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Heart Star Ceremonies

Heart Star Ceremonies

Fredericksburg, VA
4.8 out of 5 rating, 24 Reviews
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24 Reviews
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    Danielle G. Sent on 10/10/2023
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    Perfect in every way!

    Our private ceremony couldn’t have been more perfect! Highly recommend Pamela to anyone looking for a super sweet, understanding and patient officiant!
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    Celeste B. Sent on 10/24/2022
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    Pamela exceeded our wedding ceremony expectations!

    We hired Pamela to officiate our wedding on 10/23/22 at Stone Manor Boutique Inn in Virginia. Pamela has a a big heart and beautiful spirit! I appreciated the positive energy she brought to us and the event space on our sacred day. She was very accommodating and professional. I felt very comfortable co-creating our wedding vows with her. My husband and I were deeply moved and our guests commented that our words were very heartfelt. It was the prefect ceremony and a day I will never forget!
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    Nicole C. Sent on 10/16/2022
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    Pamela is Amazing!!

    We are beyond blessed to have come across Pamela, she was so incredible to work with. During our pre-wedding calls she spent time getting to know me and my soon to be husband. She listened to our needs as a couple and ensured the ceremony was exactly what we wanted. A mix of both of our faiths. She performed a special hand fasting ritual for us which went off without a hitch. We will forever remember our wedding and truly believe our ceremony wouldn’t have been the same without her. We highly recommend you book Pamela for your ceremony!

    Heart Star Ceremonies's reply:

    Hi Nicole,
    Thank you for this wonderful review. I really enjoyed getting to know the two of you as we worked together to co-create your ceremony. It brings me much joy to provide a ceremony that truly reflects the couple's personality and is honoring to their individual spiritual paths while being honoring to those in attendance. Best wishes and many blessings to the two of you!

    With gratitude,
    Pamela
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    Lyndsey M. Sent on 09/12/2022
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    An officiant that you will want to hire

    Pamela made our wedding ceremony the most beautiful ceremony I have ever heard. She took our theme and put elements in the readings and listened to everything we wanted for our big day. She felt like another family member while with us and we enjoyed the closeness she provided. She was very communicative and our rehearsal and day of went without a hitch and we owe that to her experience. I 100% recommend Pamela. You will not regret it.

    Heart Star Ceremonies's reply:

    Thank you for the amazing review.
    I am so happy to hear that your experience was such a good one! I really enjoyed working with the two of you and it was alot of fun, and I too felt like a member of the family, thank you for the hospitality and the love!

    Best wishes always!
    Pamela
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    Vikki H. Sent on 11/20/2021
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    One-Of-A-Kind Unique and Deeply Meaningful Wedding Experience

    Pamela's ability to connect with her clients, to delve into what is most meaningful and essential while creating a very personal, curated, remarkable ceremony is a talent and gift we were honored to enjoy, as she and her insight could not have been any keener or perfect for what we sought in our special wedding day experience.
    It felt like fate that we happened across Pamela's information when googling for an officiant who would be able to provide a meaningful handfasting ceremony with other cultural traditions important in our families. We felt an immediate connection to Pamela and her instinctual grace, clarity and light that she brought to our vision with our very first connection and she walked with us every step of the way to see all of our collective ideas come to fruition in a way that couldn't have been any more perfect. We really feel as though she has become part of our family in this journey and we highly recommend her services to anyone looking to make their day personal, special and unique.
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    Sara P. Sent on 09/11/2020
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    Pamela was Amazing

    Pamela was flexible professional and above all loving!
    We had to last minute change our wedding plans bc of covid and she was super supportive of our choices and asked us all the right questions to get to know us in a short time! Would recommend a thousand times over!

    Heart Star Ceremonies's reply:

    Thank you for this great review, Sara. I really enjoyed working with the two of you, it brings great joy to see couples so happy and to be able to have a meaningful and joyful celebration in these times of uncertainty and craziness. Your ceremony was beautiful and very heart-opening. I enjoyed your creativity in your ceremony and in your planning. Much love and many blessings to both of you always! Pamela
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    Samantha M. Sent on 11/29/2020
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    Pamela is the best!

    Pamela was the best case scenario for us. We reached out pretty late in the year, and even with everything 2020 threw at us, she was willing to go above and beyond to make our modified wedding day special. She answered all questions quickly, and helped us create a unique and special ceremony that represented our love. Beyond that, Pamela embraced and enhanced the theme we set for our wedding. It meant so much to us that when we told her it was a medieval theme, she was genuinely excited and did what she could to honor that theme. From her dress to the ceremony, she made it perfect. She cares about more than doing her "job". She cares about the people, the love, and the importance of a union, I couldn't have asked for a better officiant.
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    Emily Sent on 10/29/2019
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    Wonderful ceremony !

    Working with Reverend Pamela was absolutely wonderful. She was exactly what my husband and I were looking for in an officiant. She allowed us to customize our ceremony completely how we wanted it, and provided great resources for any ceremony elements we needed help with. And after the wedding we were provided with a beautiful print out of the entire ceremony along with an additional marriage certificate to hang in our home. Thank you so much !!

    Heart Star Ceremonies's reply:

    Thank you for your review, I enjoyed working with the two of you, it was a delight to be a part of your special day.
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    Michelle Sent on 06/11/2019
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    Flexible and Wonderful

    Rev. Mann is exactly the kind of officiant that busy couples want and need. She promptly responded to all our emails and answered every question, no matter how small. She was so kind and patient with my husband and I. I highly recommend her!

    Heart Star Ceremonies's reply:

    Thank you again for the review. I enjoyed working with the two of you, you made my job easy! Blessings and best wishes to the two of you always!
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    Madison Sent on 01/30/2019
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    Amazing in every way

    Reverend Mann was so wonderful! She was professional, but you could tell she really cared about us as people and making our ceremony unique and special. She met with me twice to make sure the ceremony was the way we wanted it. She seemed to deeply understand our vision for our day and marriage, including our spiritual beliefs. She really went above and beyond what I expected, I am so glad we hired her. I would recommend her to anyone of any religious beliefs, or lack there of-- she really listens to you. I couldn't have been happier!
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    Shannon Sent on 08/07/2018
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    Pamela came recommended to me by my wedding planner and I am so happy that she did! While my husband and I were looking around for an officiant, we were also considering the option to have a family friend (who was not ordained at time) to officiate instead. Pamela offered us the perfect solution - she would help us craft our ceremony and coach our family friend through the process, allowing him to perform the ceremony with her support and for her to handle the legalities. When our family friend faced a family emergency just a week before our wedding, Pamela was there at the ready to step in in case he no longer able to travel to our wedding. While he did end up coming and officiating our wedding, there is no way that we could've done it without Pamela. She offered personalized suggestions and sent us thoughtful notes and prayers throughout the process. I also can't thank her enough for encouraging us to write our own vows when we felt too overwhelmed to do it. Writing our vows ended up being one of the best decisions my husband and I made on our wedding. Thank you, Pamela!
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    Amanda Sent on 11/01/2017
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    Pamela was absolutely AMAZING! The first time my husband and I met her she was very accommodating and came to our home. She was extremely thorough and wanted to know all about us. She went step by step through her general ceremony guidelines and asked how WE would like everything to be. She also gave us a link to help us choose our own vows, which made it even more special. She was very quick to respond if I had any questions and was very helpful. Once the big day got closer, she sent me a draft of the ceremony to look over and made sure she hadn't missed any little detail. She was very accommodating as we had a few last minute changes a day or so before. She helped make our big day so special!! I would highly recommend her to everyone!!
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    Jennifer Sent on 09/24/2017
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    Rev Pamela was the first officiant I talked to and I liked her from the start. She was very accommodating with our needs. We didn't really know what we wanted in our ceremony but she had a lot for us to choose from, and she wrote a beautiful ceremony. She also didn't charge an arm and a leg, like many others did!
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    Emily Sent on 05/02/2017
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    Pamela is such a sweet person and I'm so glad we found her to perform our ceremony. She worked closely with us to create a very personalized ceremony. I'm not a crier but as soon as I started reading my vows, I began crying and was having a hard time getting through them. She stopped me and reminded me to breathe and take in the moment, helping me get through them. She gave us a gorgeous keepsake version of our marriage license, and promptly mailed in our legal license, making sure to send it with a tracking number. Would definitely recommend!
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    Natasha Sent on 02/16/2017
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    I cannot imagine what our day would've been like without Rev Pamela as our officiant. She made the ceremony so personal for us. She is so kind and considerate of her couples. I loved that anything we wanted in the ceremony, she made happen. There is no one in our area as professional and dedicated as Rev Pamela. From our first meeting until our wedding day, I knew we made the right choice.
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    Kristin Sent on 05/27/2015
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    Pamela officiated our wedding just over a week ago and I must say that working with her was an absolute pleasure! She has such a warm, kind heart and a positive energy and spirit about her that just makes you smile. From our first chat over the phone, to our first in person meeting before the wedding, I felt so comfortable with her as she worked to learn about our lives and relationship and personalize our ceremony exactly to our liking. She sent us a draft of the script in advance to ensure that we were happy, allowed us to make a few edits, and in the end what she had created was simply wonderful. During our ceremony, she was a source of light and made the atmosphere feel so welcoming and just the right amount of spiritual (as we are not overly religious people). We received numerous compliments about her from our guests, and we would highly recommend her to any future brides and grooms! Thank you so much, Pamela!
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    Bradley Sent on 05/08/2015
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    Rev Pamela was awesome ... she is so warm and kindhearted ... we warmed up to her in an instant when we met her for the first time! She was recommended to us by friends of ours and we had absolutely no regrets in signing up with her! We met with her and went over our desires for the wedding ceremony ... she did a great job in accommodating us. She sent drafts of her script to us for our feedback. At the end, her script for the ceremony was awesome! She provided a unique and heartwarming thoughts, sayings and prayers during the ceremony! So many people at our wedding kept telling me how wonderful she was! I recommend Rev. Pamela to everyone!
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    I would suggest Rev. Pamela Mann for any ceremony. She is very knowledgeable and officiates with a kind heart. I loved working with her.
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    Andrea Sent on 05/26/2014
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    Pamela officiated our recent wedding and she did a wonderful job! From the moment we met her she was interested in our specific needs and had wonderful suggestions for making the process easy and meaningful for us. As we were planning our wedding from several states away, we also appreciated her flexibility in meeting with us on the weekends that we could be in Virginia. Thank you Pamela, for all the help you were in making our special day so special!
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    Reverend Pamela did a fantastic job with our ceremony. She took the time to meet with us, learn about our relationship, our vision for the ceremony, and what type of language we preferred. Pamela sent us her remarks in advance for review and approval, was professional, and extremely heartfelt. I noticed throughout the ceremony she was genuinely happy for us, and honored to be party of our special day. We were very impressed and glad we chose her to be our officiant.
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    My fiance and I had a hard time finding an officiant in our budget; the ceremony is the whole reason the wedding is happening in the first place, so we wanted to find somebody who would do a good job, but we didn't want to the spend as much as we were seeing the DMV. Pamela's reasonable price was the first thing that caught our eye, but we were impressed when met her about how responsive she was to our ideas and how she had several of her own to offer.

    Pamela sent us a draft ceremony script well in advance of our wedding so we could make any changes, and she was patient and agreeable anytime we wanted to change some language or move pieces around. Despite only meeting in person once before the wedding, the ceremony script captured my now-husband and I's relationship perfectly and conveyed the tone that we were aiming for. We were also happy with the way Pamela officiated the wedding once the day arrived. It's easy to see that she loves what she does!

    The only thing I would change is that one of the script changes was overlooked. The script had the introduction to our guests ("for the very first time, I present to you Mr. and Mrs. ....") before the first kiss, and we wanted the kiss first. During the actual ceremony, the introduction was first.

    Overall, though, we loved working Pamela and were very happy with our ceremony! Given the chance, we would definitely work with her again.
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    Pamela officiated our wedding on November 2, 2013. From start to finish, she was extremely helpful and so accommodating to all our ideas for our ceremony. She took everything into consideration and gave us the perfect ceremony. She was also very flexible in communicating with us through the entire process since we live in Hawaii. Everything went off without a hitch and we would without a doubt highly recommend her to anyone getting married!
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    Pamela officiated our October wedding, and we couldn't have been happier. I talked with several different officiants over the phone, but they all seemed to be putting on a act, and it made me feel a little weird about the whole thing. Ideally, an officiant would be someone you know well through a church or someone in your family, but we are not members of a church right now and just didn't have anyone in our family who we felt would be right for the job. Pamela is a very honest and sweet person. Another reviewer said that they were impressed by how genuinely happy she seemed to be a part of their wedding, and I feel the same way. We are not an overly religious couple, but we didn't want our ceremony to be without any elements of faith at all. She did a beautiful job offering suggestions and laying out our ceremony for us. Her price was also very reasonable compared to some others around the area. After the wedding, many guests commented on what a great job she did and were asking if she was someone we knew well. The fact that they would even ask that speaks volumes about what a lovely job she did overall. She is fantastic!
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    Tanya Sent on 10/25/2015
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    Reverend Pamela needs to work on her professionalism and organization. She arrived late to our initial meeting. After being paid in full & being told she would send us links of different types of vows, etc. we didn't hear from her for weeks. I finally reached out to her, she apologized and claimed to be busy, but what is inexcusable is the fact that she was late to our wedding. My fiancé and I had been calling her for 30 minutes prior to the planned start time and our calls went continually to voice mail. She finally called my parents home number from a pay phone because she was lost (again) and her cell phone kept dying. She finally arrived, flustered. We gave her our paperwork re: marriage license and she asked if we wanted to take care of it or if we would like her to. I was leery of giving her that responsibility after the multiple issues we had with her.

    To make matters worse, after spending a lot of time and thought on our ceremony, sharing changes we wanted to take place, and being told those changes were made, they actually were NOT. Reverend Mann included an opening prayer that we did not want and performed the ceremony in an order we didn't approve of. I have every email correspondence with her confirming those changes. Our guests were none the wiser but we were, the people who paid her and who cared the most about the small details.

    I was so upset during the ceremony that I had a hard time smiling. I had to remind myself that I was marrying the love of my life. We did not invite her to stay and enjoy the reception after all of the chaos she caused but that certainly didn't stop her from inviting herself and staying. The "keepsake" wedding certificate she gave us was incorrect. She made assumptions of what she thought my name would be after my marriage instead of actually asking me.
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