Wedding Stories
A Weird one By Amy Long This was a little weird. I got a call for a wedding on a Friday for that following Monday. The bride was 83 and the groom 84. The groom had had a stroke and couldn't be there to get the license, …
Wedding Stories
Wedding Stories
By Rev. Sam MinderHorror Story This one is sort of a horror story. I officiated at a wedding that was kind of short notice. The whole thing had been put together quickly and on a small budget. This wasn't the problem. T…
Wedding Stories
Aletta and Christo Married 2-20-99 I'm Aletta, 28, married to hubby Christo, 29. Only married 7 months!! We had a dream come true medieval theme wedding. No real problems except if you count that we didn't say our vows …
Wedding Stories
Lisa and Brianr 8, 2001 Brian and I met through an online personals/dating service. We talked online for a week, over the phone and online for another week, and then we had our first date. It only took about two weeks a…
Wedding Stories
Funny Facility My Parents had a specific budget for my wedding, and we found a great place, with good food, and the price was right. However, the name of the restaurant wasn't so appealing...the "SQUAT and GOBBLE" Resta…
Wedding Stories
My husband and I were married on Friday the thirteenth. we did this on purpose but if I had known...... We had a outdoor wedding by a lake. None of my family attended, My soon to be mother in law and maid of honor were …
Wedding Stories
The Joy of Duct Tape One of the sisterhood (a super tight group of girlfriends I have, closer than family) was getting married some years back to her childhood sweetheart (we tease them about "rushing it" they had known…
Wedding Stories
One the Way to the Wedding Mum , dad and brother are making their way up to the hotel to get ready 2 hours before kickoff , when all of a sudden smoke starts pouring into the interior of the car . Dad has respiratory pr…
Wedding Stories
Funny Vows My parents decided to memorize their traditional vows (I Bride, take you Groom, blah blah.). Well, my mom practiced for weeks. Everywhere they went, she'd be reciting them to herself, "I, Mary, take you, Mich…
Wrong Name
Wrong Name When I got married last year the officiant called Mr. Sweede by the wrong name. His actual legal name is an American nickname, but he was born in another country and his parents liked the nickname better than…
Groom's Speech
Groom's Speech My cousin Craig was the groom and was about to make his speech at the reception. This traditionally starts with the words "On behalf of my wife and I..." and everyone cheers. But Craig (who was a little t…
Technological Failure
Wedding Story Universal Life Church This weekend I married my friends. I thought it would be really cool to do the entire service using my iPad. I thought that I would be an innovator, an early adopter—it was the geekie…
Wedding Stories - My First Wedding
My First Wedding By Rev. Marcus Greenwood I became a ULC Minister as part of my own spiritual journey. I believe that we are all called to minister to each other. There are so many opportunities to do good in this world…