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A More Perfect Union - Hope Mirlis

A More Perfect Union - Hope Mirlis

New York, NY
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    Wonderful experience with Hope

    We found Hope through a recommendation from our photographer. Hope has so much energy and zeal. She walked us through how she creates a ceremony in so much detail that we pretty much immediately knew that we wanted to work with her. Hope did such an amazing job at helping us with any and all questions, suggesting ideas to fill out the ceremony (we ended up having a wine box), and making the experience so personal that many people asked if she was a family friend. We are so happy that we were able to work with Hope, and absolutely recommend working with her if you are looking for a caring, attentive officiant who will make your ceremony truly about you and your partner.
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    Cope O. Sent on 04/23/2023
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    If you are looking for an unforgettable, beautiful ceremony... look no further.

    If you're looking for an officiant who will make your wedding ceremony unforgettable, look no further than Hope! From start to finish, Hope was an absolute delight to work with. She took the time to get to know us as a couple and really listened to our vision for our ceremony.

    On the big day, Hope truly exceeded our expectations. She managed to strike the perfect balance between heartfelt and humorous, incorporating elements of our love story that left our guests in tears of joy. Her delivery was flawless and her words resonated deeply with everyone present.

    We received countless compliments on our ceremony throughout the night, with many guests commenting that it was the most beautiful and meaningful ceremony they had ever witnessed. We couldn't agree more - thanks to Hope, our wedding ceremony was truly magical.

    If you want an officiant who will go above and beyond to make your special day unforgettable, you can't go wrong with Hope. She is an absolute gem and we feel incredibly lucky to have had her as part of our wedding day. Thank you, Hope, for everything!
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    Allison S. Sent on 07/07/2020
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    Lovely & Helpful

    My now husband and I had a zoom ceremony officiated by Hope during the covid-19 quarantine in NYC. She made the process incredibly easy and stress free! She was very quick to respond to emails and flexible making sure she fit us in before the executive order allowing zoom weddings expired. I highly recommend Hope, she could not have been nicer.
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    Julie K. Sent on 03/23/2022
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    Our Super Star at the Ceremony

    Hope was amazing to work with from the first time I met her to the ceremony. My husband and I did pre marital counseling with Hope and it truly helped us grow in our relationship. We learned things about each other we did not know and gained guidance on how to continue to make our love work forever.
    In addition, Hope really captured our vibe of the ceremony. I really wanted our ceremony to be personal, lighthearted, fun and entertaining. Hope was charismatic, loving, made us feel comfortable and captured our love perfectly. Hope even showed up early and was able to calm my nerves before. She anticipated everything we needed and brought this amazing energy. I am so grateful we had her officiate us and am sad our sessions are over because I always looked forward to her amazing energy and outlook on life. Hope thank you so much for everything! We miss you already.
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    Ryan O. Sent on 11/27/2021
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    Hire hope!

    We connected Hope with our wedding officiant (groom's best friend) to help him put together a vaguely Jewish-yet-pretty-secular ceremony.

    While we weren't involved with the actual consultation, the result and the notes that our officiant gave us on our vows and ceremony ideas showed that she brought her years of experience to bear while still letting our collective visions shine.

    If you need help with your wedding ceremony in any capacity, do yourself a favor and reach out to Hope!

    Alyssa and Ryan
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    Tara Sent on 07/06/2021
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    Exceptional! Above and beyond expectations

    HOPE was our Officiant dream come true. She created and delivered a wonderful ceremony for us and made our day very special. She was also extremely patient, friendly and helpful. HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER TO ALL COUPLES looking for an officiant in NY!
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    Emma Sent on 06/10/2022
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    A wonderful ceremony that was the highlight of our wedding day

    A meaningful ceremony was one of my top wedding priorities so having the right officiant was super important. Hope far exceeded my expectations and I couldn't recommend her more highly to couples who want a personalized ceremony that isn't just going through the motions. Hope took the time to get to know us both as individuals and as a couple, and imbued our ceremony with little tidbits that showed she'd really been listening. She wrote a beautiful ceremony that reflected our values and our priorities.

    I'd also highly recommend Hope's wedding yoga packages - she did a session at my bachelorette party that was absolutely the highlight of the weekend.
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    Annabel L. Sent on 05/18/2021
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    Best officiant ever!

    Hope is an amazing officiant and helped us put together the best and most ‘us’ ceremony we could have imagined.
    My husband is half-Japanese, and we decided to fold paper cranes for our unity ceremony. Hope did her own research into the significance of this tradition and added relevant, heartfelt details that we didn’t think of. She also took our questionnaire responses closely into account and presented us with a wonderful surprise at the end of our ceremony - the candy we ate on our first date!
    Before the wedding, she asked us to send her our vows privately and provided us (especially the groom) with much needed assistance. We received so many compliments on the ceremony and we can’t thank Hope enough for kickstarting our marriage in a way that we will remember forever.
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    Kristy K. Sent on 08/20/2021
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    OMG Hope!!

    She rapped during our ceremony… Do I need to say more?! 😂 Hope is so lovely and pleasant to work with! She made me realize that wedding ceremony can be fun and I still have more to learn and share with a man I was going to marry after being together for 8 years. My husband and I had a beautiful moment when we exchanged our vows and she was there to guide us through. Even after the postponement, I am so grateful that we were able to work with her. She is THE BEST. If we ever decide to renew our vows, I know who I’m going to call!
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    Veronica Sent on 01/31/2020
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    Hope is the best!

    A little late in writing this review, but I cannot say enough good things about Hope! We reached out to her for a pre-marital counseling package right before our official engagement, as it didn’t feel like my fiancé and I were on the same page when it came to certain issues. Through Hope’s counseling sessions and homework (yes, there’s homework!), we were able to greatly improve our communication and develop a blueprint for how we’d like our marriage to be. It was also extremely easy to schedule appointments (we did FaceTime) and communicate with Hope in between sessions.

    Six months later, we find ourselves regularly using the tools we were given by Hope on a regular basis, and plan to use them throughout our marriage.

    We’re thrilled to be starting the next chapter of our lives on a great foundation, thanks to Hope. If we were getting married in the NYC area, we’d definitely ask her to be our officiant!
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    Katherine Sent on 12/23/2019
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    Hope is just THE best!

    How to even begin...Hope was absolutely amazing as the officiant for our Dec. 7 wedding. She was super-responsive from the start, we had a fabulous initial conversation, and she totally understand what my now-husband and I wanted from our secular ceremony (simple and elegant). She kept us on track by working with us in the months leading up to our wedding, and tirelessly collaborated with us until our ceremony was exactly as we envisioned it. We felt so comfortable going into our ceremony knowing Hope was leading the way.

    On the day of our wedding, she was SO helpful (knew our venue really well), and her take-charge attitude really put us at ease. The ceremony was amazing, and afterwards, the FIRST thing that friends and family said to us was how much they loved Hope--people raved all night about her.

    We are so grateful to Hope for her patience, boundless enthusiasm, poise, and sense of humor. Hire her! You won't regret it!
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    Kayla Sent on 05/26/2019
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    Amazing!!!

    Hope was great!!! She made our wedding day amazing.
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    Eleanora Sent on 01/31/2019
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    One of the best decisions we made was working with Hope!

    Hope was beyond wonderful to work with! I knew from our first conversation that we had a connection and we wanted her to be the officiant for our wedding! After speaking with her we signed up for a few pre-marital counseling sessions with her. She made us feel comfortable during these sessions and helped us to further strengthen our communication skills with each other. As for the ceremony, what we wrote was wonderful and deeply moving. We received several compliments from our guests about how touching her words were. She has such a wonderful personality you can't help but want to work with her. She helped to make our wedding the best day ever!
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    Hope is everything you'd want in an officiant

    Hope is the nicest, most amazing woman and we were so honored to have her officiate our wedding. We had initially wanted a friend to officiate the wedding but once we met Hope we realized she was exactly what we needed. She put together the sweetest and most personal ceremony and that struck the perfect line between funny and sentimental. We knew we wanted to have some family members do a reading during the ceremony and she was also there to help us find the perfect ones that summed up our relationship to a T. On the day, my nerves were really kicking in and she was there to help talk me down, she even had essential oils with her to help relax me. In addition, we also opted to do premarital sessions with her and it was one of the best decisions we made. We planned our wedding in Brooklyn while living in Chicago and Hope made it easy for us to do all of our premarital sessions through skype. I highly recommend those sessions to anyone getting married. My husband and I have been together for 9 years and even though we know everything you could about a person, it made us stronger and helped frame the reasons for getting married. By the end we really looked forward to our time with Hope and hated the fact that it had to end. Thanks for everything Hope!
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    Hope was the absolute perfect addition to our wedding day! She worked with us to create a ceremony that was personalized with our story. Hope provided quick feedback, always offering to chat if we needed, across several drafts of the ceremony. She reminded us of the reason for our wedding day, which we appreciated as it is easy to get caught up in the planning. Hope also encouraged us to read our own vows (rather than repeat them) and that added an extra personalization to our day. On the day of the wedding, we received many compliments regarding the ceremony with several of our guests remarking on Hope's charisma and ease at which she officiated. Hope, thank you for everything!
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    Hope was like a ray of sunshine when we needed it most. After planning to have a friend marry us, only to discover my parents were dead set against the idea, we went searching for a non-denominational officiant who would respect our wishes to have a Jewish-ish ceremony, with a good dose of humor thrown in. When I first spoke with Hope, I knew she was the person for us. Her warmth and good nature come across so clearly, but she’s also a fierce advocate for her couples. She helped us develop a beautiful ceremony that everyone was happy with (opinionated parents included), and delivered it with so much grace and style on the day of our wedding that I’ve lost track of the number of people who approached us afterward to tell us how great she was. We honestly couldn’t have asked for anyone better to help us with this super important part of our wedding day. Thank you Hope!
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    We are so glad we found Hope, she was the perfect officiant. We had flexibility over the ceremony and felt like Hope really wanted to make our day perfect, and she did. It was the perfect ceremony.
    She was friendly, responsive and helpful, I would recommend Hope to anyone.
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    Michelle Sent on 11/10/2017
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    My husband and I worked with Hope in early 2017 for four premarital counseling sessions, and we were SO happy we did. We were a little anxious about what the process would look like, but Hope's personality is so upbeat and disarming and our sessions were always fun as well as productive. She pushed and challenged us with her questions and homework assignments, and cheered us on as we made progress together. After our sessions were over, we found that we really missed having those weekly conversations with her! We still use some of the tools she introduced us to, which I imagine will continue to serve as a great resource for us for years to come.
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    Nkeyap Sent on 10/21/2016
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    Omg I love Hope! She was a blessing to my husband and I. She provided us with premarital counseling and was kind, interpersonal and made us feel as ease. We learned so much about each other and ourselves while meeting with Hope. I know she only provides premarital counseling but I would recommend her for any type of counseling! Thank you so much Hope, you are the absolute best!
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    Stephanie Sent on 09/30/2016
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    Hope was our officiant on 09/4/2016. She was absolutely wonderful! From the moment we met her, through the drafting process of our ceremony, she was great. The day of, Chris and I were both full of nerves and she was so warm and comforting. All our friends and family loved her! Hope is truly a genuine, caring, and lovely person... we are so happy to have found her!! Thanks so much for everything Hope. Much Love xx Stephanie & Chris
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    Jeremy Sent on 09/27/2016
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    We didn't use Hope as an officiant (we were married by a Rabbi), but we hired her to lead us in 4 pre-marital counseling sessions and are very happy we did. Any couple, no matter how strong, can benefit from the support of counseling. She helped us to talk through some challenges and gave us invaluable tools to make us better communicators and better partners. She was really thorough and great with follow-up to make sure that we were putting into practice the things we discussed and reflecting deeply. Counseling is not inexpensive, but it was worth every penny. In fact, I think it's probably one of the best wedding-related things you could spend your money on.

    One important caveat is that Hope is not a psychologist or trained therapist, so if that is what you are looking for, she might not be right for you. But if you are looking for someone to help you talk through the big questions before the big day, Hope is amazing!
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    When my wife and I started our search for a wedding officiant, we didn’t know where to start. We didn’t want to put the burden of officiating our wedding on any of our guests or family members, but we wanted the ceremony to be personal and meaningful. Thankfully Hope was on our day of coordinator’s recommended list of officiants. My wife and I didn’t have a very clear picture of what we wanted our ceremony to look like, but we knew what we didn’t want it to look like. When we met with Hope, she shared the same views and really understood what we were trying to achieve. She sent us a questionnaire that required thoughtful responses to better understand my wife and me, and our relationship. We went through about seven drafts and the finished product was something special. It was a beautiful and personal speech that included humor and passion. Hope’s reading was clear and fluid, and her persona was calm and inviting. We highly recommend Hope!
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    My husband and I were thrilled with the ceremony that Hope Mirlis performed for us on 11/20/15. We met with her once in person, and then corresponded with her frequently over email right up to the day of our rehearsal. Hope did a wonderful job of listening to our various ideas for our ceremony and made recommendations, which helped us settle on something that represented us perfectly. She was articulate, passionate, expressive and humorous, which helped our ceremony come to life - it felt welcoming to our guests, deeply meaningful, and also light-hearted. More importantly, we had rave reviews from our guests! Some people even thought Hope must have been a close friend of ours, which speaks the most her passion for her work. We highly recommend her to all couples looking for a NYC wedding officiant!
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    Hope officiated our wedding earlier this month and we loved what she offered as options for our vows. It fit in well with our personalities and the feel we wanted for the wedding with personal touches as well. Several people commented on how much they liked her afterwards and I was so pleased with our choice. She is very friendly and easy to work with and I couldn't be happier with the way everything turned out!
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    We definitely made the right decision in choosing Hope as our ceremony officiant, pre-marital counselor, and yoga instructor! We had a great experience with Hope from our first email exchange to the quick follow-up post-wedding with our marriage certificate. We were looking for an officiant who would work with us on personalizing our ceremony and bring just the right amount of faith and spirituality into the ceremony. Hope fit this perfectly. Hope is very warm and personable and was also very responsive, offering her advice and feedback throughout the planning process. On the morning of the wedding, Hope led me and my three bridesmaids through a lovely yoga session that she customized to my preference, a perfect start to my special day! Our families all commented how eloquent and well-spoken Hope was during the ceremony. She was also very authentic and genuinely just as happy for us as our family and friends. We would recommend Hope to any couple!