About this vendor
I would love to collaborate with you to design your perfect wedding ceremony—one that incorporates your traditions, beliefs, passions and personalities. Besides offering lots of options, resources and helpful tips, I’ll help you navigate through the sometimes choppy waters surrounding weddings (parents/step-parents, children, religious or cultural differences and so much more). Don’t face it alone—I will walk you through the design process and perform your ceremony with warmth and joy.
Thinking of having a friend or relative officiate your wedding? I can help with that, too. From designing a ceremony to the legal aspects, I'll help your friend or family member become a great officiant!
Details
Ceremony Types
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Secular
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Reviews
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out of 5.025 reviews
Janet was a great officiant. We had a non-religious ceremony that incorporated symbolic elements of both Jewish and catholic faiths. Janet incorporated our personal story and expla...
ined the traditions (e.g. the chuppah) in a short bit sweet way. We had many people comment on how beautifully personal the ceremony was. Janet was professional and on top of all the details from the time we met her at a coffee shop to discuss our preferences through to the end of the ceremony. We will forever look back fondly on each element Janet brought to the ceremony.
Janet helped us plan and officiated our wedding ceremony. She did a great job! Our guests are still talking about how sweet and genuine our ceremony was. Thanks Janet!
Choosing Janet as our officiant was one of the easiest decision my husband and I made in the planning process. In our first meeting she made us feel so comfortable and informed. Sh...
e worked so well with us when things were changing and it was very easy to communicate with her. And let's not forget, the ceremony she planned for us was so beautiful!
Janet from Spirit of Love Ceremonies was great! She made us feel very comfortable and was extremely professional throughout the whole process. We are less traditional and she worke...
d with us to design a ceremony that was our own! The ceremony and day was perfect and we highly recommend booking Janet!
Janet was amazing, we cannot recommend her enough! She was extremely professional, and was flexible when our ceremony time changed. Rest assured that you will be in good hands if y...
ou hire Spirit of Love Ceremonies. Weddings can be stressful, hiring someone as dedicated and easy to work with as Janet really made our special day go well.
If you need an officiant for your special day stop looking! Janet is wonderful! She understood what we wanted and made our non-traditional ceremony beautiful and memorable (even in...
the 100 degree weather). Our guests complimented us during the entire evening! Thank you Janet!
When my fiance and I decided to elope in Chicago, we were a bit overwhelmed by all the things we needed to prepare for the big day. We searched and searched for a quality officiant...
that would be available on short notice as we were planning to marry in 2 weeks. When we found Janet, our prayers were answered. She was kind and generous from the first time we spoke and she had a very clear process for preparing the ceremony. Unfortunately, the scheduled day of our wedding it was a forecast for rain. Janet was very understanding and was open to moving our ceremony to the next afternoon. On the day of the ceremony, I was a bit late in arriving due to traffic, but Janet was still positive and kind during the ceremony. All in all, everything worked out and we are now happily married. Thanks Janet!
Janet is so friendly and very helpful! She made our ceremony both moving and fun, and she walked us through the process very thoroughly. She did a great job and I wouldn't hesitat...
e to recommend her to any couple who is looking for a great officiant!
Working with Janet on our wedding ceremony has been a positive, affirming and exciting expereince for me and my fiancé. We interviewed different officiants before choosing Janet an...
d we are so happy we did, she has been responsive and so helpful in guiding and supporting us to create a meaningful ceremony that represents us. My fiancé and I come from different religious and spiritual backgrounds and Janet offered so many beautiful options to tie in our beliefs and honor our families role. She provided lots of great resources and choices and met with us in person to go over all the details. We feel so grateful and reassured with Janet as our wedding officiant, bringing her love, calm energy and wisdom to a very special day for us. We highly recommend Janet and Spirit of Love Ceremonies.
Janet and Spirit of Love Ceremonies was spectacular. Janet was so helpful in prepping our vows and the style we wanted our ceremony to reflect. I highly recommend this officiant as...
janet is open to all types of weddings, spiritual or not. She will give you the ceremony you really want!!
Janet was excellent, my wife and I cannot recommend her enough. From the very first meeting she got to know our personalities and our story, and gave us options in how we could mak...
e our ceremony our very own. She went above and beyond by helping us with what we needed for our marriage license and getting outside the city of Chicago. My wife and I highly recommend Janet for your wedding!
We were looking for a celebrant to perform a non-religious ceremony in Chicago. Although she is a minister, Janet was more than happy to perform a secular ceremony for us. We live ...
in the UK so she walked us through everything we needed to do in advance over Skype, then led us through a detailed rehearsal the day before (we definitely needed it). The ceremony itself was lovely, with Janet helping to set the relaxed mood we were looking for. We couldn't have wished for anyone better.
Janet did a fantastic job, our ceremony went very smooth thanks to her rehearsal direction! I would highly recommend her for anyone else getting married in the future. She made our...
day very special!
If you want to plan a non-traditional wedding and don't know where to start, you should start by hiring Janet Volk of Spirit of Love Ceremonies! She helped us put together the most...
beautiful ceremony! She gave us great non-traditional ideas for the unity portion of our ceremony, resources to help us find non-religious readings to include in our wedding, and tips for writing our vows. She was organized and patient at our rehearsal and helped make our day perfect. She also goes above and beyond to help with the confusing legal aspects like when/where/how to get your marriage license and how to get official copies of it after you're married. All of our guests, even our more religious family members, loved our ceremony. We got so many compliments on how it was the most personal and unique ceremony that they'd ever been to! We could not have been happier with how it turned out and would definitely recommend you hire Janet to perform your wedding ceremony!
My husband and I absolutely loved Janet!! She was amazing at making our ceremony ours! She listened to everything and had wonderful advice too! She is very open and gets back to yo...
u right away. Definitely recommend her!!! Thanks again!
Janet was great! She was very professional throughout the whole experience. She did a great job listening to what we wanted for the ceremony and sent us a draft to allow us to hav...
e input in changes we desired. I would highly recommend Janet to make your day special.
Janet was great! We loved the way our ceremony turned out. Everything flowed perfectly. Would highly recommend her.
We saw quite a few officiants before meeting Janet and we knew right away during that very first meeting, that she was absolutely the best choice for us! She helped us tremendously...
with considering all the elements for our ceremony. During the rehearsal, she was attentive and adapted to the necessary changes as they occured. She made everyone feel very comfortable and confident. Everyone loved Janet and raved about the tree planting ceremony we did with our family. We can't thank Spirit of Love Ceremonies enough for our wonderful ceremony!
Janet was the officiant for two of my friends' weddings, and I loved the way the ceremonies were unique to the couples, so she was one of the first people my fiance (now husband) a...
nd I contacted when we started planning our wedding.
She was excellent in every way! When we first met her, she was super friendly and very organized. She presented us with a bunch of materials for choosing our vows, the different parts of the ceremony, what she would wear, the different reading options, etc. She was extremely helpful, responsive and resourceful throughout the planning process, and helped us create a ceremony that totally fit our own style and beliefs.
She guided us through the rehearsal and made us feel at east for the ceremony. She was a major reason why our wedding felt so personal and special. It was made just for us.
We would highly recommend Janet to anybody. She will help you create a wedding ceremony that is tailored to fit your style and beliefs, and she provides a calming presence both in person and through email that helps get you through what can be a very stressful time. Thank you, Janet!
Where do we begin? Janet was incredible! We are so happy that we chose her to officiate our wedding in our home!! It was so personal and she fit right in as if she was a family me...
mber herself. Janet was available day and night the month prior and days leading up to the big day!! Book her and book her quick... Worth it 100%. Thank you Janet, we are thankful and appreciate everything you've done for us!
Janet was an amazing officiant! From the very first meeting, to the rehearsal, to the actual ceremony she was very well organized, punctual, outgoing, energetic and showed us that ...
she loved what she does. We had a ton of compliments from our friends and family. At the first meeting she was well organized and her ceremony outlines were very well prepared. It made it easy to chose the type of ceremony we wanted. At the rehearsal she was outgoing and friendly, but strict enough to be able to handle all 18 bridal party members (even the goofy, half intoxicated groomsmen). She made the ceremony unique to us and it fit our personalities. Her ceremony was creative and she was able to incorporate our love story and our unity ceremonies perfectly. She was able to include everything we had asked for while remaining within the time frame we wanted. She made the whole ceremony process easy and enjoyable and helped us have the most perfect day we wanted! Thank you Janet!
Meeting Janet for the first time was a master class of professionalism. She understood exactly what we wanted for our ceremony and delivered at the highest level. We met Janet by a...
Starbucks in Illinois, and she calmly helped us through coming up with a perfect ceremony for our wedding. She acted in the best interest of us helping decide what fit and what seemed obscure. Janet showed up at the rehearsal and introduced structure to just an idea. When we finally reached our wedding day Janet read through the script Flawlessly capturing the spirit of the day and the ears of our wedding guest. We couldn't imagine a better officiant for our wedding, and no one better to recommend.
Janet was extremely helpful throughout the whole planning process and had some great ideas and input for our special day. She was also very open to some of our ideas and created th...
e perfect ceremony together with us. In addition, she was on top of things at all times and always very responsive to our questions and inquiries. I felt at complete ease knowing she had everything under control. Thank you!
We were married on July 14th and used Janet as our officiant. She arrived early as promised and was fully prepared for the wedding. We had a garden wedding and it began to rain b...
efore the ceremony. Janet was patient and kept a close eye on the weather on her phone which she shared with me the bride to let me know it was a passing shower. Everyone loved the ceremony because it was different and Janet has a lot to offer once you meet her.
We really loved working with Janet. She was incredibly professional, ORGANIZED and great to work with. Very well priced compared with other officiants that we looked at and really ...
tailors the ceremony to fit the bride and groom. If you are looking for an officiant... Janet is it!
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