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Elizabeth Sent on 07/13/20245 out of 5 rating
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Extremely friendly, accommodating, and efficient
Mr. Glos was the star of our ceremony! We really enjoyed his professionalism, presentation, and calming demeanor. He is very efficient, flexible, and provides customizable ceremony templates. He checked all of our boxes and we couldn’t be happier with his services!
Mr. Glos was the star of our ceremony! We really enjoyed his professionalism, presentation, and calming demeanor. He is very efficient, flexible, and provides customizable ceremony templates. He checked all of our boxes and we couldn’t be happier with his services!
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Kyle A. Sent on 05/12/20245 out of 5 rating
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Nice Officiant
Bernie worked with us to give us the best ceremony we could get. We appreciated all he did.Bernie worked with us to give us the best ceremony we could get. We appreciated all he did. -
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Kristen L. Sent on 11/10/20235 out of 5 rating
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Excellent, compassionate, and special officiant 1000% recommend
We were so grateful to have Dr. Glos as our officiant. He allowed us to choose for curated readings during the ceremonies and his words moved my father-in-law, a military veteran, to tears. His delivery was so lovely and professional. He was responsive and reliable and we can't say enough good things. 1000% recommend hiring him to make your day special.We were so grateful to have Dr. Glos as our officiant. He allowed us to choose for curated readings during the ceremonies and his words moved my father-in-law, a military veteran, to tears. His delivery was so lovely and professional. He was responsive and reliable and we can't say enough good things. 1000% recommend hiring him to make your day special. -
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Maria G. Sent on 11/10/20235 out of 5 rating
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Great and helpful
Bernard was absolutely great! He always responded when I reached out to him. He gave us ideas on ceremony prompts, but still let us add our own unique ideas. I was nervous about getting the marriage license sent in, but Bernard handled it for us. I 100% recommend him.Bernard was absolutely great! He always responded when I reached out to him. He gave us ideas on ceremony prompts, but still let us add our own unique ideas. I was nervous about getting the marriage license sent in, but Bernard handled it for us. I 100% recommend him. -
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Frank R. Sent on 07/23/20235 out of 5 rating
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This Guy is Amazing!
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Jisinmisola O. Sent on 02/23/20235 out of 5 rating
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Great all round!
This was a very straightforward and pleasurable experience! I really appreciate Mr BernardThis was a very straightforward and pleasurable experience! I really appreciate Mr Bernard -
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Gustavo B. Sent on 11/22/20225 out of 5 rating
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Great secular officiant and a great conversation as well
I was looking for a non-religious officiant and I could not be happier with Bernie. He not only is a great speaker and officiant, he makes it really easy to create a meaningful and beautiful ceremony with his suggestions on quotes and rituals. His voice and speech is impeccable and talking to him before and after the ceremony was a huge bonus. Highly recommend.I was looking for a non-religious officiant and I could not be happier with Bernie. He not only is a great speaker and officiant, he makes it really easy to create a meaningful and beautiful ceremony with his suggestions on quotes and rituals. His voice and speech is impeccable and talking to him before and after the ceremony was a huge bonus. Highly recommend. -
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Joseph B. Sent on 11/09/20225 out of 5 rating
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Awesome, calm and beautiful, Bernard made our day even more special
Bernard is best, he is very responsive, we also like the complete format that he has structured for vows, for closure etc., it's the best, it's like designing and customizing our own marriage, we loved it. We are an hour late for our marriage, but Bernard was patient and he made it possible for us.Bernard is best, he is very responsive, we also like the complete format that he has structured for vows, for closure etc., it's the best, it's like designing and customizing our own marriage, we loved it. We are an hour late for our marriage, but Bernard was patient and he made it possible for us. -
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Sunilkrishna R. Sent on 10/24/20225 out of 5 rating
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Intimate hassle free Wedding
Mr. Bernard Glos did an amazing job for our intimate wedding. He was flexible with the dates and also had great suggestions as part of the packages he provides for us to help with the wedding. Overall, it was a seamless, easy, and we cannot ask for a better person to have conducted our wedding. I highly recommend Bernard to anyone who likes a hassle free wedding.Mr. Bernard Glos did an amazing job for our intimate wedding. He was flexible with the dates and also had great suggestions as part of the packages he provides for us to help with the wedding. Overall, it was a seamless, easy, and we cannot ask for a better person to have conducted our wedding. I highly recommend Bernard to anyone who likes a hassle free wedding. -
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Karolina H. Sent on 09/20/20225 out of 5 rating
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Wonderful choice!
My now-husband and I hired Bernard to officiate. We couldn't have been happier with this decision and included him in our wedding pictures. He sent us an incredible selection of readings and vows to choose from (much better than anything we came up with ourselves!) and he was also extremely open to all our minor revisions and additions -- even one very last-minute panicked change. He was also very responsive to emails and phone calls, punctual, and very knowledgeable about marriage rules and regulations in various states. He has a far-reaching voice and great enunciation for reaching far into a crowd and overcoming any noise. His background in social work was really interesting to hear about and, together with his humanist commitments, made us feel really good about the person who married us.My now-husband and I hired Bernard to officiate. We couldn't have been happier with this decision and included him in our wedding pictures. He sent us an incredible selection of readings and vows to choose from (much better than anything we came up with ourselves!) and he was also extremely open to all our minor revisions and additions -- even one very last-minute panicked change. He was also very responsive to emails and phone calls, punctual, and very knowledgeable about marriage rules and regulations in various states. He has a far-reaching voice and great enunciation for reaching far into a crowd and overcoming any noise. His background in social work was really interesting to hear about and, together with his humanist commitments, made us feel really good about the person who married us. -
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Arleth H. Sent on 08/29/20225 out of 5 rating
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Wonderful Officiant
Bernard was the best officiant, very kind and easy to work with. He took us last minute! Our wedding was very simple but very memorable thanks to Bernard. We highly recommend him to other couples who are planning to get married. Thank you very much Bernard. We give you a rate of 5 stars! 😄Bernard was the best officiant, very kind and easy to work with. He took us last minute! Our wedding was very simple but very memorable thanks to Bernard. We highly recommend him to other couples who are planning to get married. Thank you very much Bernard. We give you a rate of 5 stars! 😄 -
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Kt Sent on 09/01/20225 out of 5 rating
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Great experience!
Thanks for being our officiant and making the process easy for us.
Thanks for being our officiant and making the process easy for us.
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Larice B. Sent on 07/15/20215 out of 5 rating
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Excellent Person
He was kind, very informative, punctual and gave us different quotes and scriptures to pick through and put together for the ceremony. I would definitely recommend him.He was kind, very informative, punctual and gave us different quotes and scriptures to pick through and put together for the ceremony. I would definitely recommend him. -
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Roberta S. Sent on 06/13/20215 out of 5 rating
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Professional, Organized, Affordable
Bernard Glos was very organized and gave us many options to choose from. He let us customize our wedding ceremony to be what we wanted it to be. He was very professional and the communication before the ceremony was great! He does not participate in the rehearsal (unless requested for an extra fee) and I didn't see any problem with him not being there for that. I would highly recommend Bernard Glos!Bernard Glos was very organized and gave us many options to choose from. He let us customize our wedding ceremony to be what we wanted it to be. He was very professional and the communication before the ceremony was great! He does not participate in the rehearsal (unless requested for an extra fee) and I didn't see any problem with him not being there for that. I would highly recommend Bernard Glos! -
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Molly H. Sent on 09/06/20205 out of 5 rating
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Highly recommend Bernie!
Bernie did such an amazing job at our ceremony. He was so professional, kind, prompt and reliable in every aspect! He walked us through our entire process and was there every step of the way answering any questions we had and serving our every need and want with good advise and tips! He truly accommodated our needs to have an extremely personal and sentimental ceremony. We loved his explanation of what the humanist society that he is a part of is along with their belief system and I think it reflects him as a person quite well.
He charges $100.00 and is worth WAY more, but like he told me, he isn’t in this to make money - I believe him and really like the authenticity!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!Bernie did such an amazing job at our ceremony. He was so professional, kind, prompt and reliable in every aspect! He walked us through our entire process and was there every step of the way answering any questions we had and serving our every need and want with good advise and tips! He truly accommodated our needs to have an extremely personal and sentimental ceremony. We loved his explanation of what the humanist society that he is a part of is along with their belief system and I think it reflects him as a person quite well.
He charges $100.00 and is worth WAY more, but like he told me, he isn’t in this to make money - I believe him and really like the authenticity!
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Malva V. Sent on 10/11/20205 out of 5 rating
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Bernard is just amazing
Bernard officiated my wedding. He is so easy going and profesional, and made the whole process very easy for us. I had issues with the venue and time of the ceremony and he was just so understandable. Thanks you Bernard.Bernard officiated my wedding. He is so easy going and profesional, and made the whole process very easy for us. I had issues with the venue and time of the ceremony and he was just so understandable. Thanks you Bernard. -
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Winston A. Sent on 11/05/20195 out of 5 rating
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He charge only $100 for a last minute notice. I believed he deserves more than what he's asking. He did everything right with great patienceHe charge only $100 for a last minute notice. I believed he deserves more than what he's asking. He did everything right with great patience -
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Taylor H. Sent on 03/24/20231.8 out of 5 rating
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St. Patrick’s Day Wedding 2023
We never wanted an officiant for our wedding. To get our date, we had to because the city we married in only does so many weddings a day still due to covid restrictions, that will end this May. We were never willing to budge on our date. It was our 5th anniversary of dating. It had sentimental value. So we had to find an officiant. The one we hired was one of 3 to get back to me and I strongly think I would have less regrets had I given the other two a go.
Bernard comes with a great library of material to throw together for your ceremony. Some things are original some I already had saved onto my phone somewhere as well. He says he can preform multiple ceremonies, like hand-fasting or the sand. Make sure to bring your own sand, or he’ll definitely yell at you.
We are not from the state we are getting married in, like many other couples. I can only be as versed in the law as Google lets me. And to our knowledge we’ve seen family in Illinios sign documents at weddings and other couples in states with similar laws not needing witnesses have used their dogs the day off. We sent over this idea to him first thing because our dogs are very important to us. He yelled at me through email in all caps. Didn’t even calmly explain why that legally was an issue. I got a “NO! NO OTHER SIGNATURES!” with a lengthy and just as mean explanation. I was afraid to tell anyone I had been screamed at by my officiant in email because I just really needed my paper signed on that day. But it made me nervous and continued to give me stress. We agreed on a location and I have it in writing. He calls me screaming about where we are at (as if weddings always start on time) and tells me he is at a chase bank and won’t be leaving the location to head to where we are suppose to meet. He was so rude, I couldn’t wait to get off the phone with him. I was in tears and my mom called him back and tried to figure out what was up and where he was at and why he was being a brat. He yelled at her too and hung up on her. We get to the bridge he’s not there and we see no one at the chase bank across the street, the groom calls him and this man was also rude and hung up on the groom. Lastly my father calls him and tells him where we are all at. Tells him we see the freaking chase bank. And explains that yelling at everyone and acting this way gets no one nowhere.
He finally shows up after we froze and waited by the river for 10 more minutes after he screamed at me when we were on our way. We get out our license and our materials for the ceremony. We agreed to do hand fasting and to my knowledge we thought he would be tying the knot. He gets into a squabble with the groom when we are standing together about to start and tells us to hang onto the rope… he also only wrapped it around our hands and pulled it completely off leaving NO KNOT. How dumb, he had no idea what he was doing, and we wished he had communicated that because we had practiced the infinity on our own. We later went back and tied our own knot the next day because he messed that up for us. He even said the lines about the knot not coming out and everything and there was still no knot. But two cherries on top of the whole thing were: when the groom finally just took the rope and put it in his pocket after the little fight and this man muttered under his breath AT THE GROOM “Jesus Christ”… and then I started my vows. Absolutely appalling, uncalled for, and rude. I’m not even religious and I was offended he would say that to the groom when we were so close we could whisper. What the hell, is wrong with this man?
Lastly, he nearly just ran off with the license and rudely explained that in Illinios you don’t need signature and that he would be taking it to the court house. After the whole exchange, I did not feel it trustworthy enough for him to get things to the right places. Our Illinios family who have all signed licenses in the last two years were a little puzzled by his last exchange… because they’ve all signed. So I can only hope we’re married, at minimum, he has the legal verbiage for IL wrong, as long as the couple believe it to be a legal marriage, thus it shall be. So if he’s a quack, it won’t matter.
It’s a week out and I’m having nightmares about more emails in caps from this man that don’t exist. He was the worst part of our day and truly truly the only regret. I would not pay him any amount of money to possibly ruin your day. He’s not flexible or nice, he has no business being in the wedding business.
To add injury to insult; he disputed my review which was nearly immediately reinstated no issues on my end and he has replied that he was regretful he didn’t “require it be indoors”… he could’ve said no, and he didn’t from the beginning of our interactions. And it’s not his day! It’s also the Windy City, which his profile says he services, surely he has done services with wind before, the excuses. Again, he could’ve said no from the beginning of our interactions and DID NOT.
0/10 For experience and professionalism. As I said once, he should not be in the wedding business if he cannot handle weddings that he did not plan himself. My photographer did a great job of hiding him in most photos because my very small group had an awful experience with this man. Shame that he would ruin my day or make me change my plans. Other than the officiant, my day was perfect!We never wanted an officiant for our wedding. To get our date, we had to because the city we married in only does so many weddings a day still due to covid restrictions, that will end this May. We were never willing to budge on our date. It was our 5th anniversary of dating. It had sentimental value. So we had to find an officiant. The one we hired was one of 3 to get back to me and I strongly think I would have less regrets had I given the other two a go.
Bernard comes with a great library of material to throw together for your ceremony. Some things are original some I already had saved onto my phone somewhere as well. He says he can preform multiple ceremonies, like hand-fasting or the sand. Make sure to bring your own sand, or he’ll definitely yell at you.
We are not from the state we are getting married in, like many other couples. I can only be as versed in the law as Google lets me. And to our knowledge we’ve seen family in Illinios sign documents at weddings and other couples in states with similar laws not needing witnesses have used their dogs the day off. We sent over this idea to him first thing because our dogs are very important to us. He yelled at me through email in all caps. Didn’t even calmly explain why that legally was an issue. I got a “NO! NO OTHER SIGNATURES!” with a lengthy and just as mean explanation. I was afraid to tell anyone I had been screamed at by my officiant in email because I just really needed my paper signed on that day. But it made me nervous and continued to give me stress. We agreed on a location and I have it in writing. He calls me screaming about where we are at (as if weddings always start on time) and tells me he is at a chase bank and won’t be leaving the location to head to where we are suppose to meet. He was so rude, I couldn’t wait to get off the phone with him. I was in tears and my mom called him back and tried to figure out what was up and where he was at and why he was being a brat. He yelled at her too and hung up on her. We get to the bridge he’s not there and we see no one at the chase bank across the street, the groom calls him and this man was also rude and hung up on the groom. Lastly my father calls him and tells him where we are all at. Tells him we see the freaking chase bank. And explains that yelling at everyone and acting this way gets no one nowhere.
He finally shows up after we froze and waited by the river for 10 more minutes after he screamed at me when we were on our way. We get out our license and our materials for the ceremony. We agreed to do hand fasting and to my knowledge we thought he would be tying the knot. He gets into a squabble with the groom when we are standing together about to start and tells us to hang onto the rope… he also only wrapped it around our hands and pulled it completely off leaving NO KNOT. How dumb, he had no idea what he was doing, and we wished he had communicated that because we had practiced the infinity on our own. We later went back and tied our own knot the next day because he messed that up for us. He even said the lines about the knot not coming out and everything and there was still no knot. But two cherries on top of the whole thing were: when the groom finally just took the rope and put it in his pocket after the little fight and this man muttered under his breath AT THE GROOM “Jesus Christ”… and then I started my vows. Absolutely appalling, uncalled for, and rude. I’m not even religious and I was offended he would say that to the groom when we were so close we could whisper. What the hell, is wrong with this man?
Lastly, he nearly just ran off with the license and rudely explained that in Illinios you don’t need signature and that he would be taking it to the court house. After the whole exchange, I did not feel it trustworthy enough for him to get things to the right places. Our Illinios family who have all signed licenses in the last two years were a little puzzled by his last exchange… because they’ve all signed. So I can only hope we’re married, at minimum, he has the legal verbiage for IL wrong, as long as the couple believe it to be a legal marriage, thus it shall be. So if he’s a quack, it won’t matter.
It’s a week out and I’m having nightmares about more emails in caps from this man that don’t exist. He was the worst part of our day and truly truly the only regret. I would not pay him any amount of money to possibly ruin your day. He’s not flexible or nice, he has no business being in the wedding business.
To add injury to insult; he disputed my review which was nearly immediately reinstated no issues on my end and he has replied that he was regretful he didn’t “require it be indoors”… he could’ve said no, and he didn’t from the beginning of our interactions. And it’s not his day! It’s also the Windy City, which his profile says he services, surely he has done services with wind before, the excuses. Again, he could’ve said no from the beginning of our interactions and DID NOT.
0/10 For experience and professionalism. As I said once, he should not be in the wedding business if he cannot handle weddings that he did not plan himself. My photographer did a great job of hiding him in most photos because my very small group had an awful experience with this man. Shame that he would ruin my day or make me change my plans. Other than the officiant, my day was perfect! -
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