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Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid

Chicago, IL
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    Chandler N. Sent on 07/19/2024
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    Professional and Personable Officiant!

    Looking for an officiant is hard! We came across Steve's information on various websites and the reviews encouraged us to reach out. We met with many officiants and none felt as natural and personal as we were hoping for - until we met with Steve. The process and communication were both so easy and professional. We enjoyed that we got to help write/create our ceremony script. We wanted to include certain spiritual aspects, but mostly wanted to share our love story with others. Steve crafted a wonderful ceremony templated and allows us to edit it as much as we wanted. Steve provided a rehearsal and showed up in a timely manner to our ceremony. Our ceremony ran smooth, with both emotion and aspects of humor. We received so many compliments on our officiant and the quality of our ceremony. Steve also sent in our marriage license for us to make that part of the process very smooth. We highly recommend Steve if you are looking to hire an officiant!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you Chandler for your kind review! I really enjoyed working with you and Jon and wish you many many happy years together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Jennifer T. Sent on 06/19/2024
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    Amazing Person to Work With!

    Steve was a fantastic person to work with! It was like working with a friend to create your love story! He did a great job accommodating everything we wanted. Highly recommend!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind words! It was a pleasure working with you. I wish you and Tim every happiness together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Meiqing F. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Great experience!

    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 other 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 as we didn’t have a day-of coordinator. I would definitely recommend him!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind review Meiqing! I really enjoyed working with you and Andy. I wish you both every happiness together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Ali E. Sent on 11/15/2023
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    Wedding officiant

    Steven was amazing! He is thoughtful, down to earth and was extremely poised at our wedding. I would recommend him to anyone (:

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind review, Ali! It was an honor to share your special day with you and Ryan. I wish you both every happiness together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Kaelyn D. Sent on 11/01/2023
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    Could not have been happier with Reverand Steve!

    We had the pleasure of having Reverand Steve officiate our wedding, and we couldn't have been happier with our choice. He was incredibly collaborative and friendly throughout the entire process. He took the time to get to know us, understand our story, and tailor the ceremony to reflect our personalities and values. He made the planning process enjoyable and stress-free, and his warm and welcoming demeanor put everyone at ease on the big day. We couldn't have asked for a better officiant, and we highly recommend Reverand Steve to anyone looking for a personable and thoughtful officiant to make their wedding day extra special.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind review Kaelyn! It was a real pleasure working with you and Daniel. I wish you both many, many happy years together.
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    Eric P. Sent on 10/30/2023
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    Wedding October 4th 2023

    Reverend was absolutely amazing from our first meeting till the day of our ceremony. I would 1000% recommend Steven for any special day.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you Eric for you kind review. It was a honor to share your special day with you. I wish you Dylan every happiness.
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    Shannon M. Sent on 10/06/2023
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    The best ceremony thanks to Steve!

    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 to 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!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Hi Shannon,

    Thank you so much for your kind review! It was a pleasure sharing your special day with you and Ben and getting to know your friends and family. I wish you and Ben many, many happy years together.

    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Dezirae A. Sent on 04/30/2023
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    Reverend Steve is very mellow and down-to-Earth

    We started our wedding planning just 6 months prior to our wedding date and we were very excited Reverend Steve had an opening in his calendar. Our wedding was located in downtown Milwaukee whereas he lives in Chicago but he still drove to see us 3 times for planning meeting, wedding rehearsal and wedding day. He is very organized and intentional with his reading selections for your ceremony. He makes a strong effort to get to know the couple to customize your ceremony and add a couple jokes for your guests to smile and laugh about. He even asks whether you'd like him to wear a ceremonial robe or standard suit based on your religion or how formal your ceremony is. On the day of our wedding the ceremony started about 20 mins late and Reverend Steve did not rush our ceremony at all. He still made it feel natural and followed our agreed upon template.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind review Dezirae! I really enjoyed getting to know you, Dominic, and your family. Wishing you both every happiness.
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    Amanda Z. Sent on 10/17/2022
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    Steve is awesome!

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

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you Amanda. I really enjoyed working with you and Kim!
    Wishing you both many happy years together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Caroline S. Sent on 10/18/2022
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    Amazing!

    We were so grateful to have Steve officiate our wedding. He is incredibly kind, reliable and flexible. He tailored our ceremony to be exactly how we wanted, and he took the time to learn about us as a couple and give a thoughtful, personalized ceremony. Multiple people at our wedding told us how beautiful the ceremony was, and we are so thankful to Steve for all his help and hard work. I HIGHLY recommend hiring Steve to officiate your ceremony.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind review, Caroline. I really enjoyed working with you and Sam and wish you both every happiness.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Jim T. Sent on 09/09/2022
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    Jim and Kristi's Wedding 8-20-2022

    Reverend Steven Reid was a great choice as the Officiant at our wedding. He met with us a couple of months before the event to get to know us and he wrote a heartfelt speech describing how my bride and I met, fell in love, and became engaged. The wedding ceremony was beautiful despite the fact that it had to be moved indoors due to the weather. Reverend Steve made the adjustment, and several guests at the wedding commented on what a great job our officiant did. I would recommend Steven Reid to anyone looking to hire a wedding officiant.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you for your kind words, Jim. I really enjoyed working with you and Kristi and wish you both every happiness.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Alex Sent on 09/05/2022
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    Reverend Steven was absolutely wonderful to work with!

    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!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Thank you so much for your review, Alex. You and Marla were such a pleasure to work with! Wishing you both every happiness.
    Steve
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    Patrick M. Sent on 08/31/2022
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    The Best Efficient

    Steven made our day so special! He lets you customize everything. He treats you like he’s known you for years. He was on time, dressed appropriately, and a great communicator. Our wedding wouldn’t of been the same without him!

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Hi Pat,
    I really enjoyed working with you and Victoria and wish you both every happiness.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Katarina Sent on 09/19/2022
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    Pastor Steve is Phenomenal

    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, and 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.

    Love is Love - Reverend Steven Reid's reply:

    Hi Katie,
    Thanks for your kind review. I loved working with you and Bryce and wish you both many happy years together.
    Best wishes,
    Steve
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    Bryce H. Sent on 08/11/2022
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    The best officiant

    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 us 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.
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    Justin Sent on 07/24/2022
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    Our Perfect Ceremony, thanks to Steven

    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 communications 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!
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    Warren A. Sent on 04/08/2022
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    Warm, Friendly, and Accommodating

    Steven was a great officiant for our small wedding. He was receptive to our choice of location, despite the fog, wind, and cold weather (low 40’s). He never made us feel pressured to change anything at any point. Our ceremony started on time, and was beautiful.
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    Adriana F. Sent on 11/08/2021
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    The best !

    Steven was amazing, he was very on top of the details for our special day
    We enjoyed so much the ceremony, it was a magical moment
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    Kate F. Sent on 08/14/2021
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    Caring, fun professional

    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 guidance 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.
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    Brian Sent on 08/02/2021
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    Fantastic Beachside Ceremony

    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 experience.
    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!!
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    Kelli M. Sent on 08/03/2021
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    Warm and personal wedding ceremony

    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 for 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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    Brenda W. Sent on 08/05/2021
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    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 voice 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!!
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