I Will Make Your Wedding Ceremony Exactly The Way You Want It

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WHAT I DO

Ordained Wedding Officiant

I am an ordained minister authorized by the commonwealth to perform weddings anywhere in Massachusetts. We will work together to create a custom ceremony exactly as you want and my proven workflow leaves no detail left unplanned. You and your guests will enjoy a relaxed wedding that is beautiful, moving, and memorable.

  • Religious or Non-Religious
  • Traditional or Contemporary
  • Simple to Complex
  • Interfaith
  • Intercultural
  • Same-Sex
  • Themed
  • Vow Renewal Ceremonies too
Me

Tell Your Love Story

I specialize in taking your personal Love Story and making that the heart of your ceremony. Using my skill as a writer, I will weave your stories to become the centerpiece. Your journey as a couple creates a truly one-of-a-kind, moving and memorable wedding ceremony which you and your guests will love and remember for years to come. No one else has your story. And no one else will have your ceremony.

Pandemic Wedding Special

Weddings during Covid can be challenging and maybe your original plans had to be change. But that doesn't mean you have to postpone your wedding. Find out about my Mini Wedding Special. Although the Massachusetts restrictions are lifted, I'm still offering this for couples interested.

WHAT YOU GET

Getting To Know You

We start with a no obligation discussion of what you want your wedding ceremony to be and whether we have the right "chemistry" to make this the happiest day of your life.

The Wedding Workshop

An in person workshop where we go over all of your options building the wedding ceremony of your dreams. We will leave no detail unplanned so nothing is left to chance.

Custom Wedding Script

I will write your custom ceremony script and you will have access make an unlimited number of revisions so that it's exactly as you want.

Your Love Story

After you complete a short survey, I will write Your Love Story as the heart of your special, moving, and memorable wedding ceremony.

Full Access by Phone or Email

Throughout the entire process, I am available by phone or email to ask any question, or address any concerns you may have.

A Full Rehearsal

At a location of your choice, we will rehearse the ceremony so everyone knows what to do, where to stand, and what will happen on the big day. Last minute changes can still be made up to this point.

Straight Forward Pricing

My simple flat rate three tier structure means you know exactly what this will cost upfront with no hidden fees or tacked-on last minute charges.

Travel Included

Travel to your rehearsal and wedding venues up to 60 miles away is included at no extra cost. This means most of Middlesex, Worcester, Norfolk, Suffolk, Franklin and Hamshire counties have no additional travel charge.

A Relaxed Ceremony

Youu will know that no detail has been overlooked and you have been engaged through the entire process of building your dream wedding ceremony. This allows you and your guests to enjoy a relaxed wedding ceremony that is beatiful, personal, moving, and memorable.

MY BLOG

  • Your Wedding During Covid

     


    In the age of Covid-19 with masks and social distancing, you may think you have to postpone your wedding. But with a little creativity, you can still have a unique wedding. It may be smaller than you wanted but that doesn't mean it can't still be the best day of both of your lives. And no matter what, a wedding in the middle of a global pandemic will never be forgotten.

    These are some ideas of how to have a safer, socially distant wedding:

    The Micro Wedding
    Instead of having the wedding with 200 guests in attendance and the reception with dinner and dancing, you can have a Micro Wedding with a limited number of guests following the current guidelines. Limit your Wedding Party to just a Best Man and Maid of Honor. With the Wedding Couple, four parents, the Best Man and Maid of Honor, Officiant, and a Photographer, that would be eight people. Depending on your venue, that would still allow a maximum of 42 additional guests. 

    The Live Stream
    When families are scattered around the country and travel restrictions are being renewed during the surge, travel can be difficult. So why not live cast it on one of the social media platforms.With just a few technical skills, most photographers or videographer (or even that techie friend of yours) can broadcast your wedding out to the world and let everyone share the joy of your special day no matter where they are. 

    The Elopement
    Or you can just do the "quickie wedding" simple ceremony skipping guests all together and have the party later. Besides the signing of the Marriage License, the only parts of the wedding required to make it legal are the Question of Intent and the Pronouncement. And in Massachusetts, witnesses are not even needed; the Bride, the Groom, and the Officiant are the only people who have to be there.

    The Renewal Ceremony
    If you did decide to marry while we're still under Covid-19 restrictions, once things have returned to normal, I can perform a Vow Renewal ceremony with all the bells and whistles of what you would have had. This would be a great way to celebrate your first anniversary - with the wedding and reception of your dreams, just delayed a year while the craziness of the world settled down. 

    All Of The Above
    There's also no reason you can't have a Live Streamed Micro Wedding with a Vow Renewal and Reception on your first anniversary.

    We feel like our lives have been put on pause during the pandemic. But we can still celebrate the joy of love in our lives. Instead of postponing the wedding of your dreams, we can work together to give you that wedding in new and creative ways. You can have your wedding your way, just with a mask, and socially distant.

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  • Love is Love


    How is a Same-Sex wedding different from a traditional Bride-Groom wedding? 

    Both weddings involve two people deeply in love and willing to commit themselves to each other. 

    Both weddings are a public acknowledgement of that love and commitment. 

    Both weddings involve expressing and sharing that acknowledgement with a group of friends and family. 

    Both weddings are a celebration of that love shared. 

    So the important stuff - the parts that really matter - is exactly the same. 

    The only differences are superficial details like what you call the roles of the two people getting married. Instead of Bride and Groom, it may be Groom and Groom or Bride and Bride or Partners For Life. Or something else of the couple's choosing. 

    Another difference from the Traditional wedding may be the the makeup of who is in the wedding party. There couple may have an all male or all female wedding party. Or a mix of men and women filling those traditional roles of Best Man, Maid of Honor, Bride's Maids and Groomsmen. But today, many heterosexual couples have had the Best "Man" be the Groom's female friend or a male friend serve as the Bride's Mister of Honor. So even those boundaries have been breaking down. 

    The biggest difference is because they have broken away from the traditional gendered roles, a Same-Sex wedding is more liberating and less restricted by those traditional norms which have constrained weddings to the same roles and verses used for centuries. It can truly be an expression of that specific couple's love for one another and their friends and family.

    And this liberation has spilled into new ways to celebrate heterosexual weddings as well. We are seeing a surge in new creativity and a breaking down of the traditional roles in the wedding party, who sits on which side, who comes down the aisle with the bride - many couples are now coming in together. 

    So if you ask me what's different about a Same-Sex wedding compared to the traditional Bride-Groom wedding, my answer will be "Not much. Because when it comes down to it, Love is Love."


     

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