Weddings With Glow

20/07/2024

A first for Weddings With Glow, I’m officiating in a corn field! Great summer weather for a great couple. Congratulations Alyssa and Brad!

30/06/2024

Second Weddings With Glow wedding this weekend! Close to home, and a lovely couple who share my hobbies, hobbits and hogwarts! Congratulations Myrna and David!!

29/06/2024

First Weddings With Glow of the weekend, and we’re contending with liquid sunshine! But the venue is ready, and they’re barbecuing in the reception tent! Showers of luck to Jess and Dean!

22/06/2024

Today’s Weddings With Glow was not rained out! A little sprinkle up at Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, but we were safe under the picnic area. Lots of love to Tori & Tyler. Also, I met with one of my first couples who were friends of the bride. Happily married with a beautiful daughter!

15/06/2024

A beautiful day and a beautiful venue for an outdoor Weddings With Glow. Congratulations Cindy and Chris!

08/06/2024

First Weddings With Glow wedding of the season, and we started with a bang! I am sure these “flower girls” won’t mind being featured 🤣. Humanist Canada weddings your way!

22/05/2024

The world needs more Scotland.

12/04/2024

The lovely people at the Waterford Grand Retirement Residence have invited me the past two years on Valentines Day to perform vow renewals! It’s fun to be a Humanist Canada officiant ❤️

27/01/2024

The first Weddings With Glow of 2024 is in the Salon at the NAC. Doors straight out of Game of Thrones, but the room is elegant and cozy. Congratulations, Christine and Barry!

30/10/2023

Our new neighbours are raising the Halloween bar on our street! We might get some kids around this year 🎃

08/10/2023

Well yesterday's Weddings With Glow was supposed to be outside in Strathcona Park, but the rain chased us inside. However, the view from the house was still pretty nice!

Congratulations to Suzanne and Kevin. My fee is being donated to Turning the Page on Cancer. Click on the name to join our team or to make a donation!

05/10/2023

Hey! We're a community!

04/10/2023

We've kicked off our fundraising for Turning the Page on Cancer! Consider donating at https://turning-the-page-on-cancer-2023.raisely.com/t/pgmfamjamteam?fbclid=IwAR2mevf4dJdOz9woJrCspYUJLsvOHbIWoLATqE1Dpu3KS65MbmqO5BiNe_0.

All my wedding fees in October and November are being donated as well, so if you're thinking about a quickie wedding, there is no better time 😀

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16/09/2023

We’ve been offering marriages in Ontario since 1996.

Since then, our officiants have married thousands of couples in beautiful and heartfelt ceremonies that brim with thoughtfulness and joy.

We look forward to officiating many more and to hopefully expanding legal humanist marriages all across Canada.

16/09/2023

Today’s Weddings With Glow is back at NEXT - Ottawa Canada, where they always do a lovely job for their couples! Congrats Steph and Rob!

13/09/2023

https://youtu.be/M7_zfivvmwU?si=FZ4xbcS1dBCPo6xx

A humanist song...from The Christians!

Before you point the finger
And hope the whole thing disappears
Remember empty words will fall
And fall upon the deafest ears
He won't give in without a fight
And foul play without a doubt
No silver lining to be seen
In this thundercloud
Oh that's not allowed
In the ideal world
We'd be free to choose
But in my real world
You can bet we're going to lose
Your money fills your pockets
Fear fills their tiny minds
At last the world is talking now
This ain't no way to treat mankind

Songwriters: Henry Priestman, Mark Herman. For non-commercial use only.

This is the official video for The Christians 'Ideal World'. Originally released on Island Records this track is now available on the Deluxe 25th Anniversary...

18/08/2023

We’re a nonprofit committed to supporting efforts that advance scientific, academic, medical, and human rights education through critical thinking and compassion. We put humanism into practice through our many programs and initiatives.

Your donations and support allow us to continue with this commitment. Your donations and support allow us to continue with this commitment. Donate today: https://bit.ly/3OvG8Sn

12/08/2023

Congratulations to Teresa and Steve, today’s Weddings With Glow couple! A nice home in the country and a new spouse, what a great day!

29/07/2023

It was touch and go for today’s Weddings With Glow, at the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, but the sprinkles stopped just before the ceremony. Congratulations to Hayden and Anna 🤣

23/07/2023

Wedding number 3 in…your house? Sure, a humanist ceremony can take place anywhere you like in Ontario! And it’s always a treat to be invited to the wedding celebration lunch 😊. Best wishes to Sana and Alla.

22/07/2023

Wedding number 2 for the weekend, just outside of the city 😊. Merrickville, the jewel of the Rideau, was the backdrop for a lovely summer wedding!

22/07/2023

Busy wedding weekend! First up a morning ceremony at The Courtyard downtown.

29/04/2023

Humanists have a deep appreciation of the artistic contributions of all the talented people on our wonderful planet. Books are especially dear to us because they are time capsules and tangible evidence of the genius that lies within so many of us!

Go and hug a book today, especially one from my cousin Yvonne Van Lankveld!

29/04/2023

"If Billy Joel, Joe Jackson, Elton John and Elvis Costello ran into each other at a Manhattan intersection, all you would hear is Shael Risman." Don't believe it? Listen up!

29/04/2023

14/02/2023

What a way to spend Valentine's! The Waterford Grand Retirement Residence in hosted a vow renewal ceremony for their guests, and we had seven couples take part. From 47 to 69 years married, our little ceremony was a wonderful example of the power of love and caring. Congratulations to all!

13/02/2023

Tucker Price sleeping the sleep of champions, having taken Team Fluff in the .

03/02/2023

First Weddings With Glow for 2023, and what a way to start the year! An outdoor ceremony, a balmy -27 degrees, and just a hint of windchill. My lovely couple are planning on a honeymoon in Iceland, winter runs in their blood. Congrats Kayt and Shawn!!

31/12/2022

Tonight’s Weddings With Glow, and probably the last of the year, is at the festive Ritual On Main Coffeehouse. Congratulations to Jenny and Rob!

15/11/2022

Another Weddings With Glow flashback to this summer, and a very special ceremony for Lesley and Andrew. I first spoke to them in the summer of 2019, planning for a wedding in 2020. And then.... COVID!

After a couple of false starts, we finally got together in 2022 and they were able to celebrate the wedding of their dreams. I want to thank Lesley and Andrew for staying with me and letting me be a part of their special day.

Congratulations!