I’m Sarah Hall, a licensed wedding officiant, ceremony writer, and marriage educator serving Toronto, Richmond Hill, and the GTA. I've travelled from Cornwall to Barry's Bay to Algonquin to Parry Sound to Niagara on the Lake to Collingwood and everywhere in between!

I work with couples who want a ceremony that has impact, that matters, even if they are not yet sure what shape it should take.

What if we want tradition but not the religion?

The Chuppah and Stomping of the Glass without the Torah?
The Unity Candle without the Bible?
The Varmala and Saptapadi without the Vedic scripture?

Of course!

What if we are blending cultures, traditions and families?

I’ve performed and woven together ceremonies involving Sri Lankan Poruwa traditions, Hindu and Muslim elements, Jewish and Filipino families, Sikh and Greek Orthodox backgrounds, and many more. My work help you honour it in a way that feels true to who you are.

What if we have crazy families and complicated histories?

Then we make room for that with care. I’ve married people on their fourth marriage at 75 years old. I’ve supported couples when an engagement brought old family tensions to the surface. I’ve helped honour parents who did not live to see their child’s wedding day. I’ve also led last-minute bedside ceremonies in hospice.

Ceremony can hold more than people think it can.

What if we want a fun and artsy ceremony even if we want it meaningful?

Wonderful. I’ve dressed as Moira from Schitt’s Creek, worn pleather to host a wedding in an MMA ring, and stood barefoot in the forest in early November dressed for a Viking-inspired ceremony.

Meaningful does not have to mean stiff or heavy. Funny does not have to mean base. Beautiful does not have to mean boring or fake..

We identify with/belong to the LGBTQIA2S+ community?

Wonderful! I celebrate love between two adult humans. Do we need say more?!

We want to write our vows but don't know where to start?

I offer vow writing support and hold your hand through the whole thing.

We don't want our ceremony to feel like the thing everyone has to live through just to get to cocktails.

I agree!

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A wedding ceremony is a threshold: a moment where your private love becomes publicly witnessed. It is where the people who raised you, knew you, loved you, lost you, found you, and stood by you are gathered into the story of what you are choosing now.

My work is to help that moment sound like you.

Sweet without being sugary.
Meaningful without being heavy.
Light without being slapstick or cavalier.
Unless, of course, you want it a little heavier, a little funnier, a little stranger, or a little more theatrical.

For the most part, I aim for something warm, human, beautifully written, emotionally honest, and alive.

I ask thoughtful questions, listen closely, and write ceremonies that can hold your humour, your families, your values, your griefs, your quirks, your promises, and the very real reasons you are choosing marriage in a time when no one has to.

I offer pre-written ceremonies with lots of choice, full custom ceremonies with extra calls and deeper questions, intimate legal signings, elopements, symbolic/non-legally binding ceremonies, vow renewals, “cereminis,” vow-writing support, and interfaith or culturally blended ceremonies.

Listen: if we are going to gather everyone you love in one place, dressed beautifully, nervous and shining, then let’s make the ceremony worthy of the gathering.