Taking
steps to bond your partnership is the
beginning
of showing your love and
commitment to each other. It is the building blocks of creation that
joins two spirits together in this world.
I
will work with you to create a uniquely special wedding ceremony that reflects your feelings,
beliefs, and lifestyle.
Christian
Nondenominational
Interfaith
Civil
Commitment
Spiritual
Vow
Renewal
As
a Maryland wedding minister, I
am flexible and willing to travel to your wedding site. A site can be
a home, garden, park, banquet hall, country club, ballroom, hotel, restaurant,
yacht, etc. Your site can even be the slip where your boat in
Annapolis sits or the docks. It can be the shores of the
Chesapeake Bay, the
Baltimore Harbor, or the Potomac
River.
No matter where the ceremony is held
(waterfront or land), I am registered to perform marriages in Washington DC
and Virginia. As a license minister at the National Spiritual Science
Center (NSSC) in Washington DC, I am authorized to solemnize marriages in
Maryland as well.
Letting
me know where, when, and how to get there; puts me at the right place at the
right time.
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Fees:
Maryland
Wedding Minister and Maryland Wedding Officiant
Elopements
- Small - Large
Weddings
$365
to $525
(Within the Greater Washington DC Area)
$365 to $705 (Outside
the DC Metropolitan Area)
If
you are eloping extemporaneously or planning a wedding, please check my availability.
You may call or submit the email form.
Monday -
Sunday
10:00 am -
10:00 pm
(202) 253-3629
revsjb@startum.com
Eloping
is one way to reduce the stress and cost of a wedding. If money is an
issue for you right now (buying a house more important), advice is coming to you
from everywhere, and you feel the need to escape it all; consider eloping in
Maryland. Elopement ceremonies can still have that personalized
flair.
Free
ceremony workbook with sample ceremonies and premarital questionnaire available for
large, small, and elopement
weddings (after services are reserved).
Please
Note: All ceremonies require a valid marriage license or original marriage
certificate (for previously married couples) that must be
presented to me prior to my officiating your wedding ceremony. For
marriage
licensing procedures, please check with the marriage bureau of the
circuit court in the jurisdiction in which you are planning to get married.
You may also click the above link for more information.
The
above fees are based on wedding size, writing and revising the ceremony,
traveling to and from the wedding site, rehearsal (inclusive for medium &
large weddings), wedding party direction and coordination, my time corresponding
with you, filing the county marriage license, officiating the ceremony, and (if applicable) a holiday
wedding fee ($60 is added to the base cost).
Quick
Weddings (Sweetheart Ceremony)
For
details, click the rose
If
you are looking for an alternative to a courthouse ceremony, the sweetheart
wedding is for you.
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I
am, Reverend
Starlene Joyner Burns an Interfaith - Nondenominational MD wedding minister,
wedding celebrant, MD wedding officiant. In addition,
I am
the founder and director of SJB Ministries LLC; and the founder of God's Center for Divine Healing. The healing center is dedicated to providing distant healing energy and prayer to those
outside the Washington, DC Metropolitan area.
After
four consecutive years of ministerial study at NSSC of Washington DC, I became an ordained minister.
Prior to that, I was ordained in the Christian faith.
With more than six years of experience, I am
prepared for the responsibility of an interfaith - nondenominational wedding minister.
In addition, I received further training in the
administration of the holy sacraments, under the direction of a well known master administrator of the rites of
passage. I am compassionate, ethical, and professional. As a MD wedding officiant, I will work hard with you to ensure that your wedding ceremony is
memorable.
As
a licensed minister, I am authorized to perform wedding ceremonies in
Maryland. Finally, I am registered in Washington DC and Virginia to
perform marriages. If you are having a Maryland Wedding, DC Wedding, or a
Virginia Wedding; call me.
For
a list of recommended vendors, please visit the vendors
page. The vendors listed on that page are only suggestions to simplify
your task. Please feel free to select your own vendor.
If you would like to read my
5 star
reviews, click the link.
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The territory in which
I will be offering my services as a
traveling wedding minister and wedding officiant are: parts of Southern Maryland
that includes; Prince Georges County, Calvert County, St. Mary's County,
and Charles County. In addition, I will extend my area of coverage to;
Montgomery County, MD; Howard County, MD; Anne Arundel County, MD; Frederick
County, MD; Carroll County, MD; Baltimore County, MD; Baltimore City; MD;
Arlington County, VA, Fairfax County, VA; Alexandria, VA; and Washington, DC.
Premarital
coaching is available, but not required. For additional information,
kindly click the coaching link at the top of the page.
After
reserving your wedding date and time with me, you may secure my services with a
$50 nonrefundable deposit. This payment can be made by check, cash, or money
order. I normally collect this fee at the
conclusion of our first meeting (in person or over the phone). The balance
is due 35 days prior (check or cash) to your wedding. For short notice
weddings, all money is due at the time of booking.
References are available
upon request.
Click here for directions to my home office.
Meeting (Initial Consultation)
Once we have agreed on a meeting date and time; kindly confirm it with
me the day before or the morning (after 10:00 am) of our meeting. This way I will know that you are sincere about your
wedding plans and meeting with me. If I do not hear from you, I will
assume that you are no longer interested in my services.
All meetings are held in my home office in Bowie, MD. Kindly do not
bring kids to this meeting. Children can be very distracting for this
type of business discussion. Try to consider this a sacred time for
you and your fiancé.
If you have no choice but to bring your children, the meeting will be
held at Panera Bread in the Vista Gardens Marketplace: 10531 Martin
Luther King Jr. Highway, Bowie, MD 20720. The shopping center is
adjacent to my community.
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