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May you
be blessed on your brave search for the truth.
May your
soul lead you to pools and rivers and oceans of wine.
May you
drink and be intoxicated by love;
May you swim and be strengthened by life.
May you
grow bolder and kinder.
May you
be grateful.
-
Elizabeth Lesser
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THE WEDDING
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Your Ceremony - The Heart of The Wedding
In the midst of
all the planning, all the guest lists and registries and clothing
choices and flower selections, is the ceremony itself. This
is the moment when you pledge yourself to your partner, to the sanctity,
well-being, and ongoing tending of your relationship. This is a
public statement of personal commitment, and the whole reason for bringing
your community together.
Just as in all the other choices you're making around this
landmark event, you want your ceremony to be reflective of
who you are as individuals and how you have come together to
transform yourselves into a couple.
You're searching for
the best combination of tradition and novelty, humor and heart, meaning
and magic. You want a ritual created just for you, and presided over
by someone who can create the right atmosphere, and support your
vision for how your union unfolds.
That is exactly what I am here to help you
do.
Contact me any time. |
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Creating Your Ceremony
When we meet to discuss your wedding plans, I'll ask you
about your relationship and your reasons for getting married.
We'll talk about what you've envisioned for the ceremony
and whether you want to write it yourselves, have me write it, or create
it collaboratively.
We'll incorporate all the poems, songs, and readings you
love the most, and find ways to include all the friends and family you'd
like to (or need to for the sake of family politics) have participate.
My style is light, open-hearted, warm, and (occasionally)
funny. Thanks to my background in theater, we can create
ceremonies with a dramatic flair, or keep them elegant and simple.
My philosophy is that the ceremony is all about
your
relationship as you define it, and what it means to you to publicly
enter into a serious commitment. I am here to support you in that
process. I love helping couples create the ceremony of their dreams
and finding ways to accommodate the needs of the most secular to the most
spiritual family and friends.
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Photo by Jennifer Kiewit
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On Being A
Celebrant
Along with being an actor, writer, and yoga teacher, I'm
also an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church, a 60s-era hippie
church out of Modesto, California which believes in democratizing the
marital process.
I got ordained for my birthday many years ago because I'd
attended the wedding of friends who'd been married by a Justice of the
Peace in a dry, non-spiritual, deeply boring ceremony (no offense
to JPs in general - most of them do great work - but this one was a dud).
I knew that many friends heading to the altar were
spiritual but not religious, and I figured there had to be a
non-denominational way of infusing their ceremonies with heart, spirit,
and meaning.
Feel free to
contact me any time with questions or to schedule a meeting.
And, take a sneak-peek at my new
website!
Coming soon to an interwebs near you...
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TESTIMONIALS
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Kathryn Blume brought humor, intelligence, and passion to our wedding
ceremony.
Our special day was infused with her unique creativity
and spiritual zest.
She made our wedding truly wonderful!
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Megan and Frank
Photo by
Kris Jarrett |
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Thank you so much for everything.
Our ceremony was all we wanted and more.
We are so happy that you could be a part in it.
- Tonya
I just wanted to personally thank you for being our
officiant, giving us
some leadership but also allowing a lot of room for the
ceremony to
grow and be very much our own and about us. And thank you so much for hanging
out with
Tonya before the ceremony and combing her hair, it really calmed her down.
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Shawn |
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Thank you so much for marrying us!
It was a very meaningful experience for us
and we are very excited to finally be MARRIED!!!
- Sue and Michele |
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Kathryn wrote a truly amazing wedding ceremony for us,
captivating our guests with a story-like sermon which captured the very
essence of why we were standing before each other on our wedding day.
Our sincerest gratitude for making our day so special!
- Toni and Debbie |
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