September Weddings On Cape Cod

 These few precious days I'll spend with you

This Cape Cod Wedding officiant/celebrant /Interfaith Minister just loves late summer weddings. Yes, as much as we think of September as Autumn it is really the last wave of summer without the crowds. (Until the 21st anyway.) It is my favorite time of year, with the golden sun's mellowing light, the waters of the pond and bay still warm enough for swimming. 

September Song was my parent's song. They were married in June but my father was seven years older than my mother. They were married in 1944 during the war at Our Lady's chapel at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC.

My father, Joe, sang it to my mother, Mary, at my wedding and at many family gatherings  My brother Jim does a great rendition of it now when we gather.

....When the autumn weather turn the leaves to flame, then one hasn't the time for the waiting game.

 Willie Nelson's version of September Song made it famous for this generation.

It is an emotive song which so captures this time of year and for some, this time of life.

Here are some of the couples who chose to say, "I do" in September on Cape Cod.

 Two Septembers ago Gregory and Marianne wed at the Quaker Meeting House in Yarmouth. Here they are at the threshold, as they are welcomed into the Country of Marriage.

Happy Anniversary Marianne and Gregory

Siobhan and Kirill at The Captian Linnell House in Orleans September 1, 2012.

 

 Sarah and Evan September 7, 2012 at South Beach after saying "I Do." at the Poppy.

 

Michael and Marie at Borsari Gallery in Dennis. 

 

Leah and Anthony Wed at Ridgevale Beach- Cape Cod Ceremony

Update on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 6:30PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Never give up always look up - Leah and Anthony married on a wooden bridge at Ridgevale Beach in Chatham on a glorious August evening with their beautiful children at their feet. May you all always know how deeply you are loved.

One more August Wedding on Cape Cod for 2013

One more August wedding to go at Wychmere Harbor Beach Club       (see of Nina and Hong.)http://www.meredithperdue.com/wychmere-beach-club-wedding-nina-hong/

This one coming up is a fantastic fusion with cultural Jewish flourishes and another first for me- I have a co-officiant. The brides's brother will be my sidekick/ co -celebrant. He will be reading Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman and saying the beautiful Hebrew blessing over the wine among other duties.

I always look back on other ceremonies I've done when I'm about to preside at the same venue. So many couples have mentioned the video of Nina and Hong done by Inkspot Crow and the photos by Meredith Perdue that I include them once again.

"Love is unconquerable and irresistable it goes on gathering power and strength until it transforms everyone it touches."   Meher Baba

 

           " You helped me find my way all the way to you" .........Hong to Nina

Wedding Ceremony Blessings

I received this description of what a blessing actually is from the One Spirit Alliance Daily Practice. From Irish Blessings to the 7 blessings of the Jewish tradition, one does not have to have a religious service in order to have blessings in a ceremony.

August 27, 2013 A blessing is the offering of one heart to another; to another person, to a situation, to life itself. Isn't that what we are here for? To bless the savor of this precious moment even as it slips through our fingers? To allow its sorrow, its joy, its silence or laughter to enter our life stream and add a measure to who we are? - Roger Housden  the out-of- the -way places of the heart          In the out-of- the -way places of the heart, Tom and Danielle say I do out on Ballston beach Truro

August 27, 2013 A blessing is the offering of one heart to another; to another person, to a situation, to life itself. Isn't that what we are here for? To bless the savor of this precious moment even as it slips through our fingers? To allow its sorrow, its joy, its silence or laughter to enter our life stream and add a measure to who we are? - Roger Housden John O'Donohue was a master of the elemental blessings for almost every situation in life.   Here is an excerpt from For New Beginnnings that we never got to at Lil and Bob's wedding ceremony due to extreme weather conditions - suffice to say they were a very 'hot ' couple. For a New Beginning by John O’Donahue In the out-of- the -way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

John O'Donohue was a master of the elemental blessings for almost every situation in life.   Here is an excerpt from For New Beginnnings that we never got to at Lil and Bob's ( pictured below when we met this year at the Orleans Inn) wedding ceremony due to extreme weather conditions - suffice to say they were a very 'hot ' couple. For a New Beginning by John O’Donahue In the out-of- the -way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

May love bring you home to each other- John O'Donohue

Take my hand , take my whole life too. For I can't help falling in love with you.

Denise and Patrick say, " I do." ( Alexis too!) at the Borsari Gallery in Dennis.