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Pre-Marital Counseling - An opportunity to strengthen your relationship by discussing issues such as compatibility, expectations, & long term goals. (not required)
Weddings – Traditional, contemporary, formal, casual, religious, spiritual, non-religious, intercultural, interfaith, Spanish, themed.
Wedding Planning
Retreat - Time away to remind
you why you're getting married! Can be
combined with pre-marital counseling.
Vow Renewals – May occur at any time, sometimes following a serious illness or in celebration of a wedding anniversary. A time to publicly declare, “I would do it all over again”
Commitment Ceremonies
– There are situations when couples are unable to legally marry. However, these couples wish to declare their love and promises through ceremony.
Baby Blessings – A way to formally introduce a child to family and friends. Often performed at home but can be performed at any location. There are several ways to give thanks for the miracle of life.
· Baptism – Child can be baptized into the faith of his/her parents. Some parents choose to have their child anointed with oil in addition to being baptized with water. If parents are not active in a particular religion, but worship God in a spiritual way, they may choose to have their child baptized with love.
· Baby Naming – This is an option when a family prefers a ceremony less religious than a baptism. The purpose is to officially name the baby and appoint Godparents.
· Welcoming – This can include baptism & child naming. The welcoming ceremony acknowledges the parents, grandparents, Godparents and siblings and allows the opportunity for a formal commitment of unconditional love and support throughout the child’s life.
House Blessings – A perfect way to celebrate a new home, often followed by an open house.
Rite of Passage – Life events celebrated through ceremony and ritual.
Funerals/Memorials – A meaningful ceremony which celebrates the life of a loved one. Consideration is given to the faith, religion, and practices of the person being memorialized with respect to the immediate family’s traditions and wishes.
Individual & Small Group Retreats - Designed according to individual needs.
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True Love True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands
The hearts that it entwines.
A Child with Love If children live with security, they learn to have faith;
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves;
If children live with love around them,
they learn to give love to the world. Kahlil Gibran
Life and death are one,
even as the sea and river are one
In the depth of your hopes and desires
lies your silent knowledge of the beyond,
And like seeds dreaming beneath the
snow your heart dreams of spring
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden
the gate to eternity.
For what is it to die but to stand
naked in the wind and melt into the sun
And what is it to cease breathing
but to free the breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand
and seek (God) unencumbered
Only when you drink from the river of
silence shall you indeed sing,
And when you have reached the mountain
top, then you shall begin to climb,
And when the earth shall claim your
limbs, then shall you truly dance.
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