About this business
Love & Light Wedding Officiants | New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania
A wedding ceremony is ten minutes that people will talk about for decades. Love & Light Wedding Officiants exists to make sure those ten minutes are worth talking about. This tri-state area officiant team — serving New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania — is made up of three ordained reverends who bring warmth, intention, and genuine care to every ceremony they lead.
Meet the Team
Reverend Rachel Addonizio, Reverend Lydia Gilbert, and Reverend Deborah Baseil each bring their own style and strengths to their work, but share a common approach: no scripts pulled from a drawer, no generic readings. Every ceremony is built around the specific couple standing at the altar.
Ceremony Styles
One of the strengths of Love & Light wedding officiants is how broadly they work across ceremony types. Traditional religious wedding ceremonies, civil and non-religious ceremonies, interfaith ceremonies that weave together two distinct backgrounds, vow renewals, and intimate elopements are all firmly in their wheelhouse. The team is also listed on the Rainbow Wedding Network, signaling an inclusive, welcoming approach to all couples regardless of background or identity.
Ceremony add-ons are available for couples who want to incorporate meaningful rituals — sand ceremonies, unity candle ceremonies, and rose ceremonies can all be woven into the service at any point during the ceremony.
The Planning Process
Every booking includes a complimentary Love & Light Ceremony Workbook — a planning tool that walks couples through their options and helps them articulate what they actually want from their ceremony. Consultations are available by phone, FaceTime, or Zoom, and the team also helps guide couples through the marriage license process, which is one of those details that’s easy to stress about and easy to get wrong.
The result is a New Jersey wedding ceremony that sounds like the couple — not like a template.
Recognition
Love & Light Wedding Officiants has received multiple Couples’ Choice Awards and is recognized on both The Knot and WeddingWire, reflecting a consistent track record of happy couples and well-executed ceremonies across the tri-state area.
