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 (in safe communities only), 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
$385
to $625
(Within the Greater Washington DC Area)
$385 to $795 (Outside
the DC Metropolitan Area)
Private
Wedding for 2 (bride & groom only)
Click the link for details
Private
Weddings
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 writing and revising the ceremony,
traveling to and from the wedding site, rehearsal attendance, wedding party direction and coordination, my time corresponding
with you, filing the county marriage license, officiating the ceremony,
advertising cost, website hosting, 5% cost of living increase, other
logistics, and (if applicable) a holiday
wedding fee ($60 is added to the base cost).
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 (and part
of the program), 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.
Meanwhile, visit my
article's page and learn how to start your
wedding on time. And if you would like to read couples' reviews,
kindly click the link above or visit my Wedding Wire page for more.
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
$100 nonrefundable deposit. This payment can be made by cash, check, or money
order. I normally collect this fee at the
conclusion of our first meeting (in person or over the phone) or it can be
mailed within 5 days of our meeting. The balance
is due 60 days prior (check or cash) to your wedding. For short notice
weddings, all money is due at the time of booking or an agreed upon time..
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 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.
If you would like to reserve my services at the end of our meeting, you will
need and a $100 cash deposit. Checks and money orders are also
accepted. You may also pay with PayPal.
Click here for directions to my home office.
