Bringing your love story to life.
Your ceremony is the one moment of the day that belongs entirely to the two of you. We learn your story, and we tell it. Based in San Diego, working in seven states.
San Diego • Temecula • Southern California
200+
Weddings performed
7
States and counting
Our pastors have performed more than two hundred weddings between them, for couples in San Diego, across Southern California, and in seven states so far.
Most ceremonies could belong to anyone.
The same passage. The same vows. The same words about love being patient, read by someone who met you an hour ago.
Yours should sound like no one else's. That takes an officiant who knows your story, and the time to learn it.
In their words
5.0 out of 5, from 2 real couples
“Pastor Matt officiated our wedding in May 2023. Him and his wife, Bri, were instrumental in our premarital counseling journey. Pastor Matt was flexible and very attentive in ensuring we had everything we needed up to and including the day of the wedding. He was very communicative before the wedding day and attended our rehearsal at the location. We are so grateful he officiated our wedding and we would definitely recommend him to officiate any and all of our friends' weddings.”
Who you will meet first.
Matt Perry.
Pastor · 16 years · San Diego
Sixteen years of standing with people on the days that mark them. Today I lead Love Church in San Diego. Love Marriage Co. came out of wanting couples to have more than someone who can legally sign the license.
The Process
- 01
As soon as you book
The Conversation
An hour together, unhurried. Not a form filled out alone. We talk until the story that matters surfaces.
- 02
About six weeks out
The Thread
Every relationship is about something. We find yours, and the ceremony is built around it.
- 03
Two weeks out
The Draft
You read every word before anyone hears it. Nothing is said in front of your family that you have not approved.
- 04
Your wedding day
The Day
Your people hear who you are to each other, from someone who knows.
For the Signature Ceremony and above, we run your rehearsal the evening before.
- 05
Two weeks after
The Keepsake
Your ceremony, printed and bound, sent to you after the wedding.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.
Choose where to start.
There is no wrong answer here, and nothing has to be decided today. Some couples want a ceremony that sounds like them and nothing more. Some want to prepare for the marriage as carefully as they are preparing for the day. Both are good reasons to call us.
A limited number of weddings each year.
The Ceremony
If you need the day itself.
Elopements
Just the two of you, said properly.
The Ceremony
A personal ceremony, thoughtfully led.
The Signature Ceremony
Your story, written and read aloud.
The Ceremony and the Marriage
If you want to prepare for what follows it.
Marriage Prep
Four sessions, and the eight-module Get Your Ship Together curriculum.
The Marriage Experience
The ceremony and the marriage, prepared together.
Signature
The First Year
Prepare for the wedding. Then keep going.
Each bundle saves about ten percent against buying the pieces separately.
Every price includes everything listed. No hourly charges, no fees added later, and travel is quoted before you book rather than after. If your plans change, you can move between these up to six weeks before the wedding.
Not sure which one?
- You have a date and you want it done well.
- The Ceremony.
- You want your story properly told, with your vows worked on.
- The Signature Ceremony.
- You want the day handled and the marriage prepared for.
- The Marriage Experience.
If none of those is obviously you, book the free consultation and we will tell you honestly which one fits. Including when the honest answer is the least expensive one.
Add to any ceremony.
Officiant Coaching
For the friend or family member performing your ceremony. We help them get ordained, write it, and deliver it without freezing.
Starting at
$195
Rehearsal Direction
We run the rehearsal so your coordinator does not have to, and so nobody is guessing on the day.
Starting at
$250
Destination Weddings
Anywhere in the United States or abroad. We have married couples from Southern California to San Antonio to New York City. Includes the Signature Ceremony. Travel and two nights accommodation are billed separately at cost.
Starting at
$1,295
The Keepsake
Your ceremony, printed and bound, sent after the wedding. Included with the Marriage Experience.
Price
$95
Add any of these when you tell us about your day.
The wedding gets a year of planning. The marriage gets none.
Your wedding lasts a day. Your marriage is meant for a lifetime. Almost every couple gets that backwards, and nobody blames them for it, because the day has a deadline and the marriage does not.
The Day
Twelve months of planning.
A venue, a guest list, a menu, a playlist, a seating chart.
Six hours, and then it is over.
The Marriage
No preparation at all.
Money, family, conflict, children, faith, rest.
The rest of your life.
Marriage preparation is four conversations you would otherwise have for the first time as an argument. Not because anything is wrong, but because nobody ever sat you down and asked.
Preparation follows Get Your Ship Together, an eight-module curriculum. Take the free readiness assessment.
From the Journal
Notes written between weddings, by the person performing them.
Books We Recommend
Books worth reading before the wedding and long after it. Twelve of them, with a line on what each one is good for.
Where we work.
Beyond California
- Arizona
- San Antonio, Texas
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- Ohio
- New York City
Based in San Diego. We travel for the right wedding, and we have flown further than this. Ask us about yours.
Let's bring your story to life.
You found your person. Now let's create a ceremony that tells your story, and prepare for the marriage you're about to build.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.