to expect on the day-of which was super helpful. He brought an amazing and charismati...
c energy to our ceremony that we will never forget!
Sam absolutely blew us away. He is incredibly kind, and puts so much care into the ceremony. We found Sam because he officiated our best friends’ wedding, and we knew immediately w...
e had to have him for our’s. We booked him immediately (our very first vendor)! Sam makes everyone around him feel special, he includes loved ones in the process of writing the ceremony and makes every aspect unique and personal. His easy-going attitude made us feel so comfortable and calmed our pre-wedding nerves. Countless guests approached us after the ceremony to tell us what a beautiful job Sam did. We cannot recommend him more!! Thank you SO much for all that you do, Sam.
Sam was the easiest choice we made it terms of booking vendors. The moment we spoke to him we knew he was the officiant we wanted to marry us. He has a very personalized approach t...
o things and that made our ceremony so special. We received many compliments from our guests as well saying it was the best ceremony that they had been to because of how great the officiant was. Sam is kind, attentive, and truly cares for the couples that he is marrying. We cannot thank him enough! Just book him, you will not be disappointed:)
If you're looking for a customized, personal, and genuine experience, look no further. Sam is incredibly professional and goes above and beyond with nailing the details and tailori...
ng your ceremony to how you want it to be. He is hands down the best officiant out there, and I'm so happy he was part of our wedding. Our guests were blown away by his performance and story-telling. Thank you for making our ceremony so magical!!
We decided we wanted to hire a professional, but also worried that our officiant wouldn’t make a ceremony that felt like us. All those worries went away with Sam!! Sam was so kind,...
so communicative, helped us with our vows, and delivered the most beautiful ceremony. He spent time with us doing a workshop to go through each step and we had him rehearse with us which was so helpful to ease wedding day jitters. We are so happy we had Sam marry us! Thank you so so much, Sam!
We booked Sam for our Harmony Gardens wedding and he was absolutely wonderful. From the moment we first video chatted with Sam we knew he would be a great fit. His personality radi...
ates with warmth and kindness. Listening to him officiate our ceremony felt like he had known us for years. He truly made our ceremony feel so special and intimate and did a wonderful job taking all of our preferences into account. Our friends and family raved about how wonderful he was and we can't recommend him enough.
Phenomenal, incredible, perfection. Sam is your guy!!!! I looked into a few officiants before choosing Sam. He was the most complimented "vendor" we had. EVERYONE loved him. Our be...
st friends even hired him after our wedding because he did such an amazing job. He speaks so gracefully and makes your ceremony so intimate and personal. He wouldn't say anything you don't want him to. It can be any type of ceremony you want, religious or non-religious. I promise you Sam IS THE PERSON to hire for your wedding. I couldn't say better things about him. You WON'T regret it!!!
We were referred Sam by our wedding venue, Harmony Gardens. We are so happy that we chose him. We picked him due to his religious background and such wonderful reviews. We chose th...
e more personalized package, which made our ceremony more meaningful. We had a few video calls with Sam as we live in WI and he is in FL. He is very personable and kind. He feels like someone you have known for a long time. He made us feel at ease and our wedding party more confident during rehearsal. He did a wonderful job telling our love story and marrying us. It was the perfect combination of heart-warming and funny. We are happy we chose him and would recommend others to hire Sam as your officiant as well. You will not regret it!
Sam is AMAZING! When trying to decide on a wedding officiant multiple people recommended Sam to us. We set up a meeting with him and knew instantly that he was the officiant for us...
. He made the ceremony enjoyable for everyone. He told our love story beautifully. Multiple people came up to me at my reception to compliment him. He is kind, funny, and incredibly enjoyable to work with!
I can't say enough good things about Sam. He was very friendly from the start and listened me and my husbands needs for our wedding. His officiating was very personalized to my hus...
band and I and was placed in a much more modern phrasing which was a big deal to us. For example, instead of asking my dad "who gives us this bride?" he instead asked "who stands here in support of this marriage?" and asking if either of us were changing our name and how we wanted to introduced. Sam work great and walk us through the ceremony before our wedding date and intertwined so much of us into the ceremony. I am so happy we chose him for our wedding day.
years, the depth of our love and connection, and the promise we’re making to one another. We could’ve been standing in the middle of the field wearing trash bags but the homework y...
ou gave us, the story that you shared, and the way that YOU tell it would have made our celebration every bit as magical as this one was! We’re FOREVER thankful that YOU married us and helped us become the official Mr. and Mrs. Ritchey Beegle.🥰
First of all, Sam is literally the sweetest. He’s so personable and makes you feel as if you’ve been his friend for ever. He wrote the perfect speech for our ceremony that perfectl...
y described us. You can tell he spends a lot of time on tailoring the speech to the individual couple and it’s not a standard speech that he just fills in the blanks. Thank you so much for being a part of our special day Sam!
Sam, is the kind of person who’s soul radiates love no matters what kind of love. He made our ceremony so interesting. He told our love story but incorporated things that were supe...
r important to us. I cried the night before the wedding bc I couldn’t come up with vows ( ladies don’t be like me lol my stress overtook all the great things like marrying the love of your life) he calmed me down and let me know everything was going to be okay and prayed over me because I needed it. Everything was going wrong the day before lol because why wouldn’t it. He actually used a lot of what I wrote in the worksheet and let me tell you it def was better than my vows LOL but all in all there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. He is truly amazing you won’t go wrong with someone like him making your love official
When we first started looking for officiants, we were not super picky - after all, most of the weddings we had gone to, it just seemed that the officiant was reading a beautiful (b...
ut generic) script, and putting all the attention onto the couple. This being our expectation, we were blown away by the services that Sam provided for our extremely special day. We had two phone calls with Sam, and it was immediately apparent in the first one that he was the one who had to lead our marriage, no exceptions. On the second call, he got to know us more, and it felt more like an hour of "hanging out" with a friend than discussing details for the most stressful day of your coming months. On the day of the wedding, we, and all our guests, were awestruck with the completely personalized, funny-yet-sweet, bridal-party-comments-included, ceremony that Sam had written up. If there was any vendor we previously under-appreciated and received way more than we deserved, it was because we booked Sam to be our officiant on the best day of our lives. LOOK NO FURTHER, SAM'S YOUR MAN!
Our ceremony was what I was looking forward to the most and when Sam got up there and told our story, I was in awe of how eloquently he did. He was such a pleasure to work with and...
such a kind soul. If you want your guests to feel like they are part of your story, Sam is your guy. He made our ceremony feel romantic and intimate even though we had 75 guests. Thank you Sam for making our day even more special.
Sam was an absolute pleasure to work with! He was so sweet, funny, and everyone has been telling me how much they loved the ceremony and Sam! He was exactly what we were looking fo...
r in an officiant! He answered all questions we had before we even asked them! The ceremony was short, sweet and so meaningful. He took the time to reach out to family and friends to gather information about us. And he stepped out of the kiss shot without being told or reminded! I cannot express just how absolutely amazing Sam made our ceremony!
Sam was absolutely amazing! He was very thorough in his planning and writing of our ceremony. He involved our love story and comments from our friends and family. So glad he was p...
art of our big day.
Sam was such a breath of fresh air for our wedding. He met with us to make sure our vows were exactly what we wanted and walked us through the entire process. Everyone told us how ...
amazing he was after the ceremony. I highly recommend him.
Sam was the perfect officiant. Guests shared it was the most beautiful ceremony they’ve ever seen. He truly personalized it and made the whole process so simple. I would recommend ...
him to anyone needing an officiant because he’s amazing. I would give more than 5 stars if it was possible!
We loved Sam! He was a great asset to our wedding. He is knowledgeable, quick to respond, professional all while making it feel like we've known him for a long time. He kept us on...
time and mingled with the Family. He personalized the ceremony which was such a nice touch. The family loved him so much they asked him to be the one to officiant their funeral. My day wouldn't have been the same without Sam! I am highly recommending Weddings By Sam to anyone who is looking for that perfect Officiant!
The only thing I could possibly say to sum up the whole experience is AMAZING!!!! Sam you literally did your research and listened when we each spoke to you about our love and addi...
ng our grandma into our special day really took the whole wedding to the next level. I truly loved everything about our special day. Thank you!!!
Sam created THE perfect ceremony for us! He was so thoughtful, detail oriented, and such a kind/welcoming soul! He made us both feel at ease standing in front of all our friends an...
d family. I cannot recommend him enough - Sam will make your special day even more incredible with his creativity and love.
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Orlando, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, St. Augustine
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