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Karla Johnston

Reverend Karla Johnston is an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing Community of Engaged Buddhism and American Marriage Ministries. She is a nationally certified American Sign Language Interpreter, serving the Deaf community since 1995. One of her greatest joys is performing wedding ceremonies along her home shores of Lake Tahoe for Lake Tahoe Wedding Ministries and incorporating her practice of mindfulness (as founder of Lake Tahoe Mindfulness Community) into her offerings. Her passions are writing and ceremonial singing.

4 Scripts by Karla Johnston

Check out these 4 scripts written by Karla Johnston, Guest Contributor at American Marriage Ministries. We offer free wedding ceremony scripts, handfasting scripts, and more!



Contemporary Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Script with Discourse on Love

Contemporary Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Script with Discourse on Love

This contemporary Buddhist wedding ceremony script includes the ringing of a mindfulness bell, the Incense Offering, Thich Nhat Hanh's translation of Discour...

A prayer and meditation bowl rests on the table next to an incense holder, candles, and flower petals during a Buddhist wedding ceremony

Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Script with Mindfulness Meditation

This Buddhist wedding ceremony script includes a simple mindfulness meditation for guests and the couple, instructions on how to include bell ringing for mom...

Golden buddha statute, holding white flower petals at the wedding ceremony

Mindful Wedding Ceremony with Buddhist Reading & 4 Love Mantras

This unique Buddhist wedding ceremony script centers true and mindful love, and includes a reading of Thich Nhat Hanh’s four mantras of love and true presenc...

Pink cherry blossoms sit in the pages of an open book of love poems. It's a romantic and dreamy feeling photo that fits the tone of a poetic wedding.

Poetic Wedding Ceremony Script with Readings from Rumi & Kahlil Gibran

A unique, poetic wedding script with readings of 'On Love' by Kahlil Gibran and two Rumi love poems. This romantic officiant script also includes a sweet gre...

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