About Erik.
I look forward to meeting you…
As I former bartender, I love people! I am friendly and easy to talk to—and have enjoyed working with every couple.
I look forward to meeting you (especially if you don’t attend a church or know a pastor personally) and would love to help you craft a wedding ceremony that you will always remember. Each wedding is unique, and I truly enjoy officiating a wedding ceremony that is meaningful and expresses your personal story.
I am also an experienced speaker, trained counselor and ordained minister who has performed many weddings in the DMV area, and occasionally in Pennsylvania.
I enjoy several athletic pursuits, hiking, art, music and writing. Most of all, I love hanging out with my beautiful bride and our two sons.
All our best,
Pastor Erik Evenson
Pre-Marriage Coaching.
I love equipping couples…
to have a successful marriage and life-long romance. We will give you the tools to grow the intimacy in your relationship and to face the challenges ahead.
Premier Wedding Pastors founder, Ed Choy, has said that the investment in pre-marriage coaching “is one of the best investments you can make.” I heartily agree.
We use a pre-marriage coaching program called “Prepare-Enrich” in which over 4 million couples have participated. It is an excellent program—and we are Certified Facilitators with Prepare-Enrich. I would advise you to watch the very short video on Prepare-Enrich’s homepage.
We have flexibility with this program; however, we usually meet with the couple either 2 or 4 sessions (finishing at least a month before the wedding). It is a joy to spend this extra time with you and your fiancé. We get to know you better—and you will have a stronger marriage and a deeper understanding of your mate at a very modest investment. Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Wishing you all the best! And CHEERS to your marriage!
Pastor Erik Evenson
Erik@PremierWeddingPastors.com
Pastor Erik and his bride.
Pastor Erik with his family.
Testimonials
"Pastor Erik set the tone for a fantastic wedding day! As soon as we met him to chat and get to know each other before the big day, we knew he was the perfect person to officiate. He is warm, funny, sincere, and energetic. He was able to truly represent us as individuals throughout the ceremony. And did a wonderful job engaging with our guests. He completely made our wedding and we are so thankful for him!" - Katie & Michael
"Pastor Erik did an amazing job at our wedding and he was such a pleasure to work with! We met with him about a month before, and he really took the time to get to know me and my husband, and about our relationship. He used everything he learned during that meeting to write very personal vows that connected to us. He reached out multiple times during the planning process, and continues to check in even after the wedding. We can't recommend him enough!" - Emily & Hunter
"Pastor Erik was so easy to work with. From our initial meeting we knew we wanted him to be a part of our special day. We are a very hands on couple and knew we wanted to be able to review lots of potential readings, homilies and prayers and put together something that fit us just right and Pastor Erik provided us with more than enough examples for us to be able to easily choose and tweak as needed. He helped guide in the right direction on certain items as well that made our ceremony much better. He lead the rehearsal and wedding so beautifully and we cannot recommend him enough. Thank you Pastor Erik!!" - Emily & TJ
“Erik, Thanks again for officiating our big day. Courtney and I thought you were terrific and the ceremony was everything we wanted it to be. You did a great job getting to know us and incorporating our tastes and style to the ceremony. We actually had a few people ask us where we found you. They commented on how funny you were and how you personalized the ceremony to us.” - Courtney & Chris
“Working with Erik was perfect, he was both fun and detail oriented. He spent time to get to know us and learn what was important to us. He catered the entire ceremony around how we wanted it to flow. Most importantly, he delivered a top notch ceremony for our wedding. Pastor Erik definitely made our BIG Day Beautiful and Fun.” - Meagan & Chris
“Oh thank you sooooo much! We are so grateful to have had you marry us, and we LOVED the ceremony!” - Natasha & Brandon
"Pastor Erik Evenson was our officiant for our wedding day. Our ceremony was perfect because he took the time to get to know us to add personal touches and incorporated things that were important to us. He is incredibly warm, approachable, easy to work with and just wanted our wedding day to be the best day ever! We couldn't have picked a better person to work with." - Stephanie & Will
"Pastor Erik Evenson was our pastor at both our civic and bigger wedding day. Erik was professional, warm and so easy to work with. He spent the time to get to know us, took to heart what matters to us, and orchestrated both ceremonies with us. He was extremely patient, accommodated all our requests, and guided us on what to do on a big day. Our guests kept giving compliments about how they enjoyed our ceremony. We couldn't be happier with our choice." - Grace & JoJo
“Erik, thank you so much for playing such an important role in our wedding day. We’ve really enjoyed working with you and are so happy to have chosen you to lead our ceremony! You’re GREAT!” - Tom & Emily
“Wedding pastor Erik was phenomenal. He was a pleasure to work with and easy to get in touch with. The ceremony guides he sent us allowed us to craft our own ceremony that fit our personalities. He presented very well and was able to project his voice so that everyone could hear. He was exactly what we wanted and needed in a wedding pastor!” - Samantha & Michael
“Pastor Erik was fantastic leading up to and the day of our wedding. His sincere delivery put us at ease and really made a memorable impact on our special day. We highly recommend Pastor Erik!” - Megan & Joe
"If you're reading this, you've started considering this vendor. Please put them in at least your top 2! Our wedding was planned for 2020, but had to be postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic. Unfortunately, our pastor wasn't available to perform the ceremony on the new date, so we needed to find someone else and our wedding was 7 weeks away. How could we find someone and have them perform the most important and personal part of the day? Pastor Erik was the right person for our day. The process was stress free given the timeline. Pastor Erik provided us with options to ensure both our cultural and religious requests could be included. He made it personal and fun which allowed us to have perfect ceremony that everyone enjoyed. If you've read this far, just know that you will hire an absolute professional who will become a friend for life." - Sophia & Toyin
"Pastor Erik was excellent to work with! From our initial introduction call, we could tell he truly cared about making our day special and unique to us. He made an effort to get to know us to ensure our ceremony was personalized and reflected our values and beliefs. Pastor Erik was also an excellent public speaker and we have received so many compliments about our ceremony!" - Christy & Anthony
"Erik was wonderful! All our guests commented on what a beautiful job he did with our ceremony!" - Courtney & Sam
"Pastor Erik was great to work with. He met us in advance a few times to really get to know us and understand us and our families. He was also very helpful at the rehearsal keeping our coordinator organized. He honored our family tradition and culture and made the ceremony fun and light hearted." - Vanessa & Geoff
“Erik, you saved the day!” - Julia & Mike [Erik replaced their original officiant at the last minute.]
“Your ceremony was the best I have heard.” – Sarah Kaupp , Professional Wedding Photographer