First came one-stop shopping, and now, from a jewelry retailer based in Kansas City, Mo., comes one-stop marrying. Helzberg Diamonds is offering a service starting Oct. 2 that gives couples who buy wedding rings at any of its 216 stores nationwide an opportunity to be married by sales associates recently ordained — with Helzberg’s blessings…
Anika Steinway Chapin and Mohit Narang were married Sept. 28 at Flushing Town Hall, a performance center and events space in Queens. Michael A. Berresse, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Ms. Chapin, 36, is the artistic associate, in Manhattan, at Goodspeed Musicals, a theater company…
Christa Marie Orsino and Marcel Anthony Martino were married Sept. 28 at Lambs Hill, a mountainside events space in Beacon, N.Y. The Rev. Dr. Robert White, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony. The bride, who is 55 and taking her husband’s name, is a vice president in Sugar Loaf, N.Y., for the Citizens Foundation, a…
On Easter Sunday in 2014, Anthony Hemingway, a director and producer, was mingling with fellow congregants after a service at the Potter’s House at One LA in Los Angeles. Through the crowd gathered outside on La Brea Avenue, he noticed a friend chatting up a handsome stranger in a black suit, bow tie and round-frame…
In the same way trendy monthly subscriptions and curated boxes allow you to discover new beauty products, food prep and fashion, a new crop of expertly crafted boxed gifts, specifically catered to engaged couples, have made their way to the wedding industry. Giving your favorite bride or groom (even if that happens to be yourself)…
Dr. Megan Dale Henley and Jason Francis Hicks were married Sept. 21 at First Christian Church in Greensboro, N.C. The Rev. Andrew Shelley, a Methodist minister, performed the ceremony. Dr. Hicks, 31, is a physician and fellow of critical care anesthesiology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She graduated summa cum laude from…
Sarah Abigail Emmerich and Shail Andrew Sturm are to be married Sept. 22 at the Pierre hotel in New York. Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger, a maternal uncle of the groom, is to officiate with Rabbi Adam Mintz, a friend of the bride’s family, participating. Ms. Emmerich, 26, is pursuing a law degree at N.Y.U. She graduated…
Dwayne Ashley and Daniel Luis Munguia were married Sept. 21 at the Pines Club, a social club in Sayville, N.Y. Judge W. Franc Perry, of the New York State Supreme Court, officiated. Mr. Ashley (left), 52, is a founder and chief executive of Bridge Philanthropic Consulting, a fund-raising firm in New York. He graduated from…
Katherine Kilsberg Hermeling and Matthew Charles Hutchinson were married Sept. 21 at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in St. Louis. The Rev. Donald A. MacMillan, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Hutchinson, 25, is a senior audit associate in the Chicago office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. She graduated from Notre Dame. She is…
Jesse Keith Oxfeld and William Christopher Strasser were married Sept. 21 at the Deer Mountain Inn in Tannersville, N.Y. Michael Barbaro, host of the New York Times podcast “The Daily,” who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Mr. Oxfeld (left), 43, is the director of executive communications for Pace University in New…