Matchmaker, Matchmaker make me a match .....

Find me a find ......catch me a catch.......by the time you are looking for my services as a Cape Cod Interfaith Wedding minister /officiant / celebrant you have already found your fine catch and are about to make a marvelous match through marriage. But there is another match to be made and that is selecting the person who will preside over your ceremony. For some couples this is just a box to be checked off on their 'to do' list. If you are reading this blog I bet you aren't one of them. I bet you are looking for someone a little out of the box: an officiant who isn't just officious but who wants to get to know you and create a ceremony that "bows to who you are."  *

Last week I heard from a couple. They were guests at a wedding I presided over at Preservation Hall in Wellfleet last Autumn. Matt had written a beautifully crafted and sweetly funny ode to Taylor and John, the couple being wed. Matt asked me if I would officiate their September wedding in Portland, Maine. Oh, how I wanted to do their wedding. Flattery will get you everywhere with me.  I knew having met them and their having witnessed me in action, that we would be a great match. 

So what makes your celebrant a great match ? Sometimes it's just that you- get each other. In weddings sometimes I talk about how couples get each other - their sense of humor, the way they move through life, even if their styles or backgrounds are very different. When you are around them you sense it. They truly get each other even in their otherness. They bring out not just the best in each other, but the authentic in one another. 

This is also what couples are looking for, in the person they choose, to preside over their wedding ceremony. Someone who gets them as a couple and is authentically enthusiastic about being their celebrant.

So if the next 'to do' is finding a find and catching a catch to make your match official, make sure your officiant is a good match.  

More about this next time .

Warmly,

The ever revved Reverend Katie G.

* See quote from Gregory Baird a few blogs ago...Gregory and Marianne wed at Quaker Meeting House in Yarmouth