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Ohio
:Rev. Sharon RK Chenoweth
Licensed in Ohio
Ceremonies Available: Legal weddings, handfastings.
Bio: I was ordained in the State of Ohio in 1997 thru AFRAC (All Faith Religious Association/ Church), which was set up by pagans with different religious backgrounds. Over the past 11 years I have done more than 20 multi-faith marriages and handfastings. (I have also conducted 3 Memorial Funerals.) I have been the High
Priestess of a Coven for more than 15 years. I'm considered an hereditary witch, since my Grandmother, who was herself a witch, started training me when I was 3 years old. Many of the couples that I've married have written their own Rituals, or worked with me on crafting meaninful ceremonies. I am also half Native American,
and have crafted Marriage Rituals that reflected those beliefs, as well. I will be happy to assist couple with their Marriage, Handfasting, and other Ritual needs.
Rev. Laura Ann Gallant
Licensed in Ohio
Ceremonies Available: Weddings, dedications, wiccanings, handfastings, purifying (cleansing) homes and other places, visitations to the sick and memorial (funeral) services.
Bio: Ordained by the Universal Life Church and registered with the State of Ohio to legally perform weddings for Pagans and Christians. I have been in ministry off and on since I was 18 from the Nursery Ministries to the Senior Citizen’s Ministry. Now in my thirties I go where I am needed whether it is to go to the Hospital in the middle of the night just to hold someone’s hand to performing a marriage.
Rev. Linda Jane Lacey
Licensed in Ohio
Ceremonies Available: dedications, wiccaning, handfasting, weddings,
purifying (cleansing) homes and other places, visitations to the sick and needy, and memorial (funeral) services.
Bio: Ordained by the Universal Life Church and registered with the State of Ohio to legally perform weddings for Pagans and Christians. I am a senior minister with my daughters Rev. Laura Gallant and Rev. Candy Lacey. I have served in ministry since I was 13 through nursery ministry, traveling choir, hospital visitations, and Senior Citizen’s ministry. Now in my early sixties I go where I am needed from hospital visitations to marriages to funerals.
Oklahoma:
Anna Deen
Licensed in OK
Ceremonies performed: My services include, but not limited to Weddings, Handfastings, Vow Renewals, Naming Ceremonies, Commitment, Partnership Ceremonies, Funerals, Rememberances and Rites of Passage.
Bio: Ordained thru Universal Ministries (May 2004). I have been studying Paganism since 2004 and have been practicing as a solitary witch for 2 years. I always thirst for more knowledge. I do not know everything and I will never say that I do. I have been an active officiant since 2004 and have performed many weddings and handfastings.
Oregon:
Michael Kernan
Licensed in OR
Performs Wedding, Handfasting, Funerals, Naming, Rites of Passage, other special
events.
Bio: I follow the Druid path, I have studied this path for about 10
years now. I am a member of the ADF, and I am Ordained as a minister
through the RDNA (Reformed Druids of N.A.). I am happy to work with the participants to ensure that their needs are met. I am very flexible in doing single, or mixed discipline ceremonies, Rites, Rituals, Etc.
South Carolina:
Mary Dellucci
Licensed in SC
All unions, blessings, naming or other ceremonies.
Bio: Mary is the Chair of C.A.S.T. (the Council of Alternative Spiritual Traditions) in the Lowcountry. She has been part of the Pagan spiritual community in the Charleston area for over twenty years.
Website: http://www.goddessjewels.com/Unions/
Michelle Hawkins-Ponoski
Licensed in SC
Performs any type of ceremony except skyclad.
Bio: I have been a licensed Notary Public for 4 years and my certificate is on display at The Princess of Dragonsgate store in
Ladson SC. I am the Crone for our Circle. There are many locations in Charleston that make for a lovely handfasting setting. I can even assist with letting you know what permissions are required for various outdoor sites. Write your own handfasting ritual or I'll be happy to work with you to create something special just for the 2 of you. Also, while same sex "Marriages" aren't legal in SC I can and will perform a handfasting for gay and lesbian couples. Along with Mary I am a member of C.A.S.T.
Texas:
Rev. Desiree Byrne
Licensed in TX
Ceremonies: Secular, spiritual or religious
weddings, hand-fastings, vow-renewals and/or commitment ceremonies; also available for christenings, baby-naming ceremonies, baptisms, house-blessings, memorial services and funerals.
Bio: I am a non-denominational minister offering professional ministerail services to persons of all faiths, beliefs, and backgrounds. As a Christian with Humanist leanings, I believe quite sincerely that we are all children of the same universe; and, as such, have the right to seek and follow our own paths to the spiritual/divine. We all have the fundamental right to celebrate our beliefs as we see fit, in
accordance with our own traditions.
Website: http://www.minister2go.net
Dr. Christine Kraemer
Licensed by ULC, performs ceremonies in TX
Ceremonies: Weddings, handfastings, namings, memorials.
Bio: Christine has been facilitating public ritual of various kinds for over a decade. She is a student of the Feri tradition and also participates in TejasWeb, her local Reclaiming collective in Austin, Texas.
Website: http://inhumandecency.org/pagan_weddings
