Wedding Officiant Rev. Coleman

06/06/09

Super-nice guy

by lemurs4ever at Citysearch

We talked to 3 ministers, were really turned off by one, one was fine, but Rev. Coleman was really nice, and the best by a mile, mile, mile. Wedding is next year - we'll tell you how it goes! Oh, and he saved us over a thousand dollars, by recommending both a photographer and a DJ who are top-notch and reasonably priced. They're Steve Rouch and Instant Request.

• Pros: Friendly, knows his stuff
• Cons: Expensive

06/05/08

Nicest pastor ever

by Barklay at Citysearch

I wish Reverend Coleman was available...I called him up to check on his availability, and he was booked up, but wow, was he helpful. We talked for over ten minutes, and he gave me great referrals and also advice on how to plan our wedding from out of state. He didn't have to do that, and he knew he was booked that weekend, but he was just being a really nice man and was completely willing to spend all this time with me, even though I wouldn't be able to use his services. I really wish he wasn't booked...I would DEFINITELY use him now, if he was available. Really nice man.

02/09/08

Pastor Tomkin saved us!

by ooutstanding at Citysearch

We were lucky to have found Pastor Tomkin while he was still available. A couple he was working with changed their time, and so he was free, and he helped us from beginning to end. We had no idea how we wanted our ceremony to be set up... all we knew is that we wanted it in the Landmark Center. He had performed many wedding ceremonies there, so walked us through all the different configurations that the atrium could be set up as, and then was able to incorporate both our religious backgrounds in the ceremony. Neither me nor my fiance had a church that we regularly went to, but we have parents and relatives that are quite religious. I'm Lutheran and my fiance (now husband!) is Methodist, and Pastor Tomkin created a wedding ceremony that we were both really happy with. He also helped us find a guitarist, a photographer, and helped us find the readings we wanted. He even helped us with writing our own vows! We were first attracted to him because of his friendly manner on his website, but once we talked with him in person, we knew he was absolutely the officiant for us. My mom LOVED him (he made her feel so special as the Mother of the Bride!) and all our guests raved about his warm, friendly manner. I'd recommend him to anyone who is looking for a friendly, flexible minister who knows a LOT about how to please not only the bride and groom, but everyone in the wedding party, the ushers, the parents, and all the guests!

• Pros: Very friendly and flexible, incredibly easy to talk to
• Cons: Books up quickly

03/02/07

Top Minnesota wedding planner!

by mjsawyer at Citysearch

We were actually just looking for a Minneapolis wedding reception location when we found Rev. Coleman's website, which had tons of recommendations for sites, with prices, maps, and reviews. Nowhere else had we seen actual reviews of wedding locations - other places just had ads. Rev Coleman's reviews were so helpful that we wound up booking the St Paul College Club for our wedding reception, and then when my uncle got sick, we called Rev. Coleman to see if he was available to officiate. Tomkin was so sweet and so knowledgeable! He took the time to really get to know us and to find out the kind of wedding ceremony that suited us best and wrote us a complete scripting in less than a week! We wound up having lots of changes to the wedding ceremony, which was just fine with Tomkin, and he kept sending us the revised versions whenever we had changes. He was wonderful! He conducted the entire wedding rehearsal and then after the wedding, everyone kept raving about what a wonderful wedding ceremony it was! He had found a way to make the wedding ceremony spiritual without being overly religious (something that was very important to us). Reverend Coleman was absolutely wonderful to work with and we'd recommend him to anyone looking for a Minnesota wedding planner or officiant!

• Pros: Very flexible, fun to work with - just tops!

01/24/07

The best wedding planner we could have found!

by torino2004 at Citysearch

It seemed we talked to EVERYBODY in the Twin Cities area trying to find vendors. Most of our friends could recommend the people they used, but they didn't talk to that many people when they made their decisions. So we really did our research. Rev. Tomkin Coleman was by far the most helpful part of our process. He was able to personally recommend people he had worked with (and it seemed like he knew everyone in the area). When we talked to other vendors, we mentioned Reverend Coleman, and over half the people we talked to (not just the ones he recommended) knew of him and RAVED about his services!

We called him up and arranged a time to meet and as soon as I talked to him on the phone I knew we had to use his services. His warm, friendly manner was so calming that I wanted to hire him immediately! We met at this charming little coffee shop in St Paul and he had all these great ideas for our wedding. Plus, he really listened to us (wow, is that rare!)

June is going to be AWESOME!

• Pros: Really friendly and knowledgeable