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(75)1010 River Haven Circle Apt. E, Charleston, SC
About this vendor
Wedding Belle Rev, LLC, is the duo of Rev. Kristen Barner and David Loar. We would be thrilled to officiate your wedding!
Kristen, an ordained UCC minister, founded Wedding Belle Rev in 2012 and has performed nearly 700 weddings since then. David, a professional actor/retired Theatre teacher, joined her in 2022 as her colleague and #1 referral.
At Wedding Belle Rev, we believe that your wedding ceremony is just that: YOUR ceremony. We write each ceremony individually after getting to know you through in-person meetings, Zoom meetings, and email exchanges. We also provide an extensive collection of scriptural and secular readings, vows, and other rites to help you create a ceremony that expresses who you are: your love, your beliefs, your hopes and dreams, your commitment to each other. We work with you until your ceremony is just right for YOU!
We also provide a 4-session program of premarital counseling. Kristen created the program, relying on her experience as an associate church pastor, hospital chaplain trained in CPE, and conflict mediator. Hundreds of couples have completed the premarital-counseling program and benefited from the knowledge they’ve gained during the process.
If you’re planning to get married in the Charleston, SC, area, contact us at Wedding Belle Rev—and let’s start the conversation about creating YOUR ceremony!
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Hindu
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
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David was SO easy to work with! He was engaging, communicative, and easygoing. He was an absolutely seamless part of our day/wedding experience. I hope never to get married again, ...
but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate to call him!
David and Kristen are so lovely!!! We inquired with them for officiant services, participated in the pre-martial sessions they offer, and David was our wedding officiant. He was gr...
eat and they are very warm, friendly people.
Kristen was the absolute best. Not only did she take the time to sit with my wife and I multiple times and ensure that the ceremony was everything we could dream of and more, she a...
lso has a natural charisma that puts you at ease. Every step of our process with her, from start to finish, was executed with time and care. She also got to meet our pups who were in the ceremony before hand and has even kept in touch with us after our ceremony. We couldn’t sing higher praises of Kristen. If you’re looking and she’s available, do yourself a favor you won’t regret and reach out!
Kristen was an amazing officiant for our wedding! We also opted for the pre-marital counseling which I highly recommend for every couple. She was so helpful leading up to the weddi...
ng with the ceremonial planning and counseling. She was also great at taking charge during the rehearsal and she even blessed our dog, Rosie before the ceremony began! While having a friend or family member officiating adds a personal touch, it is not the same as having an experienced professional like Kristen. I felt like our ceremony and vows had more meaning because she was involved!
We were so nervous about picking an officiant since we didn’t have any friend or family member for the job. Then we met Kristen and immediately felt at ease. She is extremely kind ...
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
We are so grateful to have had Kristen marry us! Although we only met her about two years before our wedding, it felt as if we’d known each other much longer. She provided wonderfu...
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.
At first, we weren’t sure if we wanted a family member/friend or a third party to serve as our officiant. When we met with Kristen on Zoom, I realized we didn’t have to choose. Kri...
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
We loved having Rev. Kristen Barner officiate our wedding last September!! Going into it, it was not important for us to be very traditional or religious. She was able to give us e...
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!!
Kristen was an incredible officiant, she sent us plenty of templates for us to be able to guide our service with. She had several calls with us discussing every detail of our cerem...
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.
Kristen was so responsive from the very beginning and super helpful with providing so many resources for suggested readings, flow of the ceremony, and ways to make the ceremony per...
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!
Having Kristen of Wedding Belle Rev as our officiant was one of the best parts of not only our wedding day but the whole wedding planning process as well. Being from out of town, I...
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!
Kristen met all of our expectations and more! She took great time to get to know us before our big day and it felt like we were getting married by a friend. She was flexible and pe...
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.
Kristen was fantastic as our officiant! She was super friendly, and went above and beyond to make our wedding ceremony one to remember! She helped us with so many aspects, from app...
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
We worked with Kristen and David throughout our wedding planning process and also did premarital counseling with them. I would highly recommend adding that- it helped us break down...
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!
I can’t say enough good things about Kristen. From our first Zoom call, she was so lovely and personable that we knew immediately she was the right person to officiate our wedding....
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! ❤️
David Loar with Wedding Belle Rev officiated our destination wedding in Charleston and we couldn’t be happier with our decision. David was incredibly thoughtful and attentive thro...
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.
Kristen officiated our wedding and facilitated pre-marital counseling for us for the months ahead of the event. Kristen is absolutely the best; to the point where I almost cried th...
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!!!
We used David for our service and couldn’t be happier. He was a true professional and made the process as easy as possible. Even for someone that I only knew for a short period of...
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.
If you are looking for a wedding officiant, look no further. Having Kristen as the officiant for our wedding was the best decision we could have made! We also did the extra couples...
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.
Hiring Kristen as our officiant was truly one of the best decisions we made regarding our wedding. It's easy to lose sight of what matters when planning a wedding. Our pre-marita...
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.
Kristen is the best! We were comfortable talking to her right away, and decided to do the premarital counseling option. She asks great questions and makes it easy and fun. She did ...
an amazing job officiating our wedding! She helped us create a ceremony that was exactly what we wanted.
When we first started searching for an officiant, we initially didn’t have much luck. Everyone we talked to seemed to offer little to no customization of the ceremony which would ...
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
Rev. Kristen Barner is AMAZING. Seriously - one of the best decisions we made for our wedding was working with Kristen! Right from our very first Zoom, we knew that Kristen was the...
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!
If you are getting married in the Charleston area, you MUST pick Kristen Barner as your wedding officiant! Kirsten was recommended to us by our wedding planner, Jessica Cruz, and I...
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!
Kristen delivered the most perfect ceremony for us. She added humor and personal touches, all filled with love. I highly recommend the premarital counseling. It opens the door to ...
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!
Kristen married my husband and I in Charleston on 6.19.2021. I was searching for an officiant who was open minded and accepting to all and would help us mold our ceremony the way ...
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!
Kristen was an incredible officiant and did a fantastic job with our pre-marital counseling. We felt like she really took the time to get to know us in order to make it a personal,...
thoughtful wedding ceremony. Could not recommend her highly enough. She’s great!
My husband and I met Kristen when she officiated our close friends wedding 3 years ago and since then we have always talked about how much we loved her ceremony and that it was our...
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.
I cannot say enough great things about Kristen as an officiant or a person. Her professionalism, personality and energy make the process a breeze and she has a passion for underst...
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!
Kristen has been great for us and really helped keep us on track. We were incredibly lucky to have her and our dogs loved her too.
Kristen caught our eye from the beginning because we knew we wanted a religious aspect to our ceremony, but also someone who was down to earth and shared many of the same values th...
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 :)
We had the pleasure of seeing Kristen in action when she married my brother and sister in law at their wedding several years ago. When it came time for my fiance and I to tie the k...
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!
Kristen is amazing!!!! So personable, sweet, and truly cares about her couples. We grew so close with Kristen after the first week of talking via phone. So grateful we chose her to...
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!!!!
We were very nervous about choosing an officiant, but as soon as we met Kristen we knew she was going to be amazing. We choose to do the pre marital counseling and are so glad we d...
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
I am SO glad that we chose Kristen to marry us. She is kind, warm and passionate about what she does. She wrote a BEAUTIFUL ceremony that truly reflected who we are as a couple and...
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.
I literally cannot put into words how much my husband and I love Kristen.
I started planning my wedding well over a year in advance and Kristen was one of the first vendors I pick...
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.
My wife and I selected Kristin after doing a lot of online research and then actually meeting her in person. The reviews online are great but they don't do her enough justice! On...
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!
Kristen is absolutely amazing. Initially we were just going to have her do our ceremony but we decided to add the pre marital counseling and I could not be happier with this decisi...
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!
Kristen is one of our favorite parts of our wedding day & the entire planning process!!! The best thing about working with her is that she truly cares, and it's clear as day that t...
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!!
I wrote a review following our wedding about how wonderful working with Kristen was, but I want to follow up since she just did a baby blessing for us. She was so gracious and happ...
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!!
We were planning our Charleston wedding from Atlanta, so the thought of picking an officiant from a list was a little scary, but the moment we spoke with Kristen on the phone, we k...
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!
Kristen is absolutely amazing! She was such a hit! Everyone at the wedding could not believe we had just met her at the wedding rehearsal! It was like we had known her for years. S...
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.
Rev. Kristen is amazing! From our first conversation with her we knew she was the perfect fit to be our officiant! Choosing her as our officiant was one our best decisions made thr...
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!
From the moment we first spoke with Kristen, my husband and I knew immediately that we wanted to book her as our wedding officiant. We can honestly say that throughout the entire ...
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!
Simply said, Kristen is AMAZING and choosing her as your officiant will be one of the best decisions that you’ll make throughout your wedding planning process. While planning our C...
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!
Rev. Kristen is the best!!! When my Husband and I first met Kristen we never knew how close we would grow to her. We hired her to officiant our wedding and to do pre-marital counse...
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!!!!
We cannot say enough wonderful things about Kristen Barner! She is basically part of our family now and we are so happy we chose her! We chose Charleston, SC as a destination weddi...
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!
I don't even know how to begin, except to say Kristen is now someone we call family. My (now) husband and I went through Kristen's premarital course in which there were 4 "homework...
" 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.
We love Kristen!! She is absolutely fabulous! We were supposed to get married on Oct 7 but hurricane Matthew changed those plans for us. We moved the wedding up to Thursday and Kri...
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!
Dear Bride, stop scouring reviews and just hire Kristen from Wedding Belle Rev. Not only will you get a fantastic officiant who is truly invested in every single one of her couples...
, but you both will get a friend for life. My fiance and i booked Kristen for premarital counseling (so worth it!) and our ceremony. The premaritial counseling was the furthest thing from painful. We got to drink wine together (we did ours at various happy hours) and did 4 homework assignments from Kristen. Afterwards, we would FaceTime her as we lived in Seattle, and we would chat. SO incredibly helpful when you are stressed from planning a wedding because these activities really help you plan your life and your marriage, the most important parts.For our ceremony, we worked with Kristen to choose every reading and she sent over multiple drafts (including a change from the MOB the night before!). Wedding Belle Rev gave us a one of a kind ceremony that was spiritual, but not overly religious, personal, modern, and true to who we are. The day of our wedding, as i walked down the aisle, i was about as happy to see Kristen as i was my groom! From the tears in the crowd and from everyones feedback after, our ceremony was one of the most personalized and beautiful that our guests had ever attended. If you are a modern and romantic bride, hire Wedding Belle Rev to not only help you tie the knot, but also help you build a lifetime of happiness together.
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