Wedding Belle Rev, LLC

and thoughtful and created the perfect ceremony for us. We met together a few times before the wedding, and she got to know us individually and as a couple. She strikes the perfect balance between providing ideas and templates but tailoring to your wants and needs. She can make the ceremony more religious or secular depending on what you’re looking for. Weddings can bring up so many happy but also sometimes sad emotions, and Kristen is there as a friend and confidant through all those ups and downs. So many of our guests commented on how beautiful the ceremony was and how perfect it was for us. Kristen was a joy to work with and we are happy to have gotten to know her as well. We honestly feel like we walked away with a lifelong friend. So, if you want your ceremony to feel personal and comfortable, Kristen is your girl. Love you Kristen! <3

l pre-marital counseling sessions that helped my husband and I discuss all things leading up to marriage, and really allowed us to get to know Kristen better too. Kristen really is so warm, understanding, insightful and supportive. The actual wedding ceremony was so beautiful, and both my husband and my favorite part of our wedding day. We’re so thankful for Kristen’s guidance and encourage anyone to work with her.

sten welcomed us with open arms, and was genuinely invested in us as a couple and offered wisdom in a particularly trying part of the wedding planning process. She offered that outside perspective that reminded me that our wedding was about our love for each other, not the wedding stress. Kristen was warm, compassionate, and professional and the ceremony was everything we asked for. I highly recommend Kristen and Wedding Belle Rev—look no further for the perfect officiant. -Christina and Josh

xactly what we wanted - even making sure she communicated to us when our parents requested something differently of her. haha! She had many examples for us to review when we were writing our own vows. She made the planning of the ceremony special but not overwhelming! Thank you, Kristen!!

ony and truly made us feel like the center of attention. She took our input and our template and delivered a perfect service for us. 10/10 recommend her.

sonal and unique. She was always quick to respond to emails and set up meetings. She provided detailed drafts of the ceremony and coordinated with our day-of coordinator and DJ to ensure everything ran smoothly. Our friends and family thought the ceremony was wonderful, and we did too! She was also extremely helpful with taking care of the paperwork for the marriage certificate and providing us with information about legal name changing after the wedding as well. I would recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant!

was worried about finding the right officiant. From the moment I found Kristen and we had our first meeting, my fears were completely quelled and I knew we had found the perfect person. Kristen is full of such genuine, beautiful, and caring energy. Even from our first meeting, we could sense that she truly cared about us as individuals and as a couple, and we felt that throughout the process, culminating in the most beautiful, thoughtful, and personal wedding ceremony. We did the pre-wedding sessions with her and found them to be incredibly thought-provoking and to set the tone for our wedding and marriage. Through these sessions, we talked about what has made us the way we are and what kind of people and marriage do we want to be/have. The sessions also helped us write our vows. She provided many examples of vows and readings to help spark our ideas, and she incorporated my specific requests of poems so seamlessly. I am so thankful that Kristen is who stood with us on our big day and married us!

rfectly meshed with our weekend. She gave us assurance and confidence thru the whole process. As an out of state couple visiting CHS for our wedding I would highly recommend her for your event.

lying for our wedding license, selecting readings and special moments in our ceremony, to the legal how-tos for changing my last name. She was readily available whenever we needed her and all of our guests thought she was an incredibly kind and thoughtful officiant. She really made our day that much more special

barriers and initiate conversations that were important to cover prior to marriage. David was our officiant and he did an AMAZING job. He also helped me write my vows which was difficult for me to get started, but he was there along the entire process. Love both of these people!

She provided so many helpful sources for writing our vows/ceremony and even sent me an email on how to start the daunting name change process. Kristen feels like a good friend now. I was almost as happy to see her at the end of the aisle as I was to see my husband!! Lol. She is a wonderful person and we are so thankful that she married us! ❤️

ughout the entire process. Before booking, he scheduled a zoom session so we could get to know each other before making a decision. After chatting with him, we knew instantly he would be the person to officiate our special day—he is kind, honest and a true professional. David provided much needed guidance in choosing various components of the ceremony, while also allowing us complete autonomy to make it ours. He crafted a beautiful ceremony that was perfect for us as a couple. We received so many complements from family and friends on what a wonderful job he did. We can’t say enough good things about David and we highly recommend his officiant services.

e first time we met in person after spending hours of great conversation with her and my (now) wife meeting online. What she put together for our ceremony was perfect, and she was invaluable in the lead up. Patient, hilarious, thoughtful, compassionate, insightful, professional — by the time we were standing at the front of our wedding ceremony, we both considered Kristen a good friend. Hire her!!!

time he had a way of making everyone feel comfortable like we have been friends for life. Also, we had a request to “mash up” vows from a few different sources and he found a way to deliver this request and it ended up being better than anything we could do on our own. Overall, David was a true professional, a wonderful person, and we highly recommend him.

counseling which allowed us even more time to spend with her. She is the sweetest and has a great sense of humor. So many of our guests complimented us on her after the wedding. She made the whole ceremony special and feel so personal. We couldn't imagine having anyone else officiate our wedding.

l sessions allowed us to take a step back from all the chaos and focus on each other and our future together. On the day of the wedding, she was ready to stand out in the rain if that's what we wanted-- luckily the skies let up right before the ceremony began. We couldn't have asked for a better person to marry us. It came together beautifully and we are so blessed to have gained a friend in the process.

an amazing job officiating our wedding! She helped us create a ceremony that was exactly what we wanted.

have made it feel generic and far from special. We were lucky enough to have our planner recommend Kristen and it completely changed our experience. Kristen is one of the most kind-hearted people we have met and after one call with her there was no doubt that she was the officiant that we were going to move forward with. Kristen took the time to get to know us and gave us more options than we could have possibly imagined for making the ceremony exactly what we wanted. She was there for us in the months leading up to the wedding, she was there for the rehearsal and did an amazing job on the actual day. After the wedding we had numerous friends and family commenting on how she did such a great job and asking how we found her. She even dealt with all of the logistics of getting the paperwork taken care of. Overall, we couldn’t be happier. Kristen is an amazing person and made our day very special. Thanks again Kristen it was truly a joy to know you and have you marry us. - Kelsey and Oliver

person we wanted to marry us. The way she talks about love, faith, and weddings is so meaningful. We were both unsure how we wanted to approach our vows or ceremony in the beginning. After talking with Kristen over email and in person, it easily became the part of the wedding we were most looking forward to. Kristen helped us put our love into words and vows. She made us feel comfortable the entire time leading up to our wedding and most importantly - she made us feel comfortable and excited on our wedding day! We were seriously in (happy) tears our entire ceremony because every word was so meaningful and full of love. We can't thank you enough, Kristen!

am so happy that she agreed to officiate our wedding. After we met with Kristen for the first time via zoom, my husband and I immediately looked at each other and agreed we didn't want to interview anyone else, Kristen was the one! She was kind, funny, warm, knowledgable, and aligned with our views on pretty much everything. We decided to sign up for Kristen's premarital counseling which we also highly recommend. Kristen really made us think about what we wanted from our marriage, and how to successfully create a healthy dynamic both for our present and our future. My husband and I especially wanted an officiant who would respect our desire to have a reform Jewish and atheist combination wedding. Kristen respected this immediately and thoughtfully planned how she could incorporate exactly what we wanted into our ceremony. When she sent the draft to us to consider, my husband and I both cried by the beauty of what she had created! Come wedding week, Kristen came to the ceremony rehearsal and kept me and my husband calm with her hugs and supportive words. On wedding day I can honestly say the ceremony ran smoothly and beautifully because of her! Having her under the arbor guiding us through our vows was one of the most memorable experiences of our wedding! I cannot recommend Kristen enough. I feel lucky that she was able to officiate our special day, and I feel even luckier that I can still call her a friend today!

tough, and much needed, conversation. So many guests came up to us at the reception to compliment what a great ceremony we had and how wonderful Kristen was. Thank you!

we wanted it. After speaking with her, we were sure that we had found our officiant. She provided us with resources to help us decide how to personalize our ceremony and then brought it all together in the end. She is truly the nicest and sweetest person that has compassion for all. Having been to many ceremonies, I can say that Kristen's are the best!

thoughtful wedding ceremony. Could not recommend her highly enough. She’s great!

favorite of all weddings we have attended. Since speaking with many of our guests, we have a feeling ours will be doing the same and will remember our ceremony for years to come. She finds a way to make you laugh and cry within seconds of each other and reminds everyone what love and marriage are about. I am so thankful Kristen came into our lives, that we grew closer with her and each other through her premarital counseling, and that she will continue to be part of our lives for years. I can't sing her praises loud enough and encourage you to use her for your ceremony as well as premarital counseling.

anding couples and incorporating their value systems for a truly unique ceremony. Our wedding was in the first week of the pandemic and had to be cancelled the week of. Kristen insisted on being at our side to re-coordinate and the next day hopped on a boat to officiate a brand new ceremony. She was the rock in a very difficult time and went above and beyond to make sure we were able to be married, even if it didn’t look at all how we planned. Hope everyone is lucky enough to have her at their special day!

at we do. After a quick perusal of her website and an introductory Facetime, we knew we had found the perfect match to perform our wedding ceremony! She truly took the time to get to know both my husband and me, as individuals and as partners. We got the package with the premarital sessions, and highly recommend that! Kristen is welcoming, open and always there to listen. She is very organized, and directed our rehearsal so that everyone knew exactly what to do on the day of. Despite only getting to meet in person once before the pandemic struck, we felt so comfortable going into our big day knowing that Kristen would deliver exactly what we wanted for our ceremony, and she did! We are so thankful that we found Kristen to share such a special and momentous occasion with us :)

not we knew Kristen was the only one we needed to talk to! She is a beautiful soul and a constant steady energy throughout the whole process that was much needed and appreciated when planning a 2020 wedding. We also had several guests comment on how great she was and how lovely our ceremony was! Would book her again in a heartbeat!

be our officiant, our guests could not stop talking about her amazing ceremony!!! Thank you so much Kristen for making our wedding day so special!!!!

id. Kristen was able to get to know us and we were able to get to know her. We are very fortunate to now have a new friend! I wouldn’t recommend anyone else for your officiant. She performed an amazing ceremony and everyone loved her

made amazing suggestions for different readings we could incorporate (both readings we ended up including were recommendations from Kristen). She is an experienced professional and made the ceremony so easy (and not stressful!) for us. On the day of our wedding, she was a comforting presence who felt more like a trusted friend than a wedding vendor. I could not recommend Kristen more highly.

ed. She was the only officiant I even looked at, because after speaking to her on the phone I knew she was the one we wanted for our wedding. We decided to do pre marital counseling with Kristen prior to our wedding and enjoyed growing closer with each other and learning more about each other through the homework assignments Kristen gave us. She was super helpful in guiding us in the direction of our ceremony and let us include so many personal touches to it. I will always cherish the memories I have from our ceremony and owe a lot of how seamless and perfect it was to her. Her professionalism, kindness, and amazing demeanor really added something special to our entire wedding planning process.

ce we met her we both knew she was the one we wanted to marry us. She made us both feel so comfortable and she was SO easy to talk to! We left the first meeting thinking it felt like we have known her for years! She helped us navigate what we wanted for our ceremony and absolutely NAILED it having only had 2 meetings with us. We really felt like she got us and our personalities and scripted it so perfectly. The rehearsal and the ceremony went so smoothly - and even though our ceremony started 20 minutes late she made us feel so at ease! And pretty much 100% of our guests commented on how much they loved the ceremony and the things she said. I can't say enough good things about her. I'm normally not one to write reviews but other reviews led me to her and I'm so thankful for that!

on. Kristen challenged us throughout the process and gave us “homework” that consisted of having multiple date nights to discuss in depth, meaningful conversations. After having our date nights we would meet with Kristen to review what we talked about. This was a great addition. We got to know each other quickly and she now feels like family. Our ceremony was beautiful and personal. We got so many compliments on how perfect our ceremony was. It was a pleasure working with Kristen and I would highly recommend her!

his isn't just a job to her - but something she's passionate about and really invested in. She truly wants to know and understand you and is a great listener. And I was over-the-moon thrilled with our ceremony! It felt like a perfect reflection of who we are and what we're all about. We got SO MANY compliments afterwards & people really enjoyed the ceremony and said it was unlike any wedding ceremony they've been to before! I really felt like it was the highlight of our wedding. I also LOVED the premarital counseling sessions we did with Kristen. It was so easy to talk to her and we learned so much by chatting with her, talking through things, and doing the homework assignments! I feel like we were able to get really clear on our plans for our future, and delve deeper into a lot of the "why's" and "how's" of our plans & our decisions. She is just great and I will remember our ceremony forever with fondness!!

y to work with us after our daughter was born a year after our wedding, and came out to Kiawah to do the blessing. We have also met her for coffee each time we have been back and it’s been so nice to have someone who was part of our special day continue to be a part of our lives. If you are looking for an officiant that will not just give a wonderful ceremony but truly be a source of support after your wedding, Kristen is the best!!

new she would be the perfect person to do our ceremony! We connected right away and decided to do premarital counseling sessions with her as well. This was by far the best decision we made! Kristen was absolutely amazing throughout the whole process and we looked forward to every session we had with her! She truly helped us prepare for not only one of the biggest days of our lives but for our marriage and future. She was always there to provide guidance and reassurance when we needed it and she also challenged us to dig a little deeper in our discussions! We enjoyed every moment! Most importantly, the ceremony was ABSOLUTELY perfect! We had so many people compliment us on our ceremony. The main reason is that she truly took the time to get to know us individually and as a couple and this came through in the ceremony from the readings to her help personalizing our vows, and her own words! She has a true passion for what she does and it shows through her work and it was an absolute pleasure working with her! Not a question in my mind, picking Kristen as our officiant was the best decision we made!

he was able to write such a detailed, emotional, individualized ceremony, and she had the whole group in tears. She was wonderful to work with, easy to communicate with, and we have heard nothing but positive things about her ceremony. I would recommend Kristen to anyone getting married in Charleston over and over again.

oughout the wedding planning process. We didn't meet Kristen until our rehearsal and it was like we've known each other for years. She put together such a beautiful ceremony for my husband and I, that it had so many people in tears and smiling. Kristen knew exactly what we were looking for and exceeded expectations with everything! I would recommend Kristen to everyone over and over. She is beautiful inside and out and no one would regret choosing her!

wedding planning process, we felt nothing but confidence and trust in Kristen’s abilities to deliver the wedding ceremony we had always pictured. With all the stress associated with planning a wedding, especially a destination wedding, it was a relief to find a vendor that put us completely at ease. She assisted us throughout the whole process, providing us with advice and helpful information, including step-by-step instructions on how to obtain a marriage license in Charleston County. We’re “type A” organized people, so we loved the fact that she developed a “script” for our ceremony so that we were all on the same page about what was said when, by whom, and following what music selection. With her flexible and warm personality, she worked seamlessly with our other vendors and family members to ensure our ceremony was truly about us. Though we had met her just months before our wedding, we felt like we had known her for some time. When speaking with us in the months leading up to the wedding, she asked us insightful questions about our relationship with each other that allowed us to develop a stronger bond and provided Kristen with anecdotes that she integrated into our wedding ceremony. Many of our guests commented on how personal and touching the ceremony was and complimented Kristen’s humor and charismatic nature. We wholeheartedly recommend Reverend Kristen Barner!

harleston wedding from New York, we were concerned about how difficult it might be to find quality vendors from so far away. Kristen gladly made herself available for video chats so that we could have a chance to get to know her before deciding. By the end of that first video chat, it was a no-brainer¬ – we immediately felt her warmth, kindness, flexibility, and professionalism. Those qualities were front and center all the way through to our wedding day. A few months before our wedding, we traveled down to Charleston with our mothers for our tasting. Kristen happily met with us for coffee so that we could get a chance to meet her in-person before our wedding weekend. Leading up to the wedding, she sent us so many quality materials to help guide us in choosing readings that fit our personalities and to help us in writing our own vows. She was extremely communicative, helpful, and responsive. And then there’s the wedding ceremony: Kristen designed a GORGEOUS ceremony and provided us ample time for edits. We honestly barely changed a thing -- it was so, so beautiful! We could tell that she had really listened to us, folding in our own words and personalities into the ceremony. Our family and friends were incredibly touched by the ceremony; many of them said that it was the most beautiful ceremony that they have ever attended. We are beyond grateful to her and so happy to now count her as a friend!

ling with her. I'm so glad we decided to book her because now she's like family. She is so passionate and kind, she blew our ceremony out of the water! Everyone keeps telling us how personable they thought it was and how much they loved our officiant. Her pre-martial counseling activities are fun and truly make you have time as Bride and Groom during such a crazy time. You will not regret choosing Rev. Kristen, we highly recommend her!!!!

ng and Kristen was perfect fit for us! We were able to do premarital counseling at the oddest times since we lived in a different time zone and she was so accommodating towards us. Her words for our ceremony were absolutely beautiful and representative of us. We could really tell she got to know us and we feel like lifelong friends! She is a beautiful person inside and out, and I would recommend her to anyone!

" activities. Throughout that process, my husband and I learned not only about each other but a lot about ourselves. He and I had lived together for 3 years leading up to our wedding, so several of the "preparing to live together" issues we had already encountered. However, Kristen challenged us to think about things we either had never really thought/talked about or things we had forgotten about. Most importantly, in the midst of all of planning chaos, it brought us back to ground zero to remind each other of the most important part of it all - our commitment and love for one another. Kristen learned so many parts of us and our relationship, and we always had outstanding meetings with her every time. She helped us write our own vows with the traditional notes included, which was so special to us. My husband and I instantly felt a bond with her, and will hold her near and dear in our hearts forever now. You won't find a better officiant or a better person, trust me.

sten could not have been more amazing with our change in plans. She officiated our wedding that morning and then her (and her husband and 2 dogs, who were waiting so patiently in the car) evacuated Charleston right after. My family absolutely loved her and the way she officiated the ceremony. Kristen was with us every step of the way and made everything so easy and stress free! We feel like we've known her forever! We will be forever thankful and grateful to her for waiting to evacuate to officiate our ceremony. I don't know what we would have done without her!