Rev. Bill Epperly is a top-rated Officiant serving Chicagoland and southeastern Wisconsin.

A professional wedding officiant since 2013, Rev. Bill creates premium wedding ceremonies that reflect the personalities and preferences of each couple. Rev. Bill prides himself on getting to know every couple and in telling their story in a personal way, as if he'd known them for years. Rev Bill's distinctive weddings create priceless memories that last a lifetime.

Here's what a Chicago couple said about their May 2023 wedding:

"You made our ceremony more personal and meaningful to us and our guests than any other wedding we've ever been to."

See what other couples say about Rev. Bill Epperly. Read the 93 5-star reviews on Wedding Wire and the 70-plus 5-star reviews Rev. Bill has on The Knot

Let Rev. Bill create a beautiful wedding ceremony for you. Contact him now.

Rev. Bill Epperly has officiated over 200 weddings. He loves getting to know the amazing couples that come to him. Before he began officiating weddings, Rev. Bill was a college professor and faculty coach. He has extensive experience as a public speaker, workshop leader, coach, and wedding officiant. He brings a lifetime of experience to his work as a wedding officiant.

Specialties

• Weddings inspired by traditional Catholic or Protestant weddings
• Weddings for "Spiritual but not Religious Couples
• Couples Coaching and Pre-Marriage Counseling
• Weddings for couples who identify as LGTBQ+

Rev. Bill Epperly works with each couple to create a beautiful ceremony that reflects them, their love relationship, and their values. He gets to know them through interviews and discussions and is able to share their journey in personal remarks that capture their essence. The language of each ceremony is tuned to the couple, whether they want a traditional religious ceremony, a secular/humanistic ceremony, or a spiritual but not religious ceremony.

Premium Packages include:

• The Gold, "Unforgettable You" Package, is a hand-crafted ceremony including all the traditional core elements of a beautiful wedding: Procession, Opening Remarks, Prayers.Readings, Wedding Vows, optional special elements., and a Heart Story sharing. A full rehearsal can be added.
  
  
• The Diamond "Heart Story" Package, includes all components of the Gold package, above, and features a longer more detailed sharing of the couple's "Heart Story," their unique love story, from first meeting to engagement to wedding day. This package includes a full rehearsal.

• The Top of the Line Platinum, "Happily Ever After" Package, which has all the elements of the Diamond Heart Story, above, plus five pre-marriage counseling sessions to help you enter your married life with clear goals and a plan to achieve them.