Erika Crane-Stern , a daughter of Valerie Crane of Stowe , Vt. , and Dr. Don Stern of Brookline , Mass . , was married yesterday to James Gaddis Houghtlin , the son of Vera Weintraub of New York and the Rev . Tod Houghtlin of New Lebanon , N.Y . The Rev . John Hay , a minister of the United Church of Christ , officiated at the home of the bride 's mother .