Wedding Kiss NY

It is an Honor to Perform Your Wedding Ceremony Bill and I, as Marriage Officiants, have the honor of performing weddings in New York State and New York City and beyond.  Bill is a Retired Judge and I am a Former Village Mayor, but we are also recognized as Ministers, qualified to perform religious and faith-based wedding ceremonies in addition to civil wedding ceremonies.  When the Bride and Groom surf the Internet to find a qualified Marriage Officiant to perform their wedding ceremony, they encounter a variety of titles and positions, including justice of the peace, judge, justice, town/county clerk, mayor (government officials), commissioner, minister, celebrant, clergyman or clergywoman, rabbi, nondenominational, interdenominational and interfaith minister, priest and more. Note that marriage laws spell out the requirements to qualify to be a Marriage Officiant, and these vary from state to state and city to city nationwide. No, Bill and I did not go on the Internet...

Why include a special ceremony such as the Unity Candle Ceremony or Unity Sand Ceremony in the Wedding Ceremony? Bill and I have found that short, meaningful ceremonies offer a unique way to: include loved ones in the wedding capture keepsake memories on video and in photos. incorporate cultural, religious or family traditions share feelings of love for each other in public acknowledge the sanctity of marriage remember love ones who have passed embrace children and family life evoke tender emotions celebrate a life-changing milestone These are just some of the many reasons couples decide to include special ceremonies or what are also referred to as “rituals” in a wedding ceremony. The most popular ceremonies are the Unity Candle, Unity Sand, Embracing Children and the Glass-Breaking ceremonies. However, Bill and I perform all of these and variations of them as well as a number of other very wonderful ceremonies. Sometimes we change words or rewrite or augment a ceremo...

Wedding s   at  H ome :  Part  One       Throughout the year ,  Bill and I perform wedding s not only in  particular public venues  but also in  private  homes  and residences .   It could be the bride ’s  or groom’s home,  the  parent ’s   home,   a  grandparent’s  condo  or a rented ho use  in the Hamptons.   Weddings in  a  ho me  are  among our most memorable.  I will write another blog on this topic , but at this time I would like to describe  two theme weddings that  B ill and  I  performed in the homes of couples we married.     In this  first  wedding story t he bride and the groom were both divorced  and between them they had six children.  It was  Halloween , the perfect day  for  a  theme  wedding!  The  inside and outside of the...