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We have been honored and privileged throughout our careers to serve people of many faiths from all over the world, performing marriage ceremonies in keeping with the desires and spirituality of couples like yourselves. As you can see in our Ceremonies offering, we have provided a variety of basic ceremonies to either choose from directly, or serve as a basis from which to write your own. You may wish to provide your own ceremony, reflecting your faith's traditions. We welcome and encourage you to personalize your ceremony.

We can go with you anywhere and meet practically any need. We are creative and caring wedding professionals with over twenty-seven years of service to couples who come to the Lake Tahoe and Carson City areas. We offer superior staff, quality service and reasonable prices, twenty-four hours a day, all year long. We are also ordained ministers serving a local congregation. We look forward to being of service to you at this most special of all times. Know you have our very best wishes for your future together!

 

 
Our Beliefs

From time to time we have a bride, groom, or member of the wedding party ask us about our personal beliefs as ministers. For you, we offer the following:

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Co-Ministers - Rev. Gil and Rev. Gail Linsley

This is a love story and an adventure tale about two very different people and one incredible idea.

Both Gil and Gail grew up in southern California, less than twenty miles from each other...but a generation apart. Gil was born in 1928, lived (mostly) in Pasadena, became a jazz trumpet player and moved to Las Vegas in 1952. That happened to be the year Gail was born in Los Angeles and moved to Tujunga. Gil started a family (daughter Karen was born in 1954) and a music career playing all the big name entertainers who graced casino stages in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Gail started school and went to the La Crescenta Church of Religious Science Sunday School. Gil found Science of Mind when career and marriage both hit rough patches. Gail was in the YORS youth group and went to work at Home Office in the World Ministry of Prayer. Gil became a practitioner and felt his call to the ministry. Gail had known since she was ten years old that she wanted to be a minister, and that she wanted to be married to one.

Their paths crossed in the fall of 1974 when they both attended the Ernest Holmes College student body retreat at Cedar Lake. They have literally been together ever since. They have a son, Adam, born in 1980, and have served two churches in the past thirty-five years: Lake Tahoe and Carson City, NV.

The one incredible idea: God is all there really is. Applying this idea, exploring the implications and ramifications of this radical and rivetingperspective, has been their life's work. They share their journey openly with all who want to travel this path of spiritual practices together.

 

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Dear Rev. Gil,
Thank you so much for helping us with the perfect wedding.  The ceremony was lovely -- this was truly the best day of our lives.  Thank you again for everything.
Sincerely,
Cathie & Jeff

 

Dear Rev. Gail,
Thanks again for your sweet self and your fine sense of humor! You truly made us both feel very special on this very important day in our lives!
Always,
Jimmy & Lisa

 

Our wedding was everything that we were hoping for.  The sunset was beautiful, the moon with its reflection on the Lake was awesome and the Woodwind with crew - the best!! (Especially Reverend Gail - everyone fell in love with her.)...

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