Christian and Jewish elements in a wedding in Minneapolis, MN

Question:

Dear Reverend Coleman,

I was reading about how you perform Christian-Jewish wedding ceremonies for interfaith couples in Minnesota. Thank you for providing this valuable service! Here's a more specific question - do you have experience with mixing Catholic and Jewish traditions in a ceremony?

Interfaith Bride

Answer:

Dear IB,

Yes, I've performed many wedding ceremonies in Minnesota that were a mix of Christian and Jewish, and several that were specifically Catholic and Jewish. There are elements of weddings that are the same in both faiths, and that's the part we emphasize, but then we include traditions from each faith, and explain what they mean, and the mix can work really well. We can talk about these options when we meet together to go over which traditions are meaningful to you, and how we can include them!

Warm regards,

Rev. Tomkin Coleman
Interfaith Weddings in Minnesota