Rev. Bonnie J. Berger
Rev. Bonnie J. Berger

Rev. Bonnie J. Berger

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Introduction: I am an interfaith minister available for gay and straight marriage ceremonies. I served as an officiant in the Washington DC area for 10 years participating in over 700 ceremonies. Now, in Chapel Hill, I am available to all couples in the Triangle area and beyond. As an ordained interfaith minister, I have the training, experience, and expertise that you deserve. And as an open lesbian officiant, it is my honor to be of service to gay and lesbian couples. While many wedding officiants are a “buy your credentials off the internet” officiant, I have the knowledge and skills that set me apart. I take the time to get to know you and to craft your ceremony to uniquely express your love story. Officiating a wedding is a sacred experience for me. How beautiful is it to find the special someone that we want to spend the rest of our lives with? Your ceremony ought to reflect that specialness. That's where I come in! As I learn of your dreams and vision for your special day together, we create just the ceremony that expresses that. I partner with you and help you craft rituals, select readings, write your vows, and ring exchange wording. With so much to plan for your wedding day, I promise you that your ceremony will be love-filled and stress-free.
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Aaron C.
Jan 10, 2018
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Hired on Thumbtack

Hired on Thumbtack

Think back to any weddings you’ve attended in the past. What do you remember? The dress? The cake? The moment when the DJ played THAT song and EVERYONE hit the dance floor? Was it the catering? Perhaps the unforgettably ugly bridesmaid dresses? That’s probably about it, right? Other than a toast here or there, most weddings tend to blur together a little bit. You almost certainly don’t remember much about anyone’s ceremony, right? Now think about YOUR OWN wedding. And think about why you’re getting married (Congratulations, by the way!). If there is a dress, I’m sure it will be lovely and memorable for all the right reasons (even the bridesmaids’ dresses)! I hope your toasts will be memorable - again, for all the right reasons. If there is cake, I hope it is every bit as delicious on your big day as it was when you had your fourth or fifth cake tasting on the same day. I hope the DJ is amazing and the food is amazing and everyone leaves with a full belly and sore feet, sweaty & happy & satisfied. But you’re not just getting married to throw a big party and feed a bunch of people, right? You’re getting married because you found that someone and this is it! So why would you settle for an afterthought of a ceremony? If you’re reading this, you’re probably looking for an officiant. If you’re looking for an officiant, you’ve already found the person who will put as much thought and care and consideration into your ceremony as you’re putting into the rest of the details that will make your day so special. And when it’s time to walk the aisle and say ‘I do!’ you’ll be thrilled that Rev. Bonnie is standing there waiting for you! Why? Because you’re going to get a ceremony that is meaningful to you, your family and friends, AND to your officiant. Bonnie is warm and genuine, will offer encouragement and guidance, will incorporate spirituality and religion into your ceremony to the extent that you want it, and will place your values and beliefs at the forefront of the planning. You’ll get more feedback than you could have ever imagined from friends & family about how it was the most touching ceremony they've ever witnessed (seriously, so many people commented on it!), how the ceremony fit you as a couple and reflected what you mean to one another because Rev. Bonnie will have taken the time to get to know you, asked thoughtful questions about how your love grew from a spark to a flame, and really thought about what you bring to the relationship and what you want to get out of it! You will laugh and you will cry and you will think about the new life that is about to begin in a way that makes you a better partner because you’ve picked someone to help you celebrate your big day who understands how important it is and will work to make it special. Dresses and tuxes and food and dancing are wonderful and they’re important, and so are flowers and décor and all that good stuff. But remember: Your wedding ceremony is the main event. If you do this right, you’ll only do it once… You’ve probably got a lot of stuff to plan and think about and vendors to select and questions to ask. Let me help you with your list: You’ve already found your officiant. It’s Rev. Bonnie. We can't thank her enough for making our day so special!
Non-Denominational Wedding Officiant
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Jennifer R.
Oct 14, 2016
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Hired on Thumbtack

Rev. Bonnie was amazing. She created a wedding ceremony that was perfectly tailored to our wishes and that was reflective of our relationship. She also drove through a hurricane (literally) to get to our wedding. She was always available to answer questions and was very responsive. I would highly recommend Rev. Bonnie as a wedding ceremony officiant. I am still impressed by how wonderful our ceremony was and am very glad that she was our officiant.
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Jing W.
Oct 18, 2017
Rev.Bonnie is awesome and we are thankful for all she did for us for our wedding! My husband and I and all the guests were so touching hearing the blessings and the wedding message she wrote for us. We cannot thank her any more. Even our guests asked as to send our appreciations for her. Rev.Bonnie is perfect and we are so grateful to have her as our officiant!
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Judy W.
Feb 16, 2016
When we began looking for an Officiant on line we thought, how are we going to do this. How are we going to know when we find the right one? We looked at a lot of sights, then we found Rev. Bonnie. We began to read her sermons on line and the more we read, the more we knew we had found our Wedding Officiant. So we gave her a call.Rev. Bonnie took it from there. She helped provide us with a perfect location, obtained our marriage license and walked us through the details. We finally met face to face via Skype and spent time getting to know each other better. Rev. Bonnie was very helpful in helping us arrange the ceremony so that we could insert all the special music we had selected for the day as well as our own special vows. I am a retired professional wedding photographer and Bev and I have listened to a lot of ceremonies in our life time, but none as beautiful and heartfelt as the ceremony Rev. Bonnie chose for us. She took the time to listen to our lifetime story and put that information back into our ceremony. We were truly blessed when Rev. Bonnie came into our lives. She will always have a special place in our hearts. Rev. Bonnie is amazing!
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Jenna R.
Nov 27, 2017
We can't express enough how happy we are to have had Bonnie with Ring In Love officiate our wedding. We wanted a non-religious ceremony that focused on the love we shared between us, and Bonnie gave us just that! Although she performs ceremonies of all types, she was very open to our ideas and never judgmental. During our pre-wedding meeting about a month before to go over the ceremony details, we could tell she was genuinely interested in getting to know us as a couple and truly happy for us. She was patient when we asked multiple questions, and flexible as we decided on the details of our ceremony. We hired Bonnie to run our rehearsal the day before, and she was fantastic. She kept us focused and on task while also keeping it fun. By the time our we got to our wedding day, Bonnie felt like family. I'm not exaggerating when I say that everyone at our wedding told us how amazing Bonnie was. Our families cover a wide range of religious faiths and spirituality, so for everyone to be pleased is no easy feat! Everything she said about love, our relationship, and blessing our marriage was absolutely beautiful. I don't think there was a single dry eye in attendance. She really tailored our message to who we were as individuals and as a couple, and we are so grateful. She also provided us with a beautiful keepsake marriage certificate, and when we asked for a copy of our wedding message she happily agreed to share that with us so we can re-read it in the future. Plus she surprised us with two koozies and a candle as gifts, which we loved!