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"I'm still floating on air, and I can't thank you enough for your participation in our wedding. Your 'words' made everything feel just so right, so heartfelt, so candid and special-to everyone present. Like I told you at the start of that morning, you are a most beautiful soul and I feel absolutely privileged for having met you. I plan on staying in-touch, and I'd recommend you to any couple in a heartbeat." Marianne, from Yonkers, NY
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“…We have the ceremony, and we love it. The more elaborate questions and revised vows now include everything that we want to express on that day, and we couldn’t be happier with the wording. Thank you for taking the time to work through all of that with us. Your patience and support made that process possible.” Peggy and Neil, Brooklyn, NY
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How do I choose my Officiant??? When I started this joy filled service of uniting couples in 1990, there was a small number of Interfaith or other ministers who would say yes to couples regardless of faith, non-faith, race, sex, etc. Now, there are many vendors in the wedding business. Freedom of choice is sacred and also can be confusing, making it difficult to know what/who you will get, especially when most couples have never hired a wedding vendor before, even for a second marriage! Some couples only care about the paper to make it official or only about the party afterwards; if so, that...
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Ceremonial Services for All Life’s Cycles, Occasions and Transitions… A ceremony or ritual marks an occasion as significant and grounds it so it becomes real and memorable. There are specific actions and objects, real and symbolic, which are meaningful towards intention of the ceremony. And, there’s that magical or spiritual component of a ceremony and the celebrant that instills within us acceptance of the change, the reality that we’ve taken a step across a threshold into a “new” you, in a new phase of life. Attention to details in setting, words, symbols, logistics, etc...
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"…We have the ceremony, and we love it. The more elaborate questions and revised vows now include everything that we want to express on that day, and we couldn't be happier with the wording. Thank you for taking the time to work through all of that with us. Your patience and support made that process possible.” Peggy and Neil, Brooklyn, NY
Read MoreNaomi and Steve’s Story
“…By the time Steve and I decided to get married, we had been a couple for 7 years. So, we just wanted to tie the knot so to speak, without the big production wedding that would delay our wedding date for yet another year. We set the date to be my late mother’s birthday, July 1st, which was only 3 or 4 weeks away. At first, I was ready to sign papers at the court house, but Steve wanted to have a little ceremony with his family and friends. That is when I thought of Reverend Rost, the inter-faith, non-denominational minister, who married my sister, Stefanie and Paul just 6...
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Janice Arlene Rost, MSC, MSTh, MDW, RM, ACH - Interfaith Minister, Psychotherapist, Counselor, Mind/Body Integration Therapist, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master/ Trainer, Ceremonial Artist, writer, artist…
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