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You’ve made a life-changing decision to join your lives in marriage.

You want to celebrate the beginning of this new journey together as a couple.

What brought you here?

How do you want to remember this most sacred and special day?

Where do you see yourselves going in the years ahead?

What are your plans to get there?

This is where we begin, because this isn’t just any moment...this is a Defining Moment.

I'm Reverend Don Anderson, a licensed and church ordained minister for over 30 years. I am a student of life and a student of marriage. I will work with you to provide a personalized wedding ceremony that is both memorable and meaningful. Whether you choose a more traditional service, or design your own unique ceremony, I will assist you in every way possible to create the wedding of your dreams.

Services Offered

Defining Moments Ministries is privileged to officiate wedding ceremonies incorporating many faith backgrounds. Vow renewals, rehearsals, and other services may be included. Rev. Don offers premarital and relationship counseling to help couples build a strong foundation for a long and lasting relationship. He creates personalized ceremonies, which may include a couple's own customized vows that will allow them to share the heart of their relationship with others in attendance. With an extensive background in family studies, along with transition and loss counseling, he can incorporate children as a part of the ceremony, as well as address difficult family matters in meaningful ways.

Frequently asked questions

What is the typical price for your wedding services?

$650

Which of the following are included in the price?

Ceremony Rehearsal
Premarital Counseling

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$500

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$150

What is the starting price for pre-marital counseling (per session)?

$50

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

No Denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY

What languages do you speak?

English
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Reviews of Defining Moments Ministries

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
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Rev. Don Anderson of Defining Moments Ministry is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for his exceptional services as a wedding officiant. His personalized approach, premarital counseling sessions, and attention to detail truly make the ceremony meaningful and memorable. Reviewers praise his professionalism, warmth, and ability to capture the essence of the couple. Many appreciate his guidance and support throughout the entire wedding planning process. Overall, Don's services are highly recommended for couples looking for a personalized and heartfelt wedding ceremony.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Rev. Don Anderson of Defining Moments Ministry is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for his exceptional services as a wedding officiant. His personalized approach, premarital counseling sessions, and attention to detail truly make the ceremony meaningful and memorable. Reviewers praise his professionalism, warmth, and ability to capture the essence of the couple. Many appreciate his guidance and support throughout the entire wedding planning process. Overall, Don's services are highly recommended for couples looking for a personalized and heartfelt wedding ceremony.

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Edward S. Sent on 12/12/2023
5 out of 5 rating

To quote a guest - a very Mr. Rogers experience

Rev. Don was an absolute delight to work with. He took the time to get to know us as a couple, had multiple conversations with us together and individually, and really worked hard to understand our relationship, our goals and plans, and how we saw ourselves as a family. He had great advice to offer, was very flexible and communicative about plans and schedules, and was willing to walk us through the process of getting married.

As for the ceremony, it was everything that we could have asked for. Rev. Don is a very good speaker, with a very warm and practiced voice. He used information from our conversations to make it unique to us and very endearing. And he was very patient walking us through how the ceremony would work and proceed and made everything feel natural and intuitive. We received nothing but compliments about our guests and we obviously have nothing but praise ourselves.

Weddings aren't really a thing where I can say 'I would definitely work with him again!' but we really can not recommend Rev. Don enough.
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Jennifer M. Sent on 12/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent love him!!!

I would Highly Highly recommend Don he was so good very attentive to detail and made our day just so special this day couldn’t have gotten any better it was absolutely perfect!!! We love you Don!!!
Kaylee
Kaylee H. Sent on 10/30/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Simply the best

Don did a fantastic job from leading us through pre marital counseling to designing our personalized ceremony. We truly felt like we got to know Don on a deeper level by doing the pre martial counseling, and we highly recommend that everyone takes the time to enjoy the process. Don used our answers and all of the information that he learned about us as a couple to create a truly personalized, unique, and lovely ceremony. Don takes this role very seriously and goes above and beyond to get to know you as individuals, as well as a couple. 10/10 would recommend.
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