There are many times of transition in your personal, family and spiritual life that you might wish to honor with a ceremony:

• Marriage and Life Partner Commitments
• Reaffirming Marriage Vows
• Becoming Engaged or Bearing a Child
• Blessing your Home
• Giving a Child a Name
• Adoption of a Child
• Supporting an Adolescent as he/she Approaches Puberty
• Divorce or Separation
• Retirement
• Honoring and Elder/Mentor
• Approaching Menopause
• Death of a Family Member or Friend
• Recovering from a Serious Illness

These times, and others not listed here, are moments in your life that deserve to be honored through ceremonial acknowledgement of the changes that are occurring. Creating a personalized ceremony, taking time to celebrate, mourn or remember, may inspire joyfulness or create an opportunity for healing so that you and your family can become more fully present in your life's journeys.

Here is a brief description of the services that I provide:

• Meeting with you, your family and loved ones to discuss your vision of what the ceremony will include
• Interviewing individuals to learn of personal stories and information that may be included in the ceremony
• Collaborating with and assisting you in choosing readings, music, rituals and customs from your desired traditions that reflect your beliefs and aspirations
• Composing the complete ceremony
• Working with other service providers you have chosen, including musicians, photographers, and venue staff, to ensure the ceremony is what you desire it to be
• Consultations with you by phone, e-mail and in-person until the ceremony created meets with your satisfaction
• Officiating or leading the ceremony
• Preparing a bound keepsake copy of the ceremony
• For Weddings, Commitment Ceremonies and Vow Renewals – Facilitating the rehearsal
• For Funerals – Providing graveside or a committal service after the funeral ceremony, if desired

My fees are structured to support time dedicated to writing and designing your ceremony, while also working within your budget. Factors include date, location, travel, my time to write and officiate your ceremony, guiding ceremonial participants and coordinating venue staff. For example, you may be surprised to learn that I spend 20-30 hours on each custom wedding ceremony. Preparing a funeral ceremony is often an intense undertaking often with limited time constraints. Essentially, I spend as much time as it takes to ensure that everything is just as you want it to be.

Because each ceremony is uniquely designed, my fees vary from $250 - $850.