Wedding
Officiant-Celebrant-Minister
Northern Virginia | Maryland | Washington DC
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 Rev.
Lance provides non-denomination, religious, or
non-religious
wedding ceremonies
that reflect your feelings of love and celebration. Your choice of ceremony, vows, and readings. Lance
helps
you express your spiritual feelings of Love at your
wedding
ceremony. His services are an outreach service to those who
don't have a local pastor, are unable to use that minister due to
certain circumstances, or who do not follow a faith tradition.
Wedding Faith or Denomination
No matter what faith (or no faith) you
followed as a child or adult - Non-denominational,
Spiritual,
Catholic,
Protestant,
Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, or even no particular organized faith -
you have been blessed the gift of Love for life and that
should override any other consideration - different faiths,
different cultures, previous marriages.
Nothing should get in the way of
you having the wedding ceremony that matches how you feel about the special moment to be remembered
for a lifetime!
Wedding Prerequisites?
And what about wedding officiant prerequisites or
issues that you think may impact whether the wedding officiant feels you are "fit" for
marriage? Forget them all except those required by local, state, and
federal law. If you are in love, if you feel that you are meant to
be together for life, then nothing else matters. I know that for many of
you, this is a great relief.
Premarital counseling is available,
but not required.
Wedding Officiant Questions
Here is an example of the issues and
questions that couples share and that we resolve together:
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Our families are of
different religions, we are just spiritual, can our officiant put
together a wedding
ceremony that honors our parents while still honoring our feelings?
Yes!
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We are Catholic but
because of divorce, we cannot get married in the Parish. Can we have a
Catholic-style ceremony and have a wedding that our parent's will
appreciate and be comfortable with? Yes!
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We want a
traditional ceremony but the location is non traditional. What can our
wedding officiant make this wedding ceremony feel authentic, even if its in a hotel conference
room? Yes!
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Can our wedding
officiant provide just a
short spiritual ceremony? Yes!
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We have children
that one or both of us are bringing into the marriage. Can we
include them in the wedding ceremony? Yes!
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Can we have a
wedding ceremony now quietly for our personal purposes and have the ceremony for our
family later? How do we do that? Who do we contact?
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Can
our wedding officiant combine
different traditions, such as
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coins, veil, and cording
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breaking of the glass
-
jumping the broom
- salt & bread
- honey & dates
-
drinking a cup of wine
- table ceremonies
within a traditional
wedding ceremony?
Yes!
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We are out of
state, can our wedding officiant make all arrangements via phone and
email? Yes!
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Virginia Marriage License - a checklist of
the process and requirements for obtaining a
Virginia marriage license and what is to be done
after the wedding day.
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Maryland Marriage License - a checklist of
the process and requirements for obtaining a
Maryland marriage license and what is to be done
after the wedding day.
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Washington DC Marriage License - a checklist
of the process and requirements for obtaining a
District of Columbia marriage license and what
is to be done after the wedding day.
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