Maui Wedding Ceremony

When you're thinking of a Maui wedding, you definitely want to put some thought into the ceremony you will have at your wedding. Good relationships begin with strong commitments. Maui Me has a wide variety of Maui wedding ceremonies to offer you, beginning with our owner, John Souter (my husband).

Now John, of course, is our "default minister." He performs most of our weddings because he doesn't do weddings for other companies, is a "real" minister, he has several great ceremonies from which you can choose, and he works very well with our couples. John has performed about 1200 weddings over the last seven years.

By a "real" minister, I mean that he is not just an "officiant." That's the term used to describe most of those who perform weddings here on Maui. These are men and women who often have little religious or church background, but who have obtained their licenses to perform weddings here in Hawaii. John is different than most of these others because he has been performing weddings for over 30 years as a pastor and church planter on the mainland. And he is a true licensed Christian minister.

You will find three of John's ceremonies right on our website so you can see exactly what is in each. He has a Christian Ceremony for those with a church background, his Contempory Ceremony is a romantic civil ceremony that doesn't mention God, and his Spiritual Ceremony is half way between the Christian and the Contemporary for couples who want a little of both.

His Maui wedding ceremonies are practical, and you won't find him to be so ethereal that you cannot understand what he's saying. As a true pastor, he encourages his couples to treat each other with respect, giving 90 percent while taking only 10. And when John is the minister, you can be sure that he will be with you for the entire evening, unlike other ministers who often have to run off to their next wedding.

John will also allow our couples to write their own vows, which many of the other ministers will not. Although there is a charge for his time if you decide to change one of his wedding ceremonies, he is certainly willing to give you that option, knowing that you must feel right about your Maui wedding ceremony.

In addition to John, we have a wide variety of Hawaiian ministers which are available for your wedding. Most of these ministers have one basic ceremony which they do, but they are good at what they do. We only use the best officiants for our couples.