Cascades Presbyterian Church

I am a certified Prepare and Enrich pre-marital counseling facilitator and often encourage couples to explore premarital counseling before their big day. These 6 to 7 one and a half hour sessions in my church's office in Vancouver, WA build intimacy and closeness between the couple bringing to light many important topics that often get bypassed in the frenzy of engagement and wedding planning.

I have officiated many incredible weddings over my sixteen years of pastoral experience. Some have been destination weddings, others more simple affairs conducted locally. My belief is that weddings are sacred moments where everyone gets a foretaste of what it's like when heaven comes to earth. I see my role as a spiritual facilitator and coach working in concert with the couple and wedding coordinator to make sure that the wedding day is everything it was hoped and planned to be. Many of the couples whom I have wed have become life long friends with whom I have the priviledge of sharing life.