Get to Know Our Oregon Wedding Officiants

Irreverent (adjective) ir·rev·er·ent Having a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

About our Oregon Wedding Officiants

Serving Greater Portland

Richard Kent Matthews

I'm Richard Kent Matthews and I am looking forward to sharing in one of the most important events of your life-your wedding. This is a joy-filled time for you and I'm honored that you have allowed me to be a part of it. Click here to learn more about Richard

Lesley Wise

I was born and raised in the South London area of England. Yes I still speak with an English accent at times, but it's not nearly as pronounced as the Cockney I grew up speaking! I am the...click here to learn more about Lesley

Maureen Thomson

When my daughter was in kindergarten, she completed a project that was entitled "The Most Important Thing About Me". It was a great idea, because it taught the kids ...click here to learn more about Maureen

Jeremy Myers

I love the atmosphere instilled by a perfectly executed wedding ceremony. Opening words to let everyone present know your intentions to marry, statement of intention and vows as promises to each other and the exchange of rings to complete the compact. It has a cadence and rhythm that is timeless and elegantly structured...click here to learn more about Jeremy

Laughingly dubbed the "Irreverent Reverends" due to our propensity to institute creativity, warmth and even a bit of humor into wedding ceremonies, our officiants pride themselves on their "irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" when developing and performing your wedding service.

We share a passion for helping couples tell their unique love story and we are absolutely grounded in the philosophy that all expressions of love are valid. To that end, we create your ceremony based on your expressed values. You may want to mention God in your ceremony, or you may prefer something totally secular. You may desire that your ceremony reflects the glory of nature, a Universal Spirit, or you may have some more traditional religious or cultural customs you'd like to include. The choice is yours.

It's your day. It's all about you. It's also incredibly important that you "click" with your wedding officiant to insure a comfortable and special wedding ceremony experience. We are all talented and creative writers, polished public speakers, and we're experts at handling wedding-day glitches. We know all of the ceremony etiquette and we're just as quick to reassure you that you don't have to do anything by a prescribed set of rules. Mostly, we love what we do, and it shows.

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