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Celebrations of Life & Love
Looking for the perfect wedding officiant for your destination wedding in the Galena, Illinois area?
NonDenominational - Interfaith Weddings - Commitment Ceremonies
Spiritual Promise Ceremonies - Reconnection Ceremonies - Vow renewals
Colleen is an Ordained Non-Denominational Interfaith Minister committed to helping you create a ceremony that reflects your love for one another.
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Your wedding ceremony will
- be a true celebration of your love
- touch your hearts as well as the hearts of your guests
- reflect your individuality and alliance as a couple
Ceremonies are created to reflect your love for one another. Colleen is
spiritual in nature and very flexible in incorporating your desires as
bride and groom into any variety of styles - religious, civil, non-denominational,
interfaith, and spiritual. She will create the ceremony for you if you
wish, or she will work with you to shape a ceremony that is distinctively
yours - incorporating religious, sacred, ritual and traditional elements.
Wedding ceremonies are to be inspirational to you as you promise your love to one another. Those who attend the service are given the gift of knowing the couple more "fully”. Hopefully, this will inspire them to enjoy their own relationships more completely. Your ceremony and vows will reflect the truth of who you are as individuals and as a couple. Colleen will assist you in the creation of a memorable celebration, and support you throughout the ceremony by maintaining a calm, confident presence.
Colleen's ceremonies can be performed in any venue: indoor, outdoor, chapels, vineyards, bed and breakfasts, etc. Services of all types are offered, from ceremonies including a rehearsal, to simpler ceremonies for just the two of you (Illinois does not require witnesses). Commitment Ceremonies, Vow Renewals and Reconnection Ceremonies are also available.
Reconnection Ceremonies - repairing vows - when a couple has had a division in their marriage and feel as though they have neglected their original purpose for having married but wish to once again find the love they once felt - this ceremony offers forgiveness and the warmth of love beginning again in their relationship. This is often a private ceremony(couple only) but can be done with friends & family present.
Reverend Colleen Helgerson performs weddings in the Galena Illinois and Dubuque Iowa areas.
Rev. Colleen Helgerson
563-599-2823
Wedding Testimonials
The first day we met her both Jack and I knew she was the one who could convey our love for each other, portray our sense of humor and most of all express true emotion in her sermon. The ceremony is the most important part of the day, and both Jack and I felt that Colleen did such an amazing job and really pulled all the guests in and kept their attention the whole time. Very rarely am I at a wedding where guests remember the ceremony and make comments on what was said. Colleens words were so well chosen that we can not count the number of guests that made word-for-word comments. Thank you Colleen, and we are so fortunate and happy you gave us the memories you did. Without you it all may have all been a blur. Frana and Jack Beciri, July 7th, 2007
I wanted to take a moment to again thank you for the beautiful ceremony you performed on our wedding day. I cannot tell you the amount of compliments we received afterwards. So many people commented that it was the most beautiful & romantic ceremony they had ever witnessed. What a great compliment to us. We were exceptionally pleased with the way everything turned out, so thank you for all you did for us on that day. Kim and Brian Budde
Colleen,What a pleasure it was to have had such a lovely person conduct our wedding. We just wanted to say thank you for such a beautiful ceremony--you made it so very special for us. Very best regards, Christine and Chris Davis
Colleen, Tamyra and I want to thank you for doing an awesome job. We really appreciate how you our ceremony fun and vibrant. It was a joy to have you and we want to thank you again!! Kind regards, Peter and Tamyra
Colleen ...... I cannot tell you how many compliments we've gotten about our ceremony. It was so beautiful and personal. We could not have been happier about what you did with the information we gave you. Your homily was perfect. It really captured exactly what we were wanting to say to each other. Thank you so much for making our wedding even more special than we could have hoped for. Meghan and Jeff Mauer
I cannot stress the importance of having someone you feel comfortable
with perform your wedding ceremony. Colleen was very much a kind, inviting
spirit who made our ceremony as special as I'd hoped. She did such an
excellent job at verbalizing what Trent and I wanted for a lifetime of
loving with personal and emotional attention. I was so thrilled to have
her as our officiant and would recommend her to anyone wishing for an intimate
and well delivered ceremony. - Amy and Trent Woodworth
Marriage License Information
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