Universal Life Church

[Mithrea]

http://www.ulc.org

I am interested in knowing if anyone has any experiences at all with this church. I am curious about it and am also looking for people to share what their opinion is of the people who get ordained by them. I want to hear it all, please if you don't mind--good and bad. If there are threads on this already, could you point me to them? I only found one short one between MistoftheSea and Twig. Thanks :D

[Myst]

Anyone can be ordained by them for free by filling out a simple form. When ordained by ULC you can officiate a wedding under certain circumstances which vary from state to state or province to province. For instance, since Ontario (Canada) does not recognize the ULC you have to have a minister of a legally recognized denomination write a letter to have a ULC minister perform a marriage legally. However, in BC one can make a wedding legal if accompanied by an official Wedding Commissioner.

Obviously there is no training involved nor regulation of any sort. I believe there is a thread on this in Political Pagan. Here - http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15293

[OnlyTheLonely]

I got ordained through ULC last year and preformed a friend of mine's handfasting. Her husband is in the US Military and they accepted the marriage so it is legit.

[Earthcup]

I'm ULC clergy. I've found them to be very helpful myself. I've never performed a ceremony but I know they are very helpful if you do have a problem with your ordination. They're a very supportive group.

[Old Witch]

I am UlC Clergy also............

[stormyray]

The local group I am with goes under the heading U.L.C. Our hps is ulc clergy and runs a very proment wedding planing service.

[Amethyst Rose]

I was ordained by them a few years ago, but I've never done anything with it. Living in Canada, it didn't work out the way that I wanted it to....not as legit as if I had been living in the states. Oh well.

[Medusa @ Dawn]

Does anyone know how to obtain a copy of your ordination? I got myself ordained for future use and never copied off the certificate when they first sent it.

I thought I saved it but it got lost somewhere.

[Earthcup]

You can't save it, you have to print it out then. I was going to save mine but my printer was broke and I ended up getting one by mail. The site should have info on getting a replacement certificate. They have a Delphi forum that's very helpful as well.

[Medusa @ Dawn]

thanks earthcup!