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Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

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It was such a pleasure to work with Reverend Steve and have him officiate our wedding! He was so professional and organized from start to finish - he clearly communicated his process so we knew exactly what to expect and when throughout wedding planning. He really took the time to get to know us as a couple and be able to personalize our ceremony. We wanted to do a unique unity ceremony during our wedding and although Steve had never done this particular ceremony before, he was more than willing and excited to do it and did his own research to make everything seamless. Overall, our wedding ceremony was everything we could’ve dreamed of and we received a ton of comments on how great Steve did. Thank you for everything, Steve! Don’t hesitate to book with him!!

Skylar H.

5.0

We had a great experience with Steve overall. He was super easy to work with, helpful with our small ceremony planning, and assisted us with our personal vows/love letters (when we kindly asked him to review them last minute :)). Would definitely recommend!

Kristin S.

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Your wedding is the most important day of your life. It is a celebration of where you’ve been and a commitment to where you will go together. Shared with all who are dear to you, it is a day of excitement, anticipation and more than a little nervousness. I am here to alleviate that nervousness. Through a process of careful planning, your ceremony will honor exactly who both of you are and your wedding will be everything that you are hoping for. A little about me … I am ordained and served as a chaplain, and as a pastor to five congregations. I received my Master of Divinity Degree from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary on Northwestern’s campus in Evanston Il and my Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois in Champaign. Over the years I have celebrated over 100 weddings for couples from various faith traditions in a wide variety of settings. My husband has been my soulmate for 15 years. I would love to have the chance to honor and celebrate your special day with you. To set up a free consultation please call or email me. Rev. Steven Reid

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Rev. Steven Reid

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I am an ordained and experienced pastor committed to providing inclusive and personalized celebrations for couples of of all backgrounds and faith traditions. Having done over 100 weddings over the years, couples tell me they appreciate my flexibility, humor and clam demeanor during the planning process. I would love to have the chance to make your wedding everything you hope it will be.

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The officiant is professional, organized, and personable, creating calm, heartfelt ceremonies that flow smoothly. He personalizes scripts and vows, accommodates unique requests, assists with rehearsals and paperwork, and offers premarital counseling. Couples and guests praised his attention to detail, warmth, and affordability.

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Bradley G

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We were incredibly fortunate to have Steve as our wedding officiant, and we can’t recommend him highly enough! From our very first meeting, Steve’s warm and personable nature put u...

s at ease. He took the time to get to know us as a couple, and it was clear that he genuinely cared about making our ceremony unique and special. Steve crafted a ceremony that was perfectly tailored to us, blending just the right amount of humor, romance, and sincerity. His words were heartfelt and meaningful, making everyone in attendance feel the love and joy of the moment. Several of our guests commented on how beautiful and personal the ceremony was—many saying it was the best they had ever witnessed! What truly sets Steve apart is his attention to detail and his calm, reassuring presence. He guided us through the entire process with ease, from helping us with our vows to ensuring everything flowed smoothly on the big day. We felt so confident in his hands, which allowed us to fully enjoy the moment without any stress. Steve made our wedding day unforgettable. If you’re looking for an officiant who will go above and beyond to make your ceremony extraordinary, Steve is the one. We couldn’t have asked for a better person to marry us, and we are so grateful to have had him as a part of our special day. Thank you, Steve, for making our wedding ceremony truly magical!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Bradley, Thank you so much for your kind review! I was honored to share your special d...

ay with you and Sarah and wish you both many, many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Skylar H

It was such a pleasure to work with Reverend Steve and have him officiate our wedding! He was so professional and organized from start to finish - he clearly communicated his proce...

ss so we knew exactly what to expect and when throughout wedding planning. He really took the time to get to know us as a couple and be able to personalize our ceremony. We wanted to do a unique unity ceremony during our wedding and although Steve had never done this particular ceremony before, he was more than willing and excited to do it and did his own research to make everything seamless. Overall, our wedding ceremony was everything we could’ve dreamed of and we received a ton of comments on how great Steve did. Thank you for everything, Steve! Don’t hesitate to book with him!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Skylar, Thank you for your kind review! I loved working with you and Harley. I wish you...

both many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

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Kristin S

We had a great experience with Steve overall. He was super easy to work with, helpful with our small ceremony planning, and assisted us with our personal vows/love letters (when we...

kindly asked him to review them last minute :)). Would definitely recommend!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Kristin, Thank you for your kind review! It was an honor to share your special day with...

you and Addison. I wish you both many, many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Jose M

Rev Steve helped make our wedding very special. He was easy to communicate with, was very organized, and walked us through the process with ease. We would recommend Rev Steve to a...

nyone! We felt our wishes were heard and appreciated his expertise. The result was a ceremony with a lot of meaning to us and we could not be more grateful. E & J

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Jose, Thank you for your kind review! I thoroughly enjoyed working with you and Ed and ...

was honored to share your special day with you. Wishing you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Leah S

We had a wonderful experience with Reverend Steven Reid. He was very personable, engaged, organized, and thoughtful. Our guests raved about him as an officiant. We also appreciat...

ed that he offered couples' counseling. We chose to do one session with him ahead of the wedding, and we got a lot out of it. Would highly recommend.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Leah, Thank you for your kind review! I thoroughly enjoyed working with you and Keegan ...

and was honored to share your special day with you. I wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Paulina A

We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant for our wedding day. Rev. Reid made the entire ceremony feel so personal, meaningful, and smooth from beginning to end. His calm prese...

nce, attention to detail, and genuine care made us feel completely at ease. We’re so grateful for the beautiful ceremony he created for us and would absolutely recommend him to any couple!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Paulina, Thank you for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and Jason an...

d sharing your special day with you. I wish you both many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Nikki T

Such a kind person who did an amazing job putting our ceremony together. We got compliments literally ALL night on how wonderful the ceremony was!! Highly recommend!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review, Nikki! I really enjoyed working with you and Adrian. I wis...

h you both many, many happy years together. Steve

Theodora S

Reverend Steven did an amazing job at our wedding! He captured our love story so eloquently. He was also very easy to communicate with and to schedule a meeting with. My sister als...

o went to another wedding the same week and said our Officient was way better. :) We are so happy we found Steven and would definitely recommend!! -Dori & Tony

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Dori and Tony, Thank you so much for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with yo...

u and wish you both many many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Lyndsay C

I would absolutely recommend Steven Reid to officiate your wedding! My now husband and I initially had a hard time finding someone to officiate our wedding. While searching online,...

I came across Love is Love and I’m so glad I did! Reverend Steve was amazing from the very start. From our initial phone conversation, all the way until the wedding, he was so kind and professional throughout the entire process. We met in person a couple of months prior to the wedding to go over details and Steve made us feel so comfortable. He was so easy to talk to, as if we knew him our whole lives. He really makes you laugh too! It showed that he really knew what he was doing and he took stress off of us regarding the ceremony, and handled everything so greatly. He was very well organized and had everything in place for us to successfully apply for our marriage license and certificate. He made our ceremony so meaningful without saying too much or too little. It was perfect! After our wedding, our family and friends said such great things to us about Steve. He truly did an amazing job and made our day even more special. You cannot go wrong in hiring Steve to officiate your wedding! Thank you, Reverend Steve!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Lyndsay, Thank you so much for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and ...

Ian and wish you both every happiness together. Steve

Ashley S

Steven Reid was the officiant for our wedding and we felt so lucky to have him with us on our special day. We had many compliments from family and friends following our ceremony re...

garding him. Steve took the time to get to know us and our story to make our ceremony special.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you Ashley for your kind review! I was honored to share your special day with you an...

d Andy and wish you both every happiness together. Steve

Kyle B

Steven did a great job! He spoke elegantly and helped things go smoothly

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thanks Kyle! Wishing you and Katie every happiness together. Steve

Patrick u

Steven was an amazing officiant we are from California and had our wedding in Chicago, he made the process easy and fun even from far away. His attention to detail and genuine curi...

osity in getting to know us made the ceremony and our guests feel as though he had known us throughout our relationship. We can't thank Steven enough and highly recommend him for future couples!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Patrick, Thank you so much for your kind review! I loved working with you and Emily and...

wish you both many, many more happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Rebecca M

Very professional ! We felt very comfortable having rev Steve officiate our ceremony. He was on time, dressed well, and was very personable he lighted the mood with his jokes and s...

et our nerves to rest. Thank you again rev Steve

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you Rebecca for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and Chris. I wis...

h you every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Talia S

Steve was a wonderful officiant to work with! We had such a fun time planning our ceremony with him, and he helped us with any and all questions that came up throughout the process...

. Steve gave excellent suggestions on what to add to our ceremony and made us feel comfortable throughout the process. Many of our guests are still mentioning how much they enjoyed our ceremony and officiant. We would recommend working with Steve to anyone!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Talia, Thank you so much for your kind review! I thoroughly enjoyed working with you an...

d Sean and wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Bree D

Steven was amazing for our wedding! He met with us to discuss expectations, incorporated our love story in a way that made our guests cry tears of joy, and was even thinking ahead ...

for logistics about photos (stepping to the side during the kiss, and also advising guests in a cool way that it was a phone free ceremony). My parents loved that he was willing to pray with them before the ceremony, and also had nothing but good things to say about him. Thank you for being so wonderful for our wedding day!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you so much Bree for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and JC and ...

sharing your special day with you. I wish you both many, many happy years together! Best wishes, Steve

Amanda K

Steve made our micro wedding/elopement ceremony absolutely wonderful! We met virtually as we live out of town, and Steve explained the process to us and sent us all the information...

about his services in a timely manner. Steve’s script is unique, inclusive, and heart-felt and we couldn’t have loved it more! As people who are not great with public speaking, Steve made us feel so comfortable when reciting the vows and ring exchange. Plus, Steve handles all of the after ceremony paperwork which is SO helpful! Highly recommend Steve’s services!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Amanda, Thank you for your kind review. I was honored to share your special day with yo...

u and Riley. I wish you both every happiness together! Best wishes, Steve

Kayla K

Reverend Steven Reid performed our ceremony. We requested that religion be completely left out and he respected our decision 100%. He did a beautiful job and wrote a wonderful cere...

mony for us. It was perfect! We got so many compliments on how perfect our ceremony was and how well it reflected us as people. Would 100% recommend Steven Reid!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Kayla, Thank you for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and Ben and wi...

sh you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

McKenzie W

Reverend Steve Is the best!! He curated the perfect ceremony for my husband and I. We received so many compliments about how personalized our readings and Steve's message was. He m...

ade us feel comfortable with reading our own vows/love letters to each other- something we never thought we'd do but are now so thankful we did! We 100% recommend Steven to officiate your wedding, you won't regret it!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi McKenzie, Thank you so much for your kind review! I was honored to share your special d...

ay with you and Bear and loved working with you. I wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Emma W

We loved having Steven as our wedding officiant! He’s not just helpful—he makes everything easy. He was very affordable too compared to other officiants we spoke to. He crafted a c...

eremony that felt like it was just for us, filled with personal touches that made our day incredibly special. Working with him felt like having a friend guide us through our vows. Steven is simply fantastic!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Emma, Thank you for your kind review! I loved working with you and Daniel and wish you ...

both many many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Yating L

Steve was so responsible. We are extremely fortunate to have him as our wedding officiant. We discussed all the detailed before the wedding and he always response quickly. He flexi...

bly made the ceremony procedure uniquely to us. His voice is also powerful and calming. He is helpful to provide all the information for marriage license. We highly recommend Steven for anyone looking for a reliable, professional and genuinely nice officiant.

Lauren C

Working with Rev. Steve Reid was a wonderful experience for us. We had such a great time talking with him and felt so comfortable telling him our story. He made us feel relaxed and...

confident that everything would go just right! His attention to detail was great. Our guests gave great feedback on our ceremony. It was truly a joy working together!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Lauren, Thank you so much for your kind review. I loved working with you and Bryan and ...

wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Catrina M

Having Rev. Steve Reid was a great experience! He is so kind and takes the time to get to know you and your future spouse so he can create a wedding service that is truly personal....

He is also so knowledgeable and can cater the ceremony to your exact style. Many of our guests asked us if we knew him prior to getting engaged or if he was a family friend because of how personalized our ceremony was, it felt like he was one of us. In short, our ceremony was really perfect and it’s because he took the time to get to know us and, if something didn’t go exactly as planned, he was able to roll right along with it! Highly recommend Rev. Steve Reid, he is wonderful!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you so much for your kind review, Catrina! I really enjoyed working with you and Pat...

rick and wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Meiqing F

Working with Rev. Steve was easy, and we enjoyed working with him. We started with a Zoom meeting before we made the decision, and Rev. Steve was clearly more professional than oth...

er officiants we reached out to. We had an in-person planning meeting for him to get to know us and go through the script and options. I had little experience in doing this, but Rev. Steve was flexible and kind and directed the group very well during rehearsal. On the wedding day, Rev. Steve demonstrated leadership when he coordinated with us before the ceremony started. I would definitely recommend him!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review, Meqing! It was a real pleasure working with you and Andy. ...

I wish you both every happiness together. Best wishes, Steve

Alyssa S

Rev. Steve Reid truly made our day BEYOND special! When my husband and I were looking for officiants, we honestly did not know what to expect. Secretly, we were often doubting that...

there was no way our ceremony would be close to "personal" having just met our officiant within months leading up to the wedding; however, that could not have been farther from the truth with Rev. Reid. From the initial consultation call, to our in-person meeting about the processional/ceremony, to the continuous email exchanges leading up to the rehearsal and the rehearsal ceremony itself, we truly felt so supported by Rev. Reid every step of the way. You can feel and see his passion for what he does, which spoke volume to my husband and I. He not only genuinely wanted to get to know us and our story, but he truly wanted to get to know us as people and who we are. That meant more to us than we could have ever hoped. If you are looking for an officiant, we HIGHLY recommend Rev. Steve Reid. He is professional, genuine, personable and truly LOVES what he does. He does everything in his power to make this day about what you want - and that could not have been more special. Rev. Steve Reid - thank you SO much for everything!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Alyssa, Thank you so much for your kind review! I loved sharing your special day with y...

ou and Robert and wish you both many, many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Danielle C

Steve was excellent to work with. He was very professional and he took the time to make our ceremony very personalized to us. He helped us with our marriage license and helped ever...

ything go smoothly during our rehearsal. He helped us through the entire process leading up to our wedding. Our ceremony was everything we dreamed it would be thanks to Steve. 10/10 would recommend his services!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review, Danielle! I was honored to share your special day with you...

and Vince. I wish you both every happiness together.

Shannon M

Steven was the absolute best wedding officiant we could've asked for. He was professional, quickly responsive, personable, kind, flexible, and easy to work with. He took the time t...

o get to know us over a video call and also met with us for coffee to get to know us and discuss our hopes and plans for the wedding day. We truly had multiple people at our wedding tell us they assumed Steven was a family friend of ours by the way he m spoke and made everything so personal to us. While we planned the ceremony with Steven, he provided a variety of examples, options, and outlines that made it much easier for us to start building something special together with him, but he made sure we knew we could make it look like whatever we wanted it to. He took all our preferences to heart, and provided us with guidance and suggestions as to the best way to incorporate all that we wanted to into the ceremony. He went line by line making sure we were happy with every detail, and never made us feel judged for anything we decided we did or didn't want to do or say. He was able to distill so much information into a succinct and beautiful speech. It couldn't have been a more perfect ceremony. He also turned in our marriage license for us after the ceremony, saving us a trip. It was the perfect extra touch! We can't recommend him enough!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review Shannon! I thoroughly enjoyed sharing your special day with...

you and Ben and wish you both many many happy years together.

Abby D

We could not have been more pleased to work with Reverend Steve. He was such a pleasure to work with, from the first initial meetings all the way until our rehearsal and wedding da...

y. He really understood and told our love story so beautifully during the ceremony. My family had so many compliments about his speech as well. I would recommend him to anyone who wants a professional and confident officiant for their big day.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you so much Abby! I truly enjoyed working with you and Connor and wish you many, man...

y happy years together.

Kristen A

Steve did a wonderful job officiating our wedding. He worked with us closely in the months prior to create a ceremony that felt unique to us and inclusive to all our guests, as we ...

came from two different religious backgrounds. Steve was so easy to work with both leading up to and at the rehearsal and wedding, and we appreciated him handling and sending in the marriage license after so we could enjoy our honeymoon. We cannot recommend him enough.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review, Kristen! I loved working with you and Dennis - wishing you...

both every happiness together.

Amanda R

Steven Reid was amazing to work with! He made the entire process as easy as possible! He does a pre planning meeting to get to know you and runs through a rough ceremony draft! He ...

really allows you to make it what you want. He also helped us with getting our marriage license by sending us all the information we needed! Highly recommend him!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review Amanda! It was real pleasure working with you and Josh.

Bennett B

We were lucky enough to find Rev. Steve for our wedding. When we first met he came totally prepared with everything we would need to officiate our wedding. We decided we were going...

to do a more custom ceremony and he was super helpful with giving us cues to make it our own. He is a very kind genuine person and we both could not be happier with our choice to work with him.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you so much for your kind review Bennett! I loved working with you and Laura and wis...

h you both every happiness. Steve

Danielle O

We hired Steve for our wedding ceremony that was held at our venue and had a wonderful experience! He was flexible through the whole process and in meeting us close to our home to ...

plan out the ceremony and get to know us in person. He was beyond on time for everything (huge relief!) and responsive always and helped keep us calm the day of. The ceremony was perfect and exactly what we envisioned for our day! Would absolutely recommend working with Steve to couples!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank for your kind review, Danielle. I was honored to celebrate your special day with you...

and Anthony and wish you both every happiness. Best wishes, Steve

Caroline S

We are so grateful to have had Steve be our officiant. He did an AMAZING job-- he took the time to really know us as a couple and give a personalized, thoughtful ceremony. He was a...

lways reliable and kind and really let us tailor our ceremony so it was exactly how we wanted it to be. Multiple people told us how beautiful and sincere our ceremony was, and it was all thanks to Steve's dedication. I highly recommend Steve as an officiant! :)

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you for your kind review, Caroline. I really enjoyed working with you and Sam and w...

ish you both every happiness. Best wishes, Steve

Amanda Z

Steve was the officiant of my wedding on 10/09 and he was really nice and fully prepared for all of the details of the vows, highly recommended him!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you Amanda. I really enjoyed working with you and Kim! Best wishes, Steve

Katarina W

Pastor Steve officiated my wedding in August 2022. My husband and I had a pretty specific vision for what we wanted the ceremony to look like in terms of length, type of content, a...

nd personal additions. Pastor Steve was a fabulous steward of this vision. Our ceremony was everything we hoped it would be. Beyond officiating on the day, Pastor Steve was fabulous to work with during the planning process. He was easy to get to know, flexible in times to meet, and really took the time to learn my and my husband's story so he could speak about us at our ceremony. If you are looking to hire an officiant, I could not recommend Pastor Steve highly enough.

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you Katie for your kind review. I loved working with you and Bryce and wish you many...

happy years together.

Alex L

If I could give Reverend Steven 10 stars on here, I would - he was that great! We are so happy with our decision to have Reverend Steven officiate our ceremony and to tell our love...

story to our families. He met with us multiple times before our ceremony, took the time to understand our story, and pulled out the best details from us to understand what brought us to our wedding day. His style is very flexible (integrating as much or as little faith as we desired into our ceremony) and was extremely helpful throughout the entire process by guiding us and providing many options to make our ceremony a breeze. He even made a few day before updates for us, as COVID had impacted some guests' ability to join. Overall we are so pleased with Reverend Steven's professionalism and highly highly recommend booking him for your ceremony!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Thank you so much for your review, Alex. You and Marla were such a pleasure to work with! ...

Wishing you both every happiness. Steve

Julia S

Steve was incredible to work with! He met my husband and me twice before our rehearsal, and Steve was an attentive listener and very organized. He walked us through thoughtful ques...

tions to learn more about our goals for our ceremony, elements we wanted to include or avoid, and learned about us as a couple. He was very open about his process & addressed every question I had. We got to review a full script of the ceremony with plenty of time to review & make changes, and Steve was open to all of the edits we requested. The resulting ceremony felt more special & personal than I realized was possible. Many of our guests asked how we met Steve, and said it seemed like we knew each other long before the wedding. He made my husband and I feel SO comfortable, heard, and the ceremony was personal & emotional (in the best way!). If you get the opportunity to work with Steve you'll quickly see that he is professional, mindful, organized, and will help craft a special ceremony that reflects your journey as a couple. My husband & I cannot recommend him enough!!!

Response from Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Hi Julia, Thank you so much for your kind review. I loved working with you and Chris! I...

wish you both many, many happy years together. Best wishes, Steve

Bryce H

We had Pastor Steve officiate our ceremony at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Lincoln Park. We had an amazing experience with Pastor Steve from start to finish. He met with u...

s twice to get to know us and our story as a couple. We were out of town for some time and he was very flexible about being virtual or in-person based on our needs. Pastor Steve created a ceremony that perfectly captured what we wanted. He had some great suggestions after getting to know us and was very open to little changes we wanted to make. He made us feel very comfortable and totally ready for the big day when it came around! We loved our ceremony and felt that it was very special, and so did our guests. So many guests of all ages and backgrounds came up to us to tell us how wonderful the ceremony was. Overall, I absolutely recommend you go with Pastor Steve as your officiant.

Katie W

Rev. Steve was fantastic! His price was very fair and he was a pleasure to work with. We enjoyed meeting him via Zoom to discuss our ceremony script, and he ensured our ceremony we...

nt flawlessly the day of our wedding. I would highly recommend him for anyone looking for an officiant for their wedding!

Justin H

We found Steven Reid from his online listing, after reaching out to a few possible officiants for our July 1, 2022 wedding. Steven was prompt, welcoming and informal in his communi...

cations with us and when we met him over Zoom for an initial meet and greet, we knew right away we wanted to work with him for our wedding. In the preparation (we met online a few times between securing him as our officiant, with emails back and forth), he walked us through a clear and thoughtful process of getting to know us, offering us a clear option that fit our budget for how we’d like our ceremony to go, with various places where we could personalize things. After our “interview” with Steven, he wrote a ceremony script that was very much us and we had very little suggested edits. Steven was such a strong and calm presence during our rehearsal and ceremony itself. Guests were raving about how our ceremony was “SO us” and that had a lot to do with Steven. If you are thinking about working with Steven for your wedding, do not hesitate!

Catherine S

Reverend Steve was amazing to work with and wrote out the perfect ceremony for us. He went the extra mile to create a couple of additional drafts based on whether my sister/MOH wo...

uld be able to attend. He handled everything exactly how we wanted it on wedding day and couldn't ask for anything more. Truly a pleasure to work with and my husband Alan and it couldn't be happier!

WARREN A

Steven was great. He went along with our decisions, never pressuring us to change anything. He endured the cold, foggy rooftop deck of our building for our small wedding, and pulle...

d off a beautiful ceremony. Everything was appreciated, and we had no issues.

Kerri E

Steve went above and beyond to make our ceremony special to our St. Patrick’s day wedding. He was personable and listened to what we wanted. Highly recommend!

Adriana F

Steve was the best, he was very responsible and very oriented to every detail in our special day It was a magical moment

Kate F

Reverend Reid helped make our wedding celebration a day for everyone. He helped us put together a ceremony that reflected our personal values while also providing his expert guida...

nce and knowledge. Throughout the planning he made sure we were comfortable with the structure and content of the script, organization of the ceremony and our vows and we ended up with a ceremony that was tailored exactly to us and set the tone for the overall vibe of our modern casual elegant wedding. Our ceremony was personal to us, and also included our family who is so important in our lives, and Reverend Reid’s contribution to our ceremony and celebration made our day truly wonderful for everyone present.

Brenda W

So Thankful We Found Him! I simply can't say enough about Rev. Reid! With pre-wedding counsel and ceremony guidance, he helped us create the ceremony of our dreams. His soothing vo...

ice and calming demeanor along with his intelligent sense of humor were greatly appreciated by a nervous Bride and Groom!! He cares deeply and you can feel it. Rev. Reid has an amazing way of making everyone he meets feel special and welcome. We very highly recommend Rev. Reid!!

BRIAN M

Reverend Reid was the perfect fit for our dream wedding. He helped us immensely through the planning process (which can be stressful) with his helpful, guiding hand and vast experi...

ence. His professionalism, easy-going personality and outstanding sense of humor were just the right fit. Reverend Reid felt like part of the family and not just a hired officiant. Thanks Steven!!

Kelli M

Rev Reid made the perfect officiant for our wedding ceremony! We met in advance so he could get to know us and how we met, as well as what was important to us in our marriage and f...

or the day of the wedding. We had a lot of laughs during those visits and when the date arrived the ceremony felt warm and personal. It also had that element of humor we appreciate! We would highly recommend Rev Reid!

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