Your Celebrant

Hi, I’m Mark — a Canberra-based Marriage Celebrant and the founder of Together Begins.

Love isn’t just a single day dressed in flowers and applause. It is a daily choosing — a quiet, ongoing weaving of two lives into one shared story. As a husband, father, and Canberra-based Marriage Celebrant, my work is to honour that beginning and to support the journey that follows.

Ceremonies matter because they shape how we enter the life we are choosing together.

I create ceremonies that feel like home: calm, meaningful, and thoughtfully crafted to reflect the heart of your relationship.

I believe a wedding ceremony should feel grounded and true — not rushed, not performative, and never disconnected from the life you are choosing together.

My approach is guided by a simple understanding: marriage is a living, evolving partnership. One shaped over time through curiosity, kindness, humour, and courage. While the ceremony marks an important threshold, it is only the beginning of a much longer story.

I believe marriage is not a moment to be staged, but a life to be entered with care. Everything I do is shaped by one purpose: helping couples begin their marriage with clarity, intention, and emotional steadiness.

I draw on storytelling, relationship insight, and evidence-informed communication approaches to create ceremonies that are not only personal, but carefully held — moments where words matter and meaning is given space.

For some couples, this work begins and ends with the ceremony. For others, it continues through vow renewals, reflection, or deeper conversations about connection and growth.

Whether we are crafting your ceremony or exploring what helps relationships endure, my focus remains the same: your shared values, your character as a couple, and the life you are intentionally building together.

My work is collaborative and heartfelt. I listen deeply, help you find language that feels honest and natural, and hold space for the sacredness of partnership — the trust, the laughter, and the quiet courage that turns two individuals into a shared life.

Image Credit: Kali Rebecca Photography

Say Hello

Every great story begins with a simple hello. Tell me a little about you both, and I’ll reach out soon to start planning something truly special.