Humanist Celebrant and Professional Wedding Officiant in the Southern Piedmont, Charlotte and Lake Norman areas of North Carolina. – The Right Wedding Specialist For You.
Email: Kathy Atkinson
If you are looking for a beautiful, uniquely personal, fully customizable and ultimately memorable, non-religious wedding in the Southern Piedmont, Charlotte, Concord, Statesville, Lake Norman and surrounding counties of North Carolina, you have to come to the right place.
The Most Personal Ceremony for a Unique Wedding Day
I always place the highest importance on helping you craft an individual wedding ceremony that is unique and personal to everyone involved. Every celebration starts with the people involved. I start by asking about your history as a couple; where it all began. I want to know what brought you to this day, what you are looking for in the ceremony, how you want it to feel, who are the participants and what are your hopes and dreams for your special day and beyond.
Kathy officiates a beautiful secular ceremony.
“We could have not done it without you!!
We truly appreciate you and will always recommend you!
Even those (wedding guests) that are religious loved our ceremony and never had imagined how beautiful it can be when it’s focused on love rather than religious content.” ~~~ Darrell and Lejla D.
Working WITH YOU To Build The Perfect Occasion
I will work with you to help you build the perfect event from start to finish. Importantly, I never impose my own preferences or any unwanted traditions on your day. I am here to help you, to put you at ease about the plans you are building, to advise you of all your options and to be an experienced voice you can trust.
‘Secular’ simply means there is no religious content. While being legitimate in every respect and in every state in the USA, a secular wedding bypasses the dictate for standard or stock religious words, music, readings or prayers that could otherwise intervene and affect the uniqueness, individuality and focus of the ceremony. In the modern world, many couples and families come from very different traditions and cultures, or no religious tradition at all.
Interfaith couples can relax and enjoy their own special day with all the choices of content, the relaxed atmosphere and the personality of a non-religious wedding ceremony.
The fully personalized, secular ceremony is the choice of the future, because every aspect can be built around you, your life story, your passions, your relationship and your plans. These events are becoming the most popular of all occasions across Europe, and rapidly growing in number in the United States, especially in North and South Carolina.
“A customizable, non-religious ceremony can be much more beautiful and certainly more meaningful than a religious one. In fact, so beautiful, meaningful and memorable that your guests will hardly notice, if at all, the lack of religion.” ~~~ Kathy Atkinson.
This is what Chelsea and Guy had to say about their wedding ceremony:
“My husband and I are not at all religious, but our families are. It was so wonderful to find Kathy, who made the ceremony so beautiful and personal that nobody even noticed that God wasn’t mentioned. She took time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple so our ceremony really was about us and one of a kind. Our big day was perfect, and Kathy was a big part of that!”
Freedom, Choice, and A Day For Everyone
A Humanist wedding ceremony completely breaks free of the boundaries, constraints and dictates of religious tradition, leaving you complete choice of any secular content; words, music, readings, vows, focus, feeling, emotion and sentiment. As I see it; this is YOUR wedding ceremony and if you want to incorporate traditional elements from any culture, I can help you integrate these into your wedding celebration. If not, we can build a ceremony that is totally and uniquely yours. Either way, I promise I can help you build a wedding day all your family and friends will remember fondly forever.
Kathy officiates a beautiful secular ceremony.