For many couples, planning a wedding or commitment service can be stressful. With all the pressures surrounding the big day, there are often unrealistic and unnecessary expectations that I can help you plan your way through. Whether your guest list is 20 and your wedding party is just you and a couple of witnesses or you will have 200 or more guests and a half dozen attendants each, the service we
plan can be as traditional or as original as you choose. Together we can create a ceremony that reflects the best of who you are as those you value most in your life gather to bless the couple you are becoming in the covenant you make on this special day. We can start from scratch or use a standard liturgy - whatever you need for you to feel the day belongs to you. I do like to travel! If you have a special destination for your wedding in mind, let's talk and see if that works for me! Because your marriage is even more important than your wedding or commitment ceremony, I ask all couples to meet with me for at least two or three sessions of pre-marital counseling. This is not to determine if you should be married or not; that is not my role or purpose. I do this in order to get to know you better as well as to help me and you move forward with confidence and clarity about who you are as a couple, knowing what relationship gifts and needs you each bring into this new way of being together. After these sessions, couples typically find themselves reassured about the relationship strengths they have and learn some ways in which they can each grow and grow together as they begin this next chapter of their lives. PREPARE, the assessment I use, becomes a resource that couples find both interesting and helpful, no matter how brief or long a time they have already known each other. I live in St. Paul, but am glad to meet you where it is convenient for us to have an initial meeting, talk about the ceremony, and do our pre-marital work. Every wedding is a bit different: location, size, rehearsal, pre-marital sessions, travel, etc. I don't have a set fee for the whole package, but will be glad to talk with you about you need and what I can provide. Let's talk, and hopefully I can be at your service.
