Testimonials
“Sid, thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. Your support and help to make sure we got the wording just right for our wedding ceremony was much appreciated and in doing so allowed us to make sure our children were included in the right way in our special day. Your presence helped ease the nerves, keep the guests happy and go some way to making the ceremony seamless perfection."
-Ian and Marie
“I Do With You, what a team they are. From start to finish, Sid and Debs made sure the ceremony was completely tailored to us. They created a ceremony that was light hearted and managed to capture the essence of us. What makes Prodigal stand out is the way Sid delivers the ceremony, he has a way of making everyone feel relaxed, and he knows his audience and can hold their attention with his words. His timing and deliverance was brilliant, all with a friendly face and good humour. If anyone is getting married, renewing vows, having a naming ceremony or any other ceremony that requires a celebrant then I would recommend Prodigal all day long. Thank you Prodigal, a day of memories was made.”
-Angie and Noel
“When planning a wedding, you have so many meetings with so many new people... venues, caterers, flowers, rings, the list goes on. After our first visit with Sid, we can say without a doubt this was our best meeting yet! Over coffee, we had our first meeting with Sid today at our wedding venue and to say he blew our expectations out of the water is an understatement. Without a doubt, this was the most exciting meeting of them all and we feel like we’ve known Sid forever, honestly as if a friend is going to be marrying us. We could never imagined a better person to marry us and look forward to our big day with Sid!”
-William and Michelle
"Our wedding ceremony was made extra special by Sid. From the moment we met, we instantly felt at ease as he has a very welcoming and relaxed demeanour, which is exactly what we were hoping for. Sid made sure everyone felt involved as our 'jar of wishes' got passed around, so that each and every guest was physically taking part in our ceremony - It was a really lovely touch. Sid also took especially good care of our younger guests and even got our 2 year old nephew helping out with the ceremony. We honestly could not have asked for a better person to conduct our wedding ceremony."
-Gem and Gee
“Sid made our wedding the most special day, it was perfect.”
-Linda
“Dear Sid, we want to thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your truly inspiring and sacred wedding ceremony; it was everything we had hoped for and more. You spoke what we felt in our hearts and all our guests commented on how much they enjoyed your unique style which brought the right level of informality and spirituality to unite both the religious and non-religious guests at our wedding. You gave our ceremony its own special touch and, not only will it be extremely memorable to us, but to all our guests too. Thank you Sid; we feel forever blessed and will cherish our perfect day always, because of you…”
-Jaye and Paul
Sid was originally booked to celebrate our wedding in April 2020 at Lakeside Kitchen and Bar - sadly Covid Lockdown scuppered our plans and although we got married with our children present we were unable to celebrate with friends and family. This year we decided to change that! We decided on an outdoor ceremony at Lakeside Campsite in Ferry Meadows country park and Sid was the first person we contacted to discuss our plans. He was fantastic throughout the process, from meeting to discuss our ideas, drafting and redrafting the script, incorporating a hand fasting ceremony (his first since training as a celebrant - although you would never have been able to tell) to conducting a meaningful and joyous ceremony at sunset with enthusiasm, reverence and laughter. I would thoroughly recommend I Do With You to anyone.
-Penny and Andy
What an incredible experience with Sid! The whole process was easy and fun and he is just like a friend who organised everything with ease! So kind and passionate about what he does. Everyone of our guests said it was the best wedding/blessing they had ever been to! The thought that went into making OUR day truly OURS was beautiful and we can’t recommend Sid highly enough! Thank you for the perfect day! Kelly & Paula Reed X
-Paula and Kelly
“From our first meeting with Sid he really put us at our ease about the wedding service. We found him relaxed, down to earth and above all incredibly enthusiastic about everything. On one visit to meet him at his home we interrupted him making pear cider and subsequently he had the great idea to incorporate this into the wedding ceremony. He brought a bottle of the pear cider with him to the ceremony which Adam and I shared whilst he did his address into which he very cleverly wove the tale of the brewing of the cider. This touch lifted an already very warm and enjoyable service and made it very individual and even more memorable for both us and our guests - the pear cider was delicious! Many of our guests said after the ceremony that it was the most interesting and light hearted that they had the pleasure to ever going to. The compliments kept coming for a good time after - it was very well talked about! We wanted our service to be a bit different and thanks to Sid it was certainly that.
-Adam and Sophie
Sid married my friends and what a breath of fresh air he was!! Absolutely brilliant
-Yvonne
“We attended the wedding of two good friends who live in the area. The service was fun and modern enough to really engage with the young people… but also true and respectful of tradition.”
-Brenda
We thank Sid so much for making our wedding ceremony so special.
Sid allowed us to have a fun, non traditional ceremony which was unique to us.
The registry office would not have given us the freedom to express our commitment as Sid did.
He also handled our mistakes with aplomb and wit.
We loved the way he included our guests in the ceremony asking them to contribute to our vows.
We cannot thank Sid enough, he truly made our day magical.
-Lynne and Kenny
Hi Sid, thank you so much for yesterday it was an amazing ceremony. Just as I hoped, informal and intimate with my friends and family. The evening was perfect too. James and I had a wonderful time. Thank you again. Ruth x
-Ruth and James
“When we met Sid we were really taken by his energy and inclusive nature.”
-Jo
“Sid captured the essence of what, as a couple, we are all about and to us it really was perfect in every way. We are forever grateful that we were lucky enough to have Sid to guide and look after us through such a special time in our lives.”
-Chris and Phil