Your Wedding

Your Way

Your Memories

        Non-denominational Minister

        Retired Catholic Priest

“Find and celebrate the wedding ceremony that is HIDING within your relationship…”
This is what I do for you.
All of us are tired of boring weddings. How many times does the priest, minister, rabbi, or judge, seem to go off on his/her own agenda during the ceremony? How many times the ceremony seems TOO SHORT or TOO LONG. I use my 12 years of seminary training and then my 38 years of planning and celebrating weddings, to help you find your ceremony – the ceremony that is “yours”. It might end up being a very “traditional” ceremony or something quite different – but always the result of what the bride and groom want.

       Santa Barbara's
       Minister of Choice

        Interfaith Ceremonies

        Non-denominational

        Customized Your Way


My family and guests were totally surprised by our wedding. They had never been to a ceremony where they felt acknowledged or involved...”

- Charles and Marie

Reverend Jerry Bellamy

Wedding Minister

Serving Santa Barbara and
Ventura Counties Since 1973

“What makes people holy is NOT how religious they are. What makes people holy is how LOVING they are. We celebrate how great it is that these two people love each other.”

“Humor is one of the surest signs of the presence of God . . .”

I am a retired Catholic Priest on inactive status, I perform marriages in the capacity of a Non- Denominational Minister. I have been performing weddings throughout the Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties since 1971. I perform weddings for couples of ALL religious backgrounds, and even for couples who want absolutely nothing religious in their ceremony. I have planned and performed thousands of weddings. In the planning time I have never presented Ceremonies A, B and C for the bride and groom to review, with them having to choose the ceremony that would do “the least damage to their relationship”. Rather, I plan each ceremony with the bride and groom so that the celebration is exactly what they want it to be. It usually takes only one, two hour planning session to accomplish this. The ceremony we plan may be very traditional or just the opposite. HOWEVER, it is also a great joy for me to celebrate the ELOPEMENT. I do speak Spanish. I also celebrate Quinceañeras and wedding anniversaries.

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