Helping people celebrate with hope and love

About Us

We are ordained ministers, registered to perform legal weddings in Minnesota and surrounding states. Our goal is to help couples to wed as they desire, not as tradition may demand and with that we believe in complete freedom in one’s beliefs, practices and spirituality. We hold no bias as to race, religion, or lifestyle and therefore are free to help you express your love and commitment to each other in the way that is most meaningful to you.

We are committed to helping people in their desire to join their lives matrimonially without the pre-conceived ideas and beliefs, not to mention the often inflated prices, often found in the wedding industry.

Our Officiants

Rev. Susan Lee-Wright - Owner
Rev Susan Lee-Wright Affordable I Dos
Rev. Susan Lee-Wright

Certified Premarital Counselor

I founded Perfect Day Ceremonies & Affordable I Do’s in 2005 to provide couples with a reliable and creative wedding officiant outside of the traditional church setting. My experiences as a writer, choreographer, producer, and director enhance my skill for envisioning and creating ceremonies. I focus on your individual personalities as well as the dynamics of your relationship throughout the process of creating your ceremony. I will strive to enhance the vision that you have for your ceremony by making suggestions designed to aid your creative process while staying true to who you are and how you feel.

As your officiant, I will communicate to your guests, your love and devotion to each other. I will also ensure that every aspect of the ceremony itself is as smooth, stress-free, and enjoyable as possible. To that end, I take charge of the ceremony aspects and participants professionally and graciously at both the rehearsal and ceremony. I am careful to alleviate confusion and stress along with any other negativity that may be present to ensure that your wedding day is indeed a Perfect Day!

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Associate Officiants

Reverend Julie Ann Schauer

Rev. Julie Ann Schauer

Certified Premarital Counselor
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Rev. Jan Joseph

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Reverend Andrew Nilsen

Rev. Andrew Nilsen

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Reverend Daniel Edmondson

Rev. Daniel Edmondson

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Reverend Don Shier

Rev. Don Shier

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Rev. José Antonio Machado

Rev. José Antonio Machado

Certified Premarital Counselor
Spanish-speaking – Habla español
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Reverend Dr. Marggi Pleiss-Sippola

Rev. Dr. Marggi Pleiss-Sippola

Certified Premarital Counselor
Based in Northfield, MN
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Rev. Mark Dietrich

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Rev. Sid Korpi

Rev. Sid Korpi

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Rev. Bernard Akem

Rev. Bernard Akem

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Testimonials

Our day would not have been the same without Susan!

Susan was absolutely fantastic through our whole wedding planning process. She was always quick to answer questions, gave insightful thoughts about our ceremony, and was overall a joy to work with. Our ceremony ended up being just perfect – even after only meeting in person once (with many emails in between), she spoke about our relationship as if we had known each other for years and it was incredibly touching. Many of our guests first words to us were how much they enjoyed the ceremony! Our day would not have been the same without Susan and I cannot recommend her enough for anyone planning their wedding!

Ava & Peter
We couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony!

Rev. Susan, Thank you so much for taking the time to be a part of our big day. The ceremony exceeded my expectations. Your words were beautiful and you helped make our wedding everything we wanted it to be! Having a different officiant would’ve worked too but I am soooo glad you were our officiant! We couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony. You are amazing at what you do and I will definitely recommend Perfect Day Ceremonies & Affordable I Do’s if anyone needs an officiant. Again, thank you!

– Carissa & Dustin
An absolute pleasure to work with!

Susan was so incredible as the officiant for our wedding day. Not only the day, but the meetings we had prior made it so clear that she was going to be an absolute pleasure to work with! She is such a great person, so helpful with everything and really personalizes things to the specific couple or situation she is in. We hope to get the pleasure to work with her again in the future whether it be our children’s baptisms, our vow renewals, etc! Thank you so much Susan!

– Jared D.

We received countless compliments!

Susan was amazing to work with! From our first conversation I felt great about working with her. We did a full service ceremony and premarital counseling. We loved doing the premarital counseling with her. We really feel it helped us prepare for marriage. During planning the ceremony Susan was so helpful in planning exactly what we wanted. We received countless compliments that our ceremony was the most personal and fun ceremony that they had ever seen and we owe that to Susan. I HIGHLY recommend hiring her for your wedding!

– Annie S

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