About The Officiants
| Robert Anderson 561-352-4728 |
I am a Florida Notary Public and a wedding
minister. I have been performing wedding
ceremonies since 2006. I have lived in Palm
Beach County since 1980. I was ordained by
Rev. Sandra Shaw of the Chapel of the Fields
Church on July 7, 2005. I served in the United
States Army from 1987-1990 and was
re-activated for the 1st Gulf War in 1991.
Many have asked why I don't use the title of
Reverend or Pastor in front of my name. My
answer to this comes from the belief that in early
Christianity there were no clergy or laity. All
were equal and all believers were priests in the
eyes of God. I offer the following:
A study of the New Testament reveals that all
Christians are priests. Peter said, "...You also, as
living stones, are being built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Pet.
2:5). Thus, all Christians are of that holy
priesthood and can offer spiritual sacrifices to
God. All have the right to go directly to God
through Jesus Christ, our High Priest (Heb.
4:14-16).
Peter continued, "But you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His
own special people, that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light..." (1 Pet. 2:9). Rev.
1:5-6 says, "To Him who loved us and washed us
from our sins in His own blood, and has made us
kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him
be glory and dominion forever and ever."
Consequently, the New Testament repeatedly
teaches that all Christians are priests. When one
obeys the gospel of Christ, he is added to the
body of Christ and is thereby part of God's holy
priesthood. As priests, all can offer up spiritual
sacrifices and draw nigh to God through the
mediatorship of Jesus.
By David J. Riggs
In closing I wish to share the seven distinct
viewpoints of Celtic Christianity. These are the
viewpoints I use in relationship to my service to
God and man.
1). Hope - looks first for good rather than for evil
in all things.
2). Equality - regards all persons as equal and
erases the separation between men and women,
clergy and laity, etc.
3). Mystery - speaks to the mystical awe of God
that arises from understanding the limitations of
human knowledge. Much of the current
Christian subculture is bureaucratic,
programmatic, and political.
4). Environment - encourages earth-keeping as a
way to honor God in stewardship of His Creation.
5). Holism - refuses to separate life into the
spiritual and material, the heart and head, the
sacred days and workdays, etc. (instead has an
awareness of the sacred in all times and places).
Most Christians tend to compartmentalize life.
6). Immanence - teaches that God is present with
His Creation.
7). Simplicity - lacks the emphasis on
complicated rationalistic doctrine found in most
of Western Christianity.
I thank my Brothers & Sisters at the Prayer
Foundation for the above information.
minister. I have been performing wedding
ceremonies since 2006. I have lived in Palm
Beach County since 1980. I was ordained by
Rev. Sandra Shaw of the Chapel of the Fields
Church on July 7, 2005. I served in the United
States Army from 1987-1990 and was
re-activated for the 1st Gulf War in 1991.
Many have asked why I don't use the title of
Reverend or Pastor in front of my name. My
answer to this comes from the belief that in early
Christianity there were no clergy or laity. All
were equal and all believers were priests in the
eyes of God. I offer the following:
A study of the New Testament reveals that all
Christians are priests. Peter said, "...You also, as
living stones, are being built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Pet.
2:5). Thus, all Christians are of that holy
priesthood and can offer spiritual sacrifices to
God. All have the right to go directly to God
through Jesus Christ, our High Priest (Heb.
4:14-16).
Peter continued, "But you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His
own special people, that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light..." (1 Pet. 2:9). Rev.
1:5-6 says, "To Him who loved us and washed us
from our sins in His own blood, and has made us
kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him
be glory and dominion forever and ever."
Consequently, the New Testament repeatedly
teaches that all Christians are priests. When one
obeys the gospel of Christ, he is added to the
body of Christ and is thereby part of God's holy
priesthood. As priests, all can offer up spiritual
sacrifices and draw nigh to God through the
mediatorship of Jesus.
By David J. Riggs
In closing I wish to share the seven distinct
viewpoints of Celtic Christianity. These are the
viewpoints I use in relationship to my service to
God and man.
1). Hope - looks first for good rather than for evil
in all things.
2). Equality - regards all persons as equal and
erases the separation between men and women,
clergy and laity, etc.
3). Mystery - speaks to the mystical awe of God
that arises from understanding the limitations of
human knowledge. Much of the current
Christian subculture is bureaucratic,
programmatic, and political.
4). Environment - encourages earth-keeping as a
way to honor God in stewardship of His Creation.
5). Holism - refuses to separate life into the
spiritual and material, the heart and head, the
sacred days and workdays, etc. (instead has an
awareness of the sacred in all times and places).
Most Christians tend to compartmentalize life.
6). Immanence - teaches that God is present with
His Creation.
7). Simplicity - lacks the emphasis on
complicated rationalistic doctrine found in most
of Western Christianity.
I thank my Brothers & Sisters at the Prayer
Foundation for the above information.
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| Wedding / Civil Union Officiant 561-352-4728 |
| Grant Balfour D.D. 561-459-5095 |
I was ordained in the Universal Life Church in
1991, and celebrated my first wedding in 1999.
I'm a Florida native, and graduated from New
College of Florida with a degree in Hermeneutics,
a field that encompasses religion, literature and
philosophy. Although I was raised Catholic, my
academic interests have carried over into my
spiritual practice, and I've come to specialize in
interfaith, interdenominational and secular
humanist ceremonies.
Personally, I tend not to use the title "Reverend"
before my name for the same reason early
Christians avoided worldly titles: we're all equally
equipped to understand the world's spiritual
mysteries on our own terms.
As it's written in the Gospel According to Philip:
"If some belong to the order of the priesthood,
they will be able to go within the veil with the
high priest. For this reason, the veil was not rent
at the top only, since it would have been open
only to those above; nor was it rent at the bottom
only, since it would have been revealed only to
those below. But it was rent from the top to
bottom. Those above opened to us the things
below, in order that we may go in to the secret
of the truth."
1991, and celebrated my first wedding in 1999.
I'm a Florida native, and graduated from New
College of Florida with a degree in Hermeneutics,
a field that encompasses religion, literature and
philosophy. Although I was raised Catholic, my
academic interests have carried over into my
spiritual practice, and I've come to specialize in
interfaith, interdenominational and secular
humanist ceremonies.
Personally, I tend not to use the title "Reverend"
before my name for the same reason early
Christians avoided worldly titles: we're all equally
equipped to understand the world's spiritual
mysteries on our own terms.
As it's written in the Gospel According to Philip:
"If some belong to the order of the priesthood,
they will be able to go within the veil with the
high priest. For this reason, the veil was not rent
at the top only, since it would have been open
only to those above; nor was it rent at the bottom
only, since it would have been revealed only to
those below. But it was rent from the top to
bottom. Those above opened to us the things
below, in order that we may go in to the secret
of the truth."