Certified Civil Celebrant
Wedding Officiant
Serving New Jersey, New York City and Eastern Pennsylvania
PA/NJ/NYC
ph: 609.456.6794
dana
I believe there is an important distinction to be made between religion and spirituality. Religion I take to be concerned with belief in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition or another--an aspect of which is acceptance of some form of meta-physical or philosophical reality, including perhaps an idea of heaven or hell. Connected with this are religious teachings or dogma, ritual, prayers and so on. Spirituality I take to be concerned with those qualities of the human spirit--such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others.
-His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
My now husband and I were caught off guard about 3 weeks before our wedding when our planned officiant canceled. Panic! We searched online for local officiant's, found 3 that we considered, and emailed each. Instantly upon hearing back from Dana (and even before we heard back from her - lol) we knew she was meant to marry us. Luckily, within HOURS, we received a response and set up a date to meet.
Dana wanted to and enjoyed getting to know us, know about our relationship, and know why we wanted to be married. She asked us wonderful, fun questions and from there, crafted the most amazing, personal, heartfelt ceremony we had ever heard...and how lucky that it was OUR OWN ceremony we were witnessing this at!! Dana expressed every single thought and wish we had for each other, and our guests, through our ceremony. Dana sent us rough drafts and asked for our input, which we loved.
We loved with Dana that she provided us a truly unique ceremony that could not have embodied us more. She gave us a gift that we will be forever grateful for. Not only is she a beautiful person, but she is a beautiful soul. She loves what she does, and the person in the back row of our ceremony could feel the love that radiates from her.
Our guests are STILL talking about what a beautiful and special ceremony we had ~ which to us, seems like what a wedding should be. She made it about US. And, Dana made our ceremony so special, that it was a gift in itself.
I also have never met a more professional woman in my life. If you are blessed enough to have come across Dana Silverberg Lawson, CELEBRANT ;) ~ you are certainly blessed, indeed!! No need to hesitate :)
Congratulations and have fun planning your wedding!! It goes by in the blink of an eye, so cherish each moment! ~ Maria
in deep green forests, and on shores of sand;
and when our time on earth is through,
in heaven too, you will have my hand.
i carry your heart
– by e.e. cummings
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear not fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
Dear Dana,
Angela and I cannot thank you enough for all you did to make our wedding day so special. It would not have been the same without you. So many of our guests have complimented you saying they’ve never witnessed such a lovely ceremony. We were so lucky to find you.
All our best,
Paul & Angela
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had 50 words for sand & the Eskimos had 100 words for snow & I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
- B Andreas
Dana was the officiant at our wedding!
She was magnificent.
We requested her services on rather short notice, less than a month's time in fact.
She was very, very patient with us. Although we had a "feel" for what we wanted, we were a little confused
about the logisitcs, and how to exactly carry out our dreams. She exceeded our expectations in every way.
The ceremony was well written, heartfelt, and a true expression of our individuality and our love for one another and our family. She made suggestions, that we took, but respected our wishes and never imposed upon us.
Dana was a very calming influence right before the ceremony, and took the lead when I obviously needed direction.
So many people commented on the beauty and the originality of the ceremony afterwards. They also mentioned Dana's calm demeanor and beautiful spirit.
She was quite an influence!
By far, selecting Dana as our officiant was the soundest decision we made.
Sincerely,
Sara
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