Our warm and wonderful officiants are remarkably gifted and experienced in a multitude of faith, cultural, secular and spiritual traditions. We delight in creating ceremonies that truly reflect your own distinctive style and personality. With grace, joy and humor let's tell the story of your hopes and dreams, your unique history and your shared future.
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No matter how you envision your ceremony, our charming officiants are skilled at capturing your love to create the magic that is your very own ceremony. And we also wholeheartedly believe that the entire wedding ceremony planning process should be interesting, romantic and fun for you. We'll provide all the support and guidance you wish as we plan for your ceremony to be the wonderful cornerstone of your new life together.
Congratulations on welcoming a new life into your family! We would be honored to be of service to you at this wonderful time of your lives and would be delighted to help you create and celebrate this important moment in your family's life story. We offer a personalized ceremony to welcome, bless and/or "name" your baby or child.
Journeys of the Heart is a non-denominational ceremonial ministry founded by Marguerite Sexton and legally incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1996. Journeys of the Heart performs wedding ceremonies, baby blessings, funerals, memorials and other ceremonies to mark life events. We are an organic ministry in that we derive our spiritual guidance from people who request our assistance as it responds to their own particular requests.
JOURNEYS OF THE HEART officiants and ministers create and perform non-denominational ceremonies for marriages, births, memorials and other life events. JOURNEYS OF THE HEART officiants and ministers are guided by the conviction that practicing acceptance, love and compassion for all people and meeting the spiritual needs of our members as defined by them is, in itself, spiritual practice.
Reviews (7)
Ali Jones
Oct 21, 2021
We booked Journeys of the Heart solely based off internet recommendations and reviews, and we are SO glad we had Susan Harte as our officiant for our September 2021 wedding. We originally were paired with Diane Smith-Hoban, however, she unfortunately had a conflict for which we were then paired with Susan. Our experience with Diane was wonderful, and the transition to working with Susan was just as lovely.
It was actually nice that we got to meet Susan via Zoom after already having a rough draft of our ceremony. She helped guide us in the perfect direction of what our ceremony should look like based on her expertise and what is important to us as a couple. Susan offered to come and rehearse our ceremony with us the night before our wedding, as I think she sensed our nerves in general of rehearsing right before the actual wedding.
Our ceremony was one of the highlights of our wedding day. It was special, thoughtful, and included both mine and my husbands parents perfectly, highlighting their marriages and how their relationship inspired our bond. We had multiple people come up to us and let us know that the ceremony was unlike any other they have been to and they truly enjoyed the personal touch that Susan gave in her ceremony delivery. If you need an officiant for your wedding, I would highly recommend Susan Harte from Journeys of the Heart. Thank you so much for everything!
It was actually nice that we got to meet Susan via Zoom after already having a rough draft of our ceremony. She helped guide us in the perfect direction of what our ceremony should look like based on her expertise and what is important to us as a couple. Susan offered to come and rehearse our ceremony with us the night before our wedding, as I think she sensed our nerves in general of rehearsing right before the actual wedding.
Our ceremony was one of the highlights of our wedding day. It was special, thoughtful, and included both mine and my husbands parents perfectly, highlighting their marriages and how their relationship inspired our bond. We had multiple people come up to us and let us know that the ceremony was unlike any other they have been to and they truly enjoyed the personal touch that Susan gave in her ceremony delivery. If you need an officiant for your wedding, I would highly recommend Susan Harte from Journeys of the Heart. Thank you so much for everything!
Allie Menna
Sep 13, 2021
Sue Harte with Journeys of the Heart was truly one of our favorite memories of our wedding day. My husband and I were faced with a venue change three months prior to our wedding due to ongoing covid restrictions in the city where our original venue was. After a two year engagement, we had all of our vendors booked including our officiant. Unfortunately our original officiant was not available on our new date and fled with our prepaid deposits, which was such a punch in the gut since all of this was completely out of our control.
A coworker of mine recommended Journeys of the Heart and to our absolute delight, we were paired with Sue thanks to Diane Smith-Hoban. She was kind, selfless, genuine, and such a warm, glowing soul. She executed an incredible wedding ceremony for Tyler and I on Friday, June 4th of 2021 after months of stress, uncertainty, and my husbands dad passing away unexpectedly just months prior to our wedding.
Our guests have been raving ever since about how personable, fun, special and memorable our ceremony was. Four months later, we can confidently say our ceremony was our favorite part of the day and we have Sue to thank for that. We are so grateful. Thank you.
A coworker of mine recommended Journeys of the Heart and to our absolute delight, we were paired with Sue thanks to Diane Smith-Hoban. She was kind, selfless, genuine, and such a warm, glowing soul. She executed an incredible wedding ceremony for Tyler and I on Friday, June 4th of 2021 after months of stress, uncertainty, and my husbands dad passing away unexpectedly just months prior to our wedding.
Our guests have been raving ever since about how personable, fun, special and memorable our ceremony was. Four months later, we can confidently say our ceremony was our favorite part of the day and we have Sue to thank for that. We are so grateful. Thank you.
Melissa Rowling
May 03, 2021
My husband and I knew we didn't want a "religious" wedding and Journeys of the Heart was recommended by our wedding venue. Brian Dixon was our officiant and our experience with him was great from start to finish. He made us feel comfortable, was flexible when we had to postpone due to COVID, and was very accommodating when I asked if he could incorporate details about my grandmother who had passed away after our original wedding date. I love how he personalized our ceremony with our love story and made it more special.
Christine Suder
Feb 23, 2021
We were finally able to have our wedding in March 2021. We choose Journeys of the Heart to officiate our wedding. Stephen served as our officiant. He was wonderful to work with. He was very attentive to listening to our love story and turned it into such a beautiful ceremony. So many people came up to us saying how lovely the ceremony was. We definitely recommend this company and Stephen!
Andrea Wentzell
Feb 20, 2021
The whole team at Journeys from the Heart was great to work with on our wedding ceremony. Due to COVID-19 we had to move our date and our original officiant Gabbi was not available. The team helped us find another officiant within the group, Stephen. We are so glad we went with Journeys from the Heart for our ceremony which incorporated both Roman Catholic and Jewish traditions. Between Gabbi and Stephen's combined efforts we had a wonderful ceremony that received numerous compliments from our family and guests.
Kate Javois
Feb 16, 2021
Maura Lieberman
Dec 25, 2020
