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! read more

My husband and I were fortunate enough to have Rev. Berger officiate our marriage... and we presented her with quite a tall order! When gay marriage finally became legalized in Washington, DC, my (now) husband and I scrambled to make sure that we could get married as soon as it was possible. After having had the pleasure of working with her at the GW Hospital for several years, she was our very first call. It was only about a week before the ceremony and we knew that we were asking a lot for someone to plan and officiate a ceremony in just a week! Rev. Berger was (as always) calm, sweet, level-headed, and excited. We arranged a time to meet and she spent a while talking with the both of us about marriage, each other, and the ceremony. She considered things that we hadn't even thought of. Besides asking her a mere week before the ceremony if she would officiate, we also had another enormous request: to have the ceremony out in front of the courthouse. Since we planned the ceremony for the very first moment our marriage would be legal, we were asking her to officiate a ceremony on what ended up being international television. Rev. Berger didn't hesitate a moment and was eager to be a part of our ceremony. Rev. Berger was available and in communication with us almost constantly during the week leading up to the ceremony. She was available night or day by email, phone, or text message. She was always patient and thoughtful; I could ask for a more attentive and caring person. While we were already truly impressed and pleased with Rev. Berger leading up to the ceremony, it was the ceremony itself that blew us out of the water. Rev. Berger is an inspired woman who conducted the most beautiful ceremony I have ever witnessed or been a part of. Her words were eloquent, fitting, and spoke to us and about us beautifully. Surrounded by journalists, TV reporters, and cameras, she didn't show an ounce of nervousness and officiated a wonderful ceremony. I cannot say enough good things about Rev. Berger. She is someone who I will forever respect and will always have a special place in my heart. We were blessed to have found her to officiate our wedding. read more

If you are going to be married in Washington, DC, you owe it to yourself to have Reverend Bonnie help plan and to perform your ceremony! My partner, now husband, and I decided after 5 years that it was time for us to take the leap of faith and become a married couple. We live in Louisiana, which does not recognize single sex marriages, so we decided to go to Washington, DC, to have the ceremony - so it would be federally recognized. I confess, I didn't know where to begin to make arrangements for the ceremony or what paperwork was required, if there was a waiting period, or what other obstacle(s) I might have to overcome to make our marriage happen. I contacted Reverend Bonnie by e-mail and she responded to me almost immediately. From the moment we established contact to the moment she pronounced me and my husband a married couple, Reverend Bonnie was nothing but supportive, responsive, and determined to help us make our marriage happen. She explained the process to us, served as our surrogate to apply for the marriage license and, after the requisite waiting period, picked up our marriage license and certificate for us. She gave us several ceremonial options from which to choose, including sample vows. All we had to do once we arrived in Washington, DC was to show up for the ceremony. The ceremony Reverend Bonnie performed was very moving for both me and my husband and the words she chose to bless our union moved us both to tears. It was a simple ceremony, as we requested, performed right at our hotel, but a life event neither of us will ever forget. I can't praise Reverend Bonnie enough for making our special day such a wonderful and memorable event and for helping us remove the worry and stress of making marriage arrangements for a place 500 miles from home. Reverend Bonnie is a gift to this world and we are happy she became a part of our lives. read more

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. read more

When DC legalized gay marriage my now wife and I picked up our license's and chose a date to do a courthouse wedding. Unfortunately due to back log our date wasn't available. I freaked out since we had send out the save-the-date notes already. I contacted a few officiants I found on line and Rev. Bonnie responded within 30 minutes. I am so glad we chose her and that she was available for our date. We met with her once before the ceremony and clicked with her. She has a good sense of humor and she listened to our wishes to tailor the "moment" to be just what we wanted. She was very patient and flexible with the time of the day and the location which changed a few times. She provided great advise through her experience as we wanted to get married outside by the monuments but needed a permit to do that. Eventually on the day of the weather did not cooperate for an outside ceremony so we ended up changing plans over phone again but she was more than willing and flexible. The ceremony itself was sweet, not too official or religious. For example she offered to use other words than God; we chose Universal Energy. I would warmly recommend her to any event, gay or straight. She is definitely not like some "stuffy" old pastor but was more like a friend. read more

Reverend Bonnie Berger was a phenomenal officiant! I remember our first meeting in a coffee shop. Rev. Bonnie made us feel at ease with her warm smile and light-hearted sense of humor. I had no idea how to plan the ceremony since I was raised Hindu and he was raised Christian. Our mothers made their faiths a personal choice and did not mind mixing elements of Hinduism and Christianity into the ceremony. Rev. Bonnie was open-minded throughout the whole process of planning the ceremony. During our second meeting, she invited us into her home and asked us questions about how we met, what we cherished most about each other...etc. She created the most GENUINE and BEAUTIFUL message for our ceremony. As I write this, I'm becoming tearful because it was the most personable message that was created just for US. The advice she provided will forever echo in our hearts and I'm so thankful that we met her. We received SO many compliments after our wedding in reference to Rev. Berger officiating our ceremony. She was personable and there were moments of laughter throughout because of her on-point humor! Thank you Rev. Bonnie!! read more

When we got married a few weeks ago, we wanted a small, low key, yet snazzy wedding. We found Reverend Bonnie on Wedding Wire and we are extremely glad we did. She was very flexible and was willing to work with us so we could have the ceremony we wanted. We opted for the Short and Sweet option, but with a personal message. She also has a license proxy service that is very reasonably priced. We didn't take her up on it, but in hindsight we wish we had. It would have saved us that much more time and stress. Reverend Bonnie is charming and professional. We had a video conference with her over Skype so she could get to know us and better tell our story. After speaking with us for about an hour, she composed a moving speech that got right to the heart of our relationship. We only had eight guests total and every one of them knew us well and knew how we got together. Yet Reverend Bonnie was able to tell our story in a way that made it feel like everyone was hearing it for the first time. All in all, highly recommended. Go with Reverend Bonnie, you'll be glad you did. read more

This was clearly our first time encountering a wedding pastor and Reverend Berger was awesome!!! Before we got married, she saw that it was important to get to know more about us as individuals and as a couple and build a relationship. She was very organized and helped keep us on track with our tasks at hand. She was very knowledgeable and passionate about her craft. She provided us with the resources we needed to make important wedding decisions and was available to answer any questions we had. On our wedding day, she really graced our ceremony with such professionalism and poise!!! She received many compliments from our guests and I'm sure she will acquire new clients too!! We appreciate her blessing our union and having such a positive and genuine spirit!!! We felt really comfortable with her as our officiant and appreciated her believing in our marriage and being non-judgmental. She also left us with a lovely parting gift as well!! Reverend Berger comes highly recommended!!! read more

We hired Reverend Bonnie for our medium sized wedding in Arlington. She was amazing. She was patient with us, even though we had a hard time making decisions about the ceremony. She guided us through a few of the tougher decisions. My favorite part of her ceremony was the "Statements of Love" she had us write for each other. Even though it took us a while to write them, and we were literally making changes at the last minute, she insisted that we get them done and send her a copy so she could review them before the big day. She was right to do so. It was the most touching part of the ceremony when my wife and I read them to each other. Every one of our guests loved her too. The three most common compliments we received about the wedding were (in order): 1) Rev. Bonnie was wonderful. It was a beautiful ceremony. 2) The beer selection was amazing. 3) The food was great. read more

Reverand Bonnie is a wonderful officiant. My husband and I found her through Wedding Wire, and we instantly connected with her at a preliminary meeting. She was warm, welcoming, and flexible. She was very open to a non-religious ceremony, and she worked with us over the months leading up to our wedding to create something that was unique and completely ours. We trusted her absolutely to write a ceremony that suited us perfectly. On our wedding day, Rev. Bonnie brought a sense of calm to the chaos that preceded the ceremony, and the ceremony itself was really beautiful and moving. She made people laugh, she made them cry, she described our relationship and our love so perfectly it was like she had known us for years. We received so many compliments about the ceremony, and about Reverand Bonnie. We cannot recommend her more highly! read more

We contacted Rev. Berger as soon as DC legalized Gay marriage. We had yet to even pick up the license but she was ready to work with us on the ceremony we wanted to have. Our plans changed several times between when we picked up the license and when we had the actual ceremony and Rev. Bonnie worked with us on every change to make sure it would be the wedding of our dreams. She personalized the ceremony towards us spending time to meet with us and learn about our relationship and the ceremony was absolutely beautiful. She made it so easy for us to say our I dos and get our license registered after the ceremony. We told her exactly what kind of ceremony we wanted to have and she made sure it was a wedding we will never forget :) read more

From the first meeting we loved Rev. Bonnie. She was very positive and joyful and genuinely seemed like she wanted to be part of our special day. Throughout the months leading up to our big day, she was there anytime we needed her, she even referred us to our Pre Marital Care Provider since it was a service she didn't provide. No bases went uncovered. Our ceremony was very customized and blended perfectly with both of our rituals as we wanted. We both feel as though we could share any and everything with Rev. Bonnie as she made herself easily accessible and provided a listening ear. We highly recommend choosing Rev. Bonnie to complete your own special day! read more

On December 7 2013 we had the honor of meeting Rev. Bonnie for the first time. We had been in communication for almost two months regarding our wedding. After 34 years together and finally due to hard work by a lot of people we prepared to share our love in a very special way. Rev. Bonnie (and meeting Rev. Romie) where the greatest connections we could have made. Since we were traveling from Tennessee to D.C. it was a great relief to know all we had to do "was show up" and all the technical/legal matters had been handled. Today we are back home, thankful and grateful to have connected with a dear "friend" who will forever remain in our lives. read more

We both agree Rev. Bonnie was just wonderful! From the very first communication with her, we knew we had made the right choice for our Wedding Officiant. We found her to be very helpful in advising us as to how to make our marriage ceremony memorable, meaningful, and uniquely ours. Reverend Bonnie performed our ceremony back to back with our best friends and theirs was as beautiful as ours. She treated us as though she had known us for years even though we met her for the first time thirty minutes before the ceremonies began. She made our wedding ceremonies everything we had hoped for and more. Garry and Stan, Charlotte NC read more

We highly recommend Rev Bonnie Berger as your officiant. As we are from out of state, we had her apply for and pick up our wedding license, and, at a later date, perform our ceremony at our selected time and location. She completely took care of each step of the process to completion and kept us completely updated. She responded to all my e-mail correspondence and telephone calls promptly. She was extremely engaged and responsive to our needs and concerns, friendly and professional. It was a great experience with her as our officiant and we highly recommend her service. read more

Rev Bonnie was wonderful from start to finish. She was easy to communicate with and a really warm person. She had great choices for service types and vows. We ended up doing a little mix and match on the vows which turned out really lovely. After being together for 13 years we decided to get married on short notice. Given that it was a summer Saturday, and we only gave her two weeks notice, she was really flexible and agreed to our request for a 9:30 am service in our home. It turned out really nice. read more

Rev. Bonnie made our special day even more special. We had only met by phone, my husband did have a chance to meet her in person, but we got to know her mostly by phone. On the day of you'd have thought we'd always known her. Bonnie is very passionate about what she does and she's got such a sincere and giving heart. I'm so happy we found her and I'd most certainly recommend Bonnie to anyone that's ready to get married. Cheers! Louis H. Yuhasz Sullivan's Island, SC read more

We were blessed to have found Reverend Bonnie to officiate our wedding. She made process easy to navigate in dealing with the Courthouse and took special care in making our ceremony personal and spiritual. Reverend Bonnie took the time to get to know us and sincerely cared to help us have a beautiful, meaningful, heart-felt ceremony. I highly recommend Reverend Bonnie to other couples as a caring, personal, spiritual Officiant. God Bless you Rev Bonnie read more

We can not say enough about Reverend Bonnie. The ceremony was beautiful, personal, caring, and special. She was genuinely excited for us and our day. She can adjust the ceremony to make it more or less religious as you like. Reverend Bonnie literally made our day. There was not a dry eye in the room when she was done. We recommend her to anyone who is looking for an officiant. read more