About this vendor
Specializing in non-denominational and interfaith weddings. Alternative, Same-sex, renewal of vows, and traditional ceremonies too! Guide-Parent ceremonies when the little ones come along!
Over 30 years experience as meeting/event planner, officiating marriages, renewal of vows, and alternative ceremonies.
Ceremonies from 2 to 500+
Bookings are on a 1st signed (contract), 1st served basis. Booking a consultation does not mean I have been hired. Please ask for a contract if you are interested in hiring Be Wed By Fred, LLC before the Consultation. Then you can tell everyone you are going to "Be Wed By Fred!"
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Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Baha'i Faith
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Hindu
- Interfaith
- Jewish
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Newlywed Life
- Getting Engaged
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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4.7
out of 5.015 reviews
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Fred is the absolute best!!! You're not just getting a Justice of the Peace and an ordained minister... but also a fantastic wedding planner and new best friend! He is meticulous in his attention to details and ensured we were well prepared for our special day. He even provided the photographer helpful instruction to ensure we have very special memories. To top it off, Fred joined us for the dinner that followed and was a lively conversationalist that everyone adored. When he departed, Fred received a standing ovation from the room. 5 stars doesn't even come close to Fred's actual value! He's become a friend for life!
I don’t even know where to begin, Fred was so wonderful to work with. Going into our first meeting I was a little confused as to why he scheduled two hours, but quickly realized why. Fred took the time to explain the entire process in great detail from the day itself to the months leading up to it. He had so many different ceremony examples and endless aspects to integrate into the ceremony to truly make it your own. We ended up incorporating the hand fasting ceremony which was so unique and meaningful - had it not been for Fred this is something we would not have even considered or realized we can do. He also really got to know us and our story to ensure he could truly make our ceremony our own - he even secretly worked with our parents for a little add on during the ceremony. And trust us, we didn’t give him that much guidance from info to how we wanted the ceremony to run, and he did a flawless job. Really better than I ever could have imagined. He was on top of EVERY detail, from how to stand, hold the rings, how long “the kiss” should last etc. We were fully prepared and knew exactly what to do walking down the aisle thanks to him.
The day of he arrived early and he even had Bobby pins that he personally helped fix my hair with and brought shalls for all the girls in case they got chilly walking down the aisle - seriously what JP does that? No one, and that’s exactly what sets Fred apart - and that’s just the start of his emergency kit (that luckily we didn’t need).
Words really don’t do Fred justice, I highly recommend you find out why by hiring him yourself.
Thank you!
Tamara & Shaun Mitchell
Wed by Fred was great! He took his time during our first meeting to explain the ceremony process, explain all the options available to us, and really get to know us. He was very responsive throughout the wedding planning and was more to happy to answer all of our questions. During the rehearsal, he was able to gain the attention of our rowdy bridal party to instruct them on their responsibilities. During the ceremony, he told our guests to put their phones away and our pictures are so much better for it! Not one phone in any of our pictures! The ceremony went by perfectly and Fred made it that much better.
Where to begin? Fred may have been the most unexpectedly amazing part of this wedding.
First, we live in Florida so were unable to meet him in person--he was easy to reach and we had a Skype conversation. We chose Fred because he took the time to get to know us and gave us so many options for the wedding ceremony. Many other vendors sent us 1-2 sample ceremonies that were your typical, run of the mill, ceremony. Fred shared so many different options and we ended up doing a handfasting ceremony which I had not heard of until he introduced it us.
Fred insisted we have a rehearsal since we have 14 people in the wedding party--a very good decision. It's a chatty group but he really took charge and made my life easy. At the dinner, he went so far as to organize the speeches and put champagne at our sears--none of which were his responsibility!
The wedding ceremony was perfect and he gave a little story about Alex and I which personalized the moment. He also had bobby pins to keep my veil intact. At the reception, Fred continued to help us--he was like another wedding coordinator! Someone spilt on the dance floor and he stood there making sure no one slipped. Business aside, he was social and fun and felt like part of the group--everyone loved him!
We hired Fred to be our officiant for our wedding this fall and were so happy with our ceremony. The initial consultation was very thorough on all of the information that Fred gave us and we made notes of each detail. He had many ideas on how to make our ceremony personalized and important even though we wanted it to be short. He accommodated a special request I had of a cultural blessing. He also attended our rehearsal and made sure our party was comfortable and knew what we had to do for the next day. Fred showed up the day of and took some stress off my hands by picking up flowers for me and was prepared with a bridal wedding kit/sewing kit in case we needed it. He was polite and asked what I would prefer him to wear such as his robe or his suit. We could not be happier with our decision in Fred.
Thanks for everything and for making our day so special!
Fred is very experienced at what he does. He was previously a wedding coordinator so he came prepared with a wedding day emergency kit. He also offered to help bustle my dress after the ceremony. I did find him hard to get a hold of on the phone and through email, but on the day of, he was over an hour early and was very well prepared. He explained that he had surgery and was unavailable for a while. Fred also gave us a good idea for a unity ceremony, which we used. He has many sample ceremonies, readings, vows, etc. to look over and help outline your wedding. This was very helpful.
Fred did a great job officiating our wedding, He was professional and knew what he was doing.
My fiance and I are getting married in August of this year which means we have very little time to plan. We set up an appointment to meet Fred, one of the few remaining JPs. He then cancelled on that day, so we rescheduled for later that week. Lo and behold, the day for our meeting came and he cancelled the meeting and told us that he was no longer available for our date. Unprofessional, disorganized, and we wouldn't want him at our wedding
If we could give more than five stars to Fred, we would. Working with Fred for our Mystic Aquarium wedding was an enjoyable and truly personalized experience. We were nervous looking for someone we didn't already know to officiate our wedding. We filled out a form for Fred before the first meeting so that he could get to know a little bit about us and what some of our general expectations were. As soon as we met Fred, we knew he not only understood what we were looking for, but that he would also help us make the most memorable ceremony possible. We booked him immediately! Fred provided us with several different options for personalizing a ceremony, and was willing to work with us to customize anything we wanted. We sent him what we had culled together a month or two before the wedding, and he let us know it was great. He also sent us a final form to fill out just verifying the details of the rehearsal and the ceremony/reception. We are so glad that we had a rehearsal with Fred: he made sure everyone knew what they were doing, and allowed us to have fun in the process. Our friends and family raved about how cool and awesome he was just after the rehearsal dinner! On the big day, Fred arrived to the Aquarium about an hour early. He was truly amazing! He made sure that we had everyone from the bridal party, and even asked if there were any little details I needed help with last minute. He came prepared with his own emergency kit which ended up being a life saver as the girls' dresses stuck to their legs. Fred whipped out a bottle of Static Guard and sent the ladies down the aisle in perfect working order. Our ceremony itself went off without a hitch. After the ceremony, Fred didn't just disappear: he became another trusted person to turn to. He helped my Matron of Honor reconfigure my bustle as I kept tripping over it on the dance floor. He had a band aid ready after I pricked myself on an errant sewing needle that had been left in my dress. He was always there when we needed him, going above and beyond anything we could have imagined or asked for. And again, our friends and family raved about how fantastic and personable Fred was! We are truly grateful for Fred's help in orchestrating the perfect wedding for us, and highly recommend him to anyone looking for an officiant who will feel like part of your family.
We had our wedding back in October of last year. We came across Fred on Wedding wire and decided to meet with him and see if he would be a good fit for our special day. From our initial meeting, till the sendoff at the end of our wedding night, Fred was the perfect fit. He is extremely personable, friendly, and knowledgeable about all things wedding, not just the ceremony. He went above and beyond. To be honest, Fred did more than our Maitre’D. He helped the whole wedding run smoothly from the ceremony through the reception; He far exceeded our wildest expectations. There was even a point where he ran up the hill to get a prop from our car that we needed for pictures that we were taking. My wife and I cannot say enough good things about Fred and give him our highest level of recommendation.
Free was wonderful! He was very easy to work with, incredibly kind, and such a warm presence. He walked us through the rehearsal the day before and made sure we all knew what we would be doing. I would quickly recommend Fred to anyone getting married!
Fred is amazing! He allows the bride and groom to customize a truly unique ceremony. We wanted a non-traditional, non-denominational wedding ceremony utilizing a sand ceremony, handfasting ceremony, and our own vows and ring ceremony we wrote. He worked well with our venue coordinator to choreograph a beautiful processional and recessional, he was attentive to our needs throughout our reception, and he was great at being an extra helping hand for organizing our guests for pictures. He truly went a love and beyond the call of duty and is well worth his price! He is easy to talk to and took the time to get to know us and our relationship. That was so important to us! He will do things as traditionally or non-traditionally as the bride and groom want, and is open for discussion on any of his suggestions! I highly recommend his services to any bride and groom!
Fred was AMAZING!!!! I don't even know where to start. From start to finish, Fred was efficient and organized. He explained the entire process to my family. He even explained to my father how to give me away. He made the ceremony so easy to follow. He spoke loud and clear so everyone was able to hear him. After the ceremony, he helped to direct with photographs and even made some fantastic suggestions to my photographers.
My sister, who has been married for 10 years was so impressed with him.
Fred even went so far as to help the bridal attendant bustle my dress because we were being announce.
It was truly a God send. Thank you Fred for making my day so wonderful.
Fred was great! I'd recommend him to anyone! He was very attentive , detailed and gave lots of different ideas for our ceremony. He was awesome after our ceremony for our guests , families , and ourselves! He went from JP to wedding planner! Couldn't have asked for better! Thanks Fred!
Fred was amazing! He was very helpful with all the details of getting ready for the day of the wedding. He provided a lot of examples of types of ceremony and ideas on what we could do for our ceremony based on our initial phone call with him. On the wedding day he went over the actual procedure for the ceremony one last time so we would be ready. He even helped with some ideas for photos we should do and I didn't even notice until later but he made sure to step to the side during the first kiss photo so he wouldn't be in the background. These things all made for a wonderful experience and wedding day.
Contact
PO Box 429, Hadlyme, CT | CT, MA, NH, NY - and Beyond (just ask)
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