Rev Miller

[Lorelei528]

Hey all-
Since Teresa Knox cannot do our wedding after all (which still aggravates me but whatever)..

I am checking out Rev. Miller and JoAnn Pessagno (that's it, right?)

Anyway, I have spoken with JoAnn a couple of times and Rev. Miller is away on business for like 2 weeks so I haven't gotten to talk to him as of yet...

I know Summer used Rev. Miller and I was wondering if Summer or anyone else who used him can tell me a bit about their experience. DF (actually, officially DH, but that's another thread to come!) and I saw Rev. Miller on some of Stan's videos (like Summer's) and we really liked him.

Although we want a non-religous ceremony, we do want something full of love and something that is spiritual (I have non-organized religion beliefs and DF(DH) doesn't want a religious ceremony either..)

Anyway, any feedback on Rev. Miller? Thoughts? Opinions?

Thanks!
Lori

 

[Summer-Caitlin]

Hi there

Well what can I say about Rev Miller? I don't know where to start really, he was fabulous!

Rev Miller and I were in contact about a year before our wedding, initially we were going to get married on Aug 17th rather than Aug 20th and everything was all set for that. Up until about 4 months before the wedding this was still the case, but we looked at the timeline again and saw that we were cutting it fine so changed the date to Aug 20th instead. All my other vendors were on board but it seemed I might have a problem as Rev Miller didn't know his availability. I had built up such a rapport with him that I was upset at the thought of losing him for our wedding and said so. He emailed me back and said he would make himself available for any date I needed This was all I needed for him to go down as the best Rev in history

He sent us our vows a couple of weeks prior to the ceremony. We didn't want a religious ceremony but references to religion I was fine with. Our vows were word perfect, I think he knew from talking to me how I wanted our vows to be. I didn't change a thing.

On our wedding day, he met Steven first and Steven said he was so nice, put him at ease and started telling him funny stories, in fact even started to tell him he himself was getting married. When I met him, I knew immediately he was a wonderful soul, he smiled and I felt so comfortable.

Our ceremony went by without a hitch and he even added some things to the ceremony that he though would be perfect for us. I swear it's as if he knew us. I loved how he didn't sugar coat things and he was realistic. Steven and I had been together a while so everything he said rang true. To make it clear, I adore him

I have no problem in highly recommending him, to be honest he was my first choice and I know I made the right decision. I watched our wedding DVD the other day and I am still stunned by how amazing he was and I'm glad I have the DVD to recapture our vows.

You will not be disappointed at all if you go with Rev Miller, he truly is one of a kind

 

[scottish/canadian]

We also used Rev. Miller for our May 5th wedding. I too have nothing but glowing reports. I was a little worried as I never really heard too much from him leading up to the wedding. A couple weeks before, he sent the vows and they were great...completely non-religious but full of love. He was awesome!

 

[Namsupak]

We just had Rev. Miller for our wedding on May 26th and he was amazing! So laid back and our guests said he was the best officiant they had seen. He spoke to everyone instead of reading our vows to them. He has a great personality and at our rehearsal he told us that he just wanted us to enjoy everything. I would highly highly recommend him!

 

[Lorelei528]

For those who have used Rev. Miller....

How is he at getting back to you (e-mail, phone etc.)?

Were you able to book him earlier than 6 months out? Because originally he told me he doesn't book further out than 6 months but after we talked he said he would put it in his book....

I just sent him an e-mail telling him what kind of service we would like to have and what we would want included (ie. The Apache Wedding Blessing) just to give him an idea.

I guess I'm just a little worried because of a few posts here stating that they didn't hear so much from him until right before the wedding (2 weeks!) and that makes me a bit uncomfortable.

It's so different from Teresa Knox who sent me loads of great info....(but then she cancelled on me, so it doesn't matter anyway I guess)

Tell me, how long should i wait until I have some kind of confirmation from Rev. Miller? Opinions? Thoughts? I told him I would be afraid to wait until the 6 month mark because then I'm afraid we wouldn't find someone we really liked. (We're pretty picky about the officiant thing for some reason) and I was concerned because a lot of Disney stuff i got and read said to secure an officiant as soon as possible...



Lori

 

[twiu]

I booked Rev Miller for my wedding in August back in November of last year. So, it was definitely over 6 months out. He responded to my requests promptly and I sent a deposit.

I had a couple problems with the fact that I've emailed him and heard no response. I finally called him yesterday and he put me at ease. He said he'd been traveling for the past few weeks and hadn't had time to respond. On our contract he said he'd give us our ceremony 5 - 10 days prior to the wedding date. But yesterday when I spoke to him, I asked him if he could give me an outline at least because I needed to print our programs sooner than that. He said he would do so within the next couple of weeks. He has such a calm and peaceful demeanor to him that I am pretty confident we made the right choice. I'm still a bit worried but not with him, just with when I get that outline since I'm designing my own programs and need to get it done sooner than later. But as for him, I think he's great so far.

 

[Ember]

I had a good experience with Rev. Miller. Not great, like the other posters, but good.

We wanted the ability to write our own ceremony, it was really important to us that the words spoken fit with our personal beliefs and ideals. (Ex. I really don't like the "two becoming one" idea.) We're also not religious and wanted no reference made to religion. Rev. Miller was one of the only people who willingly agreed to let us write our entire ceremony. I was very upfront about this, yet when it came time to talk about the ceremony he was very... stand off-ish about using ours, even after I made it a point to include parts of his normal service that fit in with ours.

During the ceremony itself he stumbled several times, which I thought was unprofessional. I had assumed he would have been a better public speaker and would have made himself more familiar with the ceremony seeing as he had it weeks ahead of time.

The other thing he did that really bothered me was to check obsessively that my husband actually wanted to marry me. He said over and over and over that if he had any doubts and needed someone to talk to, even at the last minute, that he could call anytime, day or night. I found it a little insulting, to be truthful. DH just laughed it off, but even he admitted to it making him uncomfortable because he checked so many times.

Overall I would give him 7/10.

 

[Tabetha]

We're using Rev. Miller, and he's been good at answering email when there's a question to be answered. If I'm just sending him an email saying "the rehearsal's going to be on XX day, I'll get back to you with a time" - I don't need an answer to that kind of email...

Maybe I'm a bit weird, but I don't really feel the need to be in much contact with him until he's sent me the first draft of our ceremony. I figure he's got what he needs if we filled out the form he sent.

He's got a good reputation, I know he's going to show up and do a good job. That's why we picked him. So I'm gonna let him do his job, the way he does it.

We'll see if that attitude changes in the next two months!

 

[Lorelei528]

That's the thing...I didn't even get any form yet...and now I'm thinking why did he tell me he doesn't like to book until 6 months out if he has booked 9 months out before...
I e-mailed him this morning but still havent heard a peep...I'll wait till tomorrow and give him a call, what do you all think?

 

[Tabetha]

He may well have changed his booking policies... I don't think he's intentionally trying to blow you off.

Personally, if he said he didn't book so soon, but that he'd put me in his book, I'd be satisfied, and follow up with him at the 6 month mark.

I wouldn't worry about the actual ceremony just yet.

 

[ecoon]

We used Rev. Miller and I LOVED him! I swear, every single person at our wedding commented on how great he was. Even my stuffy grandmother!!! Heck, my MIL still talks about him!

One time I e-mailed him and he didn't get back to me for a while, so I e-mailed him again and he sent back a very nice e-mail apologizing for his "tardiness" in getting back to me. However, when if came around to wedding time we has very prompt sending me the vows and any other information we needed. The day of the rehersal and the wedding he was very prompt and wonderful!!!!

 

[meryll83]

He told me he could book at 9 months out, but this was a fair few weeks back, so whether it's now down to 6 months I don't know...........