Ordained Minister / Wedding Officiant Reverend Celeste Rich offers superior service at a fair price to all.  When you want MORE than the ordinary wedding ceremony, vow renewal or commitment ceremony, choose Reverend/Celebrant Celeste to help orchestrate and officiate a ceremony that reflects YOUR beliefs and lifestyle.  Although Celeste specializes in Ceremonies in Nature (outdoor weddings), she has recently opened the Celestial Wedding Chapel, complete with a lovely Wedding Arch decorated with over $300 of silk flowers and strands! 

You may choose to include a unique optional ritual, such as a Past/Present/Future or Family Sand-blending into a Unity Vase, a Sharing of Drink, Hand-fasting, Ribbons of Hopes & Wishes, or if having an indoor ceremony, perhaps a Unity Candle.  We also offer digital photos on c.d.  In fact, all but three of the photos you will see on this site (including the links below) were taken either by my partner Chuck during the ceremony, or by myself after the ceremony.  Chuck uses a photo-journalistic style to capture those important moments in the ceremony as they happen; I used what I call a 'designed-photo' approach after the ceremony for the rings & bouquet photo or photos of the two of you walking, kissing, laughing etc., as well as those family photos that remind you of who was there with you on your special day.

Call Celeste on her cell at 575-740-3889 or at 575-894-7591 (which is the boutique she owns: Celestial Creations Enchanted Gifts of New Mexico) or email waterdancer52@gmail.com for more info about having Celeste officiate at your ceremony!

How would you like to be able to say you got married in a town called Truth or Consequences!?!  Book your marriage ceremony (or other) at Ralph Edwards Park on the banks of the Rio Grande River, at Celestial Wedding Chapel, or at one of the hot springs lodging establishments here in town, and you'll have that story to tell forever.

Or perhaps the setting (location, location, location) is more important than the name of the town.  Here in Sierra County, NM, you can book your ceremony at Caballo Lake, one of the nearby historic towns, or at Elephant Butte Lake, with Elephant Butte or Kettletop Island in the background! 

Reverend Celeste will also travel to a location of your choice.  Celeste has officiated at places as diverse as White Sands National Monument (twice!), City of Rocks, Spencer Theater in Alto, San Jose Plaza in Carlsbad, Sandia Park, Gila National Monument, Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces, the Lodge at Sierra Blanca in Ruidoso, etc., and is willing to travel anywhere (schedule permitting)!

She has also orchestrated marriage ceremonies at more traditional locations, too, but many couples choose the road less traveled, like VFW halls, the courtyard at the Fire Water Lodge, on the pier over the Rio Grande River at the Riverbend Hot Springs, under the arch at the Elephant Butte Inn, or wherever your imagination takes us!

Of course, not everyone wants something elaborate.  Celeste will be happy to marry you in an impromptu simple elopement in Celestial Wedding Chapel or at nearby Ralph Edwards Park, which has a gazebo and sits on the banks of the Rio Grande.  Celeste can even provide the witnesses (Sierra County only).

Call or email to discuss what your desires are for a perfect wedding ceremony.  (We also suggest booking a room and a soak at one of the natural hot mineral water spas, too!)  Marriage Vow Renewals and Commitment Ceremonies are welcome, as are children involvement and themed ceremonies.