Wedding & Union Ceremonies
Tell me your love storyThe ceremony that joins two lives together should be a unique expression of your love and commitment.
I will work with you to design a personalized and heartfelt wedding ceremony. As a trained ritual specialist, I have the tools and fundamental knowledge to create a ceremony that meets your specific needs and your wildest hopes.
In addition to being a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, I am registered as a non-denominational minister through the International Brotherhood Movement. I can legally officiate weddings in California (and most other states), and I will take the lead in filing your marriage license with the Clerk in the County where your wedding takes place to insure the legality of your union.
Here’s how it works:
We’ll start with a “No Obligation Consultation.” In person if possible and practical, but more likely by Zoom or Facetime. We’ll meet and talk and see if all three of us agree that we’re a good fit—you as the marrying couple, and me as your officiant.
If we decide to work together, you can secure my availability on your wedding date by:
- signing an agreement,
- making a deposit on my services.
Our Agreement will include a tentative schedule of “homework”– such as completion of questionnaires and follow-up conversations that will allow me to gather all the information I need to make your ceremony as special as you are.
After I craft a first draft of your ceremony, we’ll communicate back and forth to fine-tune the ceremony. I’ll also be prompting you to file for a marriage license in a timely manner to ensure that the legal part of your wedding is properly executed.
Wedding Rehearsals
I recommend that you also book me to run your wedding rehearsal. By then, I will know precisely what you want, and I’ll put my background in stage production to work and convey to your wedding party exactly what you want them to do at your wedding.
Although I conquer all the earth,
yet for me there is only one city.
In that city there is for me only one house;
And in that house, one room only;
And in that room a bed.
And one person sleeps there,
The shining joy and jewel in all my kingdom
— Sanskrit poem
Fees
My fee is based on the time commitment from me that you need in order to have the wedding ceremony of your dreams. For me to create and officiate a pretty straightforward wedding ceremony will cost around $450, a little more if your ceremony is more elaborate.
If it’s an extremely simple, private ceremony (fewer than 10 guests) it will likely be less. My participation in your wedding rehearsal is also available for an additional fee. The location of your wedding may also be a factor.
After we meet and I learn what you want, and determine how I can help you, I will present a quote. Our written agreement will clearly spell out what I promise to provide and what I will need from you in order to fulfill my commitment to design for you a once-in-a-lifetime event that you will cherish for all time.
Let’s talk!
Schedule a no-obligation consultation, and I’ll see if I can help!