Weddings are a way to share our joy with our friends and family. Being blessed with the love of another and loving them in return is a beautiful thing. Marriage is a way to tell the world of that love and devotion.
I perform weddings, hand fastings, and unification ceremonies. There are many ceremonies out there as there are couples. Each wedding is done with your needs in mind. From traditional Christian to your own vows and anything in between. I can personally write a ceremony for you or I can help you write one yourself. This is your day, make it the way you want it.
Here is the opening from a ceremony I recently performed:
Friends, today we gather to celebrate the love of Scott and Donna. Marriage means opportunity to grow in love and friendship. It is said in the book of Corinthians chapter 13:4-8 Love is patient, Love is kind, It does not envy, it does not boast, It is not proud, It is not rude, It is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Many blessings are brought with marriage. It is for each of you to be blessed by the earth and by each other with communication of the heart, mind, and body. Fresh beginnings with the rising of each Sun. Warmth of hearth and home. The heat of the heart’s passion. The light created by both to lighten the darkest of times. The deep commitments of the lake. The swift excitement of the river. The refreshing cleansing of the rain. The all encompassing passion of the sea. Firm foundation on which to build. A stable home to which you may always return. From this day forward you shall not walk alone.
Each couple has their own story to tell. Let me help tell this story on your wedding day.