Wedding Blog

I know many people out there are religious and prefer a religious ceremony. Maybe you are Catholic and you have a priest already in mind. Perhaps you are some other denomination of Christianity, and have a minister that you like. Or you may be Jewish and you have a rabbi picked out. Maybe you’re not religious at all, and you want to get married by a judge. You could be nonreligious, but also want someone religious to officiate your wedding. I’ve been to a wedding where both a priest and a rabbi officiated together - sharing scripture readings.

The point is, you want to be comfortable with the person who will be marrying the two of you. I always thought I wanted a judge, but I wasn’t completely against the idea of having a religious officiant, if they would leave out all of the religious statements. Yes, I know how that must sound… but it is possible.

While we were interviewing videographers, Mr. Butterfly and I came across a wedding where the reverend was very outgoing, personable, and had a wonderful speaking voice. We instantly knew that we liked him, so we got his name and number.

Last night, Mr Butterfly and I went to meet with Rev. Jim Covington. What a great guy! He performs wedding ceremonies all over the NY metropolitan area, and he does non-religious ceremonies as well! He also counsels couples, and we are actually going to participate in his 4 session pre-marital counseling (something I have always been against doing). The vows are very similar to traditional vows, and they emphasize the promise of marriage, more than anything else. I am very excited to have him at my wedding and I think people will really enjoy the ceremony.

For more information on Rev. Covington, you can go to his website.