OrangeBird Officiants

12/05/2024

One of the new trends in wedding ceremonies is the grown flower man. Tonight, the River View Ranch in Ogden, a little Rick Astley, a controlled fire in the background (ha) and a very enthusiastic flower man. Lot of energy, lot of focus. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding offic...

09/04/2024

There's a way you can perform weddings remotely, only one way, and I know it.

I always say there are a million reasons to get married and a million reasons for the timing of a wedding, sometimes there's urgency, sometimes you have years to plan, and sometimes an elopement is just a precursor to your dream ceremony. Today was one of those, a wedding on Zoom, and the groom didn...

24/03/2024

Some wedding ceremonies are really special. Occasionally I'm asked to officiate for a group, two families from out-of-state, who come to the valley because Utah is just so one-in-a-million. As a professional wedding officiant and non-denominational minister, I have a presence in Utah that allows me....

11/03/2024

Officiating a wedding in Moab is one of those experiences every well-versed wedding officiant should have, and I've been lucky enough to do it a half a dozen times. Last weekend I was asked to do it again. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, couples from all over the...

25/02/2024

The view is normally amazing, but winter at Liberty Park can be pretty rough (the lake doesn't fill until the spring runoff). No matter though, all the good stuff was at the gazebo, all the "I love yous" and "I'm so happy I found yous" were under cover. As a non-denominational minister and professio...

04/02/2024

As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I'm asked to manage over 100 weddings every year. And some of those ceremonies happen to take place on really cool dates. At the end of 2023, there was a really cool date, and I was asked to officiate three separate weddings that d...

28/01/2024

I honestly don't remember the back story for this pic, but it looks like we were having a pretty good time. Ha. As a professional wedding officiant and non-denominational minister I've officiated almost 500 wedding ceremonies in the last 3 years, I'm really lucky to have had the experiences I have.....

25/12/2023

The Utah State Capitol is one of the most buildings we have in the city, and even if you just poach a quiet culvert in the foyer, it's a great place for a wedding ceremony. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I've officiated weddings in just about every spot in this....

21/12/2023

04/12/2023

As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I manage weddings of all shapes and sizes, and sometimes on December afternoon, I'm asked to officiate a small wedding in the front room of a parent's home. My job as a wedding officiant is to provide a great wedding ceremony regar...

24/07/2023

The wedding officiant life...

As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I've been asked to officiate almost 500 wedding ceremonies in the last few years. It is one of the most rewarding and interesting ways I get to spend my time because it allows me to meet the most amazing people on their most amazin...

06/05/2023

Happy to officiate another beautiful, windy ceremony at Wild Oak in Lindon... minister again for the win

Haha, this wedding...it started out as a beautiful overcast day, perfect for pictures, and then the wind blew in some sprinkles and cold air, no problem, and then the wind blew the bride's veil into a tree and then her dress into a bush. Ha. Once we all made it to the alter finally, we had a beautif...

25/04/2023

Pleased to have officiated another great wedding ceremony, love is in the air

So there we were, a cloudy and brisk Spring afternoon at Wheeler Farm in Murray, Utah, a bride and groom, a couple hooligans, and me, their wedding officiant. Sometimes you run into someone who changes your life, sometimes two families merge into one, and sometimes moments like that end up changing....

24/04/2023

Cactus & Tropicals, beautiful (and humid) spot for a wedding

It's a humid evening in the greenhouse, and there we are with four bridesmaids, four groomsmen, full ring bearer security detail, and 100 guests to create a union to last forever. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, it was my honor to guide this group through a beaut...

09/04/2023

Lucky to officiate another great wedding today, this one at Log Haven at the top of Mllcreek Canyon.

Even on a balmy Spring day in Utah (50 degree weather), wedding ceremonies they are a-happening (April is a decently busy month in the wedding biz). As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I am so lucky to work with couples under all circumstances, from elopements and fi...

04/04/2023

Some wedding ceremonies are planned and booked years in advance, I'm already booking weddings in 2025, but others come together with much shorter notice. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, occasionally I'll get pulled in last minute to support a wedding ceremony. In...

30/03/2023

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Any time is a good time for a wedding ceremony, even on a soggy March afternoon at the lake. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, I've handled elopements and wedding services under just about every circumstance you can imagine, and for just about any purpose, on a day...

16/01/2023

Any outdoor wedding ceremony in December in Utah, you're asking for a frigid and icy and cold event, and that was definitely the case with this Liberty Park elopement wedding ceremony. As a non-denominational minister and professional wedding officiant, it has been my honor to unite people in the bo...