About Reverend Elisheva
Reverend Elisheva Clegg completed the educational requirement of The New Seminary (TNS) of New York for ordination as an Interfaith Minister and was ordained by the faculty of The New Seminary in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City, on Sunday, June 24, 2001. She was then assigned to the ministerial staff of The Interfaith Temple, which consented to her registration as Associate Minister with the New York Office of the City Clerk.
Reverend Clegg continued her studies with Universal University of Holistic Spirituality (UUHS) in Clearwater, Florida. UUHS is the only accredited interfaith university in Florida, which has moved its headquarters to the University of Panama in Panama City, Republic of Panama. She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Pastoral Counseling (2004) and a Masters of Arts (M.A.) in Pastoral Counseling (2007). She received an additional ministerial assignment to Universal Oneness United, an affiliate of UUHS.
Reverend Clegg was accepted into the University of Virginia (UVA) Chaplaincy Education Program at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville for the summer of 2006, and successfully completed the Chaplaincy Intern Program in August 2006, as a part of her Master’s Program.
She is trained to officiate a wide variety of interfaith, interdenominational, intercultural, interracial, same faith, same sex, and humanistic ceremonies and services. Following her initial registration to perform ministerial duties in New York, she was registered for premarital preparation provider and affiant in Florida. At present she is registered for ministerial duties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Confirmation can be obtained from the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk, Fluvanna County, Palmyra, Virginia, and approved as a wedding minister in many other States. Just recently she was approved and licensed to perform ceremonies in Washington, DC.
Reverend Clegg is a member of the
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 1130,
Washington, D.C. 2005), and International Interfaith Ministerial Alliance
(2451 McMullen Booth Road, Suite 256, Clearwater, Florida 33759), and the
National Association
of Wedding Ministers (NAWM now at 175 Maple Circle, Athens, GA 30606), and Chaplain
volunteer,
UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. Recently, she has become
an active participant in the Human
Right Campaign (HRC) organization in which she continues her fight for the equal
right, equality, treatment and happiness of all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
persons.
Reverend Clegg is assisted at most weddings by her husband of thirty-five years.
About Reverend T. Wade Clegg III
Reverend Clegg completed all written requirements at The New Seminary (TNS) in New York in May 2003. Due to health complications, he delayed ordination in New York, and continued the ordination process while in Florida.
He was ordained by Lighthaven Interfaith Seminary, an affiliate of Universal University of Holistic Spirituality (UUHS) in Clearwater, Florida, the only accredited interfaith university in Florida, with college headquarters now in Panama City, Panama. He received his ministerial assignment to Universal Oneness United in May 2005.
Reverend Clegg was registered as a premarital preparation provider and affiant in Florida prior to moving to Virginia, where he is presently registered for ministerial duties in the Commonwealth of Virginia by the Fluvanna County Clerk of the Court in Palmyra, Virginia.
Reverend T. Wade Clegg III is a retired Air Force Officer, former businessman, broadcaster, and certified organic farmer. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Radio Television Journalism (1966), and received a graduate certificate in Communication at the Norman Campus of the University of Oklahoma (1972).
Another Happy Couple
Reverend Elisheva and Wade Clegg did an absolutely amazing job. My husband
and I postponed marriage for 8 years because we could not visualize or envision
how to do a ceremony itself that would be meaningful, personal and beautiful but
non religious. We needed someone to help us bring together elements of three
religions - my husband is Muslim and from Turkey, and I am half Jewish and half
Christian and from the UK. We met with several other officiants who all gave us
things to read and ideas about how traditional ceremonies are performed and what
we could do, but we did not feel a sense of comfort or inspiration with any of
them.
Finally, I did a search in inter-cultural, inter-faith ministers
and there she was. Her and her husband Wade did such a phenomenal job! We had
guests that flew in from the UK, Germany and Israel, and guests from Turkey,
India, Pakistan, Tunisia, 20 nations in total. They totally were able to capture
who we were and what we stand for in the most meaningful way with a service that
they wrote and personalized themselves, after we completed a questionnaire.
Elisheva was also very supportive throughout the process, spoke to me on the
phone several times and gave very meaningful support throughout, and really
helped us to pull our thoughts and feelings together. The service itself was
worth waiting eight years for! And the crowd was a very discerning and highly
educated lot, more phd's per square inch than any other wedding I know of. So
not an easy one to please (=
I would HIGHLY recommend them to anyone
considering a wedding that may not be completely traditional, or just for people
who would like to have a highly personalized service or one that pulls together
diverse identities. Of all the money we spent on our wedding, this was the best
value service we could have asked for. Anyone will be lucky to have them work
with you.
Sharon & Tugrul Keskin
married August 23, 2008 at the
Chesapeake Bay Beach Club,
Stevensville, MD
