Radiant Vows- Rev. Robin L. Zucker - a professional marriage ministry

Robin was amazing at putting together a well-structured and touching ceremony. She included unique details about me and my husband, which was a lovely surprise. My husband and I and all of our guests thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony.

However, she was somewhat impolite to the entire wedding party during the rehearsal and seemed impatient, which made that day more stressful than it needed to have been. All in all, she got the job done, but we wish she could have been more respectful to our family members and friends who were in the wedding party.

We contacted Reverend Robin weeks before our civil ceremony and she was quick to create a program for us that was unique and personal despite the short notice budget constraints. I would highly recommend Rev. Robin if you want your special day to be well planned and one to remember. She is very professional and well organized and knows what she is doing, with Rev. Robin you will be in good hands.

Our ceremony was beautiful and extremely personal, there was not a dry eye.

Robin was such an amiable, affable and accessible person. My husband and I are not of the same faith, so in our search to find a Unitarian minister that fit us well, we did meet quite a few. Robin stood out because she spent over an hour and a half with us in our get-to-know-you session where we really felt a connection. She helped us design a ceremony that truly reflected who we are as a couple. She also had knowledge of different cultures and customs and offered suggestions for various parts of the ceremony. Our guests in the audience raved that she was natural, composed and warm!

Robin was an excellent minister. We felt so comfortable with her and in her ability to create a warm and meaningful service for us. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to create a personal and meaningful ceremony!

My fiancé and I didn’t want to forget the whole reason about getting married was to get married so we thought long and hard about who was actually going to perform the most important part of our day. We decided to go with Robin because she was warm and welcoming and she offered pre-marriage counseling. She was a bit over our budget, but we decided that this was going to be the best investment we would make towards our marriage. Our ceremony included many personal aspects about who we were as individuals and as a couple. There were so many personal touches. We received many compliments on our ceremony and we benefitted from the one on one sessions with her.

My husband and I decided a week before our vacation to Boston that we would like to get married while we were there. I did a little research on the internet and found Rev. Robin Zucker's website. A bit skeptical, but really wanting to pull this off....I contacted her.
She was prompt in a response and so professional in every aspect. We made arrangements to meet once we were in the Boston area. She was so flexible with us and worked around our request. We decided on a perfect location for us in Columbus Park right on the harbor at twilight. It was absolutely perfect. Her ceremony was beautifully written for the two of us. Robin joined us afterwards to celebrate at a quaint little restaurant. We were absolutely thrilled with her service and feel that we have made a great friend as well.

We really enjoyed working with Rev. Robin! After meeting with several officiants, it was clear to us that Rev. Robin would take the time to help us create the type of personalized, interfaith ceremony we were interested in. She spent over an hour with us at our initial meeting (before even deciding to book her) just getting to know us. The PREPARE processs was also very valuable - not only did she get to us as a couple very well, but we learned a lot about each other and our relationship in the process. Definintely recommend doing this before getting married! She is genuine and provided us and our family with a very memorable wedding ceremony!

We were pleased with the topics covered in the Prepare program and the flow of the actual ceremony. However we were not impressed with Robin's inability to attend the rehearsal even after we specifically requested her presence. When we learned she was ill, she then promised we'd have a "stand-in" but one was not provided. We also had to reschedule one of our 90 minute Prepare sessions due to an oversight on her end. The ceremony is the most important element however for the amount Robin charges, every aspect should be flawless.
UPDATE: In response to this review, Robin replied the following..."Your need for everything to be "flawless" may prove counterproductive to your life and marriage in the long run." That's funny, I didn't realize voicing my opinion of a service I paid for was a precursor to the rest of my life.

I highly recommend Robin Zucker to anyone looking for a personal, unique and meaningful ceremony. Robin spent the time to truly get to know us and created such a special ceremony that truly made the wedding an unforgettable event. So many of our guests commented on how beautiful the ceremony was and how it captured the essence of us as a couple. Robin incorporated many of the personal stories we shared during our meetings with her, and even referenced our two cats during the ceremony which we absolutely loved!

In additional to doing a wonderful job with the ceremony, Robin was really great to work with during the planning process. We both thought the Prepare program was a really worthwhile experience, and only helped to strengthen our commitment to each other.

Robin was an outstanding officiant. We were lucky enough to spend time with her before our wedding with the prepare program. We really feel the prepare program helped us as a couple to get ready for marriage. We have had numerous guests who have since told us our wedding was the most personal they had ever been to. We would throughly recommend Robin as an officiant.

The planning aspect was great. We met with her and right away we knew we wanted her to do our wedding. She spent a great amount of time getting to know us (and worked all of the details into our actual ceremony). The PREPARE program was great and with it, we got to see what aspects of our relationship we need to work on and Robin gave us some great tools to work on them throughout our lives. It was always a very comforting and inviting atmosphere and we felt so comfortable sharing with here. It was as if we'd known her for years.

The ceremony itself was fabulous. I can't tell you how many compliments we got on how touching and personal the it was. We didn't want a religious ceremony and she made a beautiful, tailor-fit ceremony for us that I'll always remember. Robin was such a calming presence at such an anxious/exciting moment in our lives. I feel so lucky that she was the one to marry us. It was an absolutely beautiful ceremony and I really don't think we could have asked for anything more perfect for the whole experience.

Robin met with us a total of three times to plan our wedding service. But it was more than just the usual "what do you want to say/who wants to walk when & where" kind of planning sessions -- it was a deep-dive into who were were as individuals and as a couple - how we related to each other and to our respective families, what trials we encountered as a couple so far, and how best to manage future issues given our styles of communication, etc. What resulted was a real and powerful ceremony celebrating our lives and our couplehood - it was truly transformative. Our friends and family have all commented that it was one of the most moving services they'd ever experienced. We would recommend Robin to anyone looking for that kind of sensitivity to detail, for excellent planning leading up to the day, and for crisp execution of the ceremony on the day of. She's great!

My husband and I were blown away by Robin's genuine care and attentiveness. With so many costs associated with the wedding, it was refreshing to work with Robin and know that we were investing in our marriage and not just a one day event.

Very pleasant to work with, flexible and offered lots of choices for readings. Because of short notice on our part had to do rehearsal with a stand-in.

We cannot recommend Robin enough to any couple of any religious affiliation or spiritual belief to officiate your wedding or other important life moment. Robin's attention to our personalities and our desires for our wedding ceremony went beyond our expectations. Guests of all ages sought us out after the wedding to share how uniquely personalized and special our ceremony was. We highly recommend Robin's PREPARE program where you meet with her two times for pre-wedding counseling. Her warm attentive nature made us feel right at ease and she really took the time to get to us as a couple and as individuals. All of this attention was reflected in her words and nature on the day of our wedding. If that isn't enough, Robin was asked to officiate my niece's non-denominational blessing two months after our wedding because of how impressed my family was with her personality and style.

Robin has a unique and special talent for honoring all traditions and beliefs in a way that is seamless and full of grace. My husband and I come from different cultural backgrounds, and with Robin�s expert advice we were able to create a ceremony that celebrated who we are together in a complex and meaningful way � one that felt special to us and to both of our families and friends. Our sessions with her leading up to the big day were always relaxed and comfortable, and she is definitely someone you can rely on. We would highly recommend her!

I can't tell you how many people came up to me during the reception to tell me how much they loved the ceremony. Robin made it so personable by getting to know both of us and by adding those details into our ceremony.

Intially, I was hesitant about the PREPARE session that robin offered. I wasn't sure if it would be worth the time and money. However, i was very pleasantly surprised after completing both 90min sessions. It definitely brought us closer together. I would definitely recommend Robin to other couples getting married.

Rev. Zucker performed our wedding ceremony in August of 2009. She put a lot of personal attention and time into preparing our ceremony. This included several meetings before the ceremony, in which she spent a significant amount of time getting to know us. Looking back at our experience, the Prepare program she used during those meetings helped us to discuss and reflect upon our relationship in new ways. It truly helped us to strengthen our relationship by talking about expectations for marriage. Rev. Zucker was a very knowledgeable and insightful guide throughout the whole process.

Rev. Zucker incorporated what she learned about us during our meetings into a very personalized service. Friends and family thought that we had known her for years. Her positive attitude and genuine demeanor throughout lead to a beautiful ceremony we will never forget.

If we could have created the 'ideal' officiant, Robin would be it. She is the perfect combination of warmth, grace, humor, and reverence for the union of marriage. We immediately felt comfortable with her, much like a close friend that one has known for years. She was intentional in getting to know us and hearing about our families so that she could help us create a wedding that was a reflection of who we are. She assisted us with details like choosing words for our vows, and also offered suggestions of additions to the ceremony that were in perfect harmony with the tone we wanted to create. Her personalized attention helped us create the best celebration of our lives.

We chose Robin because of her warm, caring demeanor and her inclusive pre-marital counseling sessions. After the wedding, we received so many compliments regarding Robin's ceremony on how it was so personal and relevant to us. Our guests felts like they were included in the process of the marriage and commented that they knew us better as a couple after her ceremony. Robin was able to take a very stressful day and turn it into a calm, community sharing and fun event. We highly recommend Robin as your officiant.

Rev.Robin was verry professional, and carying i would highly recommend.

Robin was very professional yet personal. It was truly a joy having her officiate our wedding. The PREPARE program she offered was a wonderful way to reconnect with my fiance during the craziness of wedding planning.

Robin was great! I can't even count the comments we received about how wonderful our ceremony was. Our guests absolutely loved the uniqueness and individuality of the ceremony. My husband and I also had a wonderful day. Robin was instrumental in helping us coordinate the ceremony and tailor it to exactly what we imagined it would be. The pre-marriage sessions were also great...it was fun to reflect on our relationship in the past, present, and future. We would recommend Robin to any couple!!

Robin was amazing to work with. Every time my husband and I left her office we felt stronger as a couple and as individuals. We truly felt that she was interested in helping us succeed in marriage. By the time our wedding arrived, we felt as though she was an old friend who knew all that had brought us to this point in our lives. During the ceremony, she spoke about us as though she knew everything that had brought us together, about those people who were the most important in our lives, and about all that we treasured as a couple. We have had more people than I can count tell us how wonderful the ceremony was and that it was by far one of the more personal and touching ceremonies they have ever been to. I can't say enough kind words about Robin. I would (and do) recommend her to everyone I know.

We could not be happier with our choice of Rev. Zucker. Though our reception was phenomenal and in an awe-inspiring place, no conversation with our guests has begun with anything but high accolades for the ceremony. Robin managed to weave a beautiful, personalized ceremony that spoke to everyone in the room – non-religious to devout. Everyone has talked about how moved they were and how much they enjoyed the ceremony in comparison with other weddings they have attended. As thrilled as our guests were, their happiness with the ceremony pales in comparison with ours. Beth and I feel as if we have been given a tremendous gift - a highly personalized ceremony, delivered by an unbelievably passionate and caring individual. Though parts of the day are a blur, we both vividly remember each moment of the ceremony and feel as if what was said reflects the foundation of our marriage. We are so grateful for Robin’s personalized touch and the time she took to get to know us. We highly recommend Robin.

Robin was great. She helped design a very personal and meaningful wedding for us. She listened to what we wanted, what we didn't, and she designed a great ceremony that was about us and our relationship. Our guests commented on how special the ceremony was - simple yet perfect. We also went through the PREPARE program with Robin a few months before the wedding which is something we recommend others do prior to saying "I do". It helped identify and clarify our communication strengths and weaknesses so that we have more tools to move forward with together as positively as possible. We wholeheartedly recommend the PREPARE program and Robin as an officiant.

Robin was a GREAT officiant for our wedding. We found her online after looking for a Unitarian Universalist or other equally open officiant to perform our ceremony. We met with her only twice before our wedding, but in that time I feel that she really got to know us and was able to put together a very personalized, funny, and beautiful ceremony for us.

Robin is very open when it comes to putting the ceremony together. She provides great resources with different wordings of vows, readings, etc. Part of her fee is to take an SAT-like compatability test of sorts. I was hesitant about this at first, but it gave her a good platform to get to know us and discussion points for us. And it was a nice validation before our wedding that my husband and I had great results from the test.

Robin is also great as far as organization. She was very prompt at our rehearsal in directing people and getting everyone together so that we knew where to walk, where to stand, etc. And our wedding day was also very well organized.

We had many comments from our guests on our ceremony, mostly thanks to Robin's personality. During the ceremony she comes across as very articulate, wise, but also funny and warm. Originally, an officiant was not high on our priority list, we figured for a 20 minute civil ceremony any Justice of the Peace would do. But I am so glad we ended up going with Robin.

Robin delivered the most beautiful ceremony for us. It was more than we could have asked for. She took the time to counsel us and really focus on who were are as people before the wedding, and that showed in her sermon.

Many people who attended the wedding complimented the ceremony, expressing they thought our vows were beautiful.

The one complaint was that she could not make it to the rehearsal, I which was unfortunate because I wanted to her spend time with my family. She had a stand in but it just was not the same.

We highly recommend Robin - she did such a fantastic job officiating our ceremony. Her words were beautiful and she also incorporated examples from our life, such as how we met, our interests and positive attributes we had written about each other to make it personal and fun. We also learned a lot about ourselves and each other during our meetings before our marriage. Robin also was thorough and prompt in answering all of our questions throughout the process. Thanks!

Robin was fabulous! She really got to know us before the wedding and made a huge effort to make the ceremony very personal. Everyone was coming up to us saying how much they loved the ceremony and how they had never been to one like it before. We wanted our guests to feel like they were a part of our day and Robin helped us achieve that.
Robin also provides a service called PREPARE which had each of us take this little test that would come up with possible areas that she could talk to us about. This part was also great for us to be able to talk to someone else about any issues that we should be discusses. She also helped to show us ways in which we could communicate in our relationship.
I would recommend Robin to any of my friends who are getting married!

We can't recommend Robin highly enough. She helped us creatte a truly personalized ceremony that was full of joy, love, and laughter. We have such wonderful memories of our special day.

Robin brings a warm, dignified and reassuring presence to any wedding or official occasion. We've had the pleasure of working with her on a number of weddings, besides having a personal connection with her dating back to Steve (the guitar half of our duo) giving lessons to her son! We look forward to working with her again in the future, and highly recommend her services.

I've had the pleasure of working with Rev. Robin Zucker on several occasions, while providing the music and mics for wedding ceremonies. What impresses me most is her knowledge and caring for each couple. She takes the time to get to know the bride and groom, to deliver a personal, unique and well spoken ceremony. It's always a pleasure to work with a professional in the business who takes a personal approach. I highly recommend Rev. Robin.

Articulate, punctual, caring, and sensitive; all the qualities one looks for in someone you want to marry you.