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About Me


For more than 17 years, my family has owned and operated a Wedding Chapel that was built (by hand!) as a labor of love by my father for my mother for their thirtieth wedding anniversary, on their 7-acre lushly landscaped private country estate in Western Chicago land. We have had the honor of sharing in more than a thousand wedding ceremonies at the wedding chapel and wedding gazebo, ranging from traditional to non-traditional, and drawing on the wedding traditions and rituals of beliefs from around the world.  In 2010, we added a banquet hall for wedding receptions.

Marriage is the first significant commitment in a person’s life, but eventually it is merely one of many. As you age, your life becomes a process of balancing and blending all your various commitments and expectations, so that the resulting collage truly represents yourself. I will use my extensive experience both in weddings and from my professional life, to ensure that the planning of this event proceeds smoothly and efficiently, but I also will endeavor to ensure that this preparation is fun for you — so that the memory of preparing for your wedding is as enjoyable as the wedding itself.

I can promise that weddings have been a passion with my family for more than a decade. So please contact me, and once we communicate, I am confident that you will be pleased with the wedding ceremony services I offer, from the essential wedding ceremony package, to the Premium wedding ceremony package.   There is a wedding package to meet your needs.  Whether you choose to have your wedding ceremony at our wedding chapel near Chicago IL, or your location, I can help you plan your wedding ceremony, and we will have fun along the way.

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Jeffrey Petersen did an amazing job! We were a little nervous since we found him through Weddingwire and didn't meet him in person until the rehearsal, but we could not have been happier. Being two people who have been in and too few weddings he was patient, thorough, prepared and had a sense of humor to help ease everyone's nerves. During the preparation process he offered many options and readings for us to use in the ceremony, we added subtracted and changed as much as we liked, but he was still good about giving us advice on our choices. Whenever we corresponded through email he always responded within a few hours, and was on time to the rehearsal and the ceremony. All in all I would highly recommend him! There's not one bad thing we have to say!
Shannon & Alec

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Professional Wedding Officiant providing personalized wedding ceremonies in IL.
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