Aloha everyone,

Just wanted to share a photo of a sunset at Ko’olina Oahu for a special vow renewal. See this location and more here.

I think it is always a good idea to know your minister that will wed you. That can be difficult for destination wedding couples so a good bio and photo can do wonders. Rev. Jerry is Hawaiian and works on the Island of Oahu.

Short Biography of Reverend Gerald James Sulliban – known as “Jerry”

Gerald James Sulliban, usually goes by “Jerry”, was born in the Pioneer Mill Sugar Co. hospital on November 18, 1950 and raised in the town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. He is married to the former Joyce Ann Fleischer (from Westport, Connecticut) and they have three daughters, Malea Rose, Larissa Ann, and Kayla Noelani. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and all of his undergraduate education has been in Roman Catholic Schools – Sacred Heart’s Grade School, St. Anthony’s High School, and St. Martin’s College (now University). After graduating from college in 1973, he returned to Lahaina, Maui and worked for the Pioneer Mill Sugar Co., Ltd., as the Warehouse & Purchasing Supervisor, then in 1980 he moved into the Accounting Office and worked as the Accountant. While he worked there, he worked part-time with a co-worker in the construction business after his regular working hours and on weekends. While working with his friend, he had an accident, so in the healing process from his injury he converted to the Baptist faith in 1980, where he and his wife, Joyce, were baptized.

He worked for Pioneer Mill Sugar Co. for 13 years, as a Warehouse & Purchasing Supervisor (6yrs.), then as an Accountant with the same company (7 yrs.). He surrendered to the call of the ministry in 1987. He graduated from the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in the San Francisco Bay Area with a Master of Divinity degree in 1990. Prior to his return to Hawaii, he worked and did volunteer ministry in Northern California and on his return, went to Kauai and began his work as a full-time minister on Kauai in 1994. When he left Kauai, he was pasturing the Living Water Baptist Fellowship in the town of Kapaa, Hi. While he pastured on Kauai, he did weddings for various wedding companies and resorts. Pastor Jerry did a lot of weddings for the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa, the Marriott Resort, the Princeville Resort, and the Hanalei Bay Resort, as well as with other independent wedding companies, also on an as needed basis.

Pastor Jerry met Mark Stefan just before departing Kauai and developed a relationship by performing weddings for this company as the need for his services were requested. In 2007, Pastor Jerry was offered a position in the ministry as the Financial Director for his parent organization the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention. Since Pastor Jerry had financial experience with the sugar industry, his services were needed doing his former profession and handling the finances for the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention because the person doing it at that time was going to retire. When Pastor Jerry accepted the position, he had to eventually move to Honolulu in order to continue to perform this service. He is still a minister, but now works in a broader field by ministering to the churches and pastors in all of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim (in the financial field, as well as preach the gospel message on an as needed basis).

Mark Stefan kept in contact with Pastor Jerry because he was commuting between Kauai and Honolulu for a year. In 2008, Pastor Jerry finally moved with his wife to Honolulu for good, however, Maui’d Forever expanded their wedding business to include Oahu. By Mark expanding his business to the island of Oahu, he remained in contact with Pastor Jerry. Now Pastor Jerry is performing wedding ceremonies with the Maui’d Forever organization all over the island of Oahu and helping to make the dreams of many wedding couples come true. We are having fun sharing in the happiness of many married couples and couples retaking their marriage vows here on the beautiful island of Oahu – “The Gathering Place” and we will continue to do this as often as the need for us arises.

See your available Oahu wedding ministers here.

Aloha everyone,

Want to get married or do a vow renewal on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu? Consider using Waialae beach park. The majority of destination wedding couples that come to Oahu stay in Waikiki. Although one can use the beach in Waikiki called Duke Kahanamoku I want to make the case to travel 7 minutes outside of town and travel around Diamond Head crater and go to Waialae beach. Much less crowded and some of the best views at this Honolulu area wedding venue. Click here to see more Oahu Hawaii wedding and vow renewal locations. A picture of Waialae beach;

Aloha everyone,

The story from my last blog post today gets even better. Got a call from the onsite wedding coordinator, Wendy. She called to thank me for having her coordinate weddings on the Big island of Hawaii. Her story got more interesting when she told me that the vow renewal was on her birthday and she had just told her husband that she wanted to leave the marriage. She says not an abusive marriage just bad communication. Anyway they both came to assist with the ceremony and they were so touched by the ceremony of Pastor Jerimiah Hoaeae that they plan on working out any differences and recommit to their marriage. So come on everyone do yourself, your spouse and your marriage a favor, celebrate with a renewal of your vows!

Aloha,

We just did a vow renewal at a new location to us on the Big Island of Hawaii. We used the location called Holoholokai Beach Park. We used this location to not only do a vow renewal but to host an after ceremony private gourmet dinner for 2. We have a variety of wedding locations on the Big Island that can be seen on the Maui’d Forever web site.