Reverend Leslie Bockian

Leslie was the officiant at our wedding in August and we loved her. Leslie was such a pleasure to work with and was so helpful in not only planning our wedding but helping us with all those other details that come along with wedding planning. She is a wealth of knowledge and had so many wonderful suggestions to help make sure our ceremony was beautiful, seamless, and unique to us. She listened to what we were looking for in a ceremony and took all of our unorganized thoughts and ideas and wove them into a beautiful ceremony. We also received tons of compliments on the ceremony and on Leslie from our guests.
In addition to creating and officiating a beautiful ceremony, Leslie was extremely helpful in helping us figure out everything we needed to do to get the marriage license and certified copies afterwards. She made everything so easy for us. I don’t know how we would have done it without her.
I definitely recommend her to anyone!

Leslie is the best! She is super sweet and friendly, and has amazing ideas on what will make your ceremony extra special and unique. I have difficulties with officiants who would only do religious ceremonies, but she was totally accommodating to my more «spiritual,» non religious beliefs and found a way to incorporate those in. She made everything so easy, not just with all of the details of the ceremony but also with taking care of the marriage license. Leslie is very detail oriented and punctual, and I would recommend her to anyone in a heartbeat.

I really recommend Rev. Leslie to anyone that is looking for an officiant for marriage. She is very enthusiastic and really keeps the «wedding spirit» going! One thing I would truly like to highlight about her is that she is not at all pushy, very respectful about what we wanted in our wedding, which was not really traditional (we got married at the Cheesecake Factory for everyone to have an idea), so it was wonderful to not have her insisting on things we really didnt want to do. Another plus was that she performed the ceremony in Spanish, which was ideal because a lot of our family members live abroad and were watching the ceremony by Skype, so they could also understand. She also gave us some great ideas for the ceremony. She let us take our time to decide things and she also checked up and called before the big day to see if we were ok and were thinking of adding/​changing anything for the ceremony. She has a nice voice, so its nice to hear her speak, and we thought she had a nice way of saying the things she said, as well as a lovely message. Pricewise, I think she is very agreeable for what she does. Ive seen more expensive, but after having our ceremony officated by Leslie we really are glad we went for her and not for anyone pricier. Hope this review helps you decide, along with the others! Good luck!

Leslie is a true gem! She was the officiant for my friend’s wedding that I was a bridesmaid in and I absolutely sold with Leslie when I watched her marry my friends. When we met with Leslie one-​on-​one to go over details and how everything was going to work, she made us feel so comfortable — it felt as if a family member or good friend was marrying us. Her soft, caring and loving voice makes the ceremony even that more meaninful. I met with several other officiants and nobody else made me feel that warm and fuzzy feeling the way Leslie did. She has such a beautiful charm about her — — - that is what you want for your special day! Her special readings during the ceremony made me tear up. Leslie is an amazing officiant — I highly recommend her.

Two years after our wedding, we still think all the time about how lucky we were to find Leslie. We spoke with many, many officiants – all much more expensive – and we just weren’t impressed by anyone. We were just about to give up when we found Leslie, and it turned out that she was heaven-​sent!
We loved so many things about our wedding but, truly, SHE made the whole thing as special as it was. Her warmth, humor, intelligence and – yes, sentimentality – made our service so memorable. We were so impressed when we met with her to help us plan our service; we truly felt there was nothing she wouldn’t have done to make our day unique and thrilling, and she absolutely listened to us and heard what we wanted. She went back and forth with us a number of times, offering to meet or discuss as often as needed. Our marriage was interfaith, and she turned what could have been a difficulty into a very special melding of cultures and faiths.
We continue to be touched by the fact that Leslie still thinks of us and reaches out to us every now and then to see how we are. She loves what she does and that’s why she is the best!!! What a special human being.

When it came to picking an officiant we couldn’t have done better than Rev. Leslie Bockian. From our first meeting we absolutely adored her. Very personable, very warm and obviously enjoys what she does and it shows. At our first meeting we were there for two hours and it seem to fly by. We chatted it up like we were old friends. She had performed several weddings at our venue, and she shared some humorous stories about those weddings. She gave us a lot of materials to read over which helped us prepare for the most meaningful ceremony. It was important that our ceremony be meaningful but not lengthy. She took all of that into account. We are a very nontraditional couple and we wanted our ceremony to reflect that. And it did. She gave us guidance on all our out of the ordinary requests for our ceremony. Our guests are still talking about how beautiful and touching it all was. My husband and I have Leslie to to thank for it. Bonding with an officiant is very important aspect of planning a wedding. And having worked with such wonderful woman my husband and I can say because of our bond to Leslie we had the best wedding ever. We can’t thank her enough. Hiring Leslie will be one of the best decisions you can ever made.