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Your ceremony is the most important moment of your wedding celebration, and sets the tone for your wedding day. As a wedding officiant in Sarasota, Siesta Key and the surrounding areas, Grace Felice of A Wedding with Grace will create and officiate an artful, custom ceremony from the heart that will be a reflection of your story and an expression of your commitment to one another.

Are you a practical couple? Hopeless romantics? A mix of both? When thinking about your ceremony, what is important to you? Honoring your faith and traditions, stepping a bit "outside the box, " celebrating family (or your pets, for that matter!), infusing a bit of humor and whimsy into the narrative, choosing the perfect readings or songs, incorporating a unity ceremony that has meaning for you both, repeating time-honored vows, or writing your own.
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A Wedding with Grace provides distinctive, personal and authentic wedding ceremonies and vow renewals throughout southwest Florida. Additionally, if you are interested in full service wedding planning, a "day of" coordinator, or an elegant or tropical beach wedding setup, I work with a wonderful network of wedding professionals and I would be happy to assist you in that direction.
I am a non-denominational wedding minister and Florida notary public who has had the privilege of officiating both spiritual and secular ceremonies for countless couples throughout southwest Florida. It has been my pleasure to work with many of our local Floridians, as well as couples from all areas of the U.S. and abroad.
I just wanted to let you know how happy Scott and I were with your ceremony. You were the only person I had interviewed, and the minute I met you, I know you were the one. I hope you know how special your words were to us. They were sincere and made our day so beautiful! I can't begin to tell you how many people asked us about you.
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Stephanie Lionetti
Jun 17, 2022
Grace is everything you want for your wedding day! She's organized, professional, and attentive. She makes the processes so easy and effortless for a bride. We couldn't have picked a better officiant for our special day. I would give Grace more than 5 stars if I could!
Parish D.
Jun 03, 2022
Grace is the epitome of excellence. My wife and I decided on her for our destination wedding on the beach. Keep in mind we live in Massachusetts and the whole wedding planning process was completely new to us, so many things to think about! However, Grace immediately put us at ease and made us feel very comfortable with how our ceremony would go. She gave us great suggestions on our vows, and went over everything with us from A to Z.

Leading up to our special day she made sure to stay in constant communication with us, which was much appreciated. The day of the wedding she was early and very well prepared. She spoke clearly and didn't stutter one time. Everything went silky smooth. She also has a natural warmth about her which is exactly what you want from your officiant Thanks again Grace
Kayla Somers
Feb 27, 2022
We couldn't have chosen a more perfect officiant for our wedding day. Grace was so kind during our phone calls and was extremely helpful with our timeline and vows. Since we did not write personal vows, we asked her to tell our story during the ceremony. She put so much thought and effort into our ceremony reading - we absolutely loved it! Grace was a huge part in making our day unforgettable and we truly can't recommend her enough!
Racquel Garza
Jan 12, 2022
I am late writing this review, but Grace married my husband Evan and I on 10/14/2021 and it was absolutely amazing. Grace put so much thought and effort into our ceremony reading. We received several compliments after about how sweet and nice it was afterwards. Grace really takes the time to get to know you as a couple to make it so personal. We could not be happier with our choice to hire Grace as our officiant. Thank you Grace for all the time and effort you put into our ceremony to make it so memorable!
Jonathan Griglack
Sep 24, 2021
While all of our vendors did a fantastic job on our big day, Grace was the all star. During the entire wedding planning process, she helped us, not only with specializing our ceremony, but with great recommendations in terms of timing for the day (as well as helping with the ever challenging question of when to tell the guests to arrive!). My wife and I are not known for being eloquent with our words which made Grace's list of suggestions for vows all the more helpful!

Not only that, but we are also an interfaith couple which we felt Grace handled wonderfully by incorporating both of our faiths into the ceremony (my wife is Jewish and I'm Catholic). We cannot emphasize enough how special Grace made our ceremony. It is something we will truly remember forever!
Rafael Quinones Dr. Q.
Sep 20, 2021
A wedding is the most important moment in the life of two loving souls. It does not need to be stiff, cold, laking the most important component of all which is the feelings of those two souls. Wedding tends to be regulated, serious, not fun. Not with Grace. Since the first moment you met her is all about the couples, their history, their feelings, their families, and what they as a couple believe a wedding should be.

The couple decided, add, or subtract in the wedding. Not the officiant. And once all is agreed she will perform one of the most beautiful ceremonies you could ever imagine, as it is made by you two. Our wedding was perfect, thanks to Grace, we could not ask for a better officiant. Thanks Grace.
Danielle Marinaro
Jul 20, 2021
Grace is absolutely amazing! She made my husband and I feel so comfortable the moment we spoke to her! She took the time to actually get to know us as a couple and along with our furr babies. She really gives you that warm but professional feeling and made sure to follow up with us prior to the wedding day, and made sure we were 100% squared away. Her voice is so soft and gentle, yet the story she told along with the vows was so strong and profound. Thank you Grace for making our perfect day even more perfect!
Corie Beeler
Jul 06, 2021
If you're looking for a beautiful soul to make your special day the Best Day of your life, look no further. We knew from the moment we spoke to Grace that she was the perfect choice. She is such a caring person and wants YOU to have the perfect wedding ceremony. She puts the Bride and Groom first and caters to your every desire. She makes the entire process VERY EASY and eliminates the stress from the ceremony itself.

Look no further if you're reading this, make the decision now to have Grace be your officiant, you will NOT be sorry. 100% of our guests raved about how wonderful of a job she did and we are so glad to have her as a friend for life.
Daniel Pacheco
Jun 30, 2021
Grace was an amazing officiant for our wedding in Sarasota. She really does care about the needs of her clients and is very personable. My wife and I highly recommend Grace and her services for her professionalism, creativity, and understanding. We hope that the day comes when we decide to renew our vows. We won't hesitate to reach out to Grace when that time comes!
Alexandra Loring
May 30, 2021
My husband and I had the honor of Grace officiating our wedding, and she is without a doubt, one of the kindest, most extraordinary women you will ever meet in your life. Grace captured our heart early on in our wedding journey, and through it all, her genuine warmth, passion and depth of experience shone through every step of the way. Her dedication to truly get to know us and our love story, while providing insight and answers on logistics and run of show, led to the most beautiful, personalized ceremony, leaving many loved ones with the impression we had known Grace for YEARS.

From her love of animals (we had our Boxer stand by us as "Best Friend"), to her vast library of vows and passages, her tender, steady voice, loving heart, calming presence.we cannot say enough about this incredible woman and how she made our special day, complete in every sense. So much of the time, a wedding ceremony is sped through and the reception is seen as the party and star of the show, but with Grace as our Captain, our ceremony was a TRUE highlight of ours, and all our guests.

With tears, smiles, laughter and the deepest sense of love, she set the tone for the biggest day in our lives. Days later, I'm brought to tears re-living it once more. We could not recommend Grace more highly- for her professionalism, character, attention to detail, and gift she is to all who meet her. She is named "Grace" for a reason!
Andrew Neal
May 24, 2021
Like many couples, we found the process of finding and narrowing down vendors to be extremely stressful and time consuming. When we reached out to Grace, we heard back from her immediately and she was helpful right off the bat. As we continued to plan the wedding, Grace was not only available, but extremely quick in her responses and helped us navigate how to create the best ceremony for our special day.

She provided examples and options so that allowed us to make decisions without feeling overwhelmed. I can't say enough about Grace as she was so easy to work with and I would recommend her 10/10 times!
Lisa Bonacci
Oct 06, 2020
Stop searching and just hire Grace! She was recommended to us by our wedding planner and we could not be more impressed. Grace really took the time to get to know us as a couple and personalize the ceremony to match our style. I'm a Type A person, so I was a little nervous about not seeing her "script" ahead of time, but I'm SO GLAD that we trusted her, because she was right in that our reactions on that day were part of the experience.

We had family and friends ask if she knew us personally because she was so well spoken and really captured the essence of our relationship. We were hanging on every word! She was also incredible to work with, very clear in communication, and thought of the smallest details like making sure her outfit blended into the scene. We were absolutely blown away - thank you Grace for such a perfect ceremony, you made our day so special!
Suppyguppy
Aug 12, 2019
I have so much to say about Grace, she gave us the most amazing ceremony! She is such a kind-hearted person who is easy to talk to and cares a lot about making your ceremony just how you want it. We were looking for a non-religious ceremony, which was no problem for her. She took the time to get to know us and our story then wrote a beautiful personalized ceremony (she's an excellent writer).

When we weren't sure what secular readings to do she provided us dozens of choices and we found some that were perfect for us. She was super flexible and wasn't bothered at all when we wanted to make a last minute change to the ceremony the day before the wedding. She gave us an outline of what she would say beforehand but her actual words were left a surprise until the day of.

Her words brought us to tears on the day of the wedding and had more of an impact because it was the first time we were hearing them. We really loved that she kept that a surprise When we had our kiss, she stepped aside so that it was just us in the photos, which was a nice touch. She was very professional and we felt completely confident in her throughout the whole process.

I cannot recommend her enough, I know that she can give anyone the ceremony of their dreams. We got so many compliments from our guests on how beautiful the ceremony was and everyone was in tears in the audience!
Paul Basco
Jun 29, 2019
Grace Felice won us over from our initial conversation. Her knowledge and ability to navigate us through the infinite styles of wedding officiating proved to us that we were in safe hands. We wanted to mix our families strong Christian/Catholic beliefs and Filipino traditions, and incorporate them into a contemporary beach wedding setting that would be enjoyable for our diverse set of guests.

During our consultation, Grace knew exactly what we meant and impressed us with her knowledge of Filipino traditions along with other cultural traditions she learned from her experiences. Grace planned and executed a ceremony that appeased our families and friends and gave us the experience of a lifetime. She guided us through the ceremony process from end to end with a high degree of professionalism and amiability. We would choose Grace 10 out of 10 times for our event. Highly recommend.