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  Rev. Julie Chai, M.Div.
  Ordained Presbyterian
Church USA 1986

 

 Personalized Weddings
This was the most unique, awesome wedding I've ever attended! Tina Martin

''I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVED working with you. I am impressed with your process and grateful that we found you.... Your work made our ceremony so special and personal... We received several comments that we had the most tender, personal and touching ceremony that people had ever seen!''
Carole Amber
23 years experience
(231) 922-9699
jchai@charter.net


How invested are you?
Your wedding is for one day - your marriage is for a lifetime.
Let me help you nurture a healthy relationship
for a lifetime of happiness.

Wedding officiation and nine hours of premarital work
(3 sessions of 3hrs each) for $750 & travel includes:

- Co-creation of your ceremony and vows
- Discovering your communication styles
- A safe place to explore your relationship


Your wedding should focus on you and reflect
your love and spirituality.

How do we create a meaningful, awesome ceremony?
We do it together in the 1st session!

Your choice of wedding officiant for your Northern Michigan wedding ceremony is one of the most important decisions you will make. Let me help you create your unique wedding ceremony. I offer nondogmatic professionalism and experience, friendliness and a willingness to go out of my way to help. I have the confidence and flexibility needed to meet your needs and a genuine interest in getting to know you. All of these enhance the quality of your wedding. I draw upon the unique tools of present moment awareness and Inner Listening in our premarital work to help create a ceremony that is right for you. We will discover how you are put together in the conscious, subconscious and unconscious and how this affects your communication and conflict solving dynamics. We will explore what you need to feel honored, safe, loved and able to grow in your relationship.
For more information feel free to call me. We can also set up a time for you to interview me, check out previous weddings and look at premarital evaluations from previous couples. References are available.

COMMENTS FROM COUPLES:
''I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVED working with you. I am impressed with your process and grateful that we found you. Troy and I got much out of our sessions and have already used that information to communicate more effectively. Your work made our ceremony so special and personal. I loved facing everyone. We received several comments that we had the most tender, personal and touching ceremony that people had ever seen! Thanks so much for working with us and I look forward to keeping in touch. xo Carole'' email from Carole. She and Troy were married in 2006.

''Three years after you married us, people are still telling me on an almost weekly basis that ours was the best wedding they have ever attended.''-Eric

''I've had many people tell me that they thought our wedding was perfect and very ''us''. Every time we run into our one friend, if she is with someone I don't know, she introduces us as, 'the couple whose wedding I was telling you about.' ....the time we spent together in our sessions really helped us to understand what we both wanted in our mariage and what we're willing to attempt to try!'' -Carol

''...Everyone commented on how unique and personal the ceremony was. We are grateful for such precious memories with family and friends.'' -T
A year after her wedding, I saw T at the beach as I was waiting to do a rehearsal. She said, ''People are still telling us they loved our wedding.''

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WORK WE DID TOGETHER IN YOUR WEDDING PREPARATION?
''We feel our ceremony is more uniquely us because you gave us the tools we needed to be creative ourselves.'' J&E

''It was fun and most helpful. I truly felt that we learned alot. It was very interesting and unique. Thanks!'' S&D

''I felt the work to be very helpful. To be in a comfortable environment in which to share and communicate was great. I had not been exposed to the communication styles we learned and felt it opened me up to others.''- A&T

''It was wonderful. You've helped us tremendously. You showed us ways to communicate more effectively and taught us with what felt like genuine care and compassion. You made writing our ceremony and vows so easy and so personal.'' -R&C


WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO WORK WITH ME?
''Easy, enjoyable, fun and relaxing.'' -L&M

''Extremely comfortable. Very open environment.'' -A&T

''Very comfortable. You made us feel at home.'' -H&J

''We really enjoyed getting to know you. Your patience & support allowed us to feel comfortable talking about our feelings. We always felt a certain sense of peace. One session we came in after arguing and left with a better understanding of our love and feelings.'' -J&R

''Truly enjoyable! We totally loss track of time.'' -P&R

''It was such a blessing to work with you. You have such a peace about you that was so inspiring to us both.'' -J&T

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AREA WEDDING AND EVENTS PLEASE VISIT: www.traversecityweddings.net

About Julie Chai

Julie began her meditation practice in 1972. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1979, Julie worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a leprosy resettlement village in Korea. After graduating from McCormick Theological Seminary she pastored a Presbyterian church for five and a half years before studying spiritual direction at Mercy Center, a Catholic institution in California. Here she learned the practice of present moment awareness and with these tools began offering Inner Listening therapy in 1992. She is author of 'Somewhere Between Double Trouble & Infinity: Witnessing the Splendor of the Soul Unfold' (Sunstar Publishing LTD 1999) And the booklets
''Transforming Anger'' and ''Meditation for Everyone'' Currently avalable as free downloads on this web site. Julie spends her free time potting, painting on rice paper and writing.  She offers workshops on Dreams, Communication Dynamics, Meditation and Present Moment Awareness.  Julie is a columnist in the Families First Monthly, a regional paper. Her column, ''In This Moment'' consists of poetry, musings and art. It has run in the FFM for the last 8 years.