Austin Wedding Chaplains

Chaplain Larry was perfect. We are absolutely fond of him and his charming service. He set the tone for our wedding -- a tone that was exactly what I imagined for my wedding, with the appropriate amount of humor and reverence. Several guests told us how wonderful he was both during the wedding and in the weeks since. He met us at Starbucks one evening and got to know us -- really got to know us, and exchanged many emails with us in the time after the initial meeting and the ceremony. We feel so blessed to have such a charismatic officiant at our wedding.

Chaplain Larry Todd did an AMAZING job! Our service was funny, touching, spiritual, personal, and beautiful all at the same time. We wanted a longer more personal service than most "officiant" weddings that I have seen. Our service was over 30 minutes long! (Actually closer to 45 minutes I think). He started of our service with light humor that had everyone laughing, yet still made it a Christian service, too. We had planned to use the pastor from our church, but he was booked with a men's retreat. We are actually very happy we found Larry Todd, instead. He is retired and officiates weddings as a volunteer activity. He does this because he wants to and enjoys it, and you can really tell. Several of our guests told us that our wedding was the most beautiful wedding that they had ever been to (and we are a middle-aged professional couple with guests that have had the privilege of attending some really fine events). We know that it was the most beautiful and touching wedding that we have attended, but it felt really wonderful hearing it from our guests.

I really don't think we could have had a better officiant than Chaplain Larry Todd. Our ceremony was very personalized, and touched even our less religious/not religious friends and family. A lot of our guests told us that it was the first wedding ceremony where they were actually engaged and listening to what was said. Definitely the best decision we made regarding our wedding!

I am so glad we decided to go with Chaplain Todd for our service. The ceremony was beautiful, thoughtful and touching. I would give him ten "stars" if it would let me. :) It was a pleasure meeting and working with Chaplain Todd through the planning process. Thanks for being a part of our perfect day!

We could not have been more pleased with Daniel Maldonado as our wedding pastor. Our wedding was one on the larger side at Green Pastures in Austin, Texas and Daniel was able to set the tone as a celebration that was intimate and welcoming. He not only took the time to get to know us as a couple, but assisted us in putting words to our ceremonial vision. I will treasure the memories Daniel helped create on our wonderful day and will recommend him to all friends who are planning a wedding!

Daniel officiated my wedding on January 9,2010. He was great. Full of energy and blessing he created a space at the ceremony that was unbelievable. All of my guests say it was the best wedding they have been too. Daniel was very helpful in getting to know us and our goals and why we were doing this. He has the ability to do many types of ceremonies and can mix and match if need be. He exudes confidence and I would recconend him to anyone. I'll say it again the energy he brings is powerful and moving. We laughed and cried and he helped us be very present and was able to captivate the crowd and engage them as part of the ceremony. Hope this is helpful!!Mike

Chaplain Larry Todd officiated our wedding and he did a superb job! He exceeded our expectations in every way: he was truly concerned about getting to know us at our 1st meeting; he personalized our ceremony beautifully; and he had the exact kind of tone that we were hoping for (a few mentions of God and a higher being but not denominational). Not only that... he officiated our wedding outside in July and made everyone comfortable despite the high temperatures. I got literally dozens of comments from guests AT the wedding itself about how beautiful the ceremony is and how great Larry was. He had a few moments of comic relief which helped keep us (or anyone else) from getting nervous or tense. We were just beaming through the whole thing, but he also got serious at the right times since of course, it is a serious event. Larry actually teared up when my dad hugged my new husband right before sitting down at his place... he didn't try to hide it or gloss over it, Larry said "wow, that was really touching" and it was a beautiful moment. He also had a lot of neat ideas, like the 3 secret words about each other that he reveals during the ceremony. That was really neat for everyone to hear -- and he even attempted to translate those words into Spanish for our non-English-speaking guests. He really went above & beyond. Larry will be a dear friend to us for years to come and we both feel honored that he took part in such a special day in our lives together.

Chaplain Larry Todd officiated our service and it was absolutely perfect. We received, and one week later are still receiving, comments on how great the service was and how it was the best wedding our friends and family have been to. Chaplain Larry took the time to get to know us throughout our planning process and he incorporated personal details about us into the service, which made it so unique and special. I am so blessed to have met Chaplain Larry!

I've received nothing but compliments about Chaplain Larry Todd. He is so personable and caring; he really took the time to get to know us so that the ceremony was intimate and personal. And he was funny, too! We were very, very happy that we chose him to officiate our ceremony, and I know we'll be keeping in touch with him in the future.

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We struggled with finding an officiant that would work for us because we are not especially religious people and don't prescribe to any one organized religion, but we also wanted a fairly traditional ceremony that wouldn't put off our families (my dad wanted us to have a Catholic wedding, my mom is Baptist...you see this is shaky ground here!). After doing some research and asking around, we decided to meet with Chaplain Larry Todd and instantly hit it off with him. We were able to tweak the vows he provided to make them more personal to us, and we did a sand ceremony as well. We were, of course, emotional and anxious during the ceremony, but thanks to Chaplain Larry it all went very smoothly and he quietly reminded us when we needed to do or say anything, which was very helpful. He mingled just a bit with our guests as we took pictures, and a couple of our friends told us later how awesome he was to hang out with as well. His fee is quite reasonable and goes to charity.

Daniel Maldonado was our wedding officiant for a wedding last spring at the Wildflower Center in Austin, TX. Daniel did a wonderful job incorporating all of our wishes into the service. He worked with us ahead of time to develop a wedding service that was very meaningful to us and our families. We were raised in different faiths and wanted to be sure that both sides of the of the family would feel connected to our service and no one would feel alienated or offended. Everyone had rave reviews! Afterwards many people told us how much they enjoyed our service and we have many wonderful memories, too.

We used Chaplain Scott Johnson. He was fantastick. He worked with us to create the ceremony that fit us. Was always easy to get in contact with and provided lots of help and suggestions along the way. Thanks!

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Chaplain Larry Todd from this group. I cannot say enough about how many people LOVED him at our wedding! I don't know how many comments and compliments we got about him - they just kept coming!Chaplain Larry is very down to earth, fun, captivating, and so comforting! I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started searching for Officiants online. I was nervous... but when we met with Chaplain Larry, he put us at ease! He must be one of the few who actually loves what he does because he is good at it!!And the best part is (from their website @ http://www.austinweddingchaplains.com): "The majority of the proceeds generated from our wedding fees are used in conjunction with Central Texas Crisis Chaplains to aid and assist veterans, police officers and firefighters."Thank you, Chaplain Larry, for being so wonderful and making our wedding special with your presence and kind words during the ceremony and the times we met before!