Rev. Brian was SO fantastic from beginning to end in the planning of our ceremony for our wedding. We had some very specific ideas about how we wanted our ceremony to go, and he not only went along with and encouraged all of them, he also made ...suggestions on how to make them 10x better.
From our very first meeting with him, he was extremely warm and made us feel super comfortable while he learned about our story. We felt this was very important, because by the time he officiated our ceremony last weekend, he basically felt like a very old friend who really knew us. He was receptive to everything we told him we wanted, while being honest about what he felt would not work and came up with alternate suggestions. We met with several other officiants who felt very salesy and pushy, before meeting with Rev. Brian and choosing him immediately.
I am a very OCD perfectionist, which I'm sure was very annoying during the whole year leading up to our wedding, as we contacted Rev. Brian many times and made MANY changes to the ceremony draft and our vows. He responded to every single call, text, and email basically WITHIN THE HOUR, and always with endless enthusiasm and positivity.
Our Maitre D was not present during our rehearsal dinner, and so Rev. Brian had to take the lead and instruct our entire bridal party and family how to walk and what to do for the more complicated rituals in our ceremony. He made sure everyone knew where they were supposed to be and what they were supposed to be doing and did not leave until there were no more questions left. We appreciated him immensely for making this his responsibility and taking accountability for every bit imaginable.
None of this can even compare to how awesome he was on the morning of our wedding. My now-husband and I were very stressed and freaking out about many of the details that the venue got wrong. Rev Brian took it upon himself to run around the hour before the ceremony, making things as easy as possible for us and righting all the venue's wrongs (chairs in the wrong place, no table behind us for our wine box ceremony, etc.). In addition to taking care of these details, he also took the time to stop into the bridal suite right before the ceremony to calm my nerves with some very sweet and meaningful words of wisdom.
He answered every question with the utmost care and clarity and never seemed exasperated by our many requests and changes. We could tell through the whole process that he cared about us as people, that no matter how many ceremonies he has performed, he still approaches each one as a separate and unique event that he will bring his own personal sense of warmth to. His reading of our entire ceremony was perfect, not monotonous like many other officiants at weddings we have been to as guests. So many of our friends came up to us after, asking how we found him and that he was great!
We cannot pay Rev. Brian enough compliments in how instrumental he was to helping create our perfect day. Our story, our vows, and everything ended up perfect and exactly how we imagined it. Thank you again, Rev. Brian!!!