Carolyn Cobelo is an ordained Minister of the Church of the Loving God. She is available to officiate at weddings. Carolyn conducts weddings in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico and surrounding areas.

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Taos Pueblo Taos, New Mexico

Nestled at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the high desert of New Mexico, Taos is an internationally-known art center with excellent skiing, hiking, hot springs, and river rafting nearby. Sacred Taos Mountain looms majestically above the town, offering its protective, healing energy to the entire area. Spectacular views, gorgeous sunsets, plentiful wildlife, nationally-known restaurants, and romantic hotels make Taos an ideal place for a wedding.

Wedding Ceremony

Honoring the Mothers:
Acknowledgement of the mothers
Placing a momento of the mothers on the altar

The Navaho Beauty Prayer:
With beauty, may I walk.
With beauty before me, may I walk.
With beauty behind me, may I walk.
With beauty above me, may I walk.
With beauty all around me, may I walk.

Blessing of the water:
I bless this water in the name of the Great Spirit. May it be a symbol of the purity of the love between
these two people and the cleansing of their souls as they step forward into divine commitment of their bodies,
minds and souls.

Hand-washing:
Symbolizing the cleansing body, mind and spirit

Native American Poem:
“Grandfather, Great Spirit, All over the world.
The faces of living ones are alike.
With tenderness, they have come up out of the ground.
Look upon your children, may they face the
winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet.
Great Spirit, fill them with the light, give them the strength to
understand and the eyes to see.
Teach them to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that live.”

Prayer of Gratitude

Vows

Offerings:
Invitation to the guests come up and sit with the bride and groom
to offer a thought, prayer, poem

Corn Pollen:
Sprinking in the Four Directions
White pollen represents the male and yellow pollen represents the female.
Eating the corn with your hands signifies two people united in sacred matrimony.

Wedding Vase:
The Wedding Vase has two spouts coming from the same vessel. As individuals, you bring together different strengths and you
from different families and backgrounds. You have had different experiences. The two spouts of the Wedding Vase
represent each of you as individuals, yet you will always drink from the same vessel of life.

Drinking from the Wedding Vase

Pronouncement:
Father Sky and Mother Earth, Creator and Nurturer of all life,
We give thanks for the moment that brought these two people together.
I now pronounce you are husband and wife.

Kiss

Apache prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for each other.
Now you will feel no cold, for you will be warmth to each other.
Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to each other.
Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion and your days together be good and long upon the Earth.

Tewa Dancers

Dining & Dancing