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!

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.

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!

Rev. Phil was a great and lucky find. My husband and I don't really have the same spiritual views…read moreand we almost went with a friend officiating the wedding. When I changed my mind and decided I didn't want to leave God out of our wedding, I said that I would pay for and find the officiant. I admit I didn't shop around. My wedding planning approach was one and done. Once I found something I liked, I was done "shopping." I liked that Rev. Phil offered a free intro session before committing to his services. After the first one hour meeting, my husband also liked him and we were sold. We did the full package and I'd recommend it. The love story was definitely the best part of the service. It's true what the other reviewers said, people talked about that love story for weeks and months after the wedding. We were willing to make fun of ourselves and this really helped carry-off the fun of the story. Rev. Phil has a great knack for telling a story. Everyone was laughing, including us. So many of our pictures show me looking around to the crowd laughing at my ridiculous self and trying to make eye contact with someone mentioned in the story. We were also able to incorporate a touching candle-lighting memorial for my husband's deceased parents, as well as readings that were a mix of religious and secular. Rev. Phil is very detail-oriented and will give you explicit instructions and details about each part of the service. I found this helpful, as I didn't want to worry about all the details myself. As he says, he's the professional and will take the stress of this part of the wedding off of you. As a bonus, I heard he even "fooled" by super-Catholic mom by wearing his collar. No grief for no Catholic wedding! Rev. Phil really helped make our wedding a perfect, unique and special night! I'd recommend him to anyone!

Reverend Phil. Wow. How do I even begin to express how amazing he made our ceremony? If you're…read morelooking for a personalized ceremony that will engage versus bore your guests, call him today and cross your fingers that he is available. I couldn't begin to count the amount of times we heard how amazing our ceremony was. He will make your guests laugh, cry, and truly feel a part of your story. Although we didn't know him for years, our guests thought that he had known us from the beginning. How cool is that? I know your stressed and the to-do list is never ending. Rev Phil will make this portion of your planning seamless. He will guide you through the details and make it easy. He is organized, insightful, and truly invested in his couples. So, stop reading this and call him today.

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!!!

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.

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!!

Sarah is absolutely amazing!!!!!!! Like many others we had…read moreto reschedule our 2020 wedding to 2021, Sarah was there every step of the way. Sarah's professionalism, positive attitude and kindness were evident from the moment we first met her through the day of the wedding. So many friends and family (during and after the wedding) told us how much they absolutely LOVED Sarah. Sarah captured so many wonderful moments at our wedding and the quality of every photo was amazing. We are so incredibly happy that we choose Sarah as our photographer and will continue to use her for events, family photos and everything else for as long as she decides to be a photographer.

It is hard to begin to explain how absolutely, truly, and positively WONDERFUL it is to work with…read moreSarah! I had known Sarah as an acquaintance for a few years from college. Since being invited to it, I have always loved her posts on her Sarah Crost photography page. Once my husband and I had gotten engaged, I knew immediately that I wanted to hire her for our engagement and wedding photos. Specifically, I wanted to book her because she really has a talent of catching small and big moments in photos. We knew we didn't want all only posed photos so we knew Sarah was our girl. My husband and I officially booked with Sarah in January 2018 for our March 8th, 2019 wedding. We booked her Documentary package which included an engagement session, 2 photographers, 10 hours of photography cover, photo album, and photo release. From the get go, Sarah has always been incredibly professional. She is prompt in responding to questions and is incredibly easy to work with. My husband and I live out of state. For us, communication with our vendors was an expectation since we did not have the opportunity to set up many meetings (if any at all). She understood that planning a wedding out of state was stressful and really went out of her way to ensure all of our questions were answered. This alone really helped ease the nerves as the big day was approaching! Also, to add to the professionalism piece, she is very punctual. She was early to arrive to both of our engagement sessions and scheduled arrival time for the wedding. We never had an issue with her being late! On the day of the wedding, she brought Meg Adamik as her assistant photographer. Sarah and Meg were the dream team! They both were extremely talented and definitely had the process down of where to be and when for pictures. With them, I did not have to worry about anything! Their bubbly, fun personalities were contagious and everyone in the bridal party loved having them around! At one point during the day, we had an issue with our videographer cancelling within a couple hours of our ceremony. While we were able to get a backup plan sorted out with a new videographer, I MUST compliment Sarah and Meg. While I was in a slight panic trying to take in that our videographer was not coming, Sarah and Meg were trying to come up with a game plan of how to possibly get the ceremony recorded on their cameras. We ended up not needing to use that game plan but the fact that they had even *considered* to go above and beyond like that was comforting. It really does demonstrate how much Sarah and Meg really care about their clients and their wedding days running smoothly! My husband and I received our wedding photos about a month after our wedding. We were blown away by the work of Sarah and Meg. All these beautiful little and big moments of our day were captured and we could not begin to say enough how much we loved them! Hire Sarah Crost Photography! You will NOT regret it!