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On WeddingWire since 2026
Last update: June 2026
As a 5-star wedding officiant and relationship coach for over 20 years, serving couples local and all over the world in Calgary and the surrounding regions (including the mountains). Helping you create a personalized, memorable, and unique ceremony that reflects your story—I walk with you as you step into marriage. Because your marriage is what matters most, and your wedding is just the beginning!
​I don't just care about you having a 5-star wedding ceremony experience (which you will), I care about you and the life you are building together! I am with you from the consult all the way through to post wedding, not just officiating, but helping coordinate, and think about what will capture the best photos, memories, and how to engage your loved ones so you don't have to, while working as a team with any vendors to knock your day out of the park for you!
Your ceremony won't be one your guests are enduring, waiting to get to the reception, but rather talking about it all night long and years to come!
Services Provided:
- Personalized custom ceremony (including cultural)
- Legal signings
- Heli Elopements
- Mountain Elopements and ceremonies
- All-Inclusive Elopement packages (photograher/videographer/officiant)
- Unlimited planning
- Rehearsal coordinating
- Free travel witin Calgary region
- Marriage license and certificate processing
- Marriage Coaching
- You and your guests won't be waiting for the ceremony to end but talking about it all night and years to come!
Some things couples are saying...
Choosing Brad to officiate our wedding was the best decision. We read a lot of Google reviews of various officiants in Calgary, and they all were great so it was hard to choose. We ended up asking our photographer who she recommended as she’s been to many weddings, and with zero hesitation, she recommended Brad. She said he was really charismatic, charming, funny, and just a really great officiant overall, and she was absolutely right. He catered our ceremony to fit our vibe perfectly based on what he knew about us, and he did an amazing job. He walked us through what to expect, gave us super helpful tips, and made us feel super comfortable and secure throughout the entire process. I highly recommend Brad to anyone and everyone, you won’t regret it. - Naomi
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You truly made our ceremony over the top. Our guests asked us where we found you and said you were awesome! We would love to give you a 100 out of 10 review. ​- Tina
Brad felt and feels like a life long friend who helped send our ceremony over the top -- Rick
Brad Brownell was more than amazing!! We were both very nervous as I'm sure all young couples are with starting the rest of their lives together. He was so professional, so patient and really helped create what we were envisioning without a hitch. - Kelly
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Reviews for Our Love Journey Wedding Officiant
Brad Brownell, the Best!
Canadian elopement
The BEST Wedding Officiant!!!
If you’re looking for someone who will honor your story, bring a sense of peace to your big day, and create a ceremony you’ll cherish forever, we cannot recommend Brad highly enough!!
Blessed to have met Brad
Brad brought a calming, heartfelt presence to our special day. His words were sincere, meaningful, and perfectly tailored to our relationship and faith. It was clear that he genuinely cared about making our ceremony personal, sacred, and unforgettable.
He not only guided us through the process with professionalism and grace, but also offered emotional support and encouragement in a way that felt truly pastoral and warm.
If you’re looking for an officiant who will pour care, intention, and spiritual depth into your ceremony, and your relationship we wholeheartedly recommend Brad. He helped make our elopement everything we hoped it would be—and more.
We still keep in touch with him and could not be happier with our experience!
Nate and Cassie
Nathan James and Cassie Yates
Cosmic Entanglement in Bow Lake
Tatiana Vivero
The best officiant we could ask for
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For over 20 years, I’ve had the privilege to serve couples from all over the world as a professional 5-star reviewed wedding officiant and relationship coach who genuinely cares—not just about the service I provide, but cares about you.
​It's been an honor standing with hundreds of couples on one of the most meaningful days of their lives and I love it - It's truly a passion!
I believe weddings should be a true reflection of your relationship—personal, memorable, and full of life. Not a formality, and certainly not something your guests simply endure until the reception as ‘just another wedding’, but a celebration remembered from the very beginning with love, meaning, and fun for years to come! However, a wedding is a day, but marriage a lifetime. That’s why I bring both experience and intention into every ceremony as a team player, and into the coaching that helps you build something lasting beyond it.
​My background includes formal training in counseling, theology, and leadership. I’m a certified life coach and licensed to perform weddings in Alberta (including the mountains) as an officiant/clery for both non-religious and religious ceremonies .
​I grew up in the Middle East (by that I mean 'Ontario'...lol) and I have spent much of my life in Calgary. I am adopted with a twin, come from a blended family and now have one of my own, giving me a personal understanding of both the beauty and the complexity of relationships.
I’m married to my amazing wife and am a proud father of two daughters. I love guitar, mountains, working out, travel, and ice cream!
No two couples are the same. No two stories are alike. I look forward to hearing yours and walking with you in whatever season you’re in.
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