Our Ministers
Rev. Leah Light,
Founding Minister & Director,
Circle of Light Ministries. She conducts meetings, classes, and coordinates all church business. As an ordained minister, she has the power and authority to conduct weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies, and to ordain other ministers for these and other ministries they wish to pursue.
Rev. Leah completed a Spiritual Studies program with the Center for Healing Arts in Portland and was first ordained by the Church of Inner Light in 1992. She has been a spiritual counselor and has led meditation circles and healing classes for over 20 years. Leah Light is the published author of two inspirational books, We Are Becoming: Souls Evolving; and Picking Up the Pieces: Becoming a Greater Whole, and is contributing author of a third book, 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol. 2. For more information on her writings as well as intuitive counseling/reading services, please visit: www.leahlight.com. Information on wedding and officiating services can be found at: www.weddedyourway.com. Leah makes her home in the Newberg area with her husband, Harold McKay. Together they run The Owls Nest Inn Bed & Breakfast, where small weddings and overnight stay packages are offered. Her family also includes children and grandchildren. Together she and Harold have 13 grandchildren!
Founding Minister & Director,
Circle of Light Ministries. She conducts meetings, classes, and coordinates all church business. As an ordained minister, she has the power and authority to conduct weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies, and to ordain other ministers for these and other ministries they wish to pursue.
Rev. Leah completed a Spiritual Studies program with the Center for Healing Arts in Portland and was first ordained by the Church of Inner Light in 1992. She has been a spiritual counselor and has led meditation circles and healing classes for over 20 years. Leah Light is the published author of two inspirational books, We Are Becoming: Souls Evolving; and Picking Up the Pieces: Becoming a Greater Whole, and is contributing author of a third book, 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol. 2. For more information on her writings as well as intuitive counseling/reading services, please visit: www.leahlight.com. Information on wedding and officiating services can be found at: www.weddedyourway.com. Leah makes her home in the Newberg area with her husband, Harold McKay. Together they run The Owls Nest Inn Bed & Breakfast, where small weddings and overnight stay packages are offered. Her family also includes children and grandchildren. Together she and Harold have 13 grandchildren!
Amy Pereira, Associate Minister
Amy Pereira discovered love for creating personal wedding ceremonies during her own engagement, over 15 years ago, when she and her fiancé explored ways to creatively incorporate a number of faiths and traditions into their own ceremony. Amy believes that all life is sacred and has deep appreciation for working with those of diverse cultures and backgrounds with varied traditions and beliefs. She maintains her own inner peace and serenity through yoga, meditation, Reiki, retreating along her riverfront home and hiking trails of the Pacific NW with her husband and son, and is passionate about world travel, holistic nutrition, and environmental science. Amy considers it an honor to be with couples and families during significant life moments and brings to her work with Circle of Light Ministries, a grounded sense of wisdom and lighthearted joy.
Rev. Laurel Neuber, Associate Minister
Rev. Laurel Neuber has been a member of and is ordained by Circle of Light Ministries in Portland, where she is Associate Minister. Laurel has an Episcopalian background, having been trained as a Stephen Ministries lay counselor. She entered into the wedding ministry because she wanted to assist couples in declaring their love and commitment to one another. Rev. Laurel holds a Masters degree in teaching and currently teaches in the Beaverton and Hillsboro School Districts. She has a great love for children, having become a teacher in order to make a difference in their lives. She is engaged to be married soon and is also the mother of a teen daughter and young step-son. Laurel is honored to officiate for couples in the greater Portland area.
Rev. Laurel Neuber has been a member of and is ordained by Circle of Light Ministries in Portland, where she is Associate Minister. Laurel has an Episcopalian background, having been trained as a Stephen Ministries lay counselor. She entered into the wedding ministry because she wanted to assist couples in declaring their love and commitment to one another. Rev. Laurel holds a Masters degree in teaching and currently teaches in the Beaverton and Hillsboro School Districts. She has a great love for children, having become a teacher in order to make a difference in their lives. She is engaged to be married soon and is also the mother of a teen daughter and young step-son. Laurel is honored to officiate for couples in the greater Portland area.
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Rev. Guadalupe Espinor, Associate Minister
We are proud to introduce our Spanish-speaking officiant. Ordained by the Circle of Light Ministries, she has a Christian background, though she will customize a ceremony however you like, religious or not. Lupe is pleased to serve both English and Spanish-speaking couples and has a deep respect for both cultures.
List of Ministers Ordained by Circle of Light Ministries, LLC:
Binder, Donna M.
Davis, Valerie Ann
Day, Laura
Espinor, Guadalupe
Haley, Maureen
Light (McKay), Leah
Martin, L. Kim
Medcalf Thompson, Lori
McCormick, Maureen
Neuber, Laurel
Nistad, Warren
Pereira, Amy
Seeborg, Lori
Vincent, Madeleine
CIRCLE OF LIGHT MINISTRIES, L.L.C.
9860 S.W. Hall Blvd., Suite C-4, Ash Creek Cedars Bldg. Portland, Oregon 97223 503-628-8518
9860 S.W. Hall Blvd., Suite C-4, Ash Creek Cedars Bldg. Portland, Oregon 97223 503-628-8518