About

Meet your officiants.

Married for 33 years, Jennifer and Mark each officiate their own weddings. Two different voices, one standard: a ceremony written around the two of you, and run properly from the first word to the signed license.

Jennifer and Mark Miller smiling together on the beach in front of rolling waves, Jennifer in a coral jacket and Mark in a tan sport coat
Jennifer & Mark Miller

Owner & officiant

Jennifer Miller.

Jennifer made a deliberate choice to focus Prelude To The Party on Polk and Highlands County. Couples should be able to relax on their wedding day knowing their officiant is local — not stuck in I‑4 traffic, watching the clock and hoping to make it on time.

It is also a wonderful place to get married. Between the two counties there is a venue for nearly every style of wedding, and Jennifer shapes the tone and delivery of each ceremony to suit its setting, so it feels like it belongs exactly where it is.

Her rule is a simple one: the day belongs to the two of you, not the officiant. She sets the tone, keeps everything moving and then blends into the background, right down to dressing to suit your wedding party rather than stand apart from it. Every eye in the room stays where it belongs.

Officiant

Mark Miller.

Mark performs ceremonies throughout Highlands and Polk County — backyard weddings in Sebring, ballroom weddings in Lakeland, lakeside elopements with six people and a photographer.

What he cares about is that the ceremony sounds like the couple. Some want reverent and traditional. Some want their guests laughing in the first thirty seconds. Most want a little of both, and knowing where that line sits is most of the job.

The rest is the part nobody notices when it goes right: starting on time, projecting so the back row hears every word, staying out of the photographer’s frame, and getting the marriage license completed and returned to the clerk inside the deadline.

A couple exchanging rings beneath a white floral arch

Why “Prelude to the Party”?

In music, a prelude is the opening piece that sets the mood for everything that follows. Your ceremony does the same for your wedding day.

When it’s personal, warm and a little fun, your guests carry that feeling right into the reception, already laughing, already celebrating, already invested in the two of you.

That’s the idea behind our name. Your ceremony is where the party begins, and it deserves every bit as much thought as the playlist.

How we work

Everything planned. One thing saved for the day.

You’ll review your ceremony script well ahead of time, with one exception: your love story stays a surprise until you hear it together with your guests. Here’s how a Prelude ceremony comes together.

  1. 01

    Let’s talk

    Tell us your date. We’ll reply within 24 hours and set up a phone call or a coffee, whichever you prefer. No charge, no pressure, and an honest answer about whether we’re the right fit.

  2. 02

    Save your date

    A signed agreement and a retainer lock it in. Each of our officiants takes only one custom wedding per date, so once it’s yours, it’s yours.

  3. 03

    Your Wedding Planning Workshop

    About six to eight weeks before the wedding, we sit down together to plan your ceremony: the tone, the traditions, who walks when. Everything you want in your wedding, and nothing you don’t.

  4. 04

    Your script and your story

    Next comes your first script draft, along with a few basic questions for each of you to answer on your own. Your answers become your love story, so nothing in it is made up. Keep your answers kid-friendly: nothing you wouldn’t want Grandma to hear. Your script is finalized before the rehearsal.

  5. 05

    Rehearse, then enjoy the day

    In our house, early is on time and on time is late. Your officiant arrives well ahead of the rehearsal and the ceremony, sound checked with your DJ, coordinated with your planner and photographer, license in hand. By the time you walk down the aisle, the only job left is yours.

Mark Miller addressing the groom during a ceremony A wide view of a wedding ceremony with the bridal party lining both sides Mark Miller smiling and speaking into a microphone during a ceremony

Next step

Twenty minutes on the phone costs you nothing.

Send an inquiry (863) 934-0188