Because you and your celebrant will
be co-creating the ceremony for a momentous and life-changing day, there
are a number of important questions to keep in mind when making your
decision:
Does She or He:
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understand and respect your philosophy or belief system?
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listen deeply to your ideas, preferences and concerns?
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have the knowledge and skill to craft a ceremony that uniquely reflects
your personality, values and
style?
And Most Important of All:
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Do you feel emotionally comfortable with this person?
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Are you confident that she or he will be a calming, caring and dependable guide throughout
the sometimes stressful wedding preparations, and a steadying presence on
your wedding day?
If you can answer Yes! to
all of these questions, you have found your perfect celebrant!
Reminiscing: If you'd like to
read some client comments, just click on the 2012 Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Awards icon to the right.
All smiles after a bilingual French/English ceremony
Dr. Koepfer gave us the ceremony of our dreams. We
really could not have imagined a more perfect ceremony that incorporated our
individuality and spirituality.
From the very beginning, I knew that Dr. Koepfer was someone special. Something
just clicked when I first spoke with her on the phone just a couple months
after our engagement. Some of those elements might have more significance for
my now husband and me, given that we are both physicians, and I, a
physician-scientist. Dr. Koepfer is a also a biology professor and a former
pre-med advisor. So the fact that she is a scientist who is deeply spiritual
really appealed to me. Beyond that, Dr. Koepfer also has a very calm and
calming demeanor. She is so warm and personable. She is also very learned and
open-minded such that she brought something very special to our ceremony,
something that I firmly believe no other celebrant could have done.
The process of designing and creating our ceremony was special and memorable in
itself. We met with Dr. Koepfer twice to draft and edit our ceremony. And
honestly we could carry on talking well beyond matters concerning our ceremony
details. She is responsive and accommodating. And what really touched my
husband and I is how well she "got" us. That understanding of us came
through clearly in even the very first draft of the ceremony.
And of course the actual ceremony itself was wonderful - absolutely beautiful.
So many of our family and friends commented on how special and personal our
ceremony was and how warm Dr. Koepfer was. She carried out the ceremony in the
perfect tone and feel. My husband and I are so happy that Dr. Koepfer was our
celebrant and feel very lucky that we found her.
