Compassionate and Caring

Joanne is a compassionate, caring, and a very organized professional. She goes above and beyond planning & organizing your memorial service. Joanne relieves the anxiety that goes with planning such a sensitive occasion. She is an excellent speaker that makes a memorial service proceed with ease and understanding. Joanne is there to help in your time of need. 

~ Colleen (January 2024)

Most Meaningful Experience of our Lives

From the moment we met, we knew Joanne would provide an absolutely amazing experience for our marriage ceremony. She was so thoughtful and thorough in her preparation for our big day, ensuring every detail reflected each of us as individuals, was meaningful to us as a couple, and inclusively embraced our family, ensuring each of our children as well as our guests played a special role in our wedding, warmly surrounding us in a literal circle of love on winter solstice. Her bespoke ceremony creation and expert coaching on our vow construction made for the most meaningful and memorable experience of our entire lives, something we will always remember moving forward through each day of our marriage. 

~ Matthew and Jennifer (Winter Solstice 2023)

Best Experience

We had the best experience using Joanne for our wedding date. She guided us and helped us so much with our ceremony & made our vows come alive. I had the privilege seeing her for my brothers wedding and had to have her for mine. Thank you for all your help!

~ Alyssa and Matteo (September 2023)

Kept the Ceremony Flowing Flawlessly

Hey Joanne! Thank you again for being a part of our special day! You had everyone laughing and crying (tears of happiness) and you kept the ceremony flowing flawlessly. So many people have said lovely things about you since! Thanks for helping ensure we had the best day ever!

~ Adriana and Justin (September 2023)

Received Many Compliments

Joanne delivered a beautiful ceremony. We had many compliments. She was very open to our edits and we were able to mold our ceremony into a memorable experience.

 ~ Tobias and Cheyenne (October 2023)

There For Us Every Step of the. Way

Joanne was the officiant for our wedding. She guided us step by step and helped us have a wonderful experience. We found a lot of value in the Prepare and Enrich program which is a form of pre marital counselling. It was incredibly insightful and we would recommend doing it.
I would recommend Joanne to anybody who is looking to have a customized ceremony with a unique twist. She was there for us every step of the way, incredibly knowledgeable and encouraging. We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant.

~ Timothy and Casey (October 2023)

Highly Recommend

 Joanne was an absolute pleasure to deal with throughout our wedding process. We had many people comment on how much she personalized our ceremony, and said she was the best officiant they have ever seen or heard. We highly recommend her services for your wedding! (Carter)

 Joanne was nothing short of amazing. Our guests said they had never seen such a personal ceremony before and how she included our friends and family in it was incredibly special to all of us. Even our vendors commented on how organized and awesome she was, to send them all timelines, info etc. They told us they don't usually get that stuff from an officiant. She had everything down to a science and left us with no questions in the end of what was expected of us all. She made our day so perfect and personalized to us and our love story, I couldn't have asked for anything more. Thank you so much Joanne, we appreciate all the effort it took to make our day as incredible as it was. I highly recommend her services. (Ciara)

 ~ Carter and Ciara (September 2023)

A Pleasant Experience from the Start

 We had Joanne with Circle and Ceremonies officiate our Ceremony of Love. Joanne and her work really originated with our love story, and it was a pleasant experience from the start. We had a very unique request and a personal theme we wanted for our ceremony and Joanne was able to implement it all so easily! She was able to support us through the whole process and answer any questions we had. It was also a very stress-free experience with the rehearsal and the day of the ceremony. Everything was so beautiful and emotional; we were able to stay true to ourselves and tell our love story, all thanks to Joanne! If I could relive it, I would! :) 

 ~ Darlene and Lyle (August 2023)

Thanks a million!

Joanne was such a pleasure to work with! We had many questions and didn’t really know the direction we wanted to take with our wedding ceremony. Joanne came prepared, and helped us to customize the entire thing. The couple’s questionnaire she provided was thorough and we felt like she really got to know us and our relationship. This made it easy for her to deliver an amazing service for us! We didn’t want to do vows, so she provided multiple different options for us. She was amazing and we would definitely go back to her for other services! Thanks a million Joanne!!

~ Carley and Jesse (August 2023)

Amazing job!

Joanne did an amazing job for our wedding ceremony and I would highly recommend her! She really takes the time to get to know you and makes your ceremony so personal to your relationship. It was sweet and lovely and also made people laugh. She was also super helpful at the rehearsal and made us feel so much more comfortable going into the day."
~ Michael and Michelle (August 2023)

So special

Joanne customizes your ceremony so it is written specially for you. There’s a lot of cookie cutter weddings out there and she definitely makes you feel like you stand out. Absolutely professional and unlimited edits make sure your ceremony flows perfectly. Very accommodating with changes and so patient when you’re indecisive. So, so happy.

~ Raelee and Jordan (August 2023)

An amazing woman!

Joanne did an amazing job with our ceremony! Without even meeting us she was able to tell our story as if she had known us our whole lives. She works with you to ensure you get exactly what you're looking for! I highly recommend Joanne!! Thanks again for an amazing day!

~ Joan and Joel (July 2023)

Wonderful to Work With

Joanne was wonderful to work with! Although the "get to know you" questionnaire is quite lengthy, it is to ensure you get an incredibly personalized ceremony script, which is what we were looking for. Our families and guests all commented afterward on how great Joanne was as our officiant. Joanne kept us on track with deadlines to ensure everything was edited and completed to our liking. She communicated with all of our vendors to ensure everyone was on the same page for timing and to ensure our photographers and videographers knew what to expect. Joanne was also extremely helpful throughout our rehearsal to ensure our families and bridal parties felt comfortable and knew what to do. Joanne was great to work with! I do believe in investing more ($) into great vendors to ensure the day/planning goes smoothly and as stress free as possible. I would definitely recommend Joanne.

~ Stephanie and Zach (March 2023)

Professional and Kind

My family and I were so pleased with your professionalism and kindness in the planning of our Dad’s Celebration of Life.  The biggest compliment would be that my Aunt (Dad’s sister) was shocked when she learned that you had never met dad.  The way you spoke of him had many thinking that you were a long-time friend of the family.  Thank you again for making a very hard day manageable.  

~ Shaun (March 2023)

Wonderful Source of Ideas and Guidance

Right from the very first email Joanne was extremely professional, excited for us, and supportive. She knows, that planning a wedding is a stressful process and did a wonderful job of getting to know us, and what we valued in our ceremony. There were so many parts we were unsure about, and Joanne had fantastic suggestions that we were able to weave together to produce a breathtaking ceremony. She also assisted us with writing our own vows. Her experience really shone through during the rehearsal, listening and leading through many voices and ideas, to get the job done. Comments from our guests: "Wow, that was the most powerful ceremony I have ever been to. " "That was so deeply personal, I feel like I know you better." "Best wedding I have ever been to."

~ Bianca and Fraser (October 2022)

With Us Every Step of the Way

“Joanne was wonderful to work with- very professional, took care of so many details behind the scenes and really understood the type of atmosphere we wanted for our special day. We loved how personalized our ceremony was and how she was with us every step of the way- from the initial brainstorming to vow writing all the way to calming our nerves before walking down the aisle! Thank you, Joanne for helping to make our day everything we had hoped for!"

~ Cheryl and Jose (August 2022)

Very professional and Well Organized

We had to reschedule our wedding twice and working with Joanne was easy and she really made our experience personal! She followed up and sent us all the info and prep that we needed. Great contribution to our big day!

~ Kathleen and Steven (August 2022)

Our ceremony was PERFECT thanks to Joanne

My now husband and I enjoyed working with Joanne from our very first meeting, all the way until after our ceremony. The care and work Joanne puts into your ceremony is incredible, and her passion for her work is truly obvious. Our ceremony was exactly as we had hoped: personal, light, and sentimental. Her communication through the planning was great, we never felt lost or confused as to what our next step was. We can't wait to receive our ceremony keepsake! We highly recommend Joanne for any couples looking for their officiant, and cannot say enough positive things.

~ Taylor and Stephen (September 2022)

Incredibly Easy to Work With

Joanne was so incredibly easy to work with. We were left with such a wonderful feeling from the very first time we met with her through a zoom call. We knew that Joanne was the officiant for us. Joanne was extremely professional and made sure our ceremony was exactly what we wanted. Never once did we feel in the dark during the process from start to finish. Joanne gave us a sense of direction and made our special day perfect. We can't say enough good things about the service we were provided and are extremely thankful for all the effort Joanne put into our ceremony to make it a moment we will never forget.

~ Sean and Jenielle (September 2022)

Amazing!

Joanne did amazing to make our big day come true! I wouldn’t change anything to our wedding day! All my guests said, “it was completely different to what they had seen when they got married” but I got 100% good feed back from my guests and they absolutely loved it! Thank you so much and she went above and beyond for us! We both appreciated that!

~ Katie and Jake (September 2022)

Fabulous!

We were fortunate to have Joanne write and officiate our wedding ceremony in late August of 2022. We could not be more thrilled to have worked with her as she created the most perfect experience for us. We continue to have endless comments from our guests that our ceremony was one of the most unique and special ceremonies that they have ever witnessed. She really took the time to personalize our script and make it that much more meaningful for us. We are forever grateful to Joanne and would absolutely recommend her services.

~ Dianne and Alex (August 2022)

Five out of Five

From start to finish, Joanne was always ahead of the game, personable, and professional. Months in advance she asked us to fill out a questionnaire about our significant other and family. These answers were used to truly personalize the script for the ceremony, which I absolutely loved. Additionally, she sent a draft script for us to review, which was very helpful since we changed some of the "typical" verbiage. Wedding planning can be overwhelming, but with Joanne being experienced, providing us detailed instruction, and preparing well in advance (including reaching out to me each time I missed the deliverable date), the ceremony was never on our list of "what could go wrong"? Five out of five, would recommend Joanne.

~ Landon and Chelsea (August 2022)

Highly Skilled

Joanne made our ceremony and day so perfect. We had SO many compliments on the ceremony and specifically her officiating. The ceremony script was highly personalized, well structured, detailed (which helped our videographer, photographer, day-of coordinator, DJ, etc.) and the ways she incorporated our family in the ceremony made it even more special. She is highly skilled in her profession and several guests have asked us where we found her! :D

~Haylee and Craig (August 2022)

Wonderful and Personalized

Thank you again Joanne Van Beek for a very special Wedding Ceremony. Many of our guests loved how personal you made the ceremony. Everyone was very impressed. Katrina and I couldn't have been more happier with how it went. Thank you very much.

~ Keith and Katrina (June 2022)

Personalized & Meaningful

Not only did Joanne create a meaningful ceremony and beautiful vows tailored to us, but she made sure to speak with everyone involved to ensure our ceremony went off without a stitch. Thank you Joanne for making our special day so wonderful and something we will never forget and cherish!

~ Kimberly and Colin (July 2022)