Nuptials by Nate
Nuptials by Nate

Nuptials by Nate

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Introduction: Hi! I'm Nate Craddock, and I'm an inclusive wedding officiant serving the Ohio Valley region. No matter where your journey has brought you or what your background is, I want to make your special day truly unique. If you and your spouse come from different faith traditions or no tradition at all, I'm dedicated to working with you to create an incredible service that will knit together your stories in a way that gives witness to the beauty of your relationship. I'm an ordained and seminary-educated minister in a historic tradition with on-the-ground experience as a mental health professional in addition to my pastoral work. I want to walk alongside you through the entire wedding process, offering counsel, direction, and care as you have need or want while big-day preparations occupy your thoughts. I will strive to create and celebrate a service that is meaningful for you and honors the love that has brought you and your partner together and will sustain you in your new life. Moreover, I enjoy the privilege of crafting and celebrating interfaith and non-religious services for couples; as well, I gladly welcome LGBTQ clients. I believe when people choose to formalize their relationship and have friends, family, or even just an officiant witness it, there is something extraordinary and transformational that happens in the lives of the couple. Walking alongside others as they move through this process is an honor that I hold in high esteem, and I love helping others celebrate their love.
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Hired 11 times

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11 years in business

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Jason S.
Sep 9, 2017
My husband and I hired Nate to be our wedding officiant and he was great. He helped us get ready for our wedding vows and handled all the paperwork on his end so we didn't have to worry. Even though my husband and I aren't religious, we really wanted Nate to be our officiant because he does so much for the LGBTQ community including creating LGBTQ affirming spaces in the churches he works for. Nate was great about respecting our wishes to keep the ceremony secular, and he was still able to make the ceremony meaningful for us. Nate is especially gifted with words both written and spoken, so I know he will be able to provide a profound ceremony for all his future clients! Thank you Nate for helping make our special day especially unique for us.
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Vincent N.
Sep 14, 2017
We discovered Pastor Nate as a referral and are we excited about it! Pastor Nate has a way of listening to a couple and offering advice from his experiences as well as understanding yours. As a same-sex couple it was very important for us to seek out an officiant that was comfortable with performing ceremonies as well as devout in his/her faith. Pastor Nate is all that and a bag of Kale chips! He is very genuine in offering his suggestions but also flexible to accommodate your vision, wishes and flow of the ceremony! We are excited to have him join us in our celebration of love and commitment and can't wait to have him at our wedding. TRUST ME, you won't be disappointed and he is well worth the time, travel and money. I would recommend him for opposite and same sex weddings! He's awesome and very easy to work with!!!
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Danny H.
Sep 27, 2017
Pastor Nate was truly EXCEPTIONAL!!! It began at our Consultation - he was punctual and prepared. He was incredibly kind and thorough. And, he genuinely cared about us - and was totally open to our ideas for our Wedding Ceremony. He took the time to get to know us, and even offered his Wedding Ceremony as a Guide for how we could model ours. He listened to our feedback, and sent us (via email) the First Draft of our Wedding Ceremony days before he had promised it. It was professionally spelled out, word for word, based on his Notes from our Consultation. The First Draft needed very little tweaking, and we were thrilled to find that Pastor Nate was very open to the few suggestions and requests for changes that we did have. Thanks to Pastor Nate's responsiveness and openness to our ideas, a Second Draft was all that was needed, and it became our Final Draft. Pastor Nate was early for both our Rehearsal, as well as our Ceremony. His presence was calming and on point! At the Rehearsal a few last minute adjustments were made to accommodate the amount of verbiage that we could remember (we needed to break up the vows a little bit so that we could remember all of the words without loosing our places). The vows were so powerfully put together through the drafting process, that both of us ended up in tears during the Rehearsal as it all started to "feel real" to us! Thanks to the kinks being ironed out during the Rehearsal, and thanks to Pastor Nate's positive attitude and flexible approach the Wedding Ceremony was a HUGE SUCCESS!!! My Husband and I are eternally grateful and exceptionally happy with the Wedding Service, and our Guests were impressed also! It was everything we hoped it would be. Pastor Nate even stayed and blessed the Reception Dinner, too! I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Pastor Nate to you. In fact, we are hoping that he will be available when we renew our vows (in 5 or 10 years)!!! I would like to personally thank Pastor Nate for making our Wedding an event that we will always treasure, remember, and celebrate with fond and happy memories. THANK YOU!!! Sincerely, Danny Hankins
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Carlos b.
Sep 25, 2017
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Great ceremony. Big plus that he was able to do it in Spanish for us and our family. Very professional and helpful with everything.
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Sheila E.
Sep 27, 2017
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Nate is dedicated to his work and is truly hands on. He made sure everything went exactly the way I wanted and was respectful of every wish I had. I could not have dreamt of a better outcome for the day. I'd recommend him to everyone. You'll never find someone as caring, genuine, and dedicated as he is. Thank You Nate. The day would not have been the same without you.
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