Why Choose a Celebrant?
You are looking for the right person to officiate at your wedding because you know that the ceremony can be powerful, and with it you want to set the tone for the day. Perhaps you feel that what you want is an alternative wedding. Or maybe you just have no idea who could or should marry you, so you are shopping around.
Maybe you are from different religions, or different cultures; maybe you each have strong but differing visions, or one of you cares and the other doesn’t (”Can‘t we just get married?”) I treat you both with respect and humor, and I love bringing to light the common ground.
Your story will inspire me, my resources and training will inform me and we will create the perfect ceremony.
sacred, intimate,
light-hearted,
spiritual,
mysterious,
joyful,
ancient,
religious,
wacky,
solemn,
beautiful,
simple
Any of these words might describe how you envision your ceremony. As your officiant, I will help you consider the images, the space, the words, music, choice of participants - all that will best express the wedding you see as your own.
Regi and Nicole
Gay weddings can be the same, or different, depending on what you want. White satin dresses? Your parents part of the ceremony? Sure! Your grown children walking you down the aisle. Yes, that is often a part of it, because you’ve been together for many years.
If you are at this website, you probably already know that you can make your ceremony be what you wish it to be.
New Jersey is happily a state where legal union is available to all couples. You will go through the same steps as other married couples have gone through - applying for a license which I sign and submit. I gladly offer a ceremony for you to exchange vows of love and commitment in as many different ways as your imaginations can conjure up, including a very traditional wedding. If you have children, we can find a significant and enjoyable way for them to participate.
I will help you celebrate with pride and joy, working with you to find the common threads that express your values, beliefs and styles in a ceremony that touches all who gather around you.
Murphy,
We can't THANK YOU enough - the Ceremony went EXACTLY the way we wanted it to ...Everyone said that they couldn't believe how well it went and how normal it was, and that meant the world to us because that is what we wanted from that day.
Victor and Damon
