Congratulations,
you’ve decided to get married!
Now all you have to do is decide when, where, and who is going to officiate the ceremony. That’s where I come in. I’m Reverend Yvonne Brassfield, and I’m a minister and the owner of Weddings on Wings.
Weddings on Wings will come and perform your vows where you are. Be it your parent’s backyard, the country club, or under the tree where he proposed, you deserve to have your fairy tale ceremony.
Weddings on Wings is a service provided for couples who want a memorable ceremony, but do not have an affiliation with a church; who want more than a sterile civil service ceremony; or, don’t want that drive thru feeling of going to Las Vegas.
Weddings on Wings is located here in Bakersfield and services areas in the greater Kern County area. If I can be of any help to you, please contact me at the following: (661) 203-4324, or on the contact page
Vows Performed Where You Are
Weddings on Wings has several ceremonies to choose from that will meet your needs, style and budget. We have ceremonies from a Simple Service to a Grand Traditional, and prices range from $100 to $250 in the greater Bakersfield area (please request pricing for outlying areas.) You can pick different inserts (prayers or poems) and unity ceremonies (candle, sand, wine and lasso) from our selection, or provide one of your own; and there is no additional charge for the inserts or unity ceremonies. To reserve your date a non-refundable deposit is required. As part of your ceremony, you will receive a copy of your insert as a keepsake to frame and hang on your wall. Below are several of the inserts that have been used in my weddings.
1. 1 Corinthians 13.4 – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
2. How do I love Thee – Elizabeth Barrett Browning – How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight. For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints, – I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life? – and if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
3. A Marriage – Mark Twain – A marriage makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.
4. Author Unknown – This day I married my best friend, the one I laugh with as we share life’s wondrous zest, as we find new enjoyments and experience all that’s best. The one I live for because the world seems brighter as our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter. The one I love with every fiber of my soul. We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole.
5. Marriage is Being in Love for the Rest of Your Life – Chris Ardis – Marriage is love walking hand in hand together. It’s laughing with each other about silly little things, and learning to discuss big things with care and tenderness. In marriage, love is trusting each other when you’re apart. It’s getting over disappointments and hurts, knowing that these are present in all relationships. It’s the realization that there is no one else in this world that you’d rather be with than the one you’re married to. It’s thinking of new things to do together. It’s growing old together. Marriage is being in love for the rest of your life.
6. Rachel Elizabeth Cooper -Today I married my best friend. Our bond complete, it hath no end. We share one soul, we share one heart. A perfect time – a perfect start. With these rings we share together, love so close to last forever. This special day – two special hearts, let nothing keep this love apart.
7. Author Unknown – Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad. It settles for less than perfection, and makes allowances for human weakness. Love is content with the present. It hopes for the future and it doesn’t brood over the past. It’s the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories, and working toward common goals. If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is, it is not enough, so search for it, ask God for it, and share it!
8. Art of Marriage 101: Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
9. Author Unknown – These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes; tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children. These are the hands that will help you to hold your family as one. These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it. And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.
10. Dorothy R. Colgan – I promise to give you the best of myself and ask of you no more than I can give. I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize that your interests, desires and needs are no less important than my own. I promise to share with you my time and attention and to bring you joy, strength and imagination to our relationship. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside the only way I know how. Completely and forever.
And last but not least, Reverend Brassfield’s favorite saying:
11. The Definition of Marriage is loving someone so much, that you allow them to annoy you for the rest of your life (and yes, I’ve had requests to put this in services.)
I hope this information will aid you in some of your decisions. Should you decide that you would like me to officiate, I would be honored. You can contact me through this website on the contact page, or at Weddingsonwings@aol.com.
