Hi Chris, Nikki & Bad Cat,
My name is Dana Parvey and I am a christian non denominational wedding officiant in Two Harbors. Last year I won Onewed.com's Best of Clergy and Officiants award for my ceremony services. For more information on my officiating services please check out my web site at www.socialgracesmn.com. I would love to help you celebrate your special day.

Derek Snyder, co-owner of Lake Ave. Cafe'. He married my wife and me, and he was/is awesome.

Oddly enough, I actually just got my ULC ordination (and official Letter of Good Standing allowing me to perform weddings in the state of MN) about a week ago.  I will be performing the ceremony for some friends next summer, but I would be more than willing to let you be my test run.

So, if you want the biggest day of your life officiated by the scourge of PDD (and DCB, and plenty of other local online forums) hit me up.

No prob. The offer's always out there.


Praise Jebus

Agree with ULC idea.  Whatever, also, too.

Unitarian church?  JP?

Lo and I were married by a JP by a courthouse.

One thing to think about is that a lot of ministers require that you meet with them prior to the wedding to go through some premarital counseling of some type.  The nice perk of this is that you can save some money on your marriage license if you find someone who is using the right kind of materials.  Check with the county about that...

If I were getting hitched, I'd ask Ironic1 to do the honors!

John Hartwick was the officiant at our wedding at Enger Tower almost two years ago and he was great.  I would recommend him to anyone.  He works with you and makes the ceremony just how you want it.  He also did an excellent job at the rehearsal, bossing people around in a polite way :) so we were all ready for the big day.  Seriously, give him a call you won't be disappointed.  
http://mnbride.com/featured-vendor/john-hartwick-officiant

Agree x100

Lumpy G. The luminary Lumpy G. He does blended weddings, combining many traiditons from Christianity, Paganism, etc. They are short, succinct, respectful, and truly awesome. 

Chris Marshall on Facebook.

None of my business.  Wanna get married, tell me when to show up.

BadCat, yes I officiated Shelly's/Jeremiah's wedding at Temperance.  Their minister canceled at the last minute and I literally wrote the ceremony on the way up.  It was a beautiful, stormy, Lake Superior wedding.

Like I said earlier, I am fairly new to this, but I am an accomplished public speaker (I used to teach it, and do it in my current day job.)  I've also written/personalized several wedding ceremonies for other officiants to use.

If you want someone affiliated with an actual church, I'm not the person for you.  If you want someone independent, I'd love to be considered.

A big plus one for premarital counseling and for Ironic1.  Both are even better than you might've imagined.  

I know a great DJ if you need one, too.  Most of August and all of the fall is pretty much wide open ...

LumpyG/Chris Marshall did our wedding at Amnicon Falls and was great!

I would like to point out that the website for the ULC is ULCHQ.com, not the monastery. The monastery is "a ulc" church, which was once linked to the ULC, and now pretends to be the original church. It may not matter which one a person a person chooses for ordination, but I have issues with the monastery and their practices, so I want to make sure people understand the difference.