WEDDING OFFICIANT, SPECIAL CEREMONY, SACRED EVENTS

Reverand Annelies Gentile sees all of life as sacred and leads beautiful, heartfelt ceremonies for weddings, blessings, and memorials that honor life's beauty. She helps people celebrate the sacredness in all of life from beginning to end. 

Besides being an ordained Interfaith Minister, wedding officiant and modern-day shaman she's a professionally certified Integrative Life and Leadership Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, Artist and Author of From Chaos to Calm :: Leading Change from the Inside Out. 

Her services include ceremony, guidance and support to help nurture you through all the arcs of life from beautiful beginnings to navigating difficult times. Annelies is committed to holding sacred space for your meaningful moments so you can focus on what's important. From presiding over your wedding, special ceremony, celebration of life, or creativity retreat--  Annelies will always create custom experiences to suite your needs. 

• Weddings include pre-marital couples coaching for a personalized ceremony. Whether traditional service or symbolic ceremony such as a hand-fasting, unity candle or other nature-based ceremony, Annelies will be there for you both-- every step of the way. Need documents? Apply for your NC marriage license here and learn about Marriage Laws in NC here, also learn about the difference between marriage license and marriage certificate here.

• Retreats for woman's gatherings, corporate wellness, spiritual healing, grief transformation, and creative expression are healing and inspiring for all. Whether for a few hours or a weekend retreat or week-long leadership teambuilding, Annelies will craft your retreat to be as informative and spacious as you need. 

• Honor new beginnings through special ceremonies, life celebrations, symbolic ritual, baby showers, business, conference and house blessings. Whether starting a new path or merging with others, Annelies will hold sacred space for you.

• From beginning to end, it's important to honor life's stages especially if you have time to plan. Annelies can help with your end-of life journey, legacy planning, celebration of life planning and ceremony, closure/divorce ceremony, and memorials. Life is richer when we acknowledge the fullness of who we are from beginning to end. Annelies' compassionate presence and gift for making difficult conversations possible, helps make endings easier to face and manage.

Rev. Annelies is a spiritual being, not religious. Her services reflect the divine nature in life. Although religiously unaffiliated by choice, her beliefs are more align with Humanist beliefs which center on the idea that humans can live fulfilling and meaningful lives without relying on religious beliefs or the supernatural. 

Humanists emphasize compassion, human reason, and personal experience as the foundation for morality and understanding the world. Humanists believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals and advocate for social justice and human rights. 

If by request traditional scripture is desired, Rev. Annelies will honor that request.