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Claire gave us the most wonderfully beautiful wedding /hand fasting ceremony! She put a lot of energy into crafting a very special and personal service. We knew from our first meeting that Claire was the right person to officiate our ceremony. She spent time getting to know us and our vision for our ceremony. She asked a lot of questions, gave great feedback on our ideas, and was patient in waiting for our responses. All of our guests were impressed, and my wife's uncle was so impressed that he said when his time comes, he would like to have Claire as his funeral officiant. We would highly recommend her to anyone. Whatever option you choose, the result will be well worth your investment. More...

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I contacted Claire for an event very short notice but made me feel very comfortable and special on my wedding day. My family loved her as well. I would recommend her a million times over! More...

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From the first time we met her, my husband and I knew she was the perfect officiant for us. We cancelled our appointments with other ministers we had that week and booked her right away! She put together a stellar ceremony of our dreams and customized it PERFECTLY in terms of content, timing, and performance. If you are looking for an articulate minister who is willing to go the extra mile and accomodate your preferences, book Rev. Claire M. Schwartz!

Claire was ready and offered to orchestrate the whole ceremony, including directing the procession and the music. She honored our plans to let the venue direct the processional aspect, and we were blown away by how respectfully and professionally she worked with the maitre D at our venue (Valley Regency in Clifton, NJ). She came to the rehearsal and ran through the key parts and prepared us for any bumps. The part we loved best about the ceremony was how she weaved together a heartfelt story about how my husband and I met and fell in love. We requested her to perform a 10 minute ceremony and she delivered! Our guests laughed and cried during our ceremony, and afterwards, many came up to us and our parents and remarked how wonderful our officiant was! She was a hit!

In planning and performing the ceremony, we saw how her prior experiences in performance arts were truly invaluable. We initially planned to have the ceremony outside in the gardens, but as luck would have it, it began raining 1.5 hours before the ceremony and she calmly worked with our venue and musicians to rehearse and perform the ceremony indoors. No stranger to improvisation, there was another part during the actual ceremony when a 2 year old girl fell off her seat and started to cry loudly and uncontrollably. Rev. Schwartz responded to the situation perfectly with grace and a bit of of humor, and the ceremony continued without skipping a beat.

In summary, we give Rev. Claire M. Schwartz our HIGHEST recommendation! More...

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We absolutely love the service provided you have mad our wedding day easy and I would definitely recommend u to anyone very nice a genuine thanks

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Claire, what can we say? We met Claire and it was an instant connection over the phone! We made an arrangement to meet and she took the time to listen and get to know us over a short period of time! She created a beautiful ceremony with opening remarks that touched all our hearts and continued in that vein through out our ceremony!
We could not have picked a better person to preform our same sex marriage .
She has a fabulous speaking voice is kind hearted and a new friend to cherish!
We highly recommend herM More...

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