Kayla Allen

Officiant & Guide

Your wedding is a threshold moment.

Let me guide you through.

It’s a courageous and bold choice to enter wholeheartedly into something new.

Invite me to come alongside you and together, we will create a memorable ceremony that celebrates your unique commitment to one another.

A newly married couple celebrating outdoors with a floral arch, woman in a white wedding dress holding a bouquet, man in a black tuxedo, hand raised in happiness.

“She took the time to get to know us and made us feel comfortable and excited about our big day. Our ceremony was elegant, intimate, lighthearted, and warm while carrying the strong emotion the day deserved. We could not have been happier with Kayla's role in our wedding.”

- Kylie & Layne

Ceremony + Premarital Counseling

For couples wanting to invest in a lifelong love story.

  • Online assessment with personalized & practical results

  • Three 90-minute premarital counseling sessions

  • Custom wedding message & storytelling

  • Participation in the rehearsal

  • Officiate the marriage

  • Pastoral relationship

  • Ceremony planning workbook

  • One 60-minute wedding creation meeting

  • Access to shared planning document for follow up and collaboration

  • Participation in rehearsal

  • Officiation of your marriage

  • Completion and filing of marriage license

  • Early arrival to coordinate with vendors

An outdoor wedding ceremony at sunset with guests seated on white chairs, flowers in vases, and a bride and groom under an arch, set in a scenic mountainous landscape.

Ceremony Creation & Officiation

For couples looking for a traditional ceremony with a touch of personality

  • Ceremony planning workbook

  • One 60-minute wedding creation meeting

  • Access to shared planning document for follow up and collaboration

  • Participation in rehearsal

  • Officiation of your marriage

  • Completion and filing of marriage license

  • Early arrival to coordinate with vendors

Marriage License Signing & Coaching

For couples who have a friend or family member to host the ceremony

  • Day of marriage license signing

  • Option to add ceremony creation session

  • Option to add coaching for your officiant

  • Assistance in obtaining marriage license

  • Coordination with wedding planner on timeline for signing

  • Completion and filing of marriage license

Planning your ceremony

Before your ceremony planning call, you will get full access to my planning workbook. This helpful tool gets you & your partner to get on the same page. Together you will explore the language that resonates with your love story & hopes for the future.

During our planning call we will work together to create a ceremony that reflects your unique love & commitment. I can provide samples from previous weddings, offer creative insight and draft language reflective of a traditional ceremony. When it comes to storytelling, readings, prayers & blessings you get to decide how much, if at all, to include in your script.

Following our call, your custom ceremony will be drafted in a shared document for you to review & finalize before your wedding day. You will see everything I say on your wedding day; unless you’d like a surprise!

What’s it like to work with me?

Hear it from the newlyweds.

  • Erin & Steve

    If you’re looking for the perfect wedding officiant, look no further than Kayla! We weren’t exactly sure what we wanted for the ceremony, but she made everything so easy. We wanted to include my fiancé’s daughters as part of the ceremony, and Kayla came up with a beautiful and creative idea that incorporated them into our vows in the most meaningful way. Kayla is warm, professional, and truly listens to the wants and needs of the couple. She made us feel comfortable and confident, and she’s just such a joy to be around. We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant. Don’t think twice—choose Kayla!

  • Outdoor wedding ceremony taking place on a grassy field with mountains in the background. The bride and groom are standing at the altar, surrounded by bridesmaids and groomsmen, with guests seated on white chairs facing them.

  • Two grooms in suits holding hands and smiling outdoors, with a blurred background of grass and trees.

  • Hunter & Tyler

    Kayla was a wonderful officiant who made the arcane process of marriage licensing in Virginia easy and understandable. She also prepared a wonderful ceremony for us. As a gay couple without the aid of tradition to fall back on, this was a huge help that made our wedding all the more special and enjoyable.

  • Two grooms in suits walking arm in arm on a green lawn during a wedding. The man on the right wears a navy suit with a bow tie, the man on the left wears a green suit with a bow tie. The background includes trees and bushes.

  • A bride, officiant, and groom smiling outdoors during a wedding ceremony, surrounded by a scenic landscape with mountains and green fields in the background.

  • Susan & Frank

    We won the lottery with Kayla! You will instantly feel the warmth and connection from the start. We would highly recommend doing the premarital counseling. She reaffirms your compatibilities and emphasizes the steps to take to create a happy, lifelong marriage. She got to know us well and was able to personalize the speech to us. The rehearsal was efficient and smooth under her direction. She provided a great template to personalize the ceremony speech with beautiful excerpts and suggestions that made it easy for us to have the most perfect day. We are so honored and happy to have her in our memories when we reflect on our wedding day. She will go above and beyond to make your day special!

  • Wedding ceremony outdoors with the bride in a white gown and groom in a navy blue suit holding hands, surrounded by wedding party members, including officiant, bridesmaids, and groomsmen, with a scenic mountain background.

  • A bride and groom kissing in front of a house porch, with a golden retriever sitting in front of them, during a wedding celebration.

  • Kaitlin & Trevor

    We LOVE Kayla and highly recommend her as a wedding officiant! We really got to know her with premarital counseling ahead of our wedding day (highly recommend this package) and it made for such a personalized and customized ceremony experience. The way she structured the ceremony truly made it so special and geared towards the two of us. Multiple guests told us it was the best ceremony they’ve ever seen! Kayla is so fun to work with and we truly couldn’t be happier to have had her as our officiant for our special day. Wouldn’t change a thing!!

  • A couple exchanging vows during a wedding ceremony outdoors, with an officiant standing between them, all smiling.

  • A bride and groom standing under a floral arch outdoors, celebrating their wedding victory, with mountains and trees in the background.

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