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Heidi Yorkshire is a wedding officiant and Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant serving the Portland, Oregon, region. She specializes in helping you craft a unique and personal celebration that tells the story of your love. She listens to your ideas as well as provides advice on expressing who you are as a couple, such as poetry, readings, music and ritual.

Services Offered

Heidi customizes your ceremony to include your unique love story and other elements which express your values, dreams and hopes for your marriage. She can, if you wish, even guide you in finding the right words to express yourself to your partner by helping you craft your vows. Other services include:
Secular or interfaith services
Officiating a rehearsal, depending on availability
Coordination with other vendors as needed

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Frequently asked questions

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Baha'i Faith
Buddhist
Earth-Based
Islam
Jainism
Jewish
No Denomination
Pagan
Taoist
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.
30-60 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

OR
WA

What languages do you speak?

French
Italian

Reviews of Heidi Yorkshire Celebrant

Mindy
Mindy Sent on 11/08/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful!

Heidi made our wedding intimate fun and thoughtful. Could not have asked for a better experience. There is no better person to officiate your wedding.
Tessa
Tessa Sent on 02/15/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Heidi made our wedding unforgettable!

I cannot recommend Heidi enough! She perfectly captured our story and conveyed it to our friends and family with both humor and gravity. We had a non-traditional ceremony, and she made it unforgettable with reading suggestions and a unique bourbon unity ritual. With Heidi you can tell that weddings are her passion, and she goes out of her way to make your day one to remember.
Molly
Molly Sent on 10/30/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Heidi helped us create the perfect unique and personally meaningful wedding!

I cannot imagine a better wedding officiant than Heidi! Charismatic, kind, and a natural story-teller, she was one of our favorite parts of our own wedding!

Heidi took the time to really get to know both of us and our relationship, and then wrote a ceremony that was insightful, emotional, and personally meaningful. As a non-religious couple, we were at a loss on how to make the ceremony have the weight and gravitas of a traditional wedding without the religion. Heidi was wonderfully helpful; providing all sorts of alternative words and rituals, as well as suggesting elements from stories we had told her about our families and relationship. She helped us build a ceremony that was uniquely meaningful to us, as well as quite funny! She had the audience both laughing and crying!

When challenges and last minute changes come (as they always do!) you can trust her to handle just about anything with grace and humor. When a family tragedy struck right before the wedding, she provided a shoulder to cry on and worked with me to rewrite the ceremony to incorporate it. When a windstorm hit our outdoor ceremony, it was Heidi's calm and unruffled presence that held everybody together.

We're eternally grateful to Heidi for helping us create our ideal ceremony. If you are looking for something authentic, meaningful, and a little outside the box, there is simply no one better :)
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Steve Sent on 09/19/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding Celebrant

Heidi was so fantastic and a pleasure to partner with on our wedding. She brought expert insight, and a unique perspective that we had not seen in other weddings we've attended. It was so easy to work with Heidi as she guided us through the process and brought our story to life with her abilities. We received so many compliments from our guests on the ceremony, many wanting to know if we had known Heidi for a long period of time. You can expect a great experience, and someone who genuinely cares about telling your story and making it stick for all who are listening.
Jaret
Jaret Sent on 07/02/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Heidi Yorkshire

An amazing experience— the whole process was so comfortable. Heidi listened to all our needs, she makes sure your day is authentic and everything you can imagine. Her communication is superb, there wasn’t a moment of worry amongst the juggle of preparation. We’re grateful and blessed. In front of the largest audience of my life, I felt so confident having Heidi lead our day. We get compliments on our wedding every time we see friends and family!
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Kara Sent on 09/18/2018
5 out of 5 rating
I hired Heidi for my mother’s memorial and it was by far the best money spent. Heidi was so colorful, bright and positive during the darkest of dark days. She is professional, a wonderful writer and made me feel very comfortable during the process. She is easy to work with, extremely flexible and so very helpful with layout of the ceremony, tips and giving advise. Above all of that, Heidi checked in multiple times to see how I was doing. Not just on a professional level, but on a personal level. She gave me empathy, compassion and support that was much needed and appreciated. I highly recommend her.
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Lauren Sent on 09/17/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Heidi was such a joy to work with! If your on the fence about having a friend officiate your ceremony or hiring a professional let me tell you, all our worries went out the door the first time we met Heidi. She really knows her stuff! She helped in so many ways from handing all the paperwork to helping our bridal party with the rehearsal and coordinating with our photographer and DJ to make sure the ceremony went on without a hiccup! She really took the time to get to know who were were as people and wrote the most amazing ceremony ever! Everyone was commenting afterward about how wonderful of a ceremony it was and wanting to know how we had found her. She calmed all our nerves and truly was the perfect person to let us shine at our ceremony! Thank you so much Heidi!
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Doug Sent on 08/21/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Each of us has a little magic that leads us to our wedding day. Heidi worked with us to tell the story of that magic and create a memorable ceremony and a special day. She also provided us with a number of spot-on referrals to other folks who helped us. A special thanks to Mike Doolin (music) and Tavin (hairdresser, makeup). We were so glad to have her as our celebrant. And she has a beautiful singing voice!
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Zach Sent on 07/12/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Heidi was amazing from our initial phone call all the way through the ceremony. She listened to our vision of the ceremony and added tips and suggestions along the way which helped to create a truly unique experience. Heidi crafted a beautiful ceremony, she helped us write and edit our vows, and suggested readings for the ceremony. When it was all said and done we had countless people come up to us and say that our ceremony was one of the best they'd ever witnessed - all credit to Heidi!
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Olivia Sent on 12/27/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Intelligent and elegant, Heidi Yorkshire's innate gift is her clarity of content. Accompanied by her beautifully paced voice, she has the uncanny ability to get audiences to listen and engage.
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