Weddings
Your wedding is one of the most important and exciting events in your life. A day of dreams come true and the beginning of a life-changing journey for both of you.
If you want the ceremony to be the highlight of this wonderful day reflecting who you are individually while capturing who you both want to become and what you want to create together through your marriage, you and Rev. Judith Joyce are a perfect match! Together we can create a personalized, heart-centered ceremony.
Free Consultation
The first step is to begin the conversation about what you want and how I work. As with all relationships, the chemistry between the three of us is critical to the success of our co-creative partnership. This is the chance for all of us to know if we'll feel comfortable working together. The option of using a labyrinth as a framework for your ceremony is available to you. Explanation of what that is and how it would be used in your ceremony would be included in this discussion. If we all decide to move forward together, we'll embark upon the following process. To begin, connect with me.
The Co-Creative Process
A questionnaire that you each will complete will be used as a starting point to facilitate my getting to know you both better and provide a context for how your individual journeys have led you to this time and place.
You will be given an outline of the "traditional" components of a ceremony to assist in guiding your choices of what you want to include or not. This will include any personal aspects or rituals you want to include in the ceremony i.e., Native American rituals, hand fasting – a Celtic tradition, honoring aspects of nature, or whatever supports your spiritual connection. Any aspects of the ceremony, that you want to write yourself, whether it's your vows, honoring your parents, or the whole ceremony etc., you are encouraged to do so.
Sample ceremonies as well as other resources will be provided to possibly broaden your perspectives on what's possible and clarify what you want included in your ceremony.
A first draft will be created, discussed, refined and revised until the ceremony you want is created. This usually involves at least 3 drafts.
Site Visit and Contingency Plans
A visit to the site where the wedding will occur is important and should happen at least a month prior to the ceremony. If the wedding is planned to be outdoors, contingency plans for moving it indoors in case of bad weather will be developed.
Timing
My commitment to you is to have the ceremony completed and ready at least one month prior to the wedding date. The last month of preparations is stressful enough without having the ceremony completion add to the stress.
Your commitment to meeting agreed upon time frames and being present during the creation process is critical to a successful and stress free outcome.
To that end, it is ideal to begin working with you at least 4 – 6 months prior to the wedding date. When I work with couples within shorter time frames, your agreement to being available on short notice and to provide quick turnaround is crucial.
I am not available to perform weddings if there is less than one month available for preparation.
Services Provided
- Co-creation of a personalized, heart-centered ceremony
- Pre-marital counseling
- Facilitation of a full rehearsal usually the day before the wedding, ideally at the same time the wedding would be taking place, with musicians, photographer and all wedding participants present, if possible.
- If a labyrinth is being used for an outdoor wedding, creation of the labyrinth will be done the day before the wedding prior to the rehearsal. If the Celebration Labyrinth is being used for an indoor ceremony, it will be in place for the rehearsal.
Cost
$400 for listed services– 50% due at time of agreement to work together with the balance due on or before the wedding date
An additional $100 will be charged if a labyrinth is used indoors or outdoors.