ULC - IN THE NEWS
Love and Basketball, Sometimes Continents Apart
Two future WNBA basketball players who met as teenagers were recently married near Austin in a ceremony officiated by one of their former teammates, an ordained Universal Life Church Minister.
Source: The New York Times
For the Love of Community and Artisanal Pasta
The New York Times profiles a couple who met while working at the same restaurant and who now operate their own handmade pasta business. Their recent wedding was officiated by a Universal Life Church minister who is also the mother of one of the groom's childhood friends.
Source: The New York Times
Always the Wedding Singer, Finally the Bride
The New York Times introduces us to a couple who got together in college thanks to a mutual interest in rugby. The bride is a longtime wedding singer, and her various collaborators contributed to the couple's wedding celebrations. One of them, a Universal Life Church minister, even officiated the ceremony.
Source: The New York Times
Playing Hard to Get Online? No, He Was Just Too Busy
The couple profiled in this New York Times piece matched on three dating apps before deciding to meet. The sister of one of the grooms became an ordained Universal Life Church minister to officiate their recent wedding.
Source: The New York Times
A 'Magical Connection' That Began on the First Date
The California couple in this recent New York Times story met over Instagram and formed an instant bond. Their recent wedding was officiated by the father of one of the grooms, who became an ordained Universal Life Church minister for the occasion.
Source: The New York Times
After a Rocky Start, Smooth Sailing
In this New York Times profile, we meet a couple who dated briefly, but the timing wasn't right. Five years later, following a reunion and a few more years together, they married in a ceremony officiated by a mutual friend and Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
Co-Conspirators and Playmates From the Get-Go
The New York Times profiles a couple who, after previous divorces, never planned to remarry, but changed their minds after meeting each other and building a connection. Their recent wedding was officiated by a mutual friend who's also an ordained Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
After Several False Starts, 'Sunday Conversations' Brought Them Closer
The California couple profiled in this New York Times piece met in 2006, bonded over their shared name, and had a long journey before reconnecting and finally committing to each other. Their recent wedding ceremony was officiated by an ordained Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
With Scorpio and Pisces Rising, a Compatible Love Match
In this New York Times profile, we meet artistic California newlyweds who bonded over a shared interest in astrology and whose relationship deepened during the pandemic. Their recent wedding was officiated by the bride's stepfather, who became an ordained Universal Life Church minister for the occasion.
Source: The New York Times
An 'Indoor Kid' Falls in Love With Nature, and an Actress
In this New York Times profile, we meet a theater couple whose recent wedding was officiated by two Universal Life Church ministers, including the host of the party at which the couple first met.
Source: The New York Times
She Fell in Love With an Essay, and Then With its Author
The New York Times profiles a Brooklyn couple whose introduction came with the bride reading the groom's old Modern Love essay in the same newspaper. Their recent wedding was officiated by the bride's cousin, who became an ordained Universal Life Church minister for the occasion.
Source: The New York Times
She Thought He Was Too Good to Be True
In this New York Times profile, we meet a couple who somehow matched on Tinder despite the physical distance between them. They sustained a relationship despite the distance, and their recent wedding in a Montana state park was officiated by a friend who became a Universal Life Church minister for the occasion.
Source: The New York Times
At a Michelin-Starred Restaurant, the Ingredients for Romance
The New York Times tells the story of a couple who met while working together in a California restaurant, and whose recent wedding at the bride's family farm in Illinois was officiated by the groom's sister-in-law, a Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
Finding Love in Fits and Starts
The couple profiled in this New York Times story, whose recent wedding was officiated by a mutual friend and Universal Life Church minister, met by chance, had an on-and-off relationship for a while, and kept running into each other -- practice makes perfect
Source: The New York Times
For Two College Students, Finally a Place (and a Person) to Call Home
The New York Times profiles a Bard College couple who were recently married in a campus garden in a ceremony officiated by mutual friend and Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
Greer Lucille Griebel and Cameron Thomas Bowden
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette announces the marriage of a Little Rock couple whose recent wedding was officiated by a Universal Life Church minister.
Billy 'The Rev.' Gibbons marries S.D. musicians
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on the story of two local singers who were married at the San Diego Blues Festival by ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, a Universal Life Church minister who has, by his own account, officiated dozens of weddings over the past couple decades.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
After a Fire, Rebuilding What Matters
The New York Times introduces us to a Colorado couple whose home and possessions were lost in the Marshall fire, prompting them to revisit what mattered to them in a relationship -- and a wedding. Their recent nuptials were officiated by a friend of the groom, who became an ordained Universal Life Church minister for the occasion.
Source: The New York Times
A Relationship With Biblical Origins
In this New York Times profile, we meet a San Francisco couple whose first meeting involved a joint reading from the biblical Song of Songs at the wedding of mutual friends, and whose own recent wedding was officiated by the bride's aunt, an ordained Universal Life Church minister.
Source: The New York Times
Hitting a High Note on and Off the Opera Stage
The New York Times profiles a couple whose mutual involvement in the local opera scene helped forge their connection and eventually led them to marry. The ceremony was officiated by one of their former grad school professors, who is an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church.
Source: The New York Times
