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"I cant say enough about April
Gismondi! Everyone that came to my
wedding said Pastor April was so
good! My husbands mother said that
was the best ceremony ever, and shes
been to a lot of weddings! It was so
personal from the time that we met
her to the day of. She has a way with
words and you can tell that this
woman does this because she loves to
and her heart is completely in it. She
really encouraged us to put our heart
and soul into the ceremony and was
there every step of the way with
support and guidance."

Tami & Wayne
Photo by Gail Chatelain
"Pastor April was amazing!! DH and I were combining families when we got married. He
had 1 son from a previous relationship and I had my 2 children from a previous marriage.
Our wedding was the culmination of all the steps we took from getting to know the five of
us to creating a home for us all so we wanted a ceremony to reflect our lives. Our 3 kids
were involved from the beginning (I’m talking invite beginning) and they felt appreciated.

We met with her; and DH was a little nervous about booking her. His family is very
traditional and religious but I reminded him whose wedding we were having and gave him
time to think about what he wanted. She emailed us all of the options for the ceremony and
I read parts she wrote based on what we said about ourselves and our relationship to him
and he changed his tune. By the time Pastor April, DH, and I were done we had the most
beautiful ceremony including words that spoke directly to our relationship and our own
vows along with some traditional parts plus our own twist on the Family Medallion
Ceremony which included promises made to the children from us. I definitely cried
working on that. We received so many compliments on the ceremony even from the
religious relatives that wanted to see it all take place in a church so that was touching!"
April and Cassell
Photo below by Something in Blue
Hello April!
We just wanted to thank you for the wonderful ceremony Saturday.
Everyone loved it and it made even the most hardened boys cry!
Thank you so much!
Christi & Brett

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We can't say enough about Pastor April, she is the sweetest woman and completely
personalized the ceremony for us… 1 meeting with her we knew she was doing our
ceremony…. When we were looking around my husband didn’t even want t o consider a
woman doing the ceremony but once he met with her his tune changed, he fell in love with her
as much as everyone else did who attended our ceremony…. She made everyone at the
ceremony cry (in a good way of course)…. Very great , highly recommend!
From day one Pastor April was
great, I spoke to her on the phone
after speaking to two others and
knew I had to book her on the spot.
Of course I didn’t tell her ‘cus my
DH had to meet her too! DH is
Presbyterian and wanted someone
who’s also of the same church or
something similar.

Well after we met I was won over, I
had to have her perform our
ceremony! Pastor April said she
would send us some sample vows
and after we saw that both DH and I
agreed she’s the one!

Lori and Eric

Photo by
Duet
All my vendors are great but I have to say my two favorites are Pastor April and Designs By
Rose. I absolutely LOVE Pastor April. She’s the most amazing woman – great sense of humor,
great orator, great writer and exceptional woman! I can’t praise this woman highly enough. My
MIL loved her so much she went over after the ceremony to find her and thank her for a truly
unique ceremony.
She is a life saver! Literally!  

We had originally gone to see her in September. We were both very comfortable with her and
decided to book her. About a month later one of our friends  got ordained to become a priest.
He really wanted to do our ceremony (or so he said) and the best part, for FREE. We cancelled
with April and waited to hear from our friend. We waited and waited, until about a month
before the wedding and we were still getting the shuffle from him. I told Dan that I was giving
the guy one more week then he had to do something about it! He gave him the week. I got a
call from DH saying "I have bad news, and I have good news, which do you want first." Since I
always hope the good with make up for the bad, I take the bad first. He broke it to me that he
couldn’t get in touch with his friend, but he had already gotten in touch with April and she was
available and she even still had the stuff she had sent us. This was all said in one really rushed
sentence so I really had to laugh off the friend and be very thankful that Dan was so
encouraged to make it all good.
April was a doll.
She lets you change
around things to your
hearts content, or she’ll
even just say a quick
something to get you
married. We edited around
the info she gave us,
changing it around until it
was exactly what we
wanted. She was perfect!

Bonni-Jean and Dan
Pastor April is a vendor
on the boards and she was
one of our very best. This
woman spent SO much
time customizing our
ceremony. She met with
us several times. We
ended up giving her a
well-deserved tip. We got
many many compliments
on the ceremony and I
would definitely
recommend Pastor April!!

Alicia and Jeremy

Photo by
Duet
Officiant- Pastor April
Grade-A++++++++++++++++++

"The ceremony she wrote had everyone in tears."

Qiana and Peter
Photos by 12th Night
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Hi April,
How are you? I see that you've
been crazy busy! I checked out
your website & see that you did a
million & one Valentines Day
weddings.. & who knows how
many others! I know we are kind
of old news these days, but I
finally have some pics to send
you. You are welcome to use
them or not use them.. but
thought you'd like to see em
anyway! Thank you again for
your beautiful ceremony!
Michelle & Christopher Goodman
Hi Pastor April - Sorry it took so long for us to send you photos!
Here are some that we thought you would enjoy. Thanks again for all your help on our
wedding day. Everything was perfect and we simply couldn't have done it without you!
Yvonne & Eric