Unforgettable Ceremonies

Designed to create beautiful memories for life's most special moments!

Whether you’re planning a wedding, a baby naming ceremony, or a renewal of vows, I’m here to help make your event truly unforgettable.

Every love story is unique. As an experienced celebrant, I understand the significance of these cherished occasions and the importance of crafting a ceremony that reflects your style and preferences.

I reside in the Shoalhaven region of the South Coast of NSW at Mollymook Beach and mainly service from Gerringong to Moruya. However, I will travel anywhere on request. Through my varied and extensive experience, I can also assist with suggestions for ceremony venues on the South Coast, including great beachside and country locations, including wineries.

About Me - Vivienne Benson-Hodge

I am an experienced Authorised Marriage Celebrant, Justice of the Peace, Human Resources Manager, and a current Member of Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.
As a dedicated professional, I hold myself to the highest standards to ensure that every couple I work with receives a truly exceptional experience. Joined with the friendly, relaxed, and happy association I form with couples, I believe building a strong connection and understanding you and your partner is essential to creating a ceremony that reflects your unique love story and the vision you have for your special day.
Planning your wedding is an exciting time, as is being a full-time celebrant. Choosing a suitable celebrant is an important step, as the ceremony sets the standard for the day. With me as your celebrant, you can be confident that I will guide you through the planning process, always supporting you, fulfilling your wishes and ensuring that everything runs smoothly on the day.
Rest assured, you can have fun creating your ideal wedding ceremony while I take care of all the scripting and legalities, guaranteeing your ceremony is just what you wanted, delivered perfectly on the day and one that you and your family will look back on with only happy memories. Contact me for a letter setting out the process of a legal wedding, the services I provide and the pricing.

Celebrate life’s milestones with one of these specialised services

Weddings

Every couple in love has a different vision of what makes the perfect Wedding Ceremony. Every love story is unique, and for that reason, I dedicate myself to helping couples create the ceremony that is perfect for them. To be able to choose their wedding ceremony, couples need to know what options are open to them and what ‘the legal constraints’ are. I present couples with a Ceremony Planning Manual with a vast array of ceremony options to enable them to reflect on their circumstances, personalities and unique love. The manual also contains over 100 readings from which to choose, or you may have your own that you favour.

Renewal of Vows

Marriage is one of the most important rites of passage that we follow, and the Renewal of Vows ceremony is an ideal way to recognize the growth and development of a couple through the various stages of the journey of married life. Renewal of Vows can be celebrated anytime after Marriage, depending on the couple's wishes. However, Renewal of Vows ceremony requests are often associated with significant milestones or anniversaries, such as the 10th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and so on. Often, members of the original wedding party are available to celebrate with the couple, family, and friends.

Baby Namings

The Naming Ceremony is an important Rite of Passage in Australian society. Our cultural diversity is expressed within the ceremony, making it a unique and personal event for many families, allowing them to welcome their new family members in a meaningful and memorable manner. For those who choose a faith-based church ceremony, this ceremony can be adapted to complement that with beautiful poems, readings and rituals that recognise parents, godparents/guardians and grandparents who will play an essential part in the child’s life.


My services encompass every aspect of the wedding ceremony, including the use of a public address (PA) system, a microphone and stand for the readers and CD, mp3, USB and AUX for your unique music choices. A signing table and decorative chairs can also be supplied if not provided by the couple or the venue.

Please get in touch to arrange a suitable time to connect; alternatively, I can provide a written outline that covers all the information you need to make an informed decision, including my services and pricing.

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RHONDA & CLAUDIO

Dear Viv and John,

Thank you so much for the wonderful ceremony. It was everything we had ever hoped for. All the guests commented on the wording and all the little extras that were so personal.

Thank you for the wonderful job you did. We are still talking about it !!!

Kindest regards,

ADAM & KATE

Dear Vivienne & John, Thank you both very much for making our wedding day on 6/6/06 so beautiful. Everyone commented on your professionalism and we will definitely recommend you to other people in the future.
Vivienne you were very professional and organised in conducting our ceremony – came up with several ideas we hadn’t thought of – you organised everything and everyone with no stress to us.
Vivienne and John you were absolutely fantastic and if Adam and I ever renew our vows we would love for you to be there.

RONNIE & BRIAN

Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that you did a marvellous job. Brian and I couldn’t be happier and will be advising anybody getting married to consider you as a celebrant. The day went off without a hitch and everyone enjoyed the story you put together for the beginning of the ceremony and a lot of people were very impressed with the sand ceremony. I was quite surprised that a lot of people had never heard of it, but wished they could have had it when they got married.

Again thank you to you and John for everything.

JORDAN & NICOLE

We were extremely happy with the ceremony you were very helpful professional and friendly. We loved that we knew what was going to be said. I can’t say how much we loved the manual. All services that were provided were really organised and at such a stressful time it was such a relief. Thank you so much for a beautiful day!

AMY & BRUCE

All the guests thought the ceremony was excellent – to the point, flowing and entertaining. They thought you were very witty. Thank you for your time and your passion. We had a lovely day!

LISA & RICHARD

Richard an I were totally in awe of your thorough customer service. It was out of this world. There was no obstacle you could not overcome – and we had plenty of them. You were so warm and helpful, it made our special day extra special. We can’t thank you enough.

AMANDA & MATTHEW

Vivienne you provided all the answers to my questions promptly and clearly and even anticipated many of them. You were wonderfully flexible in the designing of our ceremony. We received so many comments on how beautiful and how “us” it was. Thank you so much for your time, your effort, the beautiful way you designed the ceremony and the way you held everything together on the day and please pass on our thanks to your lovely husband, John for his assistance with the music too!

REBECCA & PETER

We found Vivienne to be highly professional and extremely well organised, which really put us at ease. She worked closely with us scripting our ceremony exactly and delivering it word perfect on the day. We had many compliments from our guests as to how lovely Vivienne was in conducting the ceremony and we would enthusiastically recommend her services.

VICKI & RALPH

We appreciated the spiritual component that you arranged and so did many guests at our wedding. This was a major aspect for Ralph and I and you officiated at our ceremony with dignity and grace.
Thank you Vivienne. The support of John was also valued highly. Thank you.

STUART & KATINKA

We would like to say a very very huge thank you for all your efforts for our wedding. We had such a perfect day and we are both so happy that we chose you to be our celebrant – we found you to be very professional and lovely and organised and it was with your help that our wedding day was just perfect. We felt so happy to be having such a small cosy and personal ceremony, with only our family members present and we are just so overjoyed now to be finally husband and wife.
So thank you very much for helping our day be just perfect! If we had the day again we wouldn’t change a single thing – it was just great !!. with warm regards,

DANIELLE & STEPHEN

Our family and friends were all moved by the beautiful ceremony and the presentation. All commented on our chosen sand ceremony, saying it was beautiful and individual, something they had never seen before.
The ceremony hit all the right notes, formal but relaxed a joke and a laugh in the right places and a beautiful ceremony that captured our families individuality. All the guests commented on the professionalism shown and the high quality of the ceremony.
We were so impressed by the huge range of choice and extra alternatives available making our wedding extraordinary and special. Having the manual allowed our indiviuality to shine. The presentation of our complete ceremony in booklet form is a beautiful keepsake that is wonderfully personalised.thank you!