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Church of Ancient Ways

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The ceremony shouldn`t be the thing that you and your guests have to suffer through to get to the good part. I promise you a meaningful, enjoyable, ceremony that everyone will remember for years to come. We offer 21st Century wordsmithing for all of life`s most important moments. We specialize in what we like to call Couple Centered Cerem...

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The ceremony shouldn`t be the thing that you and your guests have to suffer through to get to the good part. I promise you a meaningful, enjoyable, ceremony that everyone will remember for years to come. We offer 21st Century wordsmithing for all of life`s most important moments. We specialize in what we like to call Couple Centered Ceremonies. These are ceremonies that speak your hearts, and can include all the traditional aspects that are important to you while leaving out anything that has no connection to your unique and beautiful relationship. Tell me your vision of your day and together we will bring it to life! All meetings are done at no obligation and you will have your first draft within 24 hours. Only after your approval do I ask for a commitment. Do you see yourselves as more traditional or perhaps more private people? Ask about discounts for using my prewritten samples! Beautiful Civil & Justice of the Peace Style Ceremonies Spiritual, Religious, Interfaith Traditional, Alternative, Multicultural Quality Service, Reasonable Rates Recommended and Trusted by Top Locations No Premarital Counseling Required Writing Services Available (516) 785-4191 Serving the New York City, Long Island and Tri-State area

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If you want a wedding ceremony that is personal and unique, you will want to contact Pastor April at the Church of Ancient Ways. She was absolutely fabulous!! She also does many other types of ceremonies - her website is: http://churchofancientways.org - if for some reason this does not connect, simply type in church of ancient ways and you will reach the website. I HIGHLY recommend her!

I met Pastor April Gismond at the CLM showcase and tons of brides on LIW raved about her. We booked her on the spot!! She was super sweet and very responsive throughout the entire process. The day of our ceremony was amazing and couldn't have been more perfect.

Pastor April was truly phenomenal! She took the time to get to know you and assists you in every step of the process from changing your name, obtaining and tracking your marriage license, creating many drafts of your cermony until it is perfect and leaves you with a binder filled with everything that made your ceremony so personal. She is a beautiful person inside and out and we could not thank her enough for making becoming husband and wife perfect! Everyone was complimenting the ceremony and Pastor April. If you are looking for a Pastor your search can stop here!!

What can I say about April? She is honestly the sweetest person I have ever met. She wrote a ceremony for us that was so heart-felt that the entire audience was in tears. We had so many guests tell us that it was the most personal and touching ceremony they have ever heard. She comes highly recommended from us!

April, I cannot thank you enough, that truly was the best day of my life and we enjoyed every second of it!! Your ceremony was beautiful and we had countless people come up to us and tell us how wonderful you were and how everything about it was perfect. Thank you so much again for helping to make our day so memorable.. sincerely, Kristin and Robert

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