I had the privilege of walking these 3 siblings, along with their spouses, though premarital counseling
and officiating their weddings
and officiating their weddings
Matt is a wise sage who counseled us through premarital counseling. Matt’s approach was thoughtful, tailored, and intentional. He dove into topics like faith, family, money, kids, and more, provoking us to critically think about how are lives up to that point had molded our ideas, goals, and expectations of a each other as husband and wife. He tactically guided conversation as we shared with one another both joys and feedback that was hard to hear and deliver. Matt’s inviting personality made us comfortable to open up with him and each other. We still talk about our time with Matt and reference specific conversations and lessons learned as we continue to run after God with each other as husband and wife.
J & T Fiedler
J & T Fiedler
My husband and I had the privilege of walking a short distance in our life with Matt, however that short walk we had with him was life changing. We were honored to have Matt officiate our wedding and go through premarital counseling with us as well. Premarital counseling was very important to myself and my husband, and what we learned will forever change our lives. Not only did we learn about our strengths and weaknesses as a couple but also as individuals. Learning more about ourselves will only help us down the road in our marriage. Matt made us feel comfortable from the second that we met him that we did not doubt to have him help us through one of the biggest event in our life. When it came to the wedding day, Matt was able to answer the hundreds of questions we had. He took all of the stress off of our shoulders and just got to enjoy every moment. We could've not imagined what our wedding day would have been like without him!
R & J Mendel
R & J Mendel
Your wedding is the day you look forward to from the time you are young. From planning decorations and food, to imagining who your special someone is, a wedding day is filled with excitement and loved ones. It was so special to have Matt be a part of our big day. Matt is so generous with his time and patience. He made pre-marital counselingeasy to navigate while still preparing us for a life together. The amount of work he put in to our ceremony, even before it came, was nothing short of exemplary. Matt was so much more than an officiant--he helped us plan our wedding. He reminded us of details and typical customs that we did not even consider or realize existed. His experience with weddings made him the best choice we made, except for each other. He not only helped bring us together in union, but skillfully navigated through the murky haze of every family person’s expectations of what the day should look like. He knew it ultimately came down to what the bride and groom wanted, and held true to those standards we had set beforehand. Matt is a kind and experienced officiantwho added personal touches, humor, and love to his message on our wedding day. He had the whole crowd laughing! My wife and I would not have changed one thing about our wedding, but especially not Matt. He made us feel so confident in ourselves and each other as we stepped in to the first day of our lives together.
R & J Junes
R & J Junes
Matt was our pre-marital counselor as well as our wedding day officiant on Memorial Day weekend. He also helped both of us get baptized. Matt is organized and helped us greatly with all 3 of those processes.
With our time spent in counseling we learned and were able to talk through our differences as a couple. We learned how different our childhoods were and came together in a faith forward way. Pastor Matt made us feel extremely comfortable coming forward and sharing our thoughts about our relationship, our faults, and vulnerable areas. He taught us valuable lessons that we will value forever as a couple.
For the wedding, he made sure all our paperwork was ready to go and the people we had chosen knew their duties (ushers, ring bearers, parents). He made the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. The ceremony was beautiful. Nothing short of what we wanted and God centered. He even wore the bolo tie we asked for him to wear;) Both of our families had nothing but great things to say about his service.
All around, we greatly enjoyed having Matt lead us through our premarital journey and prepare us for the many years to come.
We would both highly recommend Matt to any friend or family member.
K & E Lammers
With our time spent in counseling we learned and were able to talk through our differences as a couple. We learned how different our childhoods were and came together in a faith forward way. Pastor Matt made us feel extremely comfortable coming forward and sharing our thoughts about our relationship, our faults, and vulnerable areas. He taught us valuable lessons that we will value forever as a couple.
For the wedding, he made sure all our paperwork was ready to go and the people we had chosen knew their duties (ushers, ring bearers, parents). He made the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. The ceremony was beautiful. Nothing short of what we wanted and God centered. He even wore the bolo tie we asked for him to wear;) Both of our families had nothing but great things to say about his service.
All around, we greatly enjoyed having Matt lead us through our premarital journey and prepare us for the many years to come.
We would both highly recommend Matt to any friend or family member.
K & E Lammers
We were so honored to have Matt walk us through pre-marital counseling and officiate our wedding ceremony! His interactions with us were always heartfelt and wisdom-filled. His experience and attention to detail helped a great deal in making everything ready and run smoothly on the big day, helping us make important plans we otherwise wouldn’t have even known to think of. He helped with the legal process paperwork too. Good-humored, warm with family and other guests, and not overbearing. He did a great job advocating for our vision as a couple, and walking us through some discussion about key considerations in premarital counseling. Matt did not shy away from important topics. Altogether a valued ally and pleasure to work with---strongly recommend.
L & J Marshall
L & J Marshall
It’s truly hard to put into words how thankful we are to have gone through this entire marriage process with Matt. Right from the start of our premarital counseling, we knew Matt was there for us whole-heartedly. His knowledge, advice, love for us, and his love for God was evident throughout every step of this journey. After 6 years of dating we thought we had talked about it all- but throughout premarital counseling, Matt helped us learn how we could strengthen our relationship even more through communication and prayer. Some conversations were hard, uncomfortable, and tested us, but we have never felt stronger in our love for each other. On wedding day, Matt was everything we could have wanted in a pastor and more. His support, message, and presence on our special day will forever mean the world to us.
Matt is someone anyone would be absolutely lucky to work with. Because of him, we have started our marriage stronger than we ever thought we could have, and we now have the confidence and the tools to keep it that way throughout our lifetime of marriage! Thank you for everything, Matt!
B & N Mallow
Matt is someone anyone would be absolutely lucky to work with. Because of him, we have started our marriage stronger than we ever thought we could have, and we now have the confidence and the tools to keep it that way throughout our lifetime of marriage! Thank you for everything, Matt!
B & N Mallow
My wife and I had worked with Matt for our pre-marriage counseling and he was also the officiant in our wedding. I can’t recommend Matt enough, he did an exceptional job with the ceremony, to the point that several of the guests in attendance came up to us after the ceremony and said how much they enjoyed Matt’s message and they way he controlled the ceremony. I mean, how often does that happen??? It was personal, relatable, God centered, and absolutely perfect.
For premarital counseling Matt helped us think of our relationship differently. Even though we had been dating for 6 years already, he helped us identify parts of it that we either needed to work on or hadn’t even thought of before. Even the uncomfortable topics of discussion that can be hard to address, he handled with ease. Without him, some of those things would have never even been discussed. Matt invested a lot of time and energy in us as a couple, and for that, I am forever grateful. You can really tell how much he cares about the couples he works with.
B & M Scheff
For premarital counseling Matt helped us think of our relationship differently. Even though we had been dating for 6 years already, he helped us identify parts of it that we either needed to work on or hadn’t even thought of before. Even the uncomfortable topics of discussion that can be hard to address, he handled with ease. Without him, some of those things would have never even been discussed. Matt invested a lot of time and energy in us as a couple, and for that, I am forever grateful. You can really tell how much he cares about the couples he works with.
B & M Scheff
Well where do we begin.
What felt like a long journey for my husband and I, one that I didn’t see us making to the finish line, was the journey we were blessed to have taken with the guidance of God and Matt himself.
Some nights were long. There were many tears shed and a lot of “I can’t do this.” “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
In those hard times Matt was our voice of reason. He became the calm in the many storms and sought us though as those times he saw what neither my husband or I didn’t see. That we were worth it. Said by Matt himself.
This man is more than a premarital counselor and officiant. He’s a man of his word who stands firm and fights for us couples.
After a long and vulnerable, but greatly successful, premarital sessions, it only made sense for the man who knew us best, the man who believed in us, when we didn’t believe in ourselves, to bless us in God’s name on our wedding day.
We made it!
I received many compliments on Pastor Matt’s words at our wedding. Words they said that will stick with them forever. You don’t hear things like that often about your pastor☺️
Thank you Matt for bumping our heads together when we needed it and thank you so much for sticking this ride out with us. You are one blessing to many!
It takes a team guys. It really does.
- G & S Hendrickson
What felt like a long journey for my husband and I, one that I didn’t see us making to the finish line, was the journey we were blessed to have taken with the guidance of God and Matt himself.
Some nights were long. There were many tears shed and a lot of “I can’t do this.” “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
In those hard times Matt was our voice of reason. He became the calm in the many storms and sought us though as those times he saw what neither my husband or I didn’t see. That we were worth it. Said by Matt himself.
This man is more than a premarital counselor and officiant. He’s a man of his word who stands firm and fights for us couples.
After a long and vulnerable, but greatly successful, premarital sessions, it only made sense for the man who knew us best, the man who believed in us, when we didn’t believe in ourselves, to bless us in God’s name on our wedding day.
We made it!
I received many compliments on Pastor Matt’s words at our wedding. Words they said that will stick with them forever. You don’t hear things like that often about your pastor☺️
Thank you Matt for bumping our heads together when we needed it and thank you so much for sticking this ride out with us. You are one blessing to many!
It takes a team guys. It really does.
- G & S Hendrickson
Matt helped us walk through the process from dating to engagement through to marriage. The curriculum he uses for couples really digs deep and helped us learn things about each other we wouldn't have uncovered for years. He has a very welcoming personality and made us feel comfortable from our first session. We highly recommend him when you are thinking about taking your relationship to the next step.
B & K Cheeley
B & K Cheeley
Matt was wonderful guiding us from start to finish with our premarital counseling. He was sensitive to each partner and always helped us to compromise and consider each other in every situation. We grew as a partnership with the help of Matt and his counseling. He also gave a touching ceremony that was heartfelt and timely. We definitely recommend Matt to anyone who is looking for premarital counseling and a wedding officiant.
S & Z Haugen
S & Z Haugen
Matt Reeve is an exceptional Pastor, leader, and spiritual mentor to all that he meets and counsels. His expert level insight into marriage and relationships can and should be leveraged by couples who are seeking marriage or needing help within their marriage. If my wife and I were in need of marriage help, Matt Reeve would be one of the few people we would trust and could rest in the assurance that his help would provide what our relationship needs. Matt knows how to provide the deepest level of care and that is why we whole heartedly recommend him!
Travis and Dawn Rosinger - Loving The Fight
Travis and Dawn Rosinger - Loving The Fight
My husband Jordan and I worked with Matt for our marriage counseling, and he was the officiant for our wedding. Growing up with different religious backgrounds (Catholic and Lutheran), it was important for Jordan and myself to find someone who would accommodate us and help us grow together despite these differences. We wanted to grow our relationship with God in our marriage and did not know where to start. Not only was Matt more than willing to work with us, he helped us understand how to put our differences together and strengthen our common faith. He recommended different churches that we could attend, which helped because we had no idea where to start. Throughout the process, he made us feel comfortable with where we came from, and helped us learn how to grow as a spiritual couple.
He made the entire process so comfortable and easy. Counseling can be difficult as you bring up many personal things, but his friendliness and openness made any discussion feel relaxed, regardless of topic. We completely trusted in him and he helped us greatly with advice we still use to this day. He has become a friend to our family and we're more than blessed to have him in our lives. Matt, you're the best and we thank you for everything you've done for us!
J & T Launer
He made the entire process so comfortable and easy. Counseling can be difficult as you bring up many personal things, but his friendliness and openness made any discussion feel relaxed, regardless of topic. We completely trusted in him and he helped us greatly with advice we still use to this day. He has become a friend to our family and we're more than blessed to have him in our lives. Matt, you're the best and we thank you for everything you've done for us!
J & T Launer
Matt is such a wonderful person and was helpful as a premarital counselor in setting up our marriage for success! He is kind, personable and organized. He isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions, but doesn’t make it awkward. He also officiated our wedding and we heard many comments from family saying how beautiful the ceremony was. We would recommend Matt to anyone who wants to start their marriage off on the right foot, with the right mindset. It is evident upon meeting him that he truly cares about people and wants to see their marriages succeed!
J & G Molitor
J & G Molitor
We couldn’t have asked for better pre-marital counseling! Matt was an amazing listener, gave great advise, great insight and was non judgmental. He had us fill out individual personality surveys and discussed each of our strengths and weaknesses and then combined our strengths and weaknesses and lead great discussions about all of them to help us better understand ourselves and each other. Then he gave us tools and resources to help us build and improve our communication and specific areas of our relationship. He encouraged us to pray together and always speak in love, no matter what. Overall, Matt’s guidance and encouragement left us feeling we could conquer anything together and for each other. He stressed that communication is very key and it’s important to work together as a team and to remember that we are on the same team, no matter what.
A & C Nordmark
A & C Nordmark