5/3/2024

We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant for our wedding ceremony than Rev Don. From our initial meeting, it was clear that he was the right choice to marry us. He took the time to truly understand our relationship and involved us in crafting a ceremony script that reflected who we are as a couple. Rev Don’s communication throughout the entire process was impeccable. He was always prompt, detailed, and accommodating, which made planning our ceremony stress-free. Despite not being able to have him at our rehearsal, Rev Don ensured we felt fully prepared. He took the time to run through all the details of the ceremony, walked us through the process of the marriage certificate, and made sure we felt at ease before walking down the aisle.

Our wedding ceremony was truly magical, thanks in large part to Rev Don. It was filled with love, laughter, and genuine happiness, creating one of the most special moments of our wedding day. Rev Don’s warmth, sincerity, and professionalism shone through, making the ceremony unforgettable for us and our guests. We are immensely grateful to Rev Don for being such a special part of our day and for his exceptional service from start to finish. We wholeheartedly recommend him to any couple looking for an officiant who will make their wedding day perfect.

-Amanda & Justin Carpenter

 

5/1/2023

Don is the absolute best! From the moment I booked him, he was extremely responsive and was always there for questions. He has different ceremony formats and I was able to piece different ones together to make it unique to us. He is very laid back, easy going, and super funny! He kept me calm during rehearsal and even came for a visit to tell a funny story before walking down the isle. I had only met him twice before but felt like I had known him for much longer. Super personable and I think that is so important on your wedding day! He is on top of everything when it comes to the marriage license as well. His sweet wife also came along and she was amazing too!! We got so many compliments on the ceremony and on Don afterwards! I can not recommend him enough!!

11/21/2022

Rev. Don Morphis did such an amazing job officiating our wedding! He was so sincere and made us feel so special. He really personalized our ceremony. He was great to work with during the planning process and was always just an email or phone call away when we had questions about the ceremony. He did all the hard work with preparing everything to say. He was a very special part of the best day of our lives, and he was part of the reason it was so special. We would highly recommend Rev. Don Morphis!!!!

11/30/2022

Rev Don officiated our 9/16 wedding and was simply amazing!! We have an in person meeting prior to deciding to move forward with Rev Don, and as soon as we met him we knew he was perfect! Rev Don has many years of quality experience and made the whole process a breeze for us. We felt perfectly at home with him and so many of our guests commented on how lovely the ceremony was. Without a question we would recommend Rev Don to anyone and everyone!

11/21/2022

Rev. Don Morphis did such an amazing job officiating our wedding! He was so sincere and made us feel so special. He really personalized our ceremony. He was great to work with during the planning process and was always just an email or phone call away when we had questions about the ceremony. He did all the hard work with preparing everything to say. He was a very special part of the best day of our lives, and he was part of the reason it was so special. We would highly recommend Rev. Don Morphis!!!!

07/22/2022

Working with Rev. Don felt like working with family. From the moment we met, through the moment he married us, we felt comfortable and well guided. He is gregarious and accommodating, making any special ceremony requests possible with ease. We really appreciated the calm manner in which he directed us, his years of experience are evident by helping us stay on track, anticipating ceremony flow, having our documents ready and not forgetting to simply breathe and enjoy the moment. We are huge Rev. Don fans and our families also thought he was fantastic. We highly recommend Rev. Don to stand beside you as you take your first steps in this new life as husband and wife!

11/22/2021

Reverend Don is absolutely amazing!! He is so professional and wonderful to work with! From the first time we met him, when we were planning our 300 person wedding, all the way through our drastic change of plans, he was extremely supportive and compassionate. When the pandemic hit, we were afraid we would have to cancel our wedding completely. However, we were so ready to be married and decided to go through with a very small ceremony consisting only of our immediate families. I would have expected most people to no longer be comfortable with this, but Rev. Don was ready and willing to get us married!! He truly went above and beyond! We sent a video of our ceremony to family and friends and I received so many comments on how beautiful it was! We are forever grateful that Rev. Don was our officiant and we truly can not recommend him enough!! He laughed and cried with us, and we feel so blessed that he came into our lives. He will help to make your day so special, whether there are hundreds of guests or ten. He is FANTASTIC!!

4/17/2021

Don was the best officiant we could have ever asked for. From day one you could tell that he truly cared about us as a couple and wanted to make our wedding day perfect. Every ceremony Don does is customized to fit the couple. He has lots of examples to choose from and he helped us piece together the ceremony we wanted. He even helped us adapt to some last minute changes. He even asked our opinion on what we wanted him to wear!

Come wedding day, we could not have asked for anything more. Before the ceremony he coordinated with our DJ and took the time to speak to everyone who was involved in the ceremony to make sure they were good to go. Don is a fantastic speaker and delivered the ceremony with the perfect emotion, at the perfect pace. His personality really added a great touch. He thought of everything and made the ceremony flow, helping everyone be in the right place. The ceremony was perfect, and we owe so much of that to Don.

09/13/2020

My husband Rob and I had the pleasure of meeting Rev. Don last year and he was the officiant for our Sep. 5th wedding. Planning a wedding during a pandemic was stressful to say the least, but Rev. Don was extremely supportive and available throughout this entire process. We changed our ceremony outline at least 4 times and he never bat an eye. We met in person twice and spoke several times via email. During all of these meetings he was supportive, calm and let me know exactly what needed to be done. Rev. Don is prompt, organized, and led me through the entire process from obtaining our marriage license to the wedding ceremony. We’re still getting compliments about our wonderful officiant! You won’t go wrong if you have Rev. Don by your side on your big day.

06/01/2019

I will start this review by saying that my husband and I are not religious people, nor was it important to us to have a religious ceremony. It was, however, important to our parents. This made finding an officiant rather challenging because we wanted to respect our parents’ wishes while also remaining authentic to who we are as a couple and as individuals.

Reverend Don nailed it. 

From our first meeting, we felt heard and understood. Because he has been performing weddings for decades, we were certainly not his first couple in this particular position. In fact, his experience allowed him to propose a variety of different ceremony options and outlines that satisfied our parents without feeling disingenuous to ourselves. Together, the three of us created a completely customized ceremony that was absolutely perfect. 

Reverend Don was also a constant professional. As the wedding day came closer, he remained acutely aware of the various other wedding-related tasks the bride would need to handle, and as a result had our ceremony drafted and finalized almost a month in advance. In a time where almost everything is left to the last minute, it was a blessing to have one less thing to worry about. 

It’s also worth noting that Reverend Don does not charge extra to attend the rehearsal. Some officiants charge an extra fee because in their minds “it’s not a ceremony rehearsal,” however looking back, I can’t imagine having our wedding rehearsal without the officiant present. He guided us and our wedding party on our wedding day, made sure we stood and paused for the perfect photo when needed, and served as a calming presence on both the rehearsal as well as the wedding ceremony. I can’t imagine what a mess our wedding would have been had he not walked us through it the day before! 

Finally, and most surprising to us, is what a difference his presence made to our guests. During our reception, we had a dozen of our friends and family members come up to us to comment on what a wonderful job Reverend Don did. I always thought the officiant was something personal to the couple, however so many of our guests told us how personable he was, how they could tell the ceremony was made specifically for us (instead of a cookie-cutter Google ceremony), and how included they felt in our wedding. It was truly the most amazing and unexpected compliment. 

We can’t recommend Reverend Don enough!!

11/10/2019

Simply Amazing!  Rev. Don was an incredibly special part of our wedding day. From the moment my husband and I sat down with him for our first meeting- we knew he was a perfect fit. He was engaged, thorough and incredibly responsive and flexible. He helped us form our perfect ceremony from his expertise. He was so helpful during our rehearsal and added such a personal touch to our ceremony. We got endless compliments on our ceremony and how amazing he did engaging us and our family and friends. I could not recommend Rev Don any higher. If you have had the chance to meet him during your search for venders- stop here, you’ve struck gold! Will look forward to our relationship with him in the future!

09/14/2019

Rev. Don is amazing!  My husband and I are not particularly religious, so we weren’t sure who would officiate our ceremony. We stumbled across Rev. Don on WeddingWire, and chose him after meeting with him once. He immediately made us feel so comfortable and it was clear that he is such a warm and caring person. We knew right away that he would be the perfect person to marry us! He helped us create our own ceremony by sending us sample ceremonies and suggesting different readings, etc. After we told him what we liked and didn’t like, he pieced it all together into the most beautiful ceremony for us! We wrote our own vows, and he printed those for us on note cards so we wouldn’t have to worry about forgetting them on our wedding day. Rev. Don really made our ceremony special, and we would highly recommend hiring him!

08/04/2020

My husband and I were so happy with Reverend Don from the moment we met him! He was personable, knowledgeable, experienced, and open to any suggestions we had. We didn’t get married in a church so we didn’t have a standard sort of ceremony. Rev Don was really easy to work with and sent us a variety of example ceremonies to help us craft our own. He easily took our thoughts on the ceremony and combined everything to make it exactly the way we wanted it. He was a complete professional at the ceremony and brought an energy to it that was special to us. Our ceremony was perfect and Rev Don was awesome to work with. We highly recommend Rev Don to anyone! Thank you Rev Don!

06/08/2019

Rev Don was FANTASTIC! Great communication, personable, and most of all he makes you feel like you have known him all your life. During the ceremony, he was very helpful in guiding us from our wedding arbor to the unity table and back. I ended up tearing up quite more than I thought, and he had an extra handkerchief for me that he slipped to me.
Absolutely wonderful minister, no one else that I would use.

04/27/2019

Having Rev. Don as the officiant for our wedding was a great experience. We met with him early on in the planning process and we had a great conversation with him about ourselves and the type of ceremony we wanted. Closer to the wedding date he had several samples for us to review and I told him which ones we preferred and he had our whole ceremony written up for us in a matter of days! He was open to any changes we made to it and was great about us writing our own vows – he even had our vows printed out on index cards for us to read from the day of the ceremony. He and his wife helped out during our rehearsal as well, and our families were raving about how kind they are. We definitely recommend Rev. Don for your wedding day!

03/23/2019

Rev. Don is FANTASTIC, I would definitely recommend him to anyone needing an officiant for their wedding ceremony. After only meeting us once, he made my husband and I feel like if we had known him for years. He worked with me for quite a few hours on the wording for our ceremony as well as which readings/scriptures were best to include. Thanks to Rev. Don, our wedding ceremony was exactly how we both had envisioned it. I had so many family members and friends come up to me after our ceremony raving about what a great job he had done, and how much they liked him. He takes the time and effort to make sure that your wedding will go exactly as you want it.

09/15/2018

Rev. Don was absolutely phenomenal to work with. He made our wedding so personal, many of my guest thought we had known him for years. From the first time we met, to the wedding Rev. Don was so easy to talk to and always responsive when we had any questions. Everything was meant for me and my husband, from the vows to the unity and prayer. If you are privileged enough to meet with and reserve rev. Don for your wedding, do it! He was one of the best decisions we made for that day and he made our day absolutely memorable! Thank you Rev. Don for coming out in the hurricane and making our day perfect!

 

 

04/20/2018

The best decision I made was choosing to work with Rev Don Morphis and his wife Donna ! Things were hectic for us as we were the best of planners but one thing that went more than smooth and was so beautiful was our ceremony, Thanks to Don & Donna ! We had so many compliments on how beautiful our ceremony was , They know what they are doing and were just so wonderful !!! Reverend Don was so easy to work with and helped everything fall into place the day of , he is also VERY affordable and you can tell he truly loves what he does and we couldn’t of been more happy that we chose to work with him on our special day !!! Thank you Don & Donna , y’all made our dream wedding come true , weddings are so hard to plan and we are so thankful for the beautiful memories and ceremony we have to look back on because of y’all !!!! He is Easy to work with, beyond helpful, so friendly , affordable and most of all made our ceremony one to remember not just for us but for all of our guests !!!! Last thing I would like to add for any future brides with young children in your bridal party , Reverend Don was so good with our young children prior to the wedding and the day of – you never know how these things will play out when young kids are in your bridal party – unless you choose Reverend Don Morphis , he was amazing and Thank God knew what he was doing !!!!! I was a ball of stress and was so thankful when Donna arrived , she was beyond helpful !!! What a blessing she was To have there and without her I may of been an hour late walking down the isle !!! Thank Y’all so very Much !!!

12/31/2016

I was so happy and pleased with Rev.Don Morphis, Rev. Richard sears cancelled an hour away from the wedding but suggested Rev Don Morphis and all I want to say was he was on time and very nice, the sevice he provided was very professional and sweet, his words he said were so beautiful they brought tears to my eyes, he made our day very special, Thank you so much Rev. Don Morphis. For making our day very special.

9/24/2016

Rev Don was the officiant for my wedding in November. Our ceremony was beautiful and everything we wanted and more. He really takes his time to put together a ceremony that fits the bride and groom and he absolutely has a gift for it. Rev Don is personable and easy to talk to. When I sat down with him to talk about my ceremony, he asked a lot of questions to get to know my fiance and I as a couple. I believe this helps him plan a ceremony that’s just for you. Our guests loved the ceremony and some said it’s the best they’ve seen. I would recommend him to anyone getting married. He is reasonably priced and does a wonderful job! You won’t regret it!

9/02/2016

Rev. Morphis was absolutely amazing! We knew from the first time we met him that he was the perfect fit for our wedding. He took the time to get to us and our families before hand & really went out of his way to make our day special and unique. I never once felt like we were just another wedding or just another set of vows. He went over everything with us multiple times to make sure everything was exactly as we wanted! We are non-denominational & that was never an issue. He made sure we were comfortable with everything & respected us just as much as we respect him. Him and his wife attended our reception & were a hoot with the wedding party 😉 Thanks again Rev. Don for being a part of our special day and making it so special for us.

6/25/2016

My husband and I decided to have our wedding back home. We didn’t have a pastor, so we rolled the dice with Rev. Don. We couldn’t have been more lucky! Rev. Don was extremely communicative, detailed, and respectful. He thought of things that we never would have considered. He has years of experience in the church and with weddings, and it shows. My family and friends were coming to me afterwards speaking accolades. He got both of us down the aisle and lead our ceremony like a pro. He’s a counselor, officiant, wedding planner, and fire extinguisher. My husband and I both agree that this was one of the best decisions we ever made for our wedding.

Thank you Rev. Don! You really did make this ceremony one of the most enjoyable moments of our wedding and lives.

6/18/2016

Reverend Morphis was such a blessing to our ceremony! He was fun and personable to meet and chat with prior to the wedding day. He really made a very BIG and unique impact on our wedding. During the rehearsal the night prior, my nerves and anxiety kicked in about walking down the aisle and even more so, standing at the altar in heels (I have a heart issue and vertigo so anxiety can make me pass out!) As i cried to him and close family members about the predicament, he simply said “well let’s sit down. If that is what makes you comfortable, we will sit down and act as though it was planned and all just have a little chat.” It was PERFECT! As I got to the altar, we exchanged a few vows and then he asked us to sit . . . . our bridal party had chairs waiting for us off to the side. The Rev, my husband and I sat and finished our vows and it was amazing! All of our guests loved it and commented on how cool it was, all without knowing that it was an effort to make sure I didn’t face plant during the ceremony. For that, I will FOREVER be grateful! Highly recommended!

4/16/2016

Rev. Don was great! I found him via the Knot and I cannot say enough good things about him. I first met Rev. Don by myself because we live out of town and my husband (then fiancé) could not get to Charlotte. Rev. Don made me feel comfortable and wanted to meet my husband before he committed to doing our wedding. I loved that! Our families are various different religions and Rev. Don did researched and accommodated doing a non-demoniational wedding. We are a very unique couple and he managed to give the perfect ceremony! I had 2 other sisters get married and my dad told Rev. Don that he wished he would have known him for those weddings! That is a big compliment coming from my father because he is very picky! I highly recommend hiring him for your wedding!

10/11/2015

I found Reverend Don through my photographer. I kind of was at my wit’s end to find a pastor and he was such a ray of light during the wedding planning process. For me and my husband, it was important that our pastor have the same beliefs. Once I spoke with him and heard his background and story, I knew he was the one for us. He crafted such a moving and loving ceremony for us, I cannot thank him enough. There were many guests in the audience who asked us if we had known him for many years – that is how connected our ceremony was. Reverend Don and his wife Donna were especially kind to all of our guests and family during all of our events. His careful preparation and thoughtfulness showed in how lovely our ceremony was. I cannot wait to get our ceremony video because I am going to watch it all the time! We look forward to speaking with him in the future to share our milestones as a married couple!

10/02/2014

Rev Don was absolutely amazing! I don’t know what we would have done without him. From our very first meeting, he was awesome and all about getting to know me and my (now) husband. He is the kind of guy that you feel like you have known for years after just meeting him. He is truly interested in your story and making your wedding ceremony EXACTLY how YOU envision it. I warned him about some family issues that may arise, and when they did, he consulted me and asked me what I wanted to do with such a comforting tone, and he took care of it completely so I didn’t have to/get upset dealing with it myself and hurting peoples feelings. Rev Don, and his wife Donna took the reins and completely ran our rehearsal and the ceremony (It was amazing of them since I didn’t have a planner – and they didn’t charge me extra for this service!) Rev Don is truly apart of our family. He attended our rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, and wedding reception. He isn’t like one of the churn and burn officiants that also schedule 4 other weddings the same day and collect their money when they pass GO. He truly cares about the couple and WANTS to be a part of your day! I would recommend him to anyone who needs an officiant or a family friend!