Michael Barret Jones

To perform marriages for LGBTQ+ folks before it was federally recognized.

Originally, Wilmington, Delaware. Now in Reston, VA after several decades in and around New York City.

To bring a sense of fun and whimsy as we personalize weddings and celebrations of life, incorporating the celebrants' personalities and interests, while still providing appropriate structure for more traditional leaning great-aunts and second cousins.

If you are looking for minister fully trained, chapter and verse in the Christian Bible, I'm not your guy, but if you're looking for someone who's spent time comparing religions, examining for common threads and finding something we can all hang our hats on, I might be. Primarily wiccan in my own beliefs, I look for balance and self-determination as guiding principals.

30 years of performing as a drag queen has taught me how to build and frame a script so that we can keep it relevant, keep it personalized, and keep it flowing with a blend of laughter and happy tears. I can also sing, and bring Bingo into the room after the service if need be. I am new to performing weddings, but with over thirty years in entertainment and my own spirtual journey, have many tools at my disposal.

I'm mostly Mid-Atlantic, but for the right occasion, can travel further afield.

Episcopal by birth, pagan by practice, I'm the kind of minister who will work a World AIDS Day Evensong into the program at an Episcopal Day School. I can also host Bingo after the service.