A little about me…
Congratulations on your engagement and your upcoming wedding celebration. I am licensed to Officiate weddings in Ontario and have been doing so for the past 15 years. Celebrating with couples is a passion of mine. With well over 500 couples served I would welcome the opportunity to participate in your wedding celebration.
My Personal Story:
I was raised in the Richmond Hill area where I attended both Elementary, and High School. I graduated from university in 1977 with a degree in Political Science and Economics. I returned to complete a master’s degree in 2007.
My Family:
I have been married to my wife for 46 years and have two grown children living in the GTA. We also have three very active grandchildren.
My Life Experiences:
My life has been an interesting journey of twists and turns, ups and downs. I work with a non-profit agency that assists those leaving prison to integrate back into the community.
I am an active public speaker on a variety of social justice issues and teach at various Colleges around Southern Ontario.
My Interests and Passions:
Favourite sports: I have a keen interest in most sports – especially football and golf. I also enjoy time at the gym, sometimes I even work out.
At present, I am rediscovering the fine art of road hockey, and video games with my 14 year old grandson. What was an office chair is now a gaming chair. He lets me win sometimes, for which I am grateful.
Favorite interests: I appreciate spending time with people and listening to their stories.
Favorite thing to do: Enjoy time with family and our Golden Retriever puppy, Kobe. He is an active listener (sometimes), especially on walks. I also love spending time with our Chocolate Lab Grand-dogs Wyatt. and Louie
Favorite music: I appreciate all genres of music but mostly classic vinyl.
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Why Choose Enduring Promises?
What couples are saying
Thank you so much for the lovely ceremony you did for us. Throughout the entire day we were told over and over how amazing out ceremony was and how emotional & powerful it was.
We personally loved the delivery you did. It was everything we hoped for and more. You were so amazing & everyone just loved you!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our marriage official and making such a beautiful memory for us to cherish forever.
Thank you again Dave for everything!!
Meaghan & Shawn
We have a very diverse background and are not religious people but we do believe in faith, family and togetherness. David helped us create a beautiful wedding ceremony that incorporated our backgrounds and our values. We were able to personalize a ceremony that was inter-religious, unique and very memorable. David was there for us whenever we needed him.
Morgan and Micah
David worked closely with us to create a ceremony that was personal and meaningful. And with his calm and confident demeanour, he put us at ease on the day itself, when our emotions were at their peak. David’s words were inspirational to us as a couple and to our guests. David took the time to get to know us and it showed in our very personal ceremony. Thank you David.
Judy and Gord
David was able to help us create a beautiful personalized wedding ceremony. My husband and I didn’t want a long traditional ceremony and David respected that. It didn’t take him long to find out that we enjoy a good laugh and our ceremony was tailored to be a relection of that. Friends and family have told us it was one of the most personalwedding ceremonies they had ever attended. We laughed, we cried, we loved!! Thanks again David.
Ashleigh and Drew
We had the exceptional honour of having Dave Blow officiate at our wedding. Dave’s kind nature, compassionate spirit and overall sensitivity went along way to ensure that our ceremony was a memorable and joyous event. He took the time to meet with us, in order to get to know us as a coupleas well as to discuss the plans and wishes for our special day. Dave then helped us prepared a ceremony filled with insights that truly reflected, ourrelationship, love, faith and commitment to one another. We highly recommend Dave and the services he provides.
Melanie and Paul
Steph and I wanted a personal and unique wedding ceremony, and when we were done David helped us create exactly what we were hoping for. Our entire ceremony, especially our vows, reflected our personalities and dreams.
Our families and friends kept saying how much they enjoyed our ceremony and how it was truly representative of us as individuals and us as a couple.
We highly recommend David, for a personalized wedding ceremony that will be remembered forever. Thanks David.
Stephanie and Scott
David Blow is an amazing officiant! we are so happy we found him. He exceeded our expectations. He was so prompt in responding to our emails and gave us some great resources while planning our ceremony. As everybody probably is, we were nervous about our big day but David made us feel so comfortable and made it very easy to get through. Our ceremony was absolutely perfect! We received many comments on how beautiful our ceremony was. Th words were meaningful, and sincere…in short it was everything we could have wished for. He is very professional and very kind. We recommend him to everyone! Thank you again David. You were wonderful!
Megan & Charlie
We can’t thank you enough for everything! From the first zoom call to the ceremony, it was all amazing! You calmed me down so much and I really do appreciate this, coming from a girl who gets anxious very easily! Your warm demeanor and expertise truly made our experience an unforgettable one! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We would love to leave a review for you as we hope many others choose you as well to make their wedding day just as memorable as ours was!
Thank you for the info for the marriage certificate also! You have been so helpful!
Take Care and thank you again David!
Athen & Nelson
You should hire David Blow! We got so many compliments on David Blow, our Officiant, and the ceremony service that he provided at our wedding! In fact, many of our guests thought he was a family friend because he was so personable and caring. We actually discovered Enduring Promises at a wedding vendor event held at our venue, the Guild Inn. We liked that we were keeping so much of the ceremony in-house and on-location. David Blow was always helpful and knowledgeable about the ceremony. David made the trek to our hometown for our initial getting-to-know-you meeting. He was interested in our lives and our love story, and understood the type of service that we wanted: short, sweet, light but not ridiculous. Then the pandemic hit and we had to reschedule our wedding - twice - in order to host the full friend and family event that we wanted. David was in communication with us throughout the wedding planning and re-planning stage. The online ceremony console organized the different parts of the ceremony and even provided examples. We knew we wanted a shorter ceremony with a mix of traditional and personal elements, and we could select examples, edit, and copy and paste whatever we wanted. I liked that we could save our selections or edits in the console instead of having to write them elsewhere and paste them in. We were really glad that we booked a rehearsal with David in order to connect one last time before the wedding. He showed us how our ceremony would proceed based on the console information and made useful suggestions that improved the flow of events. He instructed the wedding party through the processional order and took time to learn some Ukrainian words for our ceremony. He inquired about our reading choices and personal vows, and made us feel like our ceremony was going to be something special. On the day of our wedding, David helped us feel calm and happy. He adapted to last minute changes smoothly and professionally. He spoke eloquently, and led the guests, wedding party, and us through the ceremony with ease. He really set the tone for a wonderful wedding!
Megan & Paul
David Blow was our officiant and we are SO glad he was. He was amazing. He brought joy to our day, helped us create a beautiful & personalized ceremony which is so easy and stress free with the enduring promises site! David has a great sense of humour, was meant to work with a crowd and puts you as a couple top of mind. Extremely organized, professional and heart warming! You won’t regret choosing David or enduring promises!
Shayena & Leonardo
Working with David as our officiant was an absolute dream, from beginning to end. David’s years of experience really shine - he explained the ins and outs of ceremonies, provided suggestions whenever we asked, affirmed our decisions, and was super encouraging the whole time. He also did an amazing job of making each of our parents feel included and respected. David was always early and well-prepared for our meetings and our rehearsal, responded promptly to any questions, and always managed to make us feel relaxed no matter how stressed the other aspects of wedding planning had us. He led the rehearsal with precision, and ensured the whole bridal party knew exactly what to do and when. When it came time for the ceremony, because my wife and I are shy, reserved people, we were quite intimidated at the idea of having so many eyes on us- but David made us feel so comfortable and was reassuring the entire time. Further, because of David, we felt confident enough to write and exchange our own vows, something we both now agree made the ceremony so much more special. Throughout the ceremony, he cued us, had impeccable timing (and kept everyone else on schedule), perfectly read the room, got us and our guests laughing with some ad-libbed jokes (which we agreed to ahead of time and massively calmed our nerves), swiftly stepped out of the way when it was time for the kiss, and truly made our ceremony come to life with his warm, heartfelt delivery. He even did the impossible and somehow got every guest to abide by the unplugged rules!! We truly couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony - everything went perfectly with David leading it. He is worth every penny (and then some)! We found David through Enduring Promises. Their website provides the general ceremony structure with the ability to add or remove any amount of elements, which was really helpful for first timers. It also offered a lot of great suggestions for each element, but also gives you the option to write something from scratch. Enduring Promises was always prompt to respond, and very easy to communicate with. We would absolutely recommend Enduring Promises, specifically to work with David
Mikaela
