Gwen Downs, Wedding Celebrant specializes in creating fun, lighthearted weddings in Raleigh, Durham, Contact her today to design the wedding of your dreams.
Gwen specializes in creating fun, lighthearted weddings that have couples and guests saying, "it was the best ceremony they've ever been a part of!" With just the right balance between cheer and tradition, not only will your ceremony include all the elements you want, but it will also feature the story of how you and your fiancée "ended up here today." That means rather than a formality, your nupt
ials will actually be one of the most fun and entertaining parts of your day! Visit her website at raleighofficiant.com for more info and pricing. Gwen is a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant. She uses her specialized skills in ceremony creation and rituals to design a unique and memorable wedding ceremony reflecting your personalities, love story, beliefs, values and cultural backgrounds. She will customize every element of your ceremony with your collaboration, assist you on the traditional elements you'd like to include, write your love story, ask members of your family and friends for their input, and tell it the way it happened to the delight of everyone in attendance. You and your guests will remember feeling riveted, engaged, and moved by your wedding ceremony for years to come. Gwen serves many religious affiliations as well as non-religious, interfaith, and spiritual-but-not-religious couples. Her process includes a no-obligation consultation, 1-hour wedding workshop, unlimited script revisions, open editing process, continuous communication via phone/email, complete rehearsal, travel fees, legal filing of your marriage license, a back-up officiant (just in case), and a guarantee that you'll absolutely love your ceremony.
11/10/2024
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02/17/2024
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02/14/2024
Great review from Luis... "Gwen is a wonderful officiant and celebrant whose dedication to understanding us as a couple shone through in everything. The love story she created for us beautifully told our story, making our wedding day even more unforgettable. We had many guests commenting on how it added a special touch to the ceremony. We're incredibly grateful to Gwen for making the entire experience seamless and unique."
"Gwen is a wonderful officiant and celebrant whose dedication to understanding us as a couple shone through in everything. The love story she created for us beautifully told our story, making our wedding day even more unforgettable. We had many guests commenting on how it added a special touch to th...
01/11/2024
Great review from Ginger... "Gwen was wonderful and did a fantastic job with our elopement. She is organized and easy to work with. We highly recommend using her."
"Gwen was wonderful and did a fantastic job with our elopement. She is organized and easy to work with. We highly recommend using her."
01/11/2024
Great review from Danielle... "Was absolutely a great experience. Gwen provided witnesses which made it even more of a stressless process. Thank you again!"
"Was absolutely a great experience. Gwen provided witnesses which made it even more of a stressless process. Thank you again!"
01/10/2024
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01/10/2024
Great review from Amanda... "Gwen was amazing from start to finish! She helped us through the whole process and made it very easy!! She married us at her location which was beautiful! We had an intimate ceremony with both of mine and my husband’s parents in attendance plus our three children. After our ceremony, she made sure we got all the pictures we wanted and even helped take some. Gwen was so nice!! Highly recommend her!!!"
"Gwen was amazing from start to finish! She helped us through the whole process and made it very easy!! She married us at her location which was beautiful! We had an intimate ceremony with both of mine and my husband’s parents in attendance plus our three children. After our ceremony, she made sur...
01/10/2024
Great review from jenniffer... "Gwen married us last year. She was wonderful to work with. She was also flexible with our work schedule. We highly recommend her!"
"Gwen married us last year. She was wonderful to work with. She was also flexible with our work schedule. We highly recommend her!"
01/08/2024
Great review from Doris... "We had our wedding ceremony with Gwen last August. We recommend her services. Easy to schedule, flexibility, she has a service for every need (big ceremony or just a quick signing! And even has witnesses available in case you need it) and sent the license to the register if deeds very quick. 10/10 services with her. Thank you Gwen!"
"We had our wedding ceremony with Gwen last August. We recommend her services. Easy to schedule, flexibility, she has a service for every need (big ceremony or just a quick signing! And even has witnesses available in case you need it) and sent the license to the register if deeds very quick. 10/10....
01/08/2024
Great review from Danielle... "We hired Gwen because we were looking for a non religious officiant who could tell our story and make our ceremony special. Gwen was very organized and open. We were able to read and edit the ceremony to exactly how we wanted it. Highly recommend Gwen!"
"We hired Gwen because we were looking for a non religious officiant who could tell our story and make our ceremony special. Gwen was very organized and open. We were able to read and edit the ceremony to exactly how we wanted it. Highly recommend Gwen!"
01/08/2024
Great review from LeAnn... "I had found Mrs. Downs via Google search. I booked her for an early spring date and was all set to go. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our original date with an unknown future date in mind. Mrs. Downs was super helpful and understanding. She insisted when we was ready, she would be there. Well, about 6 months later we decided we could finally elope and guess who was ready, Mrs. Downs! She got us in on our new requested date that was actually only 2 days away, so it was a super short notice and on Friday, Oct 13th 2023 we FINALLY elope (we had purchased our marriage license 3x 😆 once before I found Mrs. Downs). She made the entire experience fun and memorable. It was fast, simple and easy. Our toddler didn't even have time to get antsy 😂 (she did in the pic bc she wanted the sign). Mrs. Downs handled the returning of the paperwork so we didn't have too. She even emailed us to let us know she sent it off. It was definitely well worth the hour drive we took to get to Mrs. Downs. She even gave my daughter a snack for the 1hr ride home! I highly recommend her to anyone!!!"
"I had found Mrs. Downs via Google search. I booked her for an early spring date and was all set to go. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our original date with an unknown future date in mind. Mrs. Downs was super helpful and understanding. She insisted when we was ready, she would be there. Well, abo...
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Hey there! I’m Gwen and it would be my privilege to create a ceremony that will thrill you and have your guests raving about it.
I specialize in creating fun, lighthearted spiritual or nonreligious weddings that feature your love story. Whether a custom wedding or an elopement ceremony, it's guaranteed to be the Best. Ceremony. Ever.
If you’re looking for a wedding ceremony that celebrates your love story, a small meaningful ceremony or an intimate elopement ceremony, I invite you to visit my website.
What my clients are saying about their experience!
"Gwen was absolutely amazing throughout the entire process of planning our ceremony! She was so helpful and she had so many great ideas. Our ceremony was so personal and tailored to us and our personalities. She made everything really simple during stressful wedding planning!" - Courtni and Halbert
"Gwen does such a great job making your day absolutely and utterly about you and your story. She asks great questions to get to know you and your beloved. We even got to learn more stuff about each other! She was so easy to work with too! Everybody thought our ceremony was super intimate and sweet, which I thought was awesome!" - Fiona and Keenan
“After our original officiant cancelled last minute, we frantically looked up websites and noticed Gwen's beautiful smile! We quickly contacted her and within hours she responded! She made us feel welcomed, relaxed and in control of our own ceremony, providing examples and guides to help us along the way. When it was all said and done Gwen designed a beautiful ceremony customized to our needs.” - Josh and Brandon
"Gwen is everything you want in an officiant and then some! She customizes wedding ceremonies to fit the couple and puts the focus on the love story. She is charismatic when she speaks and is very detail-oriented. Our Ceremony was perfect and we are so glad that we chose Gwen!" - Paige and Bryan
