Reviews, Testimonials

Andrea and Russ

We had the absolute pleasure of having Sandra as our officiant for our wedding, and we couldn’t be happier with our experience. From the very beginning, she was warm, professional, and made us feel completely at ease during the planning process.

Our ceremony was interfaith, and Sandra ensured that it was a beautiful reflection of both of our backgrounds, incorporating meaningful elements that were important to us. She gave us the flexibility to customize our ceremony while also guiding us with her expertise. She was always responsive, answering any questions we had promptly and thoughtfully.

On the wedding day, Sandra delivered a heartfelt and engaging ceremony that truly captured the love and joy of the moment. We received so many compliments from our guests about how wonderful she was—some even asked for her contact information!

We are so grateful to Sandra for helping make our wedding day so special. If you’re looking for a kind, professional, and knowledgeable officiant, we wholeheartedly recommend her!

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Andrew and Adam

Andrew and Adam. Toronto Life Magazine

Sandra was the ideal officiant for our wedding. She took the time to meet with my now-husband and I well in advance to get to know us, and to understand the type of ceremony that would fit with our vision and belief system. Sandra provided an easy-to-understand set of example ceremony structures and vows, and was incredibly responsive and kind when I was panicked at the last minute about writing my own vows. On our wedding day, Sandra was an absolute professional and we knew we were in perfect hands. She radiated with genuine happiness for us. I must also mention that Sandra is utterly fabulous, and fit perfectly into our very queer wedding. I could not provide a more glowing recommendation. Andrew and Adam

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Cheat Sheet

Date: September 14, 2024 Venue: The Drake Hotel Officiant: Sandra Ruch Wedding Planner: A Lush Affair Florals: The Wild Pansy Linens: Simply Beautiful Decor Food: The Drake Hotel Cake: Pastel Bakes MC: Wilma Checklear First dance performer: Sarah Slean Drag performers: Makayla Couture, Star, Gay Jesus DJ: Sophie Jones Adam’s outfit: Sydney’s, YSL boots Andrew’s outfit: Sydney’s, Loake shoes

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Noah and Hindurika

Sandra was a great choice to officiate our small wedding! She delivered an enthusiastic and graceful ceremony that incorporated elements from both our cultures seamlessly. We felt at ease with her leading us through the ceremony. It’s hard to think of our wedding without her involvement. We’d happily recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant! November 27, 2021

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Naomi and Ethan

beautiful ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) designed and created by the bride

We had the most positive, wonderful experience with Sandra. She was professional, attentive to our preferences, available for us, accommodated an interfaith marriage with creativity, and the service itself was a dream. It was exactly what we wanted, and she was a great officiant. I’m really happy I can look back on the experience with Sandra steering the ship. Highly recommended! September 6, 2022

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Mirra and Justin

wedding officiant SandraLaya Ruch stands beside bride with short brown hair wearing a traditional wedding dress and groom stands beside her in a black suit, bowtie and a white boutineer.

We had the most positive, wonderful experience with Sandra. She was professional, attentive to our preferences, available for us, accommodated an interfaith marriage with creativity, and the service itself was a dream. It was exactly what we wanted, and she was a great officiant. I’m really happy I can look back on the experience with Sandra steering the ship. Highly recommended! September 6, 2022

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Sarah and James

We had a wonderful experience having Sandra as our officiant for our intimate wedding. We were able to meet remotely twice – once to get to know her and once before the wedding to ask any final questions. She guided us through creating our ceremony by providing several options and “create your own” sections for each key moment of the ceremony. It was so helpful to have this as a guide to help us shape a ceremony that was reflective of our relationship. The ceremony itself was magical and conveyed the happiness, uniqueness and ease that we wanted to share with our friends and family. We received so many compliments on the ceremony itself, and credit goes to Sandra for being our guide. If you’re looking for a warm, calming, joyous and professional officiant – Sandra is the best choice!

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Rene and Rachel

newly married couple points at each other with wedding officiant SandraLaya Ruch in between them.

Finding an officiant was fairly straightforward. We were able to search by the date of our wedding and it made it all that much easier. Sandra Ruch was incredible in officiating. Her allowance to customize our wedding allowed our day to be exactly as we wanted it. It felt very personal, as any wedding should. Jun 2023