Reviews

Travis Salyer

10 May 2024

17 hours ago

A stellar officiant who truly made our Star Wars elopement unforgettable! His attention to detail and genuine passion for the theme brought magic to our special...

Miranda Honaker

08 May 2024

2 days ago

I 1000% recommend Josh to marry you!!! I cannot say enough amazing things about Josh!! We found Josh online and booked him for our small, at our home, just us a...

Brittany Chandler

07 May 2024

4 days ago

Joshua was amazing and our wedding ceremony was so beautiful! I would definitely recommended him!!

travis casteel

06 May 2024

4 days ago

Josh is amazing! Booked him for our wedding and he made it so stress free! He even provided a speaker and music! Highly recommend him!

Tri-Cities Entertainment

06 May 2024

4 days ago

I’m a Dj and have worked with Joshua numerous times. I work with officiants every weekend and Joshua is absolutely the best I’ve worked with! He has a voice tha...

Chloe Sanderson

05 May 2024

5 days ago

Celeste Martinez (Captured By Celeste)

04 May 2024

7 days ago

Working alongside Joshua for this wedding ceremony was a breath of fresh air! His infectious energy and sincere dedication added an extra layer of magic to the ...

Mary Childers

26 April 2024

14 days ago

I highly recommend joshua for your officiant. He is the far most greatest every. From day one I knew he would be the perfect officiant. He responded in ti.ely...

Robbi Rathbone

26 April 2024

14 days ago

If you are looking for a good time with laughter, tears, and tons of good memories…you can stop looking now! My now wife and I decided to get married last minut...

Cassie Bond

22 April 2024

18 days ago

When we decided to get married out of state, I was nervous about how we would find an officiant. Josh was SO much more than what I expected. He was very interes...

Chloe Mullins

21 April 2024

19 days ago

If you’re wanting a way to make your ceremony unique I 110% recommend Joshua. He wrote our script entirely personal to our story and it is something that my hus...

Abbie Robison

21 April 2024

20 days ago

Amazing officiant who did our elopement right in cades cove! Made the ceremony very personal and loving. Very respectful and friendly. Reasonably priced as well...

Sarah Smith

17 April 2024

23 days ago

Joshua was such a delight for our wedding! We were surprised to have him help us so much with getting our license, to coordinating our guests together, and prod...

Geena Beaule

03 April 2024

a month ago

Joshua was an INCREDIBLE officiant! He was extremely communicative with my husband and I prior to our big day and extremely flexible when we had some timing and...

Samantha Miller

31 March 2024

a month ago

He was so down to earth and was there for us every step of the way. We were so grateful for having him in our wedding! Best decision we made.

Lisa Goldman

28 March 2024

a month ago

Highly recommend Minister Maples for your wedding!! He is responsive, welcoming, efficient and personable! Thankful for all his attention to details , too!

Chris Roberts

25 March 2024

a month ago

Joshua was an outstanding officiant to work with and would highly recommend him to anyone looking. He made our service seamless while balancing the flow of our ...

Linda Virgovicova

19 March 2024

2 months ago

Joshua did SUCH an incredible job officiating our wedding. The speech he made was so good, I had to stop reading it at work not to cry, and was great at making ...

Devon Hankeh

12 March 2024

2 months ago

We had a small wedding upon our own request. Josh came out and gave us way more memorable of an experience than we could've asked for. It was a beautiful ceremo...

shay welke

29 February 2024

2 months ago

Joshua is Awesome! He was super attentive and knowledgeable! We ended up having someone else booked but he was great to work with! I would highly recommend him!...

Lesley Lyons

26 February 2024

2 months ago

Josh was amazing through every step of the process! He goes above and beyond to make sure your day is perfect and your ceremony is exactly what you want.If you ...

Melissa Smith

18 February 2024

3 months ago

My husband and I were married by Joshua and he did a great job. Such a great job he brought several people including myself to tears. His service was so persona...

Lauressa Carey

21 January 2024

4 months ago

Joshua Maples married my son and his fiancé January 13th. The ceremony was very graceful and touching. Such beautiful words and feelings surrounded my son and d...

Kayla Terry

21 January 2024

4 months ago

Absolutely wonderful officiant. Joshua was able to fit us in super last minute—literally within the hour—and was kind and accommodating for our elopement ceremo...

Luke Hefner

14 January 2024

4 months ago

Joshua is freaking awesome!! He’s great 👍

Wallace Layman

06 January 2024

4 months ago

Can’t give a higher recommendation for Joshua, he was an absolute professional. Very organized, coordinated, and calm. He was in communication with us for 6 mon...

Kim Edens

31 December 2023

4 months ago

Joshua did such an awesome job with our wedding and made things so easy and still so personal for us. It was a short notice wedding and yet he handled everythin...

r h

29 December 2023

4 months ago

Sometimes you cross paths with people who resonate with you and are full of life and zest. When that individual’s passions aligns with their profession—it cre...

Kathy Storjohann

25 December 2023

4 months ago

Joshua was awesome!!!!!!Would highly recommend him as a wedding officiant. Beautiful ceremony and very reasonable

Melinda Noah

23 December 2023

5 months ago

Joshua was so very professional and such a big help for our big day! He made our wedding so much fun and one that will definitely be memorable!

anil patel

18 December 2023

5 months ago

Very nice service 👍

Elizabeth Theile

16 December 2023

5 months ago

Josh was amazing!!! He went above and beyond for us...and it was a sooooo last minute request from me and my now husband and he delivered!! Love his personality...

Vansul Sylorian

05 December 2023

5 months ago

We messaged Josh via his website, I was contacted within minutes. Josh preformed a beautiful same day wedding for us. He even helped us take some beautiful phot...

Justin White

03 December 2023

5 months ago

Joshua was ABOVE and beyond our expectations. We just wanted to be married and didn’t really care much about any of the other details but he picked a very roman...

Thomas Taylor

27 November 2023

5 months ago

We decided to get elope and planned it pretty quickly , Joshua was helpful and wrote beautiful vows. It was a great experience.

shannon murphy

25 November 2023

5 months ago

Joshua was the perfect choice to officiate our elopement! He is easy to work with and the script he made was absolutely perfect!! Everything was intricately tai...

Sarah Gosselin

22 November 2023

6 months ago

Mr. Maples made our wedding ceremony so easy and stress free. He was able to make our ceremony script beautiful, funny, romantic, and timeless all at once. High...

Shelby Smith

17 November 2023

6 months ago

Joshua was amazing. He drove so far, hiked with us, and prepared the most beautiful words with only a week's notice. He was so helpful and calmed all of my nerv...

Emily Coyle

14 November 2023

6 months ago

Joshua Maples Wedding Officiant did a great job officiating an elopement we both worked. His speech was equally personal, funny, intimate, and spiritual while k...

Joshua Welsch

13 November 2023

6 months ago

Josh was very flexible and accommodating in making our wedding ceremony exactly as we wanted it.

Shonna Browder

13 November 2023

6 months ago

He was amazing to work with and did such a good job of capturing us in our ceremony and guiding us through the process. He was excellent at communicating and ju...

Cari Dulan

08 November 2023

6 months ago

Josh made our day magical! And let me tell you…he was by far the easiest part of the wedding planning process! I cannot recommend him more!

Courtney

06 November 2023

6 months ago

Joshua officiated our wedding on September 15th and he did a wonderful job! He kept things fun and upbeat, but serious when needed. Prior to the ceremony, he se...

Jason Haines

06 November 2023

6 months ago

Josh was AWESOME! Super friendly guy and he genuinely cared about making the ceremony a memorable experience. His script was personal to us and he put a lot of ...

Jenna Corley

05 November 2023

6 months ago

I can’t recommend Joshua Maples enough! He did amazing as our wedding officiant despite lady bugs attacking us at the altar lol! He was consistently 1 step ahea...

Keila Rollins

05 November 2023

6 months ago

Bo Backerman

02 November 2023

6 months ago

Joshua is a dear, loving, kind, professional, and dedicated officiant. Whatever you want and however you want it, Joshua has the flexibility to deliver. Joshu...

Olivia Noelle

02 November 2023

6 months ago

James and I loved Josh so much for our wedding ceremony! He was very communicative and always updated us every week! He hand wrote our vows and it was beautiful...

Samantha Liao

26 October 2023

6 months ago

Joshua is a wonderful wedding officiant - very professional, friendly, and helpful from start to finish!

C B

26 October 2023

6 months ago

I would highly recommend Joshua as an officiant. His sermon was beautiful and meaningful. He is a terrific person and really cares about what he does. He made o...

Chris Anderson

23 October 2023

7 months ago

Wonderful officiant, amazing script and would recommend time and time again!!!

Chuck Hanner

16 October 2023

7 months ago

Joshua did an outstanding job for us. He was helpful and flexible in every way to accommodate our ceremony. He was helpful with suggestions and pictures. He wa...

Camryn Mergenthal

12 October 2023

7 months ago

On time, very understanding and supportive, stayed to help us with what we needed help with and super friendly.

Giglia Peña Tobalina

12 October 2023

7 months ago

Joshua was wonderful with the whole process! He helped us through from the beginning to the end of my wedding. His words for the ceremony were very heartwarming...

Cassandra Smith (Cass)

10 October 2023

7 months ago

We couldn’t have hired a better officiant! Joshua made our ceremony so wonderful with the personalized script and he’s great to work with! Even our friends and ...

Whitney Mann

10 October 2023

7 months ago

Josh was absolutely amazing. He kept in contact with me leading up to the wedding. The wedding day came and he was prepared and on top of everything. I’ve had s...

Faith Stout

07 October 2023

7 months ago

Amazing! Added personality and worked amazingly with our photographer. He worked with us on a short notice but still brought his full effort. 10/10, I recommend

David Stout

07 October 2023

7 months ago

Very kind caring and thoughtful And brought an amazing and professional energy to our wedding Worked with us on a very short notice and gave us an amazing cerem...

Julie Phillips

06 October 2023

7 months ago

Josh was an amazing officiant!!! He worked with me on the script since it was a Jewish ceremony. He hiked up to the mountains with us at sunrise, too! We really...

Hope Garcia

02 October 2023

7 months ago

Joshua made the whole process as easy as possible and made our special day even better than it could have been! Thank you for your wonderful service and marryin...

Stephanie Burton

29 September 2023

7 months ago

We can’t say enough good things about Joshua! He made our day perfect, took everything we said into consideration and was just a genuinely great human. We recom...

Ella

27 September 2023

7 months ago

Joshua was simply amazing! He is very charismatic and takes the time to really get to know the couple. He did a fantastic job going beyond his title. 1000% reco...

Miryah Medina

27 September 2023

7 months ago

There is not enough words in the English language to describe how great josh was! He made our special day wonderful, wrote vows that were specific to us and mad...

Jennifer Mosier

13 September 2023

8 months ago

Josh was beyond amazing. He was kind, thorough, understanding, and made our day special and meaningful. He went above and beyond our expectations. I 100% recomm...

Anthony Laskis

15 August 2023

9 months ago

Joshua is absolutely an amazing officiant who takes the time to get to know the couple through his questionnaire which really makes the whole process easy and a...

Kurt Knolle

06 August 2023

9 months ago

Josh was excellent to work with from beginning to the end. Extremely responsive and an absolute joy to have present at the wedding. Would highly recommend him t...

Britteny Riddle

02 August 2023

9 months ago

Very respectful, funny, sweet and very professional! He was on time, and very coordinated!

James Meenen

20 July 2023

10 months ago

Was am amazing service amd had a great time. Josh really knew how to make our moment special and there is no way we could thank him enough.

Laura Giangreco

20 July 2023

10 months ago

Joshua did an incredible job as our officiant. He was caring and kind and helped make our day special and memorable. I’m so glad we found him! Thank you for eve...

Megan Hughes

15 July 2023

10 months ago

110% recommend! Made our day so much more special. Amazing person

Shane Helbert

15 July 2023

10 months ago

I couldn't have ask for someone better to have done my weeding you really killed it an we are all very happy to have had you to do wedding officiant..

Aaron Jaxon

12 July 2023

10 months ago

Joshua made our wedding day special, personal, comfortable and fun. From the time we booked him up until the big day, he was very clear and responsive in our co...

Alyssa Faith

09 July 2023

10 months ago

Joshua was an immediate friend. He was so willing to go where we wanted. He even was trying to help us find a place(because we are so indecisive lol) He really ...

gabrielle pignone

26 June 2023

10 months ago

I am so glad we chose Josh as our wedding officiant. He is so personable and his sense of humor and good nature put me at ease on such a stressful, but exciting...

Josh Cotter

12 June 2023

a year ago

He is awesome! We couldn't have asked for any one more easy going and professional. Highly recommend!

Caleigh Greene

15 May 2023

a year ago

I am so blessed to have had you lead our ceremony. You were amazing at getting to know us and write the vows best suited to us. 5* review isn't high enough!! ...

austin greene

15 May 2023

a year ago

One of the nicest people iv ever met this man is very passionate about what he does and worked with any request we made i would definitely recommend him to anyo...

Matt Malek

04 May 2023

a year ago

Josh was the best! My wife and I couldnt have asked for a better wedding officiant. We had a simple elopement but Josh really made it so much more than we could...

Zach Andrews

30 April 2023

a year ago

Josh was so great! He went above and beyond to help us out with everything from the rehearsal, to the ceremony all the way to the reception! He’s a 10/10! Such ...

Jessika Miller

29 April 2023

a year ago

Joshua is WONDERFUL to work with. I highly recommend him if you are looking for a officiant. He is extremely laid back, yet very professional. He was extremely ...

Kathy Yach

26 April 2023

a year ago

Josh is amazing!! Wow, never had an officiant be so engaged. In addition to the beautiful ceremony, Josh helped with the rehearsal, transitioning to the recept...

michael j brady

06 April 2023

a year ago

I was actually visiting the Botanical Gardens in Asheville NC when I came upon a wedding taking place. End up watching the whole wedding take place. Introduce...

Brandon Cox

06 April 2023

a year ago

A spontaneous decision to get married turned into one of the most warm and loving celebrations, and could not have been done without Joshua! His flexibility and...

Matthew Heaston

03 April 2023

a year ago

Performed an amazing ceremony. Couldn't have been happier.

Dawn Wolf

02 March 2023

a year ago

Josh is amazing! DEFINITELY a blessing!!! From the first point of contact all the way through the BIG DAY!!! He is professional, kind, comfortable, funny, an...

Bonnie Smith

15 January 2023

a year ago

Joshua saved the day when he agreed to officiate our daughter’s wedding with only a 10-day notice. The ceremony was beautifully written as well as being profess...

Samantha Oakes

23 December 2022

a year ago

Joshua took our last minute request and made it so special and meaningful for us! From working with our schedule and location to making sure we as a couple felt...

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07 December 2022

a year ago

Joshua is a great wedding officiant, he came to our Wedd & Stay venue and made a memorable wedding ceremony. Everyone ended up crying with joy. He is a great ...

Rachel Markland

19 November 2022

a year ago

Josh was amazing at keeping me from going crazy leading up to our big day. He helped us keep everything in order and worked with my crazy a** family to keep thi...

王賢貴

11 November 2022

a year ago

Minister Josh Maples was a professional and highly recommended from friends.

Scott Lunger

08 November 2022

2 years ago

Joshua Maples is great very professional He helps you to relax and have fun at your wedding not just by knowing what to do and when but he also listens intenti...

April Davis

06 November 2022

2 years ago

Preacher Maples went above & beyond with our daughters & son- in- laws wedding. Very informative & even called before he came to the wedding too see if we need...

Darlene Purcell

01 November 2022

2 years ago

Joshua was great to work with! He was attentive and responsive as we made our plans! He made sure our wedding day was perfect!!

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