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About Your Officiant
We are delighted
to offer a choice of three
superb officiants for your wedding!
Pastor Andy, [our fluent Mandarin-speaking American officiant],
and Pastor Moy, [who speaks fluent Cantonese, Mandarin,
and English], are both pastors of Chinese Christian churches and Brian DeRiancho is a legal officiant.
We offer a civil ceremony with a legally-binding signature
of the officiant on your marriage license. Most of the
content of the wedding ceremony is allowed to be created
by the bride & groom.
When you meet together with the
officiant, he will share his understanding of the meaning
of marriage that he must represent on principle. There
is no obligation to proceed with either officiant if the
client would prefer not to after the initial consultation,
but virtually all of our clients are happy to proceed with
either officiant we offer.
Pastor
Moy*
• Cantonese, Mandarin,
and English
• Licensed Officiant
& Marriage Counselor
• Requires minimum
of six personal
marriage-counsel
sessions
• 100% successful
marriage rate -
15 years & counting |
Pastor Andy*
Pastor
Andy |
• Fluent Mandarin
Chinese, English
• Served in churches
in Taiwan, Los
Angeles, & now NJ
• Counsels clients
on marriage
• Helps clients create
their own personal
wedding vows |
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*Neither
officiant is available
on Sunday mornings
*Clients
do not need to be "religious" to
have either
officiant, but they ask that you honor the principles
they
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Officiant Brian
Brian will offer you a comfortable, personalized, and meaningful ceremony.
All faiths, or non-religious ceremonies welcome. Brian is a legal officiant, but not clergy; and although he will not present himself as an authority in any religion, he will gladly include any elements of faith that you desire. Brian will guide you through creating a ceremony that best reflects your true love, and his offer to write your love story can be presented in your ceremony as a unique & personal touch.
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Pastor Andy's Bio
After graduating from Penn State in 1974, Pastor
Andy & his wife began studying at the Alliance
Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY. During their
time at the seminary they spent their weekends
in Chinatown (NYC) leading the youth ministry
and teaching Sunday School at a Chinese church.
After graduating from seminary, Pastor Andy & his
wife Janiene moved back to Penn State where he
served four years as a youth pastor, during which
time he was ordained. From 1980 to 1998 Pastor
Andy served at several Chinese-speaking churches
in Taiwan, where he first began to officiate
at weddings. Since returning to the United States,
Pastor Andy has served in two large Chinese churches,
one in Los Angeles and the other where he is
presently serving in New Jersey.In New Jersey,
Pastor Andy has continued to officiate many beautiful
Chinese-American weddings. Pastor Andy & his
wife love to help couples prepare for truly meaningful
and happy marriages, considering each couple
to be precious in God's eyes.
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