Small Circles Ceremonies is an award winning wedding officiant based out of Boulder, Colorado. Jen is a non-religious Colorado wedding officiant, specializing in deeply personal, modern, custom ceremonies. Jen strives to make every wedding she officiates a unique and authentic experience for every couple, providing laughter, love, storytelling, deep connection and meaning. Jen prides herself on putting a great deal of time and effort into each couple’s journey to marriage, without cookie-cutter, or “one-size-fits-all” celebrations. Jen invests time in getting to know her couples to create ceremonies that are beautiful, intimate and sincere.
Jen is the perfect fit for couples who want their ceremony to be the soulful centerpiece of their wedding day, who want a unique and vibrant ceremony that feels out of the ordinary. Jen welcomes couples of all creeds and orientations, as truly, love is love.
Services Offered Small Circles Ceremonies offers several different options for wedding officiant services, from short and sweet elopements to large, community filled weddings. Jen is also bilingual, and is happy to connect couples through one, or two languages to bring their love together, and to involve all of their family and friends in the process. Her specialty is in discovering where a couple derives their sense of the sacred so she can create a ceremony that feels genuine, special and sublime. She is able to officiate ceremonies that are Earth-Based, Pagan, humanist, agnostic, or nondenominational. She is also able to provide officiation services for the following types of celebrations:
Civil unions
Interfaith wedding ceremonies
Non-religious wedding ceremonies
Vow renewals
Areas Served Small Circles Ceremonies serves Boulder, Denver, Lyons, Estes Park and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and is willing to travel out of state.
Hispanic or Latinx-owned
Woman-owned
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I cannot begin to express the gratitude I have for Jen. She made our cermony so special, personal and beautiful. She feels like a long time friend. Which is exactly what we were looking for. Someone we could trust, welcome and share our journey with. Thank you, Jen for the wonderful experience. I hope we find ourselves in need of a special cermony in the future.
Sara Sent on 08/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Best officiant ever!
I honestly do not think we could have found a better officiant than Jen. If the ceremony is the most important part of the wedding for you (which it should be) then choose Jen as your officiant. Working with her was my favorite part of the wedding planning process. All the other parts of wedding planning can be very stressful but communicating with Jen reminded me of what was really important…. I was going to marry the love of my life! Jen sends a questionnaire of 34 questions so she can understand both of yall as a couple. The questionnaire she sent us seemed like a lot at first but we loved answering all the questions. It was a deep dive into our relationship. It helped Jen truly know us and helped her create a ceremony that represented us perfectly. The couple times we met with her were great! As someone with a little bit of anxiety (especially during all the wedding planning!!), I trusted her and I trusted her process.
After the ceremony, everyone was telling me how awesome Jen was. I think I heard more compliments about her than my dress LOL. And I totally understand why. Jen set such a great tone and really made everyone feel part of the ceremony. The ceremony was not your traditional religious ceremony but even the religious people loved it…even though it was non-religious, it was very respectable and drew everyone in. I had so many people tell me it was the best wedding ceremony they have ever witnessed.
I asked Jen for a copy of the words spoken at the ceremony and was expecting just the text in an email but no…it was a beautiful PDF document. It was so organized from the font she picked and a simple but beautiful mountain image. We plan to print it out and place it in a special binding!
Here are some shots of Jen during our ceremony in our wedding video (around 4:35 time mark): https://vimeo.com/736631928
Stop your officiant searching and contact Jen right now!!
Alani Sent on 01/23/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Thank you Jen!
Jen was an incredible officiant for our wedding. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know her the months prior. She also really took the time to get to know us as a couple and individually. She respected all of our wishes related to the ceremony while guiding and giving us tips based on her expertise. We couldn’t recommend her more! The actual ceremony and words were perfect. She really captured our vision. Thank you Jen!
Katrina Sent on 11/23/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Jen is amazing!
Jen is amazing to work with. She’ll listen to you and your relationship story, and values, to create a unique and authentic ceremony.
Jen officiated our wedding and the ceremony was without question our favorite part of the day. It was spectacular. Jen did a fantastic job preparing us for what to expect, leading us through the vow writing process, and then during the ceremony, grounding us in the moment. We felt prepared, excited, and surrounded by love and support.
Our guests all LOVED the ceremony as well. I was blown away by how many people shared how authentic, honest, and heartful the ceremony was. People kept asking how we knew Jen, thinking she was an old friend. When I shared we'd only known Jen a few months, our guests almost didn't believe it. Weeks later they’re still raving about the ceremony… and more importantly, my now husband and I continue to cherish it.
The power of our ceremony is a testament to Jen’s expertise and professionalism, and the process she’s developed to get to know couples and share their stories.
She’ll help you make what could easily be one of the most nerve racking parts of your wedding day - reading your vows - a celebration of love and commitment. She’s also totally flexible, so if you don’t want to write your own vows, no problem, she has plenty of written resources to choose from.
Is Jen the right officiant for you? Take a look at her website, and if it resonates, yes she is. Her ceremony will bring the meaning and significance of your relationship, and commitment to one another, to life, so that you can celebrate in a way that’s significant to you.
Jen is the best. I’d totally do a vow renewal in 10 years just to have her officiate another ceremony for us. I’m glad you found her.
Gillian Sent on 10/31/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Whatever You Do - Book Jen
Where do I even begin. Jen is absolutely amazing. I couldn't even imagine a better wedding ceremony for my husband and I. Jen infused our personality and our love story into the words so well that I felt like she has known us for years! Our guests could not stop asking us where we found her and how she created it. There was not a dry eye in the entire venue (including the photographers!)
Jen made sure to include us in every decision of the ceremony, including who we wanted to honor and the different traditions we wanted to infuse into it. She made us feel closer to our family and friends and created a beautiful place for us to say our I dos. Jen even helped us by giving us a list of I dos and guidance on writing our vows to make the process as stress less as possible.
I don't know what we would have done without Jen. Her words made our wedding the most special day. Whatever you do, book Jen for your wedding or any other ceremony. You will not be disappointed.
Nadia Sent on 09/24/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Spectacular personalized wedding ceremony
If you want a generalized wedding ceremony that any officiant can find on a Google site, Jen is not the person for you. If you want someone who will make you feel special, take the time to get to know you and your partner, and really go above and beyond for your big day, then Jen is exactly who you should get to officiate your wedding.
I cannot say enough beautiful words about Jen. We knew right away that we did not want a standard cookie-cutter wedding ceremony. Our wedding was special to us and we wanted a ceremony that would reflect that. We met with a few other officiants and no one had the same fit like Jen. She is so personable, charismatic, and an overall wonderful person. We spent just over an hour in our first meeting; most of which was spent just getting to know each other and talking as if we were old friends. She let us know that she was able to provide a bilingual ceremony which was our highest priority and that not only would she tailor the ceremony to us but that she was going to spend her time getting to know us before the wedding. She sent us very thorough questionnaires to help her understand our journey, we met in person so she could see our dynamic, and she checked in with us multiple times before the wedding which eased our minds completely.
The wedding ceremony was so special and monumental we cannot describe how beautifully Jen's words captivated our story, our journey, and the adventures still ahead.Because she took the time to get to truly know us, it felt as though a friend was officiating our wedding. On our one month anniversary she sent us a follow up check in to see how we were doing and to send us a digital copy of the ceremony so we can have it forever. Re-reading her words brought back all the emotions from our big day and filled us with so much joy. I am so happy that we chose Jen to officiate, I could not imagine anyone else marrying us!
Amanda Sent on 07/09/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Magical Wedding Ceremony
Jen is simply the best. She is a warm, bubbly, charismatic human who is such good company to have. When we were writing our vows, she helped us make them personalized and meaningful. EVERYONE complemented us on our ceremony, stating over and over again that it was “truly magical.” Jen made our ceremony special, individualized, fun, lighthearted, and loving. She brought the focus of the wedding world back to the wedding ceremony itself. She made the day truly memorable. Sure, the pictures and the food and the music were all amazing. But the ceremony that Jen helped us craft — that is what was truly meaningful and is what my husband and I will never forget. Jen is the most wonderful person, and she is everything you need for your wedding ceremony.
Lauren Sent on 07/03/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Perfect intimate mountain wedding
We knew Jen was the right person to officiate our wedding from the moment we met her. Down to earth, humble, kind and a great sense of humor. Jen allowed for us to have as much or as little support in creating our vows and having a voice in our ceremony as we wanted. Through ritual and spoken words, she created the most beautiful, intimate ceremony and space during our small, mountain wedding and we couldn’t be more grateful for her.
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Marialexia Sent on 05/29/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Bellissima!!!
We are super thankful we chose Jen to officiate our special day! She was listed as one of the recommended officiants by our venue, but we didn't want to choose just anyone. We really wanted to find someone that we felt a connection to and after reading about her, we felt this was definitely the right match.
We met with her on a video call to get to know each other and she gracefully worked in our story into the ceremony. She gave us lots of freedom to choose how to design our ceremony, and provided a wonderful guide to help us write our own vows.
The most amazing part was that she did an incredible job helping us do part of our ceremony in Italian. Her Italian was beautiful, semplicemente bellissima! We were so happy we could incorporate this special element into our wedding day. She has a unique way of bringing everyone together in the moment and making everyone in attendance feel like they are really part of the ceremony and a meaningful part of our commitment to each other too. So many of our guests said they loved how different and beautiful it was to feel that connection.
Jen was very caring and attentive to our needs, especially the day of! The simple, quick reminders to breathe, be present and hydrate were so very helpful on a very busy day.
Grazie mille per tutto! Thank you for everything!
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Rachel Sent on 02/05/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
She is who you want to have officiate this life event!!!
First things first - Jen is a wonderful person, extremely elegant and respectful officiant, and exactly who you want at your wedding. Hire her. Don't even hesitate, just do it.
We had really been struggling to find an officiant who would write an custom ceremony that was feminist, non-religious, but reverent. Jen came highly recommended by our photographer (also, fabulous) and I am so grateful I found her. The ceremony she wrote was *chef's kiss* perfect with lighthearted moments and beautiful reflections on life. She worked with us to create the ceremony and you could absolutely tell in almost everything she wrote. We also used her help and worksheet for writing vows. I think this made both my partner and I much more comfortable with what we wrote, and much less likely to procrastinate. I highly recommend this. Not only was her script beautiful, but her presentation of said script, and presence alone was perfect. I am so glad to have met her and had her be part of our wedding. She truly made the day as well as helped set the tone for our future.
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Jen is the most humble and kind hearted officiant that I know. Her beautiful soul and powerful words have a way of making every moment of your day special. I highly recommend her magical soul for anyone who is looking for a ceremony to be as special as their love. Jen, you are without a doubt a goddess in the wedding professional world. Thank you for being so amazing!! xoxo Janea
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