MultiCultural and InterFaith Ceremonies
You want to combine your cultural histories into your ceremony to honor your family background while keeping the ceremony to truly reflect your love and relationship. We will work with you to reflect your multi-cultural relationship, placing the traditions, readings, and rituals that are meaningful to you. We develop your ceremony to reflect your history, your relationship and love in culturally appropriate traditions and rituals.
You want to merge your two different faiths, honoring each of them equally. Together we decide on the values and beliefs that you want to honor. Then, we write your ceremony to reflect each faith tradition equally, respectfully and without holding one above the other.
 Drew and Bita included many Persian wedding customs in their ceremony. The wedding table was filled with elements to bless their marriage, they were presented with gifts from family and friends, the women of the family blessed them as they read from the Quran. |  Jodi and Alan incorporated many different Scottish elements in their ceremony. He wrapped her in the tartan of his clan to welcome her into the clan. We included handfasting, oathing stone, quaich and the tartan in their ceremony. |  This Norse wedding included a Water Blessing Bowl which was used to bless the wedding rings. |
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 “It was the custom of the ancient Norse for the couple to share mead each day, beginning on their wedding day, for the first month of their union. Hence, the term honeymoon. The ceremony we are about to do is also the beginning of the tradition of the “toast”. Today, Michelle and John will share their first drink of mead in that tradition” |  Another element of Vinnie’s Indian heritage is a wedding tradition that goes back thousands of years. It is called “Saptapadi” or in English “The Seven Steps”. It is known to be the most meaningful part of an Indian wedding and often referred to as the most beautiful as well. Vinnie and Saskia will link pinkies and take seven steps around the Sacred Fire as I recite the Seven Blessings or vows for a strong union. By walking around the fire they are agreeing to these. |  In addition to traditional Irish attire the couple used An Irish Wedding Blessing -You are the star of each night, You are the brightness of every morning, You are the story of each guest, You are the report of every land. No evil shall befall you, on hill nor bank, In field or valley, on mountain or in glen. Neither above, nor below, neither in sea, Nor on shore, in skies above, Nor in the depths. You are the kernel of my heart, You are the face of my sun, You are the harp of my music. |
 “The Celtic trinity, which is a centuries old profession of faith, holds that trust in the soul, belief in the heart and faith in the mind, are all that is needed to lead an honorable, loving and fulfilled life. At this time please take the small bell you received when you came here today. We ask that you hold the bell, and together with me, that you ring this bell. This is the Celtic tradition of clearing negativity or evil.” |
"We had the wedding ceremony of our dreams! Jac tailored the ceremony to fit our multicultural family and even learned a few words in Romanian for us." Oana
"Fantastic officiants and lovely people! We had a Baha'i and Christian ceremony, which the Revs Grimes wrote to flow beautifully while respecting our religious requirements. The Grimes are very flexible, professional and extremely easy to work with. They sit down with you and go over every little detail. We really could not have asked for better people to perform our ceremony!!!" Devin and Nick
“I highly recommend Rev. Jac! He truly cares and will make your ceremony special. Jac helped us think of everything we needed for the small ceremony (so much I had not even thought about) and everything ran smoothly. Our wedding was a blending of two different faiths and my wife's English is limited but it was no problem. The ceremony and vows that Jac wrote were absolutely perfect. Several of our family and friends commented about how perfect Rev. Jac was for our wedding. Jac and Liz are GREAT!” — Jeff Griffin
" We can’t express how wonderful Rev. Jac is! He showed great care in making our ceremony what we wanted. He offered guidance while remaining open/easy to work with. He helped blend our cultures (Irish/Japanese) in a ceremony that flowed so naturally it seemed our families were already united. We wanted our ceremony to be the most memorable part of the day and have received compliments from guests on how beautiful/meaningful it was. We felt honored to have Jac and his lovely wife be part of our day. "Joe & Ashley McFadden
"Liz and Jac Grimes are, in fact, the best! Liz did a great job officiating our wedding and helping us develop our vows. We had a Scottish-themed wedding from handfasting, a quaich, and an oathing stone right down to kilts in the family tartan. Liz walked with us step by step to craft vows that were personal and honored these ancient traditions. Both she and Jac invited us into their home for pre-wedding sessions devoted to understanding the strengths and weaknesses my wife and I would be bringing to the marriage. They are quite knowledgeable about the ingredients for a long-lasting marriage and these sessions were a great way to start our marriage well informed. Months later, our wedding guests are still commenting on how beautiful the ceremony was and what a great job Liz did as officiant. Do yourself a favor and get Liz to help you with this important event." Alan