A Beautiful Ceremony NW

Rev. Steve Sharp is an ordained non-denominational minister officiant who performs weddings for couples in Portland, OR and adjacent areas including SW Washington. A Portland area native, Steve started out as a musician, another profession that is known for bringing people together to celebrate! His experience making music on stage helped him develop his instinct for communicating with people heart to heart. Years of staging performances also laid the foundation for Steve's understanding of how ritual and ceremony can bring people together in a deeply shared, vibrant experience.

Steve has conducted weddings that have been as diverse and one of a kind as the couples who have invited him to be their celebrant. On a train, on a mountaintop, in a back yard, in a rose garden, in a historical church by candlelight; intimate wedding parties of four and grand outdoor feasts attended by three hundred revelers; weddings conducted in two languages; couples seeking a way to bridge the very different spiritual traditions of their families and couples who want very little ceremony at all. "It's been a real privilege to be part of such a hopeful day for so many people over the years" is how Steve sums up his experience of these many wedding days.

Steve draws from the personal and spiritual beliefs of each couple to help them express their commitment to each other in their own unique way. The core belief of the Universal Life Church is that every person has the natural right and responsibility to peacefully determine what is right. Steve honors every couple's desire to make their wedding vows in the voice that feels truest to them.