We are so excited to get married on July 3 and to have you there! We know these times call for uncertainty and we want to provide you with ways we are keeping our guests safe! Our venue and ceremony space are perfect areas in the following ways. 1). Our ceremony site is outside at a garden/nursery. There will be hand santization areas, and plenty of space to spread out if desired. 2). At our reception venue, LedgeCrest, they have gone above and beyond for us all! Our venue can host at 80% capacity, we are however choosing to remain at 30% capacity and there is also an additional outdoor area for you to use and enjoy! There will be hand santization stations, masks available, plenty of extra tables & chairs, and alot of extra space to spread out inside & outside if you wish. There will be plenty of staff cleaning and keeping the event safe thru the night. Our venue will also be having events (three times our size!!) all of June giving us plenty of time and opportunity to make this a safe place for you! 4). We will have cleaning supplies for you to use if you wish for your space and area of use through the entire day. We understand there are a variety of people attending along with a variety of comfort levels- we would like to celebrate with those who are able to at this time and with those who cannot hopefully at a future date. If you have questions let Rebekah know. We love you, and honor your decision if you decide to decline due to your own health concern’s.

Bekah and I have been friends for over 10 years. We met in college, and I remember thinking that she was (and still is!) a brilliant lady with a beautiful heart for people. This is still true of her today! We enjoyed a delightful friendship during college - hanging out with friends, going on outings & trips, and listening to the same music (I once let her borrow a Hillsong album & I definitely made her a "Greatest Hits" CD). We remained close even after college - calling each other on birthdays and even visiting her when she lived in Minnesota! After a few years of living in different states, our lives were interwoven once more in 2015/2016 when I interned at the church she serves with, Pilgrim Lutheran. We were SO excited to be reconnected as friends - and really had no idea that we would become lovers! By the end of internship, we were dating (spring/summer of 2016). Lots of life has been lived since. Since starting our dating relationship in 2016, Bekah and I have endured quite a few valleys & peaks in our relationship. We witnessed the marriages of Bekah's sisters AND welcomed her first nephew (Bruce). I finished up seminary and received my first ministry assignment in Arizona. We broke up ... [spoiler alert] ... And got back together! We did go through alot of changes, I almost drowned in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. My first ministry assignment did not go as planned...new job, new house. Engaged in Feb 2020! Then Covid-19. It has been quite the journey so far! Bekah and I marvel every day at Jesus and His Presence with us. He has carried us and remained faithful every step of the way! We are excited to knit our lives together and to follow the One Who is making all things new (Rev 21:5), Whose precious blood has reconciled all things (Col 1:15-20), and Whose loving & kind Reign will put together all that has been torn asunder (1 Cor 15:28). We await this Day with anticipation! And we thank YOU for celebrating with us on this day where two lives become one.

Our story is quite the story! I first met Nathan while singing in a band in 2009. My friend Anna (bridesmaid) introduced us! Nathan was 18 and the drummer. He was so kind and we hit off as friends! For years we had countless conversations about life. We hung out, did international student ministry together, and have countless crazy stories of our lives being woven together time after time. After years of a great friendship through college, Nathan always called to check up and even visited me when I was living in MN. We reconnected once more when I decided to take a job at Pilgrim Lutheran in Green Bay. Two days later Nathan found out his pastoral internship was at the same church. We were so excited! Durring that year of working alongside eachother we grew very close. We even would plan surprise outings for eachother almost everyweek, and we were just friends...Ha! After a year of that, we started dating! Nathan then left to go finish up Seminary and our long distance began. We visited back and forth for a year. Nathan then was in a serious accident on vacation with his family and I, he also had to move to Arizona for his first pastoral placement. It was alot for us in so many ways and... we broke up. It was a really hard season. 9 months went by, and I would hear from Nathan every so often, until.... Green Bay had a blizzard! I was stuck at home for days, and somehow we started talking again. We didnt talk for hours, instead it was days! I remember he ran out of minutes and we had to skype in order to keep talking, and that was the beginning of the end of being broken up! Nathan then flew to GB to see me, and a few months after I flew to AZ and we recommited to a new relationship with eachother! This past year we have grown together and dreamt of spending our lives with eachother. In February, Nathan took me on a hike to Lost Dutchman State Park in AZ and proposed! I cant wait to marry the kindest, sweetest, craziest & most genuine man I know!