Dan Betts - Wedding Officiant

10/12/2024

Weddings offer many ways to connect the generations. Holden and Kendra chose to use the unity candle from Kendra’s parents’ wedding over 30 years ago. What a thoughtful idea!

10/06/2024

Great idea!!!!

10/03/2024

Pine Lakes Winery is a beautiful venue for a wedding. Performed Kristina and Ryan’s ceremony Saturday - and thankfully the rain held off to make it a beautiful event!

09/10/2024

I found this to be interesting article on the developments of wedding rings over the centuries!

In weddings around the world, exchanging rings is a crucial part of the ceremony, a moment in which a couple’s promises are sealed with a tangible token. This simple piece of jewelry does a lot of heavy lifting: It acts as a symbol of love, unity, and eternity, while also making our relationship s...

08/24/2024

All ready to officiate Kim and Wally’s wedding at Drakes Landing in Canfield, Ohio. 85 degrees, sunny and zero chance of rain!!

08/08/2024

07/27/2024

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07/13/2024

Another wedding to officiate at the Boardman Park St James Meeting House. I have done so many weddings here. My favorite spot!

07/08/2024

For those who want to include a specific dependence upon God as a center part of the marriage, I have found a wonderful unity ceremony using the cord of three strands. This symbol is based upon the book of Ecclesiastes, where it reads two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor It incorporates three strands of cord -one each for the bride and groom and one for God. At the beginning of the ceremony all three cords hang loose and then during the ceremony they are braided together to form a cross symbolizing God and the couple. This is a beautiful visual, and then the unity Symbol can be hung as a reminder for years to come. I got this one on Amazon. Contact me for more information.

05/03/2024

It’s been two years since I officiated Allison and Nic’s wedding at the historic St James Church in Boardman Park. This summer I get to officiate two more there. What a beautiful place for a wedding! I have performed more weddings here than at any other venue.

04/15/2024

About the only time I wear a suit and tie anymore is when I officiate a wedding. But it is nice to get dressed up! Did a wedding at The Harper Wedding Venue in Meadville PA yesterday. A beautiful outdoor setting.

04/12/2024

Last August, I rode for the eighth time in Pelotonia – a fund raising bicycle ride in Columbus, Ohio with one goal: beat cancer! My ride was a litter shorter – 77 miles – but no easier. As one of the older riders, the hills are more difficult for me every year! But – I made it! A small struggle in comparison to what so many of our friends face in their fight with cancer.

This is why I ride: to cheer on and financially support cancer patients who are currently in the battle for their lives. To memorialize those who lost the battle, to rejoice with those who have won the battle, and to support the progress being made so that loved ones who face this challenge in the future will have better treatments than we now have.

Last August, with your help, I was able to raise $3,185 for this worthy cause. Our Donatos Pizza Peloton raised over $125,000, and together – with 6,500+ riders and corporate sponsors – Pelotonia raised $25,006,939!

Pelotonia directs 100% of your donation to life-saving cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Their focus is to provide enhanced treatments and therapies that are less toxic and more effective; to fund advancements in immune-oncology, and to continue improving prevention and early diagnosis. For more information about the groundbreaking advances funded by Pelotonia, go to http://pelotonia.org/about/impact/.

By riding, I commit to personally raise $2,500. I hope you will consider supporting me today with a donation toward my 65 mile ride. Last year I received gifts from $10 up to $750. Every gift matters. Even if you give as little as $5 or $10, your support will bind us together in this fight against cancer. I am fighting some back and sciatica issues, and may require another back surgery, but am committed to doing this ride!

To make a donation, please follow this link to my profile page: https://pelotonia.org/profile/DB0210 Or, if you prefer to write a check, please make it out to “Pelotonia” and mail to me at 396 Brookfield Ave, Youngstown, OH 44512.

Thank you for supporting my cycling efforts and this great cause. Together, let’s save some more lives!

Gratefully,

Dan Betts

03/24/2024

I’ve booked 3 weddings for this year in the last 2 weeks! It’s going to be a busy officiant year - and I love it!

07/15/2021

Outdoor, informal weddings can be fun and meaningful. Officiated good friends David and Caroline‘s wedding in a beautiful Lake Guilford setting on Saturday.

04/20/2021

Jackie and Matt were a delightful couple to work with. The sun came out and lit up the stained glass window at St. James in Boardman Park just as we began the wedding vows!

04/17/2021

It’s all about the cookie table at a Northeast Ohio wedding reception!

04/17/2021

Nice puzzle theme. Used in the ceremony as a unity symbol - then at reception as each guest is asked to sign his or he name on a puzzle piece which will later be assembled.

04/17/2021

My first wedding of the year will be at Boardman Park’s St.James Church. Historic and charming with great acoustics. Congratulations to Jackie and Matt!

04/03/2021

Two weeks until my first wedding of the Spring!