Lyvonne did a wonderful job in performing the wedding ceremony. She kept in touch with us…read morethroughout the entire time up to the day of the ceremony. She was very accommodating with any of our special requests. I highly recommend her to anyone. Thank you Lyvonne for everything.

Lyvonne was fantastic to work with! We hired her when all of our wedding plans changed due to Covid…read moreand we downsized to just our immediate family in attendance. She was great to work with, open to all of our changes during the ceremony. Our families had such lovely compliments to say about her and the ceremony and we loved having her as a part of our special day!

I had the Pleasure of being married by Rev Angie & she was nothing short of amazing! You can…read morehonestly tell she loves what is that she does. She not only was kind and professional she also went out of her way to assure my wedding certificate was obtained even after her job was done. I genuinely appreciate her willing to go the extra mile. She will make your special moment as intimate and private as you want it or as grand and & festive as she can get it for you #8478737463

We were married by Rev Pam in Central Park in Des Plaines. She is absolutely fantastic. She was…read morefast to respond to my questions regarding availability. The process to book online is so easy and fast. She is very thorough and covers all the little details. On our wedding day she gave us exactly what we were wanting, a small intimate ceremony. She has such a passion for marrying people. She is absolutely wonderful and we are so happy with our day. Thank you so much Rev Pam, you made our day wonderful!!

Bruce did a GREAT job officiating our wedding in September. He was an absolute delight to work…read morewith. He offers a lot of content and framework for those who need guidance or ideas but also allows you to really customize what you want to be included in your ceremony. He has a very kind and calm presence. He knows how to officiate and makes everything very easy. He's a great public speaker, and the words he wrote for us were just perfect. We could not recommend him enough.

We were lucky enough to have Bruce as our officiant, and loved the entire process of working with…read morehim. Using his ceremony tools, we were able to customize our ceremony to fit exactly what we were looking for along with expert guidance every step of the way. He understood our desire to have a short and simple ceremony, but helped us to ensure that it was beautiful and meaningful. Bruce is a wonderful public speaker, and many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed the ceremony. Most importantly, he is extremely responsive and is just a lovely person - we loved every interaction with him, and couldn't have asked for a better officiant!

Reverend Anne officiated our wedding a couple months ago, and we couldn't have been happier! The…read morething that set her apart from the other officiants I was looking at was her website - it contains so much information, including faqs, services, sample ceremonies, and pricing. She had all the answers to my questions already! We picked the partially customized ceremony for our secular ceremony, and she drafted a couple versions for us to review. It was so easy communicating with her. We mostly emailed, but we scheduled an in person meeting when we were in town to meet up with our wedding vendors. She is extremely nice, organized, and professional. She took care of the paperwork after the wedding, so it is one less thing to stress about! Stop looking around because she will take care of you. We highly recommend her for any ministerial needs.

Anne was absolutely a joy to work with. I am SO glad we found her to officiate our wedding. Anne is…read moresuper professional, helpful, and compassionate. I would recommend her to anyone!!!

There are not enough stars to truly express how we feel about Love Story Weddings!!! Reverend Ed…read moreturned our wedding into a fairy tale. He took what could have easily been a few short vows and kiss... into a beautiful story. Our family and friends not only witnessed our unity, but learned about our journey from the very beginning. They heard how we met, how we grew to who we are and even our little inside jokes. They were reminded why we wanted them there in the first place... and they had FUN! Guests are still reaching out to tell us how much they loved our ceremony, thanks to Reverend Ed. Throughout the planning process, he reminded us what we were doing all of this for! More than that, I can confidently say I fell more in love with my husband on my wedding day, as we were taken on a journey through our own lives. I am so incredibly happy we booked Love Story Weddings for our special day. It positively would not have been the same without Reverend Ed.

Brad feels like part of the family at this point! After our first call with him, we knew he would…read morebe the ideal officiant for our wedding - we weren't disappointed! He made our love story the focal point of the ceremony, and kept our guests engaged and even entertained! My husband and I are so grateful that we chose Brad to play such a pivotal role in our big day. He even made sure to check in with a groomsman who had an unfortunate axe incident at the wedding venue (see photo below!). We cannot recommend him enough!

We hired Jim initially to do our bartending for our wedding. A family friend was lined up to wed…read moreus. After meeting Jim, we were a little bummed we hadn't hired him to officiate for us. When our family friend fell ill and was unable to do the ceremony, we called Jim right away and he was able to step in. We were so thrilled with what Jim put together in such short notice and received many compliments on the beautiful ceremony! He was courteous, professional, and paid attention to the details that mattered to us. I'd recommend Jim to anyone that asked!

Jim was the officiant for our wedding this past weekend and he did a phenomenal job! During the…read moreceremony, he personalized the speech - including details about us that made it feel like we knew each other for years. He was very responsive and easy to get a hold of if we had questions or concerns. Many people came up to us afterwards commenting on how beautiful the ceremony was. Jim is an asset to have on your wedding team & a great person to work with! I highly recommend him!

We were planning a ceremony that was respectful of all faiths, sexual-orientations, and…read moreethnicities. We wanted someone who spoke well, had a sense of humor & experience we could depend on. We met with 7 officiants from a variety of backgrounds. Marguerite was among the most expensive, but we were happy to pay top dollar for what she seemed to offer. (6 months until our wedding on Aug. 16) Her "custom" writing process was based on questionnaires. She later poked at me saying "you have the longest couples questionnaire ever!" This felt condescending, but I brushed it off. EMAIL FOLLOW UP (keep reading) 1) to schedule rehearsal & offer to feature her on our website. 2) to offer her a hotel room for the night of our rehearsal so she wouldn't have to drive the long distance back & forth twice. 3) to return our questionnaires. No response for 5 days, so 4) to confirm she got them. 5) to ask when we would see the 1st draft, to which she responded "no later than July 20." LOVELY! But, July 20th came and went. We emailed her asking if she had a chance to work on it? Ending with "Totally cool if you need more time, just wanting to know what to expect." Her response: "August 1 or just before is my deadline. I have two ceremonies to complete before I start yours." WAIT... WHAT!? I called her. She was snide and defensive. Admitted she had forgotten, totally unapologetic. Then a sharp remark along the lines of "if you're in a rush to get your ceremony I can try to get it done." This was appalling to me. I explained that she's the celebrant not me, I'm simply going by what she told us. I then asked if anything had changed for her during the Summer, making our wedding a burden? She responded with "I've never had a client follow up so much." UMM.. Her arrogance and unreliability was unsettling. My fiancé & I talked it over and decided that given the time crunch (3 weeks at this point!) & our 50% deposit, we would stick it out & hope for a well-written ceremony. SHE DID WRITE A NICE CEREMONY. This gave us some comfort. EXCEPT!!!! At the end of the email was: "Finally and unfortunately, I will not be able to attend your wedding rehearsal. I failed to put a business trip on my personal calendar." ATTEND!? YOU ARE THE REHEARSAL! She found a rehearsal fill-in, & said she'd "try her best" to make it back in time to officiate for us. Oh, & this was 6 days before our wedding. GEE, THANKS! We were afraid we'd end up with what we didn't want: a stranger reading a script. The unknowns had our stress levels shooting through the roof. We decided to reach out to another officiant we liked a lot, Howard Katz. He remembered us immediately saying "uh oh, what happened to your officiant!?" He gave us some much needed laughs. It was refreshing to have a caring personality on the line. Without reference, I hadn't realized how impersonal & brash Marguerite had been. He asked how our planning had gone and if we were ready for our big day. Coincidentally, he would be working 20 miles from the farm the day of our wedding. He told us he'd be happy to jump in and marry us! It was crazy even considering this TWO days before our wedding. We sent him $50 in good faith just for the effort & he said that he'd bring his suit to work with him and be on-call for us until 4. AMAZING. Our rehearsal fill-in had a family emergency & had to bail last minute, so Anita Vaughn (back up #2) came instead. She was a very sweet woman and did her best given the chaotic circumstances. She really had no clue what was going on - and we didn't fault her for this. We basically conducted our own rehearsal with Anita reading Marguerite's lines and taking notes. Marguerite promised she'd go over these notes to make sure she did everything right for our wedding (if she made it back in time!). WEDDING DAY. With Howard on-call, we figured Marguerite would ring us at some point to let us know that she had landed, right!? NOPE. At noon, my fiancé had to call her. Upon arrival, her first priority was to "settle up" on her final payment. Naturally. Then she married us. Read the wrong script (1st edit, not the final draft!) with NONE of Anita's notes. She skipped my sister-in-law's blessing completely, and the ceremony was over. People didn't know, but we did. CRAPPY. POST-WEDDING. She emailed us the next day, apologizing for skipping my SIL's blessing & stating that our keepsake ceremony copy would be sent "by the end of Labor Day weekend." We just received it (addressed only to my husband. WTH!?), postmarked 6 weeks past Labor Day weekend. Without ever asking if we were satisfied with her, she presumptuously emailed me: "I'd be delighted if you would send a testimonial or your feedback that I can cut and paste and post to my website. I find that couples really read the reviews. In these days of Yelp, reviews matter a whole lot." YES, THEY DO! And I'm rarely inspired to write a bad one. But, this is our honest experience. Cheers.

There are not enough good things I can say about working with Marguerite as our wedding celebrant…read more She was utterly fantastic. My husband and I are not at all religious, which actually makes it difficult to find an officiant or celebrant who will respect our opinions and keep religion out of a ceremony. We also wanted to find an officiant who performed all kinds of ceremonies, including same-sex unions because we think it's important to acknowledge all types of relationships (and a lot of people out there just WON'T do the same-sex unions). We came across Marguerite on www.theknot.com and we loved her site. When we first met with her, we were really impressed with her candor, demeanor and level of knowledge of all kinds of ceremonies, traditions, literature, etc. Her process is lengthy but the ceremony turns out wonderfully. We filled out a questionnaire that Marguerite turned into a beautiful ceremony about our love story. She wrote vows for us, gave us a bunch of choices for readings, vows, etc. and the ceremony was amazing. I have never heard more people compliment a wedding ceremony like they complimented ours - I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. Our story was wonderful, the vows were beautiful and the entire ceremony went off without a hitch. Marguerite is a true professional and I could not possibly be happier with the way she writes and puts together a ceremony.

Victoria was great. She came to our home and married us with all our daughters present. Was very…read morepolite and professional would highly recommend

Rev. Victoria was great to work with. My husband and I were looking for a non-religious ceremony…read morebut wasn't sure what we wanted in it. Victoria gave us a bunch of options that we could choose from and customize that made our day perfect. She was very professional and spoke loudly so our guests could hear with no issues. We are very happy we went with Victoria for our wedding.