You will laugh, you will cry and you will feel a deep sense of connection with your beloved, your family and your treasured friends. Your profound wedding experience will be remembered forever. Lisa Hartley of Simply Ceremony is a professional Life-cycle Celebrant providing Ceremonies for all the transformational moments in your life.
Experience
Lisa Hartley has been a wedding celebrant for over 5 years. She is certified by the Celebrant Institute and Foundation and is recognized as an interfaith, Religious Officiant in the Province of British Columbia. You can hear her on Roundhouse Radio talking regularly about ceremonies and issues regarding the end of life.
Services offered
Whether you are celebrating a blended or interfaith marriage, same-sex, first or second marriage, Lisa will meet your ceremonial dreams. She believes marriage is sacred and the threads of your life story, using your family history and your dreams of your future together will all be woven into a genuine, heartfelt wedding ceremony.
Lisa offers different packages based on your needs. The packages offered include the following services:
Masterpiece wedding: This is Lisa's full-service wedding ceremony which includes everything within the classic celebrant ceremony plus unlimited readings, blessings and rituals, full circle family interviews to complete your story and much more
A true celebrant ceremony: This is a classic celebrant ceremony and includes an in-depth interview to understand your love story and wedding dreams, professionally written 30 to 40-minute wedding ceremony, up to 3 wedding rituals, as many readings and blessings as needed, 3 edits, multiple communications and a keepsake ceremony
A simple ceremony: Includes a professionally written 20-minute wedding ceremony, simple wedding ritual, a reading or blessing, 2 edits and officiating
Your words only: Includes your writing plus Lisa's guidance, editing and officiating
Every ceremony counts: Contact her for a complimentary consultation to discuss your ceremonial needs.
Other services
Among the other services she offers, you can find:
This review is well overdue, as my husband & I got married last September. Lisa was phenomenal and made our wedding day so special. From the moment we met with her, she was professional, calm and so pleasant - we never felt any pressure to move forward with anything that we didn't feel comfortable with. In the end, we chose a simple ceremony and we received so many compliments from our guests about how great Lisa was. Our wedding ceremony did not go as expected to begin with, in that it rained and we had issues with our sound system - Lisa was incredible at managing the crowd and everything went smoothly after that! Thank you Lisa for everything, you made our day unforgettable. I would without a doubt recommend Lisa to any couple looking to add something special to their ceremony.
Sent on 06/04/2019
Simply Ceremony's reply:
Thank you for taking the time to write this review Ayesha! Your wedding day was so much fun. I’m excited that you’ve gotten started on growing your family!!! I would LOVE to help you write a Baby Welcoming Ceremony. It's such an amazing way to welcome your baby!
Vida Jurcic
· Married on 10/08/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Celebrant with Soul & Style
Lisa was extraordinary! She guided and prepared us well for the celebration of our special day. She was extremely engaged, and created a custom, perfect ceremony for us. She was inclusive of our family and guests, and made them all feel welcome and a part of our story. The whole process was designed to really see each other and ourselves in each others eyes and to culminate in a fun, glorious ceremony that we will cherish forever. Lisa is an angel.
Sent on 17/08/2018
Simply Ceremony's reply:
Dearest Vida,
What a joy and delight to work with you and Dean. I was so happy to meet your amazing family; Moms, nieces and nephews and friends you call family.
Good Luck!
Kristi
· Married on 24/05/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Kristi & Madison Edwards ceremony
My husband and I decided to do a surprise ceremony at our "rehearsal dinner" for our 30 closest family and friends at the end of May. Lisa happily helped us coordinate our happy prank, as well as helped us refine our hand-written vows. She was very flexible about the passages we wanted read and very accommodating to our mixed spiritual backgrounds. Thank you, Lisa!
Sent on 05/09/2018
Simply Ceremony's reply:
It was a fun day Kristi, I wish you both all the best in your marriage!
Fun to work with you both.
Lisa
Mary Konkin-Eruera
· Married on 28/05/2016
4.8
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
4.0
Value:
5.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Lisa was an absolute pleasure to work with from the first meeting, to receiving our marriage certificate in the mail just this week. Our ceremony was the most important aspect of our wedding given that this was my first, and my husband's second marriage. He has 2 boys that very much wanted to be integrated into the ceremony and celebration. We had already written our ceremony and vows, then only a month before the wedding we started our search for an officiant when we came across Lisa Hartley, family celebrant (I'd never heard that term). We found her website and listened to a radio interview she'd done. I immediately liked her voice (this is important!) as it was strong and calm, as well as her philosophy.
Flexible and accommodating are 2 of the first words that come to mind. How she structures her offerings reflect this -as you can have as much or as little guidance from her as you wish. Because we had most of our ideas in place, Lisa worked with us to structure it, strengthen it, and make sure it flowed on the day. She managed our rehearsal like a pro- which we needed given that our wedding party consisted of us, plus 5 kids aged 9-12 yrs. And while we had the words we wanted- she physically "staged" us so that the boys were seamlessly integrated and we moved as a family unit throughout the ceremony. It was absolutely beautiful- and we would never have thought of the level of detail she brought to our planning.
On our actual wedding day- despite that the skies opened up into a torrential monsoon skewing all of our grandiose outdoor plans- she was able to quickly move to our "Plan B", setting the tone for the day by thoughtfully sending us an email first thing in the a/m, about the beauty of rain on one's wedding day signifying "fertility, cleansing, unity, renewal, tears...happy tears".
She helped everyone focus on the silver lining in the dark clouds and the significance of our day, and in the end it was more beautiful and memorable than we ever could have imagined. Consistent with the weather, the room was full of happy tears and Lisa was an instrumental part of making our day one that we will never forget. Thank you, Lisa!
p.s. Lisa brings her own inconspicuous wireless head set and speaker which is a godsend in many settings. Her mic is bionic and easily picked up our voices, precluding us from having a big handheld mic in our faces and wedding photos throughout the ceremony.
Sent on 17/06/2016
Simply Ceremony's reply:
Mary, you have me in tears.
It was such a wonderful experience to collaborate with you and your beautiful family. Truly an honour to be part of your wedding day.
With warmth and respect,
Lisa
Natasha Tong
· Married on 23/12/2018
4.6
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
4.0
Value:
4.0
Flexibility:
5.0
Professionalism:
5.0
Attentive, creative and caring wedding officiant!
We had Lisa as the wedding officiant for our ceremony and we wouldn’t have had it any other way. Lisa was very attentive from beginning to end of the entire process despite our long distance (Hong Kong – Vancouver): arranging a Skype meeting and following up with emails, getting to know our relationship story, to finally meeting in person a week prior to the ceremony and the service itself on the big day. She showed both care and creativity writing our ceremony, designing cute rituals tailored to us and suggesting readings based on our story. On the big day, the weather was terrible, but she made sure she came early anyway, to talk with the banquet manager, making sure that everything was going to go according to plan, and most importantly to settle us down, and our nerves! We especially love her for taking the time to get to know our guests prior to the start of the ceremony which we found key, as a way to connect not just everyone but her to us and our group given that she barely knew us, doing so made us feel that she is not a stranger but part of the wedding party. While our ceremony was small and simple, Lisa made the service warm and moving with unique touches. We are so grateful for all her wonderfulness and so glad that she signaled the start of our married life. Thank you, Lisa!
Sent on 22/01/2019
Simply Ceremony's reply:
Thank you for your thoughtful words Natasha! So much fun to see the smiles and tears on your faces in the photographs. Thanks again for choosing me!
Lisa
