Pastor Mike

Pastor Mike stands out from all the rest of the officiants that we have interviewed because of his warm-​welcoming personality. He’s very well prepared and very experienced seeing that he has officiated more than 13,000 weddings in his 50 years as a pastor/​officiant. What we were looking for in a officiant was someone that wanted to get to know us on our first visit. On our first encounter with him, I felt like I was in the presence of a family member. Pastor Mike was laid back, friendly and endearing. He is more pastor/​officiant than a businessman which was very refreshing to see since every other officiant we interviewed was very quick to introduce himself and rush us out the door for their next appointment.
On the wedding day, he was very cool, calm and collected even though we were running behind… very professional and again like a grandfather figure. Pastor Mike has great character to his raspy voice that makes you feel like your his grandchildren and is going to sit you down for a grand olé story. It was a perfect day to start but he made it even that much more perfect!

Pastor Mike was a true professional and did an exceptional job of guiding us through our destination wedding ceremony.

What a relief to find Pastor Mike to officiate our wedding! We do go to church once in a while but, aren’t affiliated with a specific church. We wanted and needed a Pastor who was open minded, personable, and also gave us professional guidance on how to create the perfect customized ceremony. Pastor Mike did just this … We started with a meet and greet at his home office. There we had an opportunity to learn a little more about each other and decided to move forward with a handshake deal. No Contracts! No Deposits! Very refreshing. He is a man of his word and provided us with a variety of options to get us thinking about the ceremony we wanted to have. He helped incorporate matters that some may consider «sensitive» such as loved ones who had passed in a positive and uplifting way. He also helped us address some relatives that were watching the ceremony virtually … elders who couldn’t travel etc. Pastor Mike helped perfectly tailor the ceremony to us and it resonated with all of our guests. Our guests raved about our ceremony! Since Pastor Mike has a great reputation in San Diego and has been practicing for many years, he is one of the few that the county/​city allows to file the marriage application for you for an small additional fee. Skip the lines and headaches of the court house. Thank you Pastor Mike for making our Wedding Day extra special.

Pastor Mike made our wedding even more beautiful than it already was. He is warm and speaks from the heart. It made me really happy to hear how much my family who are Roman Catholics, loved him. I wanted a ceremony that conveyed the spirit of marriage which is all about love and that’s exactly what I got. The cherry on the cake is the fact that we didn’t have to go to court for our marriage license but instead, got to sign the papers right before walking down the aisle. It made the whole event even more special. Thank you again Pastor and God bless you!

Pastor Mike is awesome and we are so happy that we had him on board for our big day! He is very professional, prompt, and friendly. He explained everything to us so clearly and laid out all our options for us. We felt so at ease with him and he handled all the paperwork for us which was so nice to have one of the many things on our list checked off. I highly recommend Pastor Mike, he is very welcoming and knows what he is doing.

We found Pastor Mike through our wedding planner, Hannah Smith Events. He has a pretty good reputation on Unilocal as well! He is a very nice and personable man, and we were honored to have him as our officiant!
I didn’t know what to expect when contacting officiants, but Pastor Mike made everything so easy for us! He emailed us a «build your own ceremony» packet, and I easily designed exactly what we wanted for our wedding day! I felt empowered to keep traditions I like and add our own twist, instead of feeling tied to a certain program sequence. Before the wedding, I typed out our ceremony and emailed it to him. I do recommend consulting with him in person, as meeting and chatting with him really sealed the deal. We were excited about our wedding day!
We knew we wanted to include filipino traditions (unity candle, cord, veil, and coins) and Pastor Mike was familiar with all of it. On the day of our wedding, the ceremony was seamless and he did a superb job! You could really tell he was at ease and has lots of experience, and there were no unwanted surprises.
Pricing was great, communication easy, and our wedding ceremony was fabulous! He sent in our marriage license to the county and we didn’t need to do anything!
We highly recommend Pastor Mike to all couples looking for an officiant!

So happy we chose Pastor Mike for our wedding! He was so patient with us despite many changes to our agenda. He allowed us to customize our service and he was very genuine in delivering a caring special ceremony. He made our day so special. You won’t regret choosing him!

Pastor Mike was GREAT! He made the arrangements very easy and stress free. He took care of everything and made us feel very comfortable. Thank You!

We had pastor Mike for our 10÷04÷14 wedding. Since the first time we meet him, he was very kind and made us feel very comfortable. He truly care for us and for our special day. He was on time and was very professional. The wedding ceremony was perfect, all we wanted no surprises. It was fast but not rush. Our guest complemented our ceremony and really appreciated that it was not too long since the weather was very hot (we had an outdoor ceremony). Pastor Mike was professional and had all our paperwork ready for us as well. We cannot recommend him enough. we are very happy he was the one who officiate our ceremony.

I cannot recommend Pastor Mike enough! Pastor Mike was the perfect wedding officiant for us, and we received so many compliments on our ceremony and on his presentation. He is very kind, easy to work with, and puts your mind at ease.
Pastor Mike’s services are affordable, and he provides a great wedding planning tool to use. This was important for me and my husband, since we did not want a really religious ceremony, but we wanted it to be very traditional and classic. Pastor Mike officiates weddings of all kinds, from religious to secular, from traditional to modern.
Pastor Mike was genuine and sincere, we felt like we have known him our whole lives. He truly values and respects marriage, and he puts his heart into his ceremonies.
Pastor Mike asked us to send him our personal sentiments and why we love each other. He read them at our wedding, making it very personal and heartfelt. We received so many compliments on his services.
Pastor Mike is affordable, and he takes care of the marriage license for you for a small fee. He truly is a special officiant, and we cannot thank him enough for meeting with us and corresponding via phone and email with us. Thank you Pastor Mike!

What a wonderful man Pastor Mike is! I found him on Unilocal and booked him after reading the great reviews and did not regret it. Myself and my husband met him before our wedding and he was so nice and flexible, giving us a variety of options to make our ceremony personal to us. He was warm and gentle and made us both feel so relaxed. I would recommend him to anyone looking for someone to perform at their wedding we were not disappointed.

If you are looking for a minister who will put you at ease, make you smile and add to your special day, We definitely recommend Pastor Mike. In meeting with Pastor Mike before our ceremony, he graciously took the time to work through our concerns, offer suggestions, tell a couple of stories which only added to our ceremony.
Although he had a ceremony earlier in the day, he was full of energy and precisely on time.
The ceremony turned out as we imagined, even with a couple of jokes from the crowd. He handled these with ease. At the end, he even took care of the paperwork.
We would not hesitate in recommending Pastor Mike for your special day.

Pastor Mike was referred to me by the Hotel Del Coronado. Upon contacting him he was warm, gracious and highly professional. His information package was the exact information we needed to design our perfect wedding and to create the vows that WE wanted. We followed up with a personal meeting with Pastor Mike and was so impressed by his desire to get to know each of us as individuals and also as a couple. He took an interest in creating our perfect day and provided a referral for our amazing photographer. On our wedding day (5÷16÷2014) he was on time and performed the ceremony exactly as we had defined it and with sincere feeling and expression. No surprises, no flaws, just exceptional, contributing to the perfect day. Thank you Pastor Mike, you are forever in our fondest memories. For other readers, we highly recommend Pastor Mike as his five star rating was well earned.

Pastor Mike is warm, friendly, and incredibly flexible in helping a couple create their vision of the perfect wedding ceremony!
After meeting with a few other officiants who seemed better suited for stand up comedy or were taking advantage of the wedding market in San Diego with their steep prices for a fairly short ceremony service, Pastor Mike’s personality and reasonable prices were a breath of fresh air.
Pastor Mike has a comprehensive workbook of ideas for ceremony vows, traditions, and readings that provided us with inspiration for aspects of the ceremony that we didn’t even know we wanted, but now are treasured memories. It was also helpful that Pastor Mike is an Authorized Clergy Notary because he was able to file the application for a Marriage License for us so we didn’t have to spend time in line at the County Clerk — one less thing on the LONG wedding planning to do list!
Pastor Mike met with us to discuss every aspect of the ceremony — preferred wording, cultural traditions, readings — so we were completely relaxed on the big day knowing that there would not be any surprises. After attending another wedding where the young priest nervously married the bride «to God» rather than «in the eyes of God,» I really didn’t want any awkward moments or surprises!
We received numerous compliments from guests about Pastor Mike’s professionalism and warmth that were conveyed during the ceremony. So glad that our wedding coordinator, Helena Parker, recommended Pastor Mike and that my fellow Unilocalers endorsed that recommendation!

Pastor Mike married us last weekend, and it was a wonderful experience! We received many compliments on the ceremony itself, and we attribute that to Pastor Mike and the preparation he provided. He created a truly memorable ceremony, and we would recommend him to anyone!

Pastor Mike is wonderful! He was the officiant for our 1÷18÷14 wedding at the Coronado Community Center. What a sweet man he is. He has a packet that you can use to easily plan your wedding ceremony. Also, for a small fee, he can take care of your marriage license and notarize other important documents for you so you don’t have to spend time at the courthouse. So easy!
The other thing that we really loved about Pastor Mike is that there are no surprises with him. I’ve been to too many weddings where the officiant thinks they’re a stand up comedian or something… He only delivers the ceremony that you’ve written — nothing more. He doesn’t try to steal the show. We loved our ceremony and we are so honored that Pastor Mike was our officiant!

Pastor Mike just married us last weekend and he was great! He met with us along the way to go over how we wanted our ceremony to go. He answered any questions that we had along the way. He was there on time and prepared. He had a great speaking voice and projected very well. He has all of the different ceremony options memorized! He really has it down! He is so friendly and easy to get along with. We definitely recommend him to anyone!

Pastor Mike was great! He married several of our friends in the past and we knew we wanted to use him for our wedding. He’s got great presence and provided us with a memorable wedding ceremony. He has a packet that he memorizes for you to pick from and definitely kept me calm before the ceremony by checking in on us. He also is able to file ALL of your marriage certificate information and notorize it for you without having to step foot in the courthouse! That was well worth it in the end as we went off on our honeymoon and everything was taken care of by the time we returned!

My husband and I must’ve gotten ten «where did you find that wondeful minister?» comments last Saturday. Thank you, Pastor Mike! He supplies each couple with an incredibly helpful ceremony packet which was such a useful tool AND he meets in person with each couple to go over the ceremony before the wedding. The only reaons I didn’t give him five stars is because he doesn’t attend the wedding rehearsal which understandbly makes a bride nervous. Luckily for me, my venue’s wedding coordinator runs the rehearsal so we had someone to guide us. Also, Pastor Mike won’t sign an agreement with the couple and simply operates on promises. This optimism and good faith approach makes sense for a religious man, but I’m a lawyer and that made me very nervous. He showed up on time and prepared as he promised, though! :-)

Pastor Mike was great before and during our ceremony. Helping write the vows. He was also able to handle filing all our marriage license saving us a lot of hassle with being a destination wedding couple
He is very prepared and easily connects with you when you meet as well as connecting with the guests. He’s got a great voice too, just to add to the package.
Getting married in the SD area… drop him a line.