Congratulations.
Whether you are gay, lesbian or straight, getting married is a big decision and
finding someone to perform your wedding ceremony according to your desires can
be a difficult task. Reverend Lorili can help.
Commitment Ceremony and
Same-sex Marriage
A commitment ceremony, civil union or same-sex marriage is
often much the same as many other kinds of weddings. Under current New York law,
rather than being a legally binding ceremony, it is a public pronouncement of a
couples commitment to one another. Generally, the couple is a lesbian, gay, or
transgender couple, and thus are unable to marry under the law.
Your wedding ceremony can be as religious or secular, formal and traditional or
loose and unstructured, personalized to fit your values and tastes.
Each wedding is very personal. Often times, I ask my
couples to write a love letter for each other and send it to me. And I include
some of the things written in the letter during their ceremony. Not every couple
wants to do that. Not every couple has enough time or energy but this is an
example of how each wedding ceremony Reverend Lorili is the Minister is uniquely
personal.
The Reverend Lorili Wedding Officiant approach:
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Their wedding, their way. I’m going to facilitate it and make it a seamless graceful event.
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I keep the couple focused on each other and their ceremony |
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I create a sacred space when I perform
a commitment ceremony to acknowledge all families and all faiths.
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I incorporate as much
faith, traditions and rituals as the couple would like. Some couples just very
little, others want a lot more and I facilitate. |
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Reverend Lorili is a vibrant, intuitive minister, who thoroughly enjoys
creating memorable wedding ceremonies for the wedding couples that she is
privileged to marry. She is bubbly and efficient. I’m upbeat. I keep things
positive and very efficient when things need to get done. I help organize what
needs to get written and I facilitate without the couples having to worry. I
take the worries out.
Reverend Lorili takes meticulous notes, so she can deliver
a celebrant address that is real. There is no “cookie cutter” conversation; it
has to do with them, the bride and groom.
"I start my ceremonies with a greeting and an opening
prayer. If you want a special reading, I can work with you to create the
important moment. I speak about the wedding couple. Any wedding rituals can be
incorporated in different places. You exchange your vows. Then a closing
blessing, depending on how spiritual, how religious or how much they want the
love as the theme. So I go wherever the essence of the couple is. I meet them
where they are." explains the Long Island Minister.
That’s part of creating their sacred space.
"After I’ve met
with them for over an hour sometimes two, I’ve read their love letters to each
other or interviewed them individually and then I sit down to write their
wedding. I take time to find their sacred space in within me before I begin to
type. I bring all that in. I picture them, how they interacted with each other.
Are they heart connected? Are they head connected? Are they practical? Are they
into the environment? Whatever they are, whoever they are? You know? I take very
clear notes, so I can integrate all of that into their wedding."
I help them create something according to their preference
from the heart, from the intellect or a blend of both. I can meet people where
they are, because of my intuitive skills.
Reverend Lorili is an ordained minister that will
help you create a memorable commitment ceremony that will embrace your values,
traditions and customs. Serving Long Island,
Westchester, Metro New York City area and some of New Jersey. Call (516) 662
- 7282, Reverend Lorili can help you.
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