Ceremonies By Bethel

Ceremonies By Bethel San Diego & Temecula Wedding Officiant. Personal, meaningful, fun, and non-traditional ceremonies. Ordained Officiant Open to All. Founded: 2009. Created together.

Proud Marriage Equality supporter. Annual winner: WeddingWire Couple’s Choice & The Knot Best of Weddings. Ordained Officiant Open to All - based in Northern San Diego County, covering San Diego, Temecula, and surrounding area for really great couples! Best of The Knot winner (annual since 2011, and Hall of Fame Member)
WeddingWire's Couple's Choice Award Winner (annual since 2010)

CPWO - Certifi

ed Professional Wedding Officiant

How do you want your ceremony to feel? Personal – Meaningful – Fun – Non-Traditional

Personal: Your relationship and your story are unique. Let’s make your ceremony fit and celebrate you two as a couple and what marriage and commitment mean to you! Meaningful: Your wedding ceremony is so much more than the legal stuff before the party. Let’s make it truly special, inspiring and touching, and something that you and your guests will talk about and remember! Fun: Your relationship is your perfect mixture of love and laughter! Smiles and chuckles and even belly laughs should be part of your ceremony alongside the emotional moments. Non-Traditional: There are no requirements or rules, only what matters most to you two. Let’s work together to create a ceremony that celebrates who you are and kicks off your wedding in an authentic way! You’ve chosen to walk through life side-by-side with your favorite person, and you want to truly celebrate your commitment. Let’s celebrate that moment in a genuine way, with a beautiful and memorable ceremony that is special and meaningful to you! A ceremony worthy of what you two share. Delivered in a professional and caring way.

Have you voted for me yet? Wedding pro friends and colleagues - I need your support! It’s the LAST DAY TO VOTE!! Today...
03/02/2025

Have you voted for me yet? Wedding pro friends and colleagues - I need your support! It’s the LAST DAY TO VOTE!! Today, Sunday, March 2nd is your last chance to make your voice heard about your choices for top wedding pros. I’m excited and honored to be a FINALIST - one of the final 3 - for Best Officiant in both the San Diego and the Palm Springs / Temecula regions! And for this final round of voting, it can only be wedding pros who vote for the winner. So, one more request to please VOTE for me in both regions - they are both linked via the link in my bio. You can vote once in each region per email address, and voting ends today, on Sunday. Please share with fellow wedding pros!! Thank you!!

So excited and honored to be a FINALIST - one of the final 3 - for Best Officiant in both the San Diego and the Palm Spr...
02/26/2025

So excited and honored to be a FINALIST - one of the final 3 - for Best Officiant in both the San Diego and the Palm Springs / Temecula regions! And for this final round of voting, it can only be wedding pros who vote for the winner. So, one more request to please VOTE for me in both regions - they are both linked via my bio. You can vote once in each region per email address, and voting ends on Sunday. Please share with fellow wedding pros!! Thank you!!

It’s my birthday!! It has been a wonderfully mellow day. And now we are in downtown San Diego for a yummy Italian meal ...
02/07/2025

It’s my birthday!! It has been a wonderfully mellow day. And now we are in downtown San Diego for a yummy Italian meal followed by getting to see the amazing Kodo Taiko performance. I’m so glad that Jason found that they were performing here tonight, as I cannot wait for that! Happy Birthday to me!

Yes, I'm asking for another vote, please! Actually, in this case, it's a nomination in this award's first round, ending...
01/15/2025

Yes, I'm asking for another vote, please! Actually, in this case, it's a nomination in this award's first round, ending January 26th. *Anyone* can vote in this round, so please nominate me in both regions and pass the link to any others who agree with you that I deserve this nomination! Thank you! ❤️

You can find this via the link below - one button to nominate me for Best Officiant in San Diego, and the other to nominate me for Best Officiant in the Palm Springs/Temecula Region.

https://linktr.ee/ceremoniesbybethel

And remember that if you're seeing this before January 15th at 7 PM PT, you can also vote for me for the Refined Award via the first button you see via that link.

Hello all! It's that time of year again when I need to ask for your votes and nominations. This first one can be anyon...
01/15/2025

Hello all! It's that time of year again when I need to ask for your votes and nominations. This first one can be anyone voting, so my past couples, current couples, vendor friends, or overall friends or family can absolutely vote for me! ❤️ It's only one vote per email address, but every single one of you can vote for me. You can find it with the first button via the link below - Refined Awards. And it's a quick deadline - January 15th (yes, tomorrow) at 7 PM Eastern. So, please vote and share the link around. Thank you!

https://linktr.ee/ceremoniesbybethel

Here's what they have as the criteria for my category, so I hope that you agree that it's me:

"Officiant / Person of Matrimony of 2024
You need a distinctive individual to utter those magical words, “I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU.” While some family members might choose to get ordained online, having a dedicated officiant is essential. This person not only symbolizes the unity of your marriage but also becomes a lifelong soulmate. They collaborate with you to ensure that the precious moments of your “I do’s” are as flawless as your special day.
Who is that Officiant that does it all to ensure their couples have a great ceremony experience?"

LAUGHTER "Did she really just say that?" Yep, and I was only sharing your own words from your homework. And you KNOW ...
11/12/2024

LAUGHTER "Did she really just say that?" Yep, and I was only sharing your own words from your homework. And you KNOW that I loved making us all laugh! PS isn't Ashley's dress just 😍?​​​​​​​​​📷 ​​​​​​​​​------------------------
awesome couple: ashley + maxwell
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This beach elopement with Susie & Giles (from the UK) was an extra special for me, as it was four years - yes 4 years - ...
08/14/2024

This beach elopement with Susie & Giles (from the UK) was an extra special for me, as it was four years - yes 4 years - after our originally planned elopement on the Coronado dunes (which was then to be followed by attending their first Comic Con). Unfortunately, COVID scuttled their plans in both 2020 and 2021 (no Comic Con and restrictions on international travel plus being focused on health and safety). Then they bought a house and got very busy on renovations, etc, that 2022 & 2023 couldn’t be made happen. So, I *finally* got to help them enjoy their original hopes - celebrating the two of them and all that they share and all that is ahead - on the Coronado dunes around their first Comic Con - but also now 4 years into their marriage.


Hello, wedding industry colleagues and friends! Today – March 1st – is the last day to vote for the final round in Calif...
03/02/2024

Hello, wedding industry colleagues and friends!

Today – March 1st – is the last day to vote for the final round in California Wedding Day’s Best of 2024, and I am honored to be one of the three finalists in the Officiant Category in San Diego County. Plus, since this final round only allows for votes coming from those who are in the industry, and I’ve been hearing that there are lots of people who hadn’t yet even heard about this, I wanted to get the word out a little bit more.

So, if you have just a moment, I would love and greatly appreciate your vote and support!

The link here - https://californiaweddingday.com/CWD-Best-of-2024-Round-2 - leads you to the landing page, as you can take the time – if you so choose – to vote for your favorites in multiple of the different locations. I’m only on the San Diego ballot, but there are lots of fantastic folks on other counties’/regions’ ballots, as well.

Here’s to an even better year of weddings ahead for us all!

Today is the FINAL DAY to vote in the 2nd and last round for wedding vendors for ! Only wedding industry folks can vote...
03/01/2024

Today is the FINAL DAY to vote in the 2nd and last round for wedding vendors for ! Only wedding industry folks can vote in these finals. So, colleagues and industry friends, can you please take just a moment to vote for me for BEST OFFICIANT in the San Diego ballot? Thank you!! Link in my story or in my bio.

HELP!! Please take a moment today or tomorrow to nominate me for California Wedding Day’s Best of 2024 in the Officiant ...
01/26/2024

HELP!! Please take a moment today or tomorrow to nominate me for California Wedding Day’s Best of 2024 in the Officiant category (of course!), as this first round closes on Friday, Jan 26th. This is the only way for me to be on the 2nd round ballot, so I need your help! You can use the link in my bio and can only complete one ballot per email address or this link and then choose San Diego County. https://californiaweddingday.com/CWD-Best-of-2024-Voting
THANK YOU!!

NOTE that Temecula has its own ballot this year 🥳, so the many rock stars in Temecula & Palm Springs don’t need to be nominated in SD County anymore in order to be included.

Past Couples and Wedding Industry Colleagues, can you please take a few minutes to write a review for me? This not only...
12/19/2023

Past Couples and Wedding Industry Colleagues, can you please take a few minutes to write a review for me? This not only helps future couples find me and choose to reach out, when they hear in your words what it was like to work together, it also helps me to qualify for awards from and ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​And if you've already written one and posted it in one place, can I please ask for you to share it somewhere else, too?

The most important place is Google, of course, for SEO purposes, as many couples search for their vendors that way - plus, I have the fewest there as I didn't start asking for those until 2019 (yeah, right before our wedding world imploded!). Yes, not only can couples leave reviews on Google, but colleagues absolutely can as well!

Then both The Knot and WeddingWire are important for couples using those platforms to research vendors, plus there is a minimum number needed to qualify for the annual awards (and I still need a few on WeddingWire by 12/31 to qualify this year!). So, I'd so appreciate it if my couples could also review me on these platforms.

THANK YOU!!!

When my couple’s adorable girls want a selfie with me too, after seeing me do one with their parents, and they want to b...
05/16/2023

When my couple’s adorable girls want a selfie with me too, after seeing me do one with their parents, and they want to be sure that little brother is in on it, too, I’m so in!! And after watching Dad’s funny faces with me, big sis wanted to do her own too. 😂. Swipe for those adorable faces and for this beautiful family with their gorgeous attire shipped here from Lagos and made specifically for them! {📷: just my iPhone}

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Ordained Officiant Open to All - based in Northern San Diego County, covering San Diego, Temecula, Palm Springs, and the surrounding areas for really great couples! Best of The Knot winner (Every year since 2011 and Hall of Fame Member) WeddingWire's Couple's Choice Award Winner (Every year since 2010) How do you want your ceremony to feel? Personal – Meaningful – Fun – Non-Traditional Celebrating making a lifelong commitment to one another should be about more than just doing what needs to be done to make it legal. It should be about celebrating your relationship and doing it in a way that is special and meaningful to you, and those important to you – whatever that may be! Together we will create a custom ceremony that includes traditions and messaging important to you, delivered with the respect and the dignity that they deserve – and maybe even rituals or ideas you have never even seen or heard. I look forward to talking with the two of you, and creating something together that truly celebrates your relationship! Cheers, Bethel Nathan

{Picture above by Orange Turtle Photography}