Rev. Jacob Stevens

I became an ordained minister because I wanted to be able to serve people during some of the most meaningful moments of their lives. I believe everyone deserves to have their beliefs, traditions, and personal values respected, whether they are celebrating a marriage, honoring the life of a loved one, or marking another important life event.

I was also drawn to ministry because of my belief that people from different spiritual and religious backgrounds can find common ground through compassion, respect, and understanding. Becoming ordained gives me the opportunity to support others, celebrate with them, comfort them, and help create ceremonies that are meaningful and personal to them.

I am from Waldo County, Maine, and have spent much of my life in the Belfast area. I am proud to call Maine home and appreciate the strong sense of community, history, and connection to nature that comes with living here. I hope to serve individuals, couples, and families throughout Belfast, Waldo County, and the surrounding communities.

I hope to use my ordination to serve and support people during important moments in their lives. My goal is to provide meaningful, respectful, and personalized ceremonies for weddings, handfastings, funerals, memorials, and other significant life events.

I also hope to create a welcoming ministry where people of different faiths, spiritual paths, traditions, and backgrounds feel respected and included. Above all, I want to use my role as a minister to bring people together, offer compassion and support, and help make life's important moments meaningful and memorable.

My personal spiritual beliefs draw from several different traditions. I have a particular connection with Wiccan and nature-based spirituality, including reverence for the Goddess and God, the natural world, and the changing seasons and Sabbats. I also have a deep respect for elements of Christian, Jewish, and other religious traditions and their teachings, celebrations, and history.

At the heart of my beliefs is a Universalist outlook. I believe there are many different ways that people seek meaning, spirituality, faith, and connection, and I do not believe that everyone must follow the same path.

As a minister, my personal beliefs do not determine how I serve others. I welcome people of different religions and spiritual traditions, as well as those who do not practice a religion at all. My responsibility is to respect your beliefs and traditions and help create a ceremony that is meaningful to you.

My goal is to create ceremonies that are personal, meaningful, and respectful of each individual, couple, and family I serve. I believe every ceremony should reflect the people at the heart of it rather than simply following a standard script.

Whether I am officiating a wedding, handfasting, funeral, memorial, or another important life event, I take the time to understand the people involved, their beliefs, traditions, and wishes. I welcome people from different religious, spiritual, interfaith, and secular backgrounds.

Above all, I hope to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere where people feel respected, supported, and comfortable. Each ceremony should tell a story, honor the moment, and leave those attending with a meaningful memory.

My ministry is centered on compassion, respect, inclusion, and service to others. I believe that meaningful ceremonies should be available to everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs, spiritual path, background, or way of life.

As an ordained minister, I hope to provide a welcoming and judgment-free experience where people can openly express what is meaningful to them. I am happy to incorporate religious traditions, spiritual practices, family customs, or completely secular elements into a ceremony.

I offer weddings, handfastings, vow renewals, funerals, memorial services, blessings, and other ceremonies marking important moments in life. I am also continuing to learn and grow in my ministry so that I can better serve individuals, couples, families, and my community.

My purpose is simple: to meet people where they are, respect what they believe, and help them create a ceremony that truly feels like their own.