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YOU ARE UNIQUE. Shouldn't your wedding reflect that?

Reimagine Celebrations is a wedding officiancy and creative celebration service based in Kelowna, British Columbia. Rev. Lise Leroux at Reimagine Celebrations is excited to help you and your partner celebrate your love within the Okanagan, BC, nationally or internationally. As an experienced writer, event planner, and public speaker, she specializes in creating one-of-a-kind personalized ceremonies that tell the story of your genuine romantic journey. She writes and delivers ceremonies that talk about you and why you're together. Meaningful, heartfelt, yet with touches of humour and fun, she helps celebrate your transition into married life. She also makes the ceremonies absolutely unforgettable by including your family, friends, and loved ones actually in the ceremony.

Services Offered

Lise is passionate about incorporating thoughtful, unique, and meaningful elements into her services. As a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant and ordained minister, she serves a diverse group of couples by honouring their lives’ milestone moments. At an initial consultation, she gets to know you and your vision. Whether it’s an intimate elopement arriving by helicopter or yacht, in a hospital, at a lakeside, on ebikes, or a traditional celebration, Lise is proud to contribute to your once-in-a-lifetime event.

Having herself parachuted into her own wedding, she is no stranger to marking transitional moments with movement. She can design unique ceremonies to reflect your interests, such as a ceremony for two video gaming enthusiasts, based on a video game. Or a ceremony which included a beginning Latin dance class - for a couple who met at a dance class.

She can also provide pre and post wedding activities for the couple or the wedding guests, as well as couples coaching on how to keep conflct constructive (with each other and/or others), and how to keep your marriage fresh and exciting on a continual basis!

This dedicated professional has experience in a variety of wedding styles such as single or dual religion ceremonies, interfaith ceremonies, or a creative collaboration. Reimagine Celebration accommodates a wide range of religions and belief systems, including:

  • Spiritual
  • Buddhist
  • Catholic
  • Hindu
  • Islam
  • Jewish
  • Earth-based
  • Presbyterian
  • Non-denominational

Frequently asked questions

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Civil union
Single religion
Interfaith ceremony
Non-religious
Vow renewal
Ceremony rehearsal

What services do you provide?

Licensed
Allow couple' own vows
Premarital counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Baha'i faith
Buddhist
Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Episcopalian
Lutheran
Methodist
Mormon
No denomination
Orthodox christian
Presbyterian
Quaker
Earth-based
Evangelical
Hindu
Islam
Jainism
Jewish
Pagan
Shinto
Taoist
Unitarian
Sikhism

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.
30-60 mins.

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$500

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$100

If you offer pre-marital counseling, what is the starting price for (per session)?

$50
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Reviews for Reimagine Celebrations

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23 reviews
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Alyssa
Alyssa Sent on 20/02/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best one!!! Thank youuu ❤️

I cannot recommend Lise enough! From the moment we connected, she was incredibly professional, kind, and attentive to every detail we wanted for our wedding ceremony. She took the time to understand our vision and truly made it a reality, seamlessly blending both Filipino and Canadian traditions to honor both my and my husband’s cultures in the most meaningful way.

One of the things I appreciated most was how she executed the Filipino wedding rituals with such grace and authenticity. She beautifully incorporated the veil, cord, and coin ceremony, explaining their significance while making sure they flowed naturally within the ceremony. It was so special to have these traditions honored in a way that felt both respectful and heartfelt. At the same time, she also included elements of a traditional Canadian wedding, ensuring that my husband’s cultural background was equally represented. The balance she created between the two traditions made the ceremony feel deeply personal and unique to us.

Beyond the details, Lise Leroux has such a warm and calming presence. She guided us through every moment with confidence and care, making us feel at ease even in the most emotional parts of the ceremony. Our guests kept telling us how beautiful and meaningful the ceremony was, and we know that is because of her expertise and dedication.

I was hoping to thank her in person during dinner, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find her before she left. So I just want to say here—thank you so much, Lise, for making our wedding ceremony absolutely perfect! You made our love story come to life in a way that we will cherish forever. If anyone is looking for an officiant who is not only professional and experienced but also truly cares about making your ceremony personal and special, I highly recommend her 🫶🏻
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Karson Sent on 04/09/2024
2.6 out of 5 rating

Quite unhappy

Lise seemed amazing through all of our zoom calls and communications, until we met her in person. She was extremely rude to us and wedding party the day before our wedding at rehearsal, and was trying to tell us how we would stand, we wouldn’t hold hands etc. making it more complicated than it needed to be. We ultimately decided to do what felt right and we held hands and had our moment, she also didn’t say you may now kiss the bride, completely skipped it even though it was in the draft of the day,
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Liam Sent on 14/04/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent communication and planning :)

Our wedding was fantastic, and our ideas were met with resounding positivity by Lise!

She was able to help us plan out our ceremony to the letter, and it all came together beautifully.

For those seeking a wonderful experience with a funny, good hearted official, choose Lise!

Highly recommend :)
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Curtis Sent on 25/08/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic!!!

To say our wedding ceremony given by Lise was amazing is an understatement. It was perfect, considering we were surrounded by wildfire smoke! She walked us through the process early on and planned everything in a way that we could actually envision our wedding day. She got to know us personally, how we fell in love and she included it in our ceremony so that everyone including guests would be involved. Lise has been blessed with the ability to connect with people on a very deep level, and it made us want to get married again so that we could experience it all over again.
If you are looking for a wedding officiant, she is much more than that. Look no further, Lise is the missing piece to make your wedding complete. You will be so so happy with her!
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Brittni Sent on 19/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Unique, creative and

My husband and I wanted a ceremony that was unique to us and told our story. Lise did exactly that. She was the perfect mix of quirky, lightheartedness, seriousness, and creative. She made us feel extremely comfortable in front of all of our friends and family. We got so many compliments on how no one had seen a ceremony quite like ours. Lise was extremely flexible as well. She customized everything to our story and our relationship. Lise travelled to our remote wedding location (outside Cherryville, BC). She truly made our wedding special. After a couple Zoom meetings with Lise, I felt truly at ease to have her part of our ceremony. She worked seamlessly with our other vendors. Lise is a 10/10 officiant and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a special ceremony experience.
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Kristy Sent on 12/01/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing to work with!

You can't go wrong by choosing Lise! She has a wonderful genuine personality and is super easy to work with. We could very well see that she loves what she does, always smiling —and puts her whole heart into providing a special customized experience. We would recommend her in a heartbeat!
Ingrid
Ingrid Sent on 16/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Love the Activities!!

We have done 2 couples experience activities through Lise! First we did the body painting activity. Even being married for so many years and wearing our swim wear, We felt this was out of our comfort zone and even tho excited very apprehensive doing it, the feeling didn’t last long as Lise made it so fun. By the end we were drenching the paint on one another! We both were so happy we did that and still have the canvas paintings hanging upon the wall to reflect upon.
The second activity was the Blind dining experience. This was so fun and also a very interesting one. It is amazing how your tasting senses depend on… well I won’t ruin it for others.just saying it is a must do activity!!! It was real neat and out of the box activity to do! I find she has a lot of out of the box activities that can be done right in our own home! I am going to let my family and friends know as we found these activities can be done not only with couples but changed up a bit for families, friends, groups etc.
We highly recommend Lise to coordinate a night of activities for you. We will be calling her again to do more ! Thanks Lise
Jessica
Jessica Sent on 04/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Sept 24 2022 Wedding

We hired Lise for our recent wedding and she was amazing! She did a great job listening to what we wanted in our ceremony and as result, it reflected who we are as a couple perfectly! She even included interactive elements to keep our guests engaged, like having them pronounce us husband and wife. We received many, many compliments about our wonderful our ceremony was! Lise helped me feel at ease both during the vow writing process and while speaking in front of our 80 guests! I would highly recommend hiring Lise for your wedding, you won’t be disappointed!
Sheena
Sheena Sent on 27/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Lise went above and beyond for us

My husband and I couldn't have found a better officiant. Lise was amazing. We were engaged for 2 and half years and Lise took the times to get to know us and came up with the most unique ceremony. My husband is a gamer and she made the ceremony look like a video game where we had to pass levels to get standing in the middle also she had our guests participate as well by answering questions about our relationship. It will be a day we'll never forget. Thank you so much Lise for everything. Highly recommend hiring Lise to officiant :)
Sara
Sara Sent on 26/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

I would hire Lise again 10 times over!! She is THE BEST officiant ❤️

Lise was such a pleasure to work with. From the time I hired her as an officiant, she was professional, punctual, and went above and beyond. Lise had us respond to a questionnaire and used our answers to craft a custom ceremony for us. My guests said it was one of the most memorable, beautiful, and touching ceremonies they have ever observed. Lise gave us some unique ideas to incorporate into the ceremony, and my guests really enjoyed them. Thanks for being so fabulous Lise. I couldn’t have married my “penguin” withOut you!
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Originally from Montreal, Lise has been living a third of her life each in the US, UK, and Canada. She worked in learning and development within areas such as aviation security, language, transportation, publishing, finance, government, hospitality, and law. She designs and teaches courses in many areas, from customer service to people of 50 nationalities on cruise ships around the world, to leadership skills and advanced communication training to senior leaders in the Cabinet Office in London, UK.

Having always been afraid of heights (and not liking fear to win), Lise jumped out of one perfectly good aircraft in an effort to solve this, and found flying irresistible. She completed 600 jumps and parachuted into her own wedding to a fellow skydiver. She continued doing stunt work for corporate events for several years, arriving to locations by helicopter, parachute, boat, sailboat, or steam train.

Because of her lifelong interest in people and storytelling, it was an inevitable jump to becoming a writer and playwright. Her fiction has been published in multiple countries (Viking Penguin UK and Uitgeverij Arbeiderspers Netherlands) and several pieces performed on stage. Two of her books are required reading in university English literature courses, and her first novel was nominated for an international literary award (Orange Prize for Fiction).

“Involved, exuberant ... written with self-confidence and imaginative force." (The Times)

After far too many years in corporate life, Lise found that becoming a Life Cycle Celebrant was what she had always been missing. It finally gave her the opportunity to write and deliver ceremonies for real people possessing real emotions and genuine life stories. Being able to translate people’s stories into unique and memorable celebrations is an opportunity for which she is eternally grateful.

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