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Michigan Interfaith Wedding Officiants At All Ways Yours Wedding Ministries we love Weddings!  I'm Sister Kya Rose, an Interfaith wedding officiant for over 7 years.  I love meeting Brides and Grooms.  I love learning about and discussing the various traditions and styles available for wedding ceremonies.  I love designing, writing and performing custom ceremonies that not only celebrate love and marriage but celebrate and reflect YOU! I’ve enjoyed writing and performing plays, speeches and other ceremonies since childhood and I’ve quietly ministered to many families in person and online over the years.  So after much encouragement from family and friends (especially my mother who began performing weddings in 1990) I was ordained in 2002 and have been writing and performing customized weddings for Michigan couples and families ever since.   I was raised in a open-minded Christian home, have an appreciation for all religions and traditions and will gladly help you incorporate your own beliefs, culture and style into your ceremony.  I do not perform or require premarital counseling.  I work with my couples to design the perfect, unique ceremony just for them.  We’ll edit and enhance your ceremony script until it meets all your needs then I’ll print it in a keepsake booklet that I’ll read from at your ceremony.  I will never add any spontaneous sermons or readings that you haven’t approved and I’ll do my very best to keep your ceremony positive, inspiring and full of joy! I’m a believer in rehearsals and have plenty of experience in managing bridal parties so that your wedding day is as perfect as possible. References are always available on request. I’m happy to meet with you in Charlotte for free or at your preferred location for a small travel fee. Call or email me today and we can start designing your dream wedding ceremony now!!

 

 

Weddings by Sandy	I am so proud to be connected to Sister Kya Rose. We are on an on-line group together. I have learned so much from Kya and I appreciate how giving and knowledgeable she is. If you live in Michgan and need an officiate call Kay Rose today!
A Florida Celebration	Sister Kya is by far one of the best Officiants I've had the pleasure to work with. When it comes to personal touches, heartfelt expressions and loving care, you'll be in great hands with Kya! She adds the right amount of professionalism with the right amount of love in every ceremony she presides over!
Freethinker Ceremonies	I have referred clients to Kya when I couldn't provide services myself, and I won't hesitate to do so again. She is a true wedding professional.
Heather Kotoks Ceremonies	Sister Kya Rose has been a wonderful person to be involved with in the associations we belong to, like My Heart is Yours Ministry. She has provided as an amazing sounding board and has the livication to create ceremonies directed to your beliefs. Her warmth and direct communication inspire me to recommend her in this endorsement!
Weddings - Rev. Joe Glentz	What more can I say? Kya is highly respected by her peers and by her clients. You'll be glad you selected her as your special day officiant!
Heartfelt Wedding Ceremonies	I have gotten to know Sister Kya Rose through My Heart is Yours Ministy. She has nearly unlimited resources to create the wedding ceremony that says how much you mean to each other on a very personal level.
AETR - Life Event Celebrant	As an officiant working with ~~My Heart Is Yours Ministry~~, Kya has the unlimited resources to provide you with the ceremony of your dreams!

Are you willing to perform a ceremony at a non-religious site? I perform ceremonies wherever my couples choose. I am comfortable performing civil ceremonies anywhere I can physically travel to and I'll gladly bless any venue, recognizing the sacred nature inherent in all, for any couple desiring a more spiritual or religious ceremony in a non-traditional location.

Are you flexible in the wording used throughout the ceremony including the vows? I work very closely with my couples to design a ceremony that reflects their beliefs and I am open to incorporating pretty much anything into a wedding. Once my couple's approve the script they want me to use, I do not deviate from it. No off-the-cuff remarks or surprise sermons from me.

Do you allow the couple to write their own vows, if desired? I encourage it! I also maintain a small online library of various vows and other ceremony parts for my couples to browse while we are in the design process. Couples are welcome to use my examples in any combinations, to write their own or to have me write them based on some simple questions I ask during the design interview.

Do you have a list of readings pre-selected, from which the couple must choose? I have several readings available, but my couples are free to incorporate readings from anywhere they choose. I've had couples choose modern poetry, excerpts from novels and even a bit from Plato's Symposium. I welcome them all.

Do you require that premarital counseling be done? I do not require counseling, though I do maintain a list of resources for couples who desire it.

Are you willing to perform pre-ceremony rehearsals? I am a firm believer in the rehearsal process and prefer that my couples schedule one, even if I'm not present for it. I feel that weddings that are rehearsed tend to be more enjoyable for the wedding party and look more polished to the guests. After performing ceremonies for 10 years, I feel that I can help provide some insights during the rehearsal process that benefit couples and their families.

Additional Questions and Answers

My Number One Tip?   Pass on the Aisle Runner!

As an officiant, I've been honored to watch dozens and dozens of processionals and recessionals from what may arguably be the best "seat" in the house.  After witnessing so many trips down the aisle, if I could choose to end one common wedding tradition, it would have to be the aisle runner.

For those unfamiliar, the aisle runner is a long sheet of paper/cloth that comes on a roll and is sold to Brides by florists and other vendors as both an elegant way to dress up the processional and as a means for protecting the Bride's gown from dirt.  In my experience, it does neither.  It is good if you want to;

Trip your wedding party.  Especially when used outdoors and especially any children who will be walking down the aisle.  You'd be surprised at how difficult they are to walk on with grace and poise.

Complicate your rehearsal or, worse, your Wedding day.  There is no "one size fits all" rule for aisle runners, so it's another item to debate and discuss during your rehearsal.  When do we unrollit?  Who unrolls it?  Should we set it up beforehand or bring it out when it's needed? etc.  An aisle runner is a prop that can't be used until the big day, so any problems with it won't be noticed until it's too late. 
Worst of all is the aisle runner that shows up unexpectedly on the Wedding day.  Ordered months before, no one remembered that it was coming, no one was assigned to handle it and last minute arrangements and adjustments must be made and communicated in order to accommodate it.  In my experience, this always results in a less-than-elegant presentation at best and displays of frustration at worst.

Confuse and embarass your ushers.  Unrolling an aisle runner is much more complicated than it seems.  Before the unrolling begins, securing the free end can be tricky in the best of situations.  Then, while unrolling I've seen several of the cords break or fall off.  I've watched grown men struggle to unroll them.  More than once I've seen ushers give up, drop them and end up kicking them the rest of the way down the aisle.  Not very elegant...

Unsettle your guests.  It never fails.  The aisle runner will, inevitably, end up with folds or wrinkles or twists thatone or more of your guests won't be able to tolerate, so they'll get up and try to "fix" the runner.  This results in anything from a few strays chuckles from your other guests to somewhat loud and rude demands to "leave it alone!"  The desire that everything be perfect for you on your wedding day is strong and heartwarming, but when it comes to guests leaving their seats to wrangle your aisle runner, it can be a bit too much.

Increase the amount of trash your Wedding generates.  As most of the modern aisle runners are disposable items, it will end up in a landfill after 10 minutes or less of use.

All this hassle and waste might be worth it if it actually protected the Bride's gown from becoming soiled.  However, the aisle of your venue is probably not especially dirty and, unless you have someone following you everywhere else holding your train, it will drag around during your photo shoots, at your receiving line and in and out of your dressing room.  The money you save on not buying the aisle runner can be put toward cleaning the dress, an expense you'll have anyway.