Joy In Life Celebrant
I’ll take the time to get to know you, provide you with ideas and tips, listen to your personal wishes, and create your ‘perfect’ marriage ceremony, one which reflects your personalities. Your wedding ceremony will be the most important aspect of the wedding day and should celebrate what is special about both of you.
If you have been dreaming of having a traditional formal ceremony, a ceremony with spiritual aspects, having cultural or community inclusions, or something a little more casual and light-hearted, you decide, then I help you create it. Your ceremony can be held almost anywhere you choose, in a garden, a park, your reception venue, the beach or your own backyard.
I love being a Celebrant. I love celebrating love! I love living in Batemans Bay and I look forward to being the Celebrant for lots more happy couples!
To be involved with people during such exciting and momentous times in their lives is a real privilege, celebrating the joy in life, and it’s why I chose “Joy in Life” as my Celebrant business name. I am a true “people person” which is why every ceremony I have conducted has been such a success and I invest a lot of myself into creating truly personalised ceremonies.
I started my working life as a nurse in Sydney and then moved onto customer service roles and some years as a public servant in Canberra. When I was living in Canberra, I realised I wanted to do more with my life than just work as a public servant, and I knew I wanted to return to more people-focussed, more caring roles, and so I became a Celebrant!
I firstly qualified as a marriage celebrant in 2011, and have conducted so many happy, wonderful ceremonies for just so many couples. My first ceremony for a same-sex couple was such an emotionally charged, beautiful ceremony, and I was filled with such joy and pride that I could help that wonderful pair finally cement their life-long partnership. So many tears of joy!
I love working with, and helping others, so I am doing what I love, and I want to share that love with you. I also believe I bring with me all the best aspects of my previous careers, from caring, compassion, and understanding, to public speaking and presentation skills, as well as the training I received from the Academy of Celebrancy while obtaining my Certificate IV in Celebrancy.
For your wedding, vow renewal, commitment ceremony, I will provide a happy and relaxed ceremony created just for you. I have a pleasant and clear speaking voice and will use a PA system to ensure your ceremony is audible to all, and I can play your choice of music as well. I provide a signing table and chairs for the Marriage Register, covered with a white cloth and decorated with pretty flowers and candles (or you can have whatever you choose).
Service Areas
New South Wales
Batemans Bay
Shoalhaven
South Coast
Sapphire Coast
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Testimonials
Martin and I feel so blessed to have had you marry us.
Wishing you much love and blessings.
Joanne and Martin
“We just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you for everything you did for us leading up to and on our big day. Everything was perfect, we couldn’t have had a ceremony that better reflected us as a couple and as a family. Once again, thank you for everything”
Jaime and Greg
“Lauren, I couldn’t have asked for anything to be better than how you made it for us, thank you so much”
Catherine and Fab
“Thank you so much for our lovely ceremony, it was wonderful. Several people came up to us and said that the ceremony reflected our personalities and they loved how personal and relaxed it was. Thank you as well for setting up the table and the microphone and everything. It was a beautiful ceremony!”
Genevieve and Todd
Hi Lauren,
Adam and I would just like to say thank you a thousand times over for everything. The day was a huge success all thanks to you.
We really appreciate all you have done and all the advice you have given us. Thank you so much again.
Hayley and Adam
Hi there Lauren,
Sorry it has taken a while but I just wanted to thank you for helping make our wedding day so special. It was truly amazing.
Thank you again I will be sure to recommend you to any friends who are getting married.
Jarrod and Jamie-Lee
Lauren was fantastic – made great suggestions for the ceremony and readings and worked with us to get the feel of what we wanted.
Ryan and Gabrielle