Reverend Maureen Cotton is an Interspiritual minister, serving the spiritual-but-not-religious. She's on a mission to revive the understanding that a wedding is transformative rite of passage. Ready to get grounded in a meaningful wedding journey? Start with the with the popular Vow Writing Retreat.
Your ceremony is *the* moment, don’t leave this until later
My friends,
I just sent out my reflective questionnaire to couples already signed up for Create Your Ceremony—a live course through which you envision + outline the most amazing ceremony possible for you.
(After the course, couples give this outline to their friend who is officiating; the friend can take it and personalize it even further, then can focus on nailing delivery. If you don’t have an outline for your wedding ceremony yet, grab your spot.)
These questionnaires are Step One for you to pause the frenetic planning hamster wheel and remember why you’re having a wedding at all. Couples take a trip down memory lane and craft a dream of the future that is restorative soul food. An anchor in fast moving seas. Over the years couples have said things like…
…and that’s just Step One.
We have a few spots left and I hope you’ll join us—for clarity, for joy, for meaning-making, and for the potent ingredients of an awe-inspiring wedding.
We start January 24: grab your spot in Create Your Ceremony.
In grateful service 🙏🏻,
Maureen
P.S. January 24 is the start date of the 3-hour pilot course (3 one-hour live sessions). Participants in this pilot get two things that will never be offered again:
(1) A budget-friendly fee for my personal guidance throughout the course.
(2) A free 1:1 with me to review your ceremony outline or script. I won’t let you leave without an unforgettable ceremony—promise.
Rev. Maureen Cotton
Reverend Maureen Cotton is an Interspiritual minister, serving the spiritual-but-not-religious. She's on a mission to revive the understanding that a wedding is transformative rite of passage. Ready to get grounded in a meaningful wedding journey? Start with the with the popular Vow Writing Retreat.
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