Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis
Your ceremony should reflect your story, your values, and your love—not a script or someone else's idea of what your wedding should be. Together, we'll create a celebration that feels authentic, meaningful, and uniquely yours, creating memories you and your loved ones will cherish for a lifetime.

Every couple's vision is different, which is why we offer a range of officiant packages designed to meet you where you are. Whether you're looking for a beautifully simple ceremony or would like to include premarital counseling as you prepare for marriage, we'll help you find the option that best fits your vision, your needs, and your budget.
You'll also have the opportunity to choose between our Lead Officiant or Associate Officiants, and we'll guide you through those options during our first conversation to ensure you're matched with the right officiant for your wedding day.
Wedding officiant services are available throughout all of our service areas. Travel fees may apply.
Perfect for elopements!
Initial consultation
Customized ceremony script
Officiant
Signing/filing marriage license
Lead Officiant Fee: $500
Associate Officiant Fee: $450
Includes a rehearsal to get it just right!
Initial consultation
Customized ceremony script
Officiant
Signing/filing marriage license
Ceremony finalization meeting
Wedding ceremony rehearsal
Lead Officiant Fee: $700
Associate Officiant Fee: $600
Includes two insightful premarital counseling sessions.
Initial consultation
Customized ceremony script
Officiant
Signing/filing marriage license
Ceremony finalization meeting
Wedding ceremony rehearsal
Couple’s assessment*
Workbooks*
Love Language* exploration
Mind map* creation workshop
(2) couple's counseling sessions
*Read FAQs below for more information.
$1200
For couples who want to invest deeply in both their wedding ceremony and the marriage they're building together, this personalized package combines thoughtful ceremony preparation, premarital counseling, and individual sessions to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage.
Initial consultation
Customized ceremony script
Officiant
Signing/filing marriage license
Ceremony finalization meeting
Wedding ceremony rehearsal
Couple’s assessment*
Workbooks*
Love Language* exploration
Mind map* creation workshop
(3) couple’s counseling sessions
(2) individual counseling sessions
*Read FAQs below for more information.
$1700
Every great ceremony begins with a conversation. During our initial consultation, we'll get to know your story, learn what matters most to you, and help you choose the officiant and package that best fit your vision.
From there, we'll guide you every step of the way, creating a ceremony that feels authentic, meaningful, and unmistakably yours.
We'll provide ceremony templates and thoughtfully guide you in personalizing every detail. From your vows and readings to meaningful traditions and special moments. If you'd like, we can even incorporate your family and friends, inviting them to share their love, support, and well wishes as you begin your marriage.
Every choice is yours. We're simply here to help bring your vision to life.
"Thorough and Professional"
“Walter did a fantastic job officiating our wedding and prepping us for the big day. He was thorough, professional, and great to work with the entire time. Our guests raved about him!”
- Sarah A
"Truly Memorable"
“Walter was our officiant and I am so grateful he could be a part of our special day!! Truly made our wedding memorable.”
- Wesley Z
"Deeply Caring"
“We cannot recommend Wah Joy enough for finding the perfect officiant for your wedding day! My first conversation was with Walter, and from the very beginning, it was clear how deeply he cares about getting to know each couple.”
- Anna B
We offer wedding officiant services in Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis.
When choosing a wedding officiant, look for someone who aligns with your values, ceremony style, and personality. At Wah Joy, we start with a personal consultation to understand your vision, then guide you through ceremony options that reflect your love story. Whether traditional, modern, bilingual, or spiritual, we officiate your way.
Absolutely! Every ceremony script we create is customized based on your preferences. You can choose from our ceremony templates and work with your officiant to add personal vows, readings, rituals, or guest participation to make it truly one-of-a-kind.
Yes, we do! Erick Palafox, one of our associate officiants, is bilingual in English and Spanish. Bilingual ceremonies are available with our Necessities and Simple & Sweet packages, perfect for inclusive, meaningful moments across cultures and languages.
Each Wah Joy wedding officiant package includes a customized ceremony script, marriage license filing, and your choice of optional extras like rehearsal coordination or couples counseling. From intimate elopements to full celebrations, we have a package to match your needs and your love story.
We recommend booking at least 3–6 months in advance, especially during peak wedding seasons (spring/fall). That said, we often accommodate short-notice weddings and elopements. Reach out as soon as you have your date!
Yes! Our Uplift Your Ceremony & Marriage and Ceremony Blessings, Joyous Future packages include premarital/individual counseling sessions. These sessions help couples build deeper understanding and lifelong communication skills, while also crafting a meaningful ceremony.
The couple’s assessment and workbooks go hand in hand throughout your premarital counseling experience. The assessment helps identify areas of strength, opportunities for growth, and topics worth exploring together, while the workbooks build on those insights with guided premarital exercises.
The workbooks explore communication, conflict, personality, balancing “I” and “We,” commitment, expectations, family and friends, forgiveness, free time, intimacy, money, parenting, roles, and spirituality. As a bonus, you’ll also receive conversation cards designed to encourage meaningful discussion and reflection, along with a discussion guide to help you make the most of the materials and exercises together.
Love Language exploration is a separate, stand-alone quiz that helps you discover how you and your partner naturally express and receive love through the 5 Love Languages: Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, and Giving Gifts. We use those insights during sessions to explore how you can better understand and support one another.
The mind map is a visual tool we build together during sessions to explore your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and associations as a couple, helping us identify patterns, clarify what matters most, and create a clearer path toward your shared goals for marriage.


Contact Us
Office Hours:
Daily M-Sat. 11 am – 7 pm
Sun. noon - 5 pm
Where We Serve
Kansas • Missouri • Southern Illinois • Northern Arkansas
Serving couples within approximately a three-hour travel radius of our primary service areas.

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