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Ceremonies by SpiritEssence

Ceremonies by SpiritEssence

Knoxville, TN
4.8 out of 5 rating, 45 reviews
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
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    The BEST elopement

    She was extremely professional. We weren’t to sure what we wanted but we didn’t want anything super over the top. It was about 20 minutes long total and it was perfect. She did and amazing job. The script she came up with was so beautiful and unique. The pricing was very affordable. She was also able to travel all th way to clingmans dome for us. We’re so glad we close this option. We highly recommend her.
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    Jacqueline was knowledgeable understood and handled all of our requests. She gives so many Different options to choxe from.

    Highly Recommend Jacqueline if you need someone. Already started telling people about our experience.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the great review. I enjoyed celebrating your special day with you. It was my honor.
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    Sara Sent on 06/13/2024
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    Highly recommend Jacqueline!

    Jacqueline went above and beyond to ensure our wedding ceremony was perfect. She made the whole process very easy for us, showed up to our ceremony on time and her words were very touching. We will never forget our amazing experience with Jacqueline and how kind she was! Thank you Jacqueline!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the great review. It was a pleasure being part of your special day! And what a lovely setting for a wedding, with a perfect view.
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    Jasmine Sent on 07/23/2023
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    A Ceremony to Remember

    We hired reverend Jackie to officiate our wedding in London KY. One of the best decisions we made. Our ceremony was very customized and personal. Revered Jackie allowed us to edit every portion of the ceremony if desired and really made it feel beyond special. Not only that, the spoken words at the ceremony were extremely empathetic and from the heart. The audience and us found the ceremony to be breathtaking. Our family are still complimenting the service weeks later. Jackie was an absolute treasure! She traveled for the rehearsal and the wedding with no complaints. She was there every step of the rehearsal and showed up 45 minutes early for the ceremony. She was very responsive to all our questions and needs. We were so nervous about finding an officiant that would be able to present this special part of the service and convey it in a touching way. If you are thinking about hiring an Officiant to make your joyous occasion more meaningful please look no further. Thank you again, Reverend Jackie!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the kind words. You were a pleasure to work with and the venue was so picturesque and lovely.
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    My perfect pagan wedding

    Reverend Jackie worked with me to get those minor details, or “Easter eggs” into our witchy nerd wedding that had our loved ones chuckling, as well as the huge details that made the ceremony truly magical, She was patient as we ran a few minutes late and was flexible in our timing for the rehearsal. I would fully recommend her, her options are extensive and allows for a personalized experience!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much! I really enjoyed being a part of your special day. It was great fun and still very meaningful!
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    Sj Sent on 04/12/2023
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    Beautiful ceremony and reading

    Working with Jacqueline was absolutely amazing. She provided so many options and we felt like we got to customize our ceremony to fit us. She also delivered the ceremony beautifully. Everything about it was beautiful and perfect.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the kind words. I was a lovely venue and I really appreciate you making me a part of your special day.
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    Terri Sent on 03/20/2023
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    Rev Jackie is wonderful!

    Great ceremony ! Very well planned and her words meant a lot to us as we start our new married life. Wonderful lady! We were very happy with her service! A++++

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so very much for your kind words. You were so easy to work with. It was definitely my pleasure!
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    Aaron Sent on 12/23/2022
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    On top of things

    Reverend Jackie was very professional and personable. She was flexible with our schedule and special requests, even hiking a distance to perform our outdoor elopement at the spot we wanted. She designed a beautiful ceremony for us, and delivered the words with warmth. We would recommend her to anyone wanting an affordable, personalized ceremony organized by a real professional.
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    Terésa Sent on 10/18/2022
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    I was happy crying the whole time!

    Rev. Jackie did an amazing job helping us with the ceremony. She has so many options for a really personalized wedding. Weather you're religious or not, she'll work with you on whatever you want to happen with your ceremony!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the kind words!!!! It was a pleasure to be part of your and James special day. I enjoyed working with all of you.

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    Katherine Sent on 08/02/2021
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    Wonderful!

    Rev. Jackie was a delight. We are so glad to have had her there on our day. She was always responsive to emails or calls and was so helpful throughout the process. Thank you so much, Reverend Jackie!
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    Stephanie Sent on 07/28/2021
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    Professional

    She was a great asset to have for our elopement. She was professional and gave us all the feels during the ceremony. Great job!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the kind words. It was a pleasure to be part of your special day. I enjoyed working with you.
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    Lauren Sent on 05/24/2021
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    Wonderful and personal

    Rev. Jackie was able to hello create a personalized and smooth flowing ceremony for us.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    It was a pleasure to work with you both! I appreciated being made a part of your special day. Thank you so much for the lovely review.
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    Kathleen Sent on 11/10/2020
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    Beautiful Ceremony

    She did an amazing job! Very quick to respond to emails, she gave us just enough options to make it not overwhelming.
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    Amber Sent on 09/22/2020
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    Absolutely perfect

    She was absolutely perfect for our day! She was amazing at keeping in contact throughout the entire process. I absolutely love that she gave us the options to pick our own verses from her standard document. Of course our wedding started later than it was supposed to and she was very understanding. I would definitely recommend her to anyone out there the price is 1000% worth her service! Thank you so much for being apart of our day.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you for making me be a part of your special day, and for the kind words. My privilege. Weddings almost never start on the time specified:)
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    Karen Sent on 08/20/2020
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    Highly recommend

    She went above and beyond to provide a personalized experience. She accommodated all our special requests.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for the wonderful review, and for sharing your special day with me!! It was my pleasure.
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    Kyle Sent on 01/06/2020
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    Great job was done

    We were quite pleased with her professionalism.
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    beautiful ceremony

    Jacqueline was amazing from beginning to end. She sent us so many options for our ceremony and helped us to pick out the best, most beautiful ceremony! We appreciate everything that she did for us and it made our day very special! She was a big help and we would recommend her to anyone getting married in the future. We will definitely keep her in mind when we decide to renew our vows in the future :) Thank you so much for making our day so special Jacqueline!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank YOU Danielle for making me a part of your special day. You were a delight to work with, and the venue you chose was just lovely.

    Rev. Jackie
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    Wonderful and respectful minister.

    Jackie was great! She helped us customize our ceremony so that way it reflected our beliefs and gave us several options so that we could pick our which version spoke to us best. When a small hiccup arose, she alerted us with as much notice as possible and we were able to smooth it out. If you are looking for a minister that will accommodate a wide range of belief traditions and help reflect your personality, I would recommend Jackie!

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    Thank you so much for your kind words! It was a pleasure working with you, and such a lovely place for a wedding!!
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    She was very nice to work with

    She was very flexible and nice to work with. She designed our service to our needs.
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    Wonderful!

    Jacqueline was absolutely amazing! She was very detailed and personalized our ceremony just for us! We can't thank her enough for helping with our most perfect day! She was very professional and kind. We are so thankful to have had her as our officiant.

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    Thank you so much!! It was a privilege and a pleasure to work with you. And such a beautiful setting for a wedding, too.
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    Professional, kind, reliable, helpful!

    My husband and I had excellent experience with Jackie! She met with us before the wedding, offered us variety of ideas and options for the ceremony, patiently guided us through the whole process. She is very kind, understanding, and easy to work with. Our ceremony was flawless and everyone enjoyed it. We are glad Jackie was the part of our special moment!
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    Would Recommend!

    Reverend Jackie was wonderful. She was so helpful and understanding. She was very responsive to emails and even sat down with us to go over what we wanted for the ceremony and our personalities. She showed up on time and the ceremony she crafted for us was beautiful. I highly recommend her for your special day.
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    Wedding ceremony

    I loved having examples to help us personalize oour special day. Jackie made my husband & I feel like the only clients she had. We enjoyed how personable & yet professional she was. We would highly recommend her!
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    Jacqueline did a phenomenal job at officiating our ceremony! She was so kind, professional, and easy to work with. She responded to emails in a timely manner, and always worked with us in creating the ceremony we envisioned.
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    Michelle Sent on 06/23/2018
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    So easy to setup and work with. Very professional. I would highly recommend!
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    Jackie is a wonderful person, responded quickly, made everything at ease throughout the process and planning! Thank you so much for such a lovely ceremony!
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    Ralynn Sent on 05/21/2018
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    Rev. Jacquie worked with us for weeks leading up to our wedding day to provide us with a beautiful, unique, and personal ceremony that I will truly remember for the rest of my life. She travelled all the way from Tennessee to Somerset, KY. She was early and very friendly.
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    I found Rev. Jackie through Wedding Wire and could not have asked for a more amazing experience working with her. She wrote a gorgeous ceremony for us, and performed it beautifully. She is a true professional & a joy to work with!
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    Jaqueline was absolutely wonderful. The personalized ceremony was everything we could have asked for. I would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for someone to help witness their special day, and truly make it a unique experience people will remember. 10/10. Thanks Jaqueline!
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    From start of the process to it's completion absolutely amazing. Thank you for our beautiful ceremony.
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    Reverened Jackie was incredibly professional and did a fantastic job officiating our wedding ceremony. I loved how she sent us 3-4 options for watch portion of our ceremony and my husband and I were able to choose exactly what we wanted her to say at our wedding. Because there is a serious lack of (reasonably priced) non-religious wedding officiants in Chattanooga, we decided to look outside of our city in Knoxville, and I'm so glad we did. She was so easy to communicate with via email and phone and made planning our ceremony a breeze
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    Jackie was responsive and willing to work with every part of our ceremony! HIGHLY Recommended.
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    Very organized and customized our ceremony with lots of add-ons! Everything was perfect!
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    Jackie was responsive, professional and flexible at all stages of the planning process. She allowed us to get married where we wanted to and was straightforward with how it would work and what services she would provide. She even sent along a name changing guide after the wedding, which was immensely helpful. I'd highly recommend her to East Tennessee brides.
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    We are so happy that we hired Rev. Jacqueline Cahelo to perform our ceremony. This was an out of state wedding for us but she made the whole process so easy. We were able to customize our ceremony to our tastes. She gave us a selection to choose from for each part of the ceremony which was so nice. The ceremony was a reflection of us as a couple. We even received compliments from some of our guests saying what a good job she did and how nice the ceremony was.
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    Ms. Jackie was amazing. She personally made our wedding day special and comfortable. It was a pleasure working beside her and she had so many options for my husband and I to pick from to fit our personalities and our love for each other to a tee. My guest were even telling me how much they loved her services. Thank you again Rev. Jackie for everything!
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    Rev. Cahelo was perfect for our wedding. She wanted to get to know us and customize a ceremony for our individual needs. She provided several examples for us to choose from and I was amazed with her creativity and talent! Thank you so much for making our special day perfect!
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    Rev. Cahelo was great. She worked with me in creating the ceremony. I would recommend her.
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    I did not meet her until the day of, and even so, I could not have been happier with her service! Even communicating through email, Rev J was able to craft a ceremony that worked perfectly for me and my husband and I got many compliments.
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    Tina Sent on 10/02/2018
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    Quick to respond. Easy to work with leading up to and at ceremony.
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    Jessica Sent on 05/26/2019
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    Everything I asked for

    She made it easy to choose my vows. Kept it short, memorable, and simple!
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    The ceremony was great! Exactly what we wanted. I will say though, Jacqueline was slightly abrasive during other parts of her time with us. It took us a moment to get our ceremony going and when she first arrived we asked if she needed anything else form us and it just was an awkward interaction for such a busy/lovely/stressful day. We also had a balance due- which was fine but she failed to bring it up on her own and we sent my father in law to talk to her and clear things up. I would have thought when we asked if she needed anything else from us she would have mentioned it instead of being so standoffish. If you are looking for someone bubbly for your big day- just be aware that it will not be that way. That being said, our actual ceremony was beautiful. It was just the in between interactions that were a bit off.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    I am so sorry that I came off as standoffish in the interactions. I was very sick that day, and in pain and was making an effort not to show it. I have never had this complaint before, so again I apologize. As far as the balance due, when asked if I needed anything else from you, I just did not want to mention it before the ceremony to throw a damper on anything, since you did not mention it. We had discussed via e-mail a few days before, so I just assumed you would have the balance ready for me. I was concentrating on getting thru the ceremony in the correct manner of what you wanted.

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    Not geared towards African wedding traditions as advertised

    The officiant wasn't as verse in African traditions as they promoted themselves to be. She mispronounced a key deities name and confused the directions during the elements ritual.
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    No personality, amongst other things...

    Rev. Jackie arrived later than expected to my daughter's wedding (no GPS), and seemed to take an instant disliking to us. We ALL felt it. She made the Groomsmen MOVE the archway that we had spent a considerable amount of time building and planting into the ground, and it broke and fell to the ground right after the ceremony. She started coughing immediately into the ceremony (ever heard of putting cough drops in your pocket?), to the point to where she STOPPED THE CEREMONY for someone to go get her a bottle of water. I was not pleased with her service, and would never recommend her to a friend.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    I did not arrive later than expected to the wedding- I did arrive late to the rehearsal due to incorrect mapquest directions. I did not take any type of dislike to them at all- I was anxious due to driving around for an hour and not able to make it to the rehearsal on time. I arrived 1/2 hr early for the wedding, and then they were not ready to start for another 20 minutes after that. I did not make anyone move the archway at all- I have no idea where this comes from. It was windy and the archway way was blowing away and the stakes came out of the ground and they repositioned it on their own., to keep it from falling over during the wedding. They forgot to set up the Unity Candles and I got them and set it up for them myself, without being asked. I had cough drops with me in my portfolio and when I unexpectedly had an allergy attack during the ceremony I used them. Unfortunately I was still coughing ( which has NEVER happened before in 14 years of doing weddings) and I did ask someone to get me some water, but could not continue at that point due to the cough. It was all of a 30-45 sec break, and then I was fine. And then I was given a tip when paid.?? I kept apologizing for the cough. Unfortunately there was something that sparked an allergy attack- and there was nothing I could do about that.
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    Bethany Sent on 04/18/2023
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    The officiant had car trouble on the way to our ceremony but was not proactive at contacting me or the wedding coordinator. Once we were able to track her down she made no attempt to get to the ceremony as quickly as possible and instead left us stranded with less than 20 minutes to the beginning of our ceremony. When I spoke to her directly and asked why she didn't contact us first she said she didn't have my phone number on her. I would think someone with as much experience as them would make sure to have all contact information accessible on their way to the ceremony just in case something went wrong. They were also very snippy with me when we spoke despite the fact that I was the one left stranded, with no officiant, at my ceremony. Disappointed is an understatement. The only positive thing was they were prompt to provide a full refund. Given their lack of initiative in the face of a worst case scenario, I would avoid hiring them for anything.

    Ceremonies by SpiritEssence's reply:

    I realized I did not have the Brides phone number once I was in route to the ceremony. To go back would have me arrive very late for the wedding. Once I broke down I tried to contact the venue- but no one was available to take the call. I did finally contact the wedding planner and asked if someone could pick me up and bring me to the wedding. The wedding planner told me she would check with the Bride, & that a family member was an officiant & could perform the ceremony. When the planner contacted me again she told me that rather than the ceremony being so late if they sent someone to get me- the other officiant would perform the ceremony. I took screen shots of he ceremony & sent them to the planner. Then 15 minutes later I get a call from the Bride who was of course upset but proceeded to let me have it in a manner as if I was not willing to come at all which was not the case. As I thought she made this decision to not have me come- I was really confused. In any event they were not left stranded- they had another officiant there to do the ceremony. I was upset myself being in a strange town, 2 hours from home, with a broken down car on the interstate waiting for a tow truck. My not making it to the ceremony at all was due to the planner's decision.
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