About this vendor
I have been an ordained minister for over 45 years, and have a 4-year degree in religion from a prestigious religious college. I have performed over 1,800 weddings in the greater Chicago area, with ceremonies both indoors and outdoors, at hotels, golf courses, country clubs, restaurants, boats, beaches, private homes and of course, churches. Although I specialize in personalized custom ceremonies, I can also provide traditional, non-denominational, interfaith, and civil ceremonies. I have authored an e-book called “Tips For Planning Your Wedding Ceremony” which I can send you. I will help you customize and personalize your ceremony to be perfect! Call today to reserve your date.
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Ceremony Types
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Orthodox
- Protestant
- Quaker
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Newlywed Life
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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Rev Dan Harris was absolutely amazing! He really took the time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple and he made the ceremony personal, romantic, and religious all at on...
ce. Many people came up to us after to tell us how great he was. He was also in contact with us regularly so I felt confident leading up to the wedding. He contributed to making our day perfect and I’m so glad we met him!
Reverend Dan Harris was a wonderful wedding officiant! He did a great job making our ceremony feel spiritual, personal, welcoming, and above all - thoughtful. He's very kind and ha...
s a great sense of humor. There were many humorous and tender moments in the wedding thanks to his clever script and careful timing. We had many guests tell us how touching the ceremony was, even saying it's the best they've been to in a long time (my husband and I agree). When planning the wedding, Reverend Dan was so considerate with all of our plans and helped us curate a ceremony that felt very special to us. Not a single minute was wasted and the whole ceremony script felt very time efficient. Highly recommended!
Rev Dan Harris was absolutely amazing in every way. We were so happy that our family, friends, and guests loved him as much as we did. He is very genuine, cares about having a grea...
t ceremony, and works with you to help customize the ceremony you envisioned. He is very flexible and we loved his passion for marriage ceremonies. Even during the ceremony practice, he had us all laughing and calmed our nerves. He also takes the time to make sure all the of the little details in the ceremony are correct (like family name pronunciations, relationship, etc..). If you are looking for a reverend that will make your ceremony special, Reverend Dan is the Man! My wife and I were extremely pleased. Our wedding turned out just how we wanted it.
Rev. Dan Harris was responsive, kind, funny, and easy to work with. He made our little ceremony special and offered to take a few photos, which turned out great!
Rev Dan is amazing! He’s done so many weddings and had so many amazing suggestions! Would highly recommend!
Reverend Dan officiated our wedding on November 26, 2021. Rev. Dan sent us an extensive questionnaire and from that, he garnered quite a bit of information from us to include in o...
ur wedding ceremony which made it very personal and beautiful. We had the option of several different focus weddings and we chose the Christian wedding ceremony. I cried when I read the ceremony reverend Dan prepared for us. If you are looking for a clergyman who is a genuine and caring individual who wants to help you celebrate your wedding I highly recommend reverend Dan. We felt a true connection with Pastor Dan.
Patrick and Laurie Green 11/26/21
He did a phenomenal job. Our ceremony was one for the books, and he was a big part of making that happen!!!
Rev Dan was an awesome choice for our wedding day! He was kind and professional as well as a gentleman and a scholar. The vowes he wrote were beautiful and we couldn't have been ha...
ppier with our simple beach wedding. We would highly recommend Rev Dan for anyone looking to tie the knot!
Rev. Dan was an integral part of our special day. We decided on a simple spring beach ceremony. From start to finish he went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect. H...
e was personable, kind, and professional throughout the entire process of getting to know us, to performing our ceremony. He is a gifted writer, and we especially loved the vows he wrote for us that expressed our love perfectly. We highly recommend Rev. Dan for your upcoming wedding!
Rev. Dan was our man! He officiated our October wedding; we could not have asked for a more perfect ceremony! Prior to our wedding we so enjoyed our meeting with him, he was so e...
ngaging and truly was interested in our lives and love story and the ceremony truly reflected it. All our guests complimented him on such a warm, loving and even humorous ceremony. He is fabulous and he is definitely recommended! Thanks much Rev. Dan for making our day awesome!!!
Rev Dan was fantastic to work with. He listened to our questions and made great recommendations. We’re so happy with our choice to have him officiate our wedding. We highly recomme...
nd him!
Rev. Dan is awesome! We had a wonderful wedding day. Rev Dan communicated to us prior to the event to get to know our preference and opinion for the script and flow. He is very pro...
fessional and warm hearted. Definitely recommend to friends and families in the future.
Rev Dan performed our wedding this past summer on June 11, 2021.
Dan spent the time getting to know us and personalized the service wonderfully. Dan is professional, friendly, cari...
ng, and I would highly recommend him for your upcoming event!
We were very glad we selected Rev. Dan Harris as he was very helpful, affordable, and extremely professional. We liked him so much that we used him for both of our weddings.
e just moved to the Chicago area from New England. We were looking for an officiant that could give us a personalized ceremony that sounded as if he knew us for years. Rev. Dan did...
just that. He thoroughly took down details of our relationship and what we wanted for a ceremony. He was able to provide a brief rundown of our ceremony during one of our facetime calls and even though it was a rough draft it brought me to tears. He was able to assist with picking readings and blessings for the ceremony. He was amazing. So glad he made out day extra special.
Reverend Dan is helpful, thoughtful, and truly means to make your big day as memorable as it can be. The personal touches he adds to his service are top notch.
Reverend Dan was absolutely wonderful! He not only made our sweet little elopement personalized and special, but he made it happen last minute as well. My husband and I pushed our ...
wedding back to the end of 2021 in light of the pandemic but we wanted to proceed with our union in 2020. We found Reverend Dan about a week before we said I Do and he was able to fit us in during our house hunting trip. It was just the two of us but Reverend Dan made it feel like we had a friend alongside as we said our vows. The custom ceremony he wrote up was just beautiful; he included a lovely poem he wrote for the occasion. Additionally, we were so grateful that he offered/took pictures of us after the ceremony, as we didn’t have anyone to witness or help in that matter. Reverend Dan offered us many suggestions for outdoor places to get married since we were new to the area and unfamiliar. He showed up promptly on time and also sent off the wedding license paperwork quickly; we received the certified copies within a couple of weeks. I can’t say enough kind words about this wonderful man of God and how blessed we were for having found him to perform our ceremony.
Rev Dan is a funny but professional man that will make your once in a lifetime experience that much more memorable. Come to find out after the fact, one of my buddies that attended...
the wedding also had Rev Dan officiate his wedding and he was also very happy with the outcome. Rev Dan is extremely well versed in the whole process of a wedding or elopement and helps take away the stress of the most important part of the ceremony. 10/10 I would highly recommend him.
Rev. Harris was punctual, great to work, with, conducted the ceremony professionally, and gave us some great ideas that we incorporated into our ceremony.
If you’re looking for an officiant, you need to book Reverend Dan right now! From the first meeting, to the rehearsal to the ceremony, Rev Dan was absolutely amazing. We were impre...
ssed when he even did a draft of our ceremony on our first meeting! He then work with us to create the perfect ceremony. His enthusiasm, professionalism and expertise on the day was amazing. There was a distraction in the audience and Rev Dan handled this so professionally and classy, we couldn’t thank him more for this. Thank you Rev Dan, we are so happy to have met you!
When my husband and I were looking for an officiant for our wedding, we were so lucky to have stumbled upon Rev. Dan on The Knot. As soon as we met with him, we knew he was our guy...
! Super personable and nice and really invested in making sure our ceremony was about us. He took the time to get to know our relationship and our love story and build our ceremony around those things. I loved that he sent us our ceremony a few weeks before the wedding to look over – he even provided different suggestions on readings and phrasing so we could customize however we chose. The ceremony went really smoothly and we received a ton of compliments from guests on it. Our guests also loved Rev. Dan himself – many of them who got the opportunity to speak with him remarked on how much they liked him! Any couple who is looking for a genuinely great person and a personal touch to their ceremony should hire Rev. Dan immediately!
My husband & I lost our officiant approx. 1 week before our big day due to a serious health scare. Our previously booked officiant recommended us Dan Harris & I am sure glad he did...
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I really can't say how well the other officiant would have been, however I absolutely believe Dan Harris did the most amazing job marrying my husband & I!
The entire ceremony was already pre-planned & written out in booklet. Dan Harris took that booklet & executed it just PERFECTLY! I just re-watched my ceremony video for the first time & I thought to myself "he just did a fantastic job"! The very first time we met Dan Harris was our wedding day & he was so friendly & welcoming. I thought our ceremony was the best part about our entire day thanks to Dan!
We thank you again for being our officiant so last minute & doing such an amazing job!
Sincerely,
Ashley & Jake Anderson
10.19.2018
My bride and I found Rev. Dan through an online search. After a few short messages, we met with him to sit down and talk about our plans.
He brought with him a portfolio and othe...
r materials so he could truly understand what we wanted for our ceremony.
From the very start, he was very adamant that this our the day for my bride and I. He made us both feel very comfortable and confident that we picked the right person to marry us.
After leaving a deposit to secure the date, he sent us an outline and detailed script of what the ceremony would look like. If was very comforting knowing exactly would would be said, what music would be played, and in what order. We were able to customize anything about the ceremony.
Biggest plus was that Rev. Dan showed up for the wedding rehearsal and successfully coordinated it. The entire bridal party felt they knew what they were doing the day of the wedding.
The actual day of, Rev. Dan showed us dressed very professionally. He immediately began to coordinate with the staff of the venue and the DJ to endure the ceremony would go just as we envisioned it!
When he was speaking during the ceremony, you could tell he was comfortable and a true professional. He has an excellent speaking voice, tone, and projection. He made inserted some unexpected but very tactful, humor during the ceremony which put my Bride and I at ease.
For his punctuality, attentiveness, professionalism, and expertise, my bride and I absolutely recommend Rev. Dan to anyone considering him as the wedding officiant.
He even stayed for dinner during the reception and made good friends with my own pastor (who showed up late- hence why we hired Rev. Dan!)
Thank you, Rev. Dan, for making our day a special one and for making sure it went smooth!
Rev. Dan truly made our day the most special we could have ever asked for. My wife, our entire family and I enjoyed the ceremony from start to finish. He's an amazing person, tha...
nks for everything!
Rev. Dan was great. He stepped in for us last minute since our original officiant unfortunately had health issues. He was on time, hilarious and very professional. I would recom...
mend him to anyone.
Rev. Harris was amazing, very professional and welcoming. He made our day fun. He got to know all the family that came and even say with me and my husband. In our small personal ce...
remony he felt like an old friend or family member. He is reasonably priced and we are so glad we decided to have an officiant compared to just going to the court house.
Rev. Dan Harris is warm and extremely professional and patient, in every way. We set up a time for a phone interview and later met in person where he asked us lots of questions and...
took notes. Surprisingly, from his notes and attentiveness, he sent us a sample vow reading within a week! It was terrific. We were able to modify our vows to exactly how we wanted them and he recited our vows as if he had read them a 100 times. Our wedding ceremony was perfect. Rev. Dan was simply spectacular. I highly recommend!
Reverend Harris was amazing! He created a schedule and really stuck to every date on the timeline. We had a first meeting where he asked questions and got to know us. This really...
helped him create a customized wedding ceremony for us. At the rehearsal, he basically led the crew and kept us all on time (which was no small feat). He stayed for rehearsal dinner and got to know my family which was really special. On the day of the wedding he was prepared, knowledgeable about wedding details that we had no clue about (I mean it was our first time doing this). The wedding went so smoothly in no small thanks to him!
Rev. Dan really helped us out after our previous reverend had health issues and couldn't make it. He did a great job organizing our ceremony, and he made sure everything ran smooth...
ly day of by giving us a complete rundown of how the ceremony would go even though we did not have a formal rehearsal. Rev. Dan spoke clearly and held the attention of the room. Could not recommend a better reverend than Rev. Dan!
I highly recommend Rev. Daniel Harris. He was very kind, very helpful, very organized, and very passionate about doing a terrific job, and that he did. Many guests at the wedding c...
ommented on how beautiful our ceremony was and how good of a job Rev. Dan did. We could have not been happier Choosing him as our officiatior.
Reverend Harris was absolutely fabulous when he stepped in last minute for our wedding when our officiant fell ill. He was personable from the beginning and did a great job getting...
on the same page as us quickly as we prepared for our wedding. We could not have asked for a better pastor to marry us!!! I highly recommend Rev Harris for all of your wedding officiant needs. I can only imagine how awesome he is for the couples who are lucky enough to work with him from the get go. Thank you Rev Harris for everything!
Rev Dan Harris saved my wedding day! My original reverend had to go to the hospital a week or so before my wedding and Rev Harris stepped in. My ceremony was so personal, fun, and ...
touching. He did a wonderful job and even stayed for the reception to make sure everything was going well. He is so personable and I highly recommend him to everyone! Don’t hesitate in booking him!
This was the second time he married us.
He was like family. He spoke well and had a great sense of humor.
The ceremony itself was perfect for us.
I would recommend him to anyone.
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Thank You!
Rev. Dan was amazing! He performed our ceremony for us on 8/18 at Emerson Creek and it was a hot, sunny day! He was extremely nice and gave us a beautiful ceremony! He was punctual...
and professional for both the rehearsal and wedding day. We received many compliments on everything and could not be happier with his service!
Reverend Dan is the best! He performed our ceremony last week and also did our rehearsal dinner the day before. He is so incredibly friendly and personable, which made everything g...
o so smoothly. He is a very seasoned professional, and I knew right away after meeting I could completely and totally trust him with our big day. I couldn’t have asked for a better wedding officiant!
Rev. Dan was great to work with! He was able to edit the ceremony exactly how we wanted and was very helpful. Our ceremony turned out amazing! It was personalized to us and so man...
y of our guests came up to me saying it was one of the best ceremonies they've been to!
Rev. Dan was absolutely wonderful to work with as our officiant. When we had our initial meeting, he was able to take just a few things we had told him about us and put together so...
mething that was incredible. I reached out to Rev. Dan several times during our engagement and he was always quick to respond and give guidance where needed. Our rehearsal was run smooth and efficient. Rev. Dan told our personal love story beautifully while also including God, which is the perfect balance that my husband and I wanted. Many of our guests later let us know how moving the ceremony was and how it brought many happy tears to their eyes. We would highly recommend Rev. Dan. Thank you!!
Kristin & Travis Naber
Rev. Daniel did a great job officianting our ceremony and made the planning process simple and easy! All of our guest enjoyed his company and had a wonderful time conversing with h...
im.
Rev Dan was simply amazing. He was very professional and conducted the most perfect ceremony for us. He personalized it to how we wanted and also added in a few funny parts to keep...
everyone laughing. I highly recommend him and will continuously refer him to family and friends.
If you are looking for the perfect compliment to your big day Rev. Daniel Harris is it! He truly takes the time to get to know both the bride and the groom and what makes your love...
one of a kind. He is organized, quick to respond, genuine, professional and experienced. Having him officiate our ceremony was one of the best decisions we made and our guests could not stop raving about him! For such a big occasion and such an important decision, you will be so happy you had Rev. Dan Harris there to add to the beauty and perfection of one of the most important days of your life!!!
Rev. Dan was great to work with from the very beginning. He stayed in communication throughout the whole planning process and he delivered a beautiful ceremony. He also came to o...
ur rehearsal, which was very helpful with coordinating the walk through of venue.
Reverend Dan was incredibly amazing, fun, easy going, and very informative throughout the whole wedding process. We are so blessed to have Reverend Dan be there on our special day....
He is definitely one of a kind. You wont be disappointed, not in the slightest.
Rev. Dan did a brilliant job with our wedding ceremony. Coming over from the UK to get married in Chicago meant that all of the planning had to be done via email, but Rev. Dan did ...
everything he could to help our special day go smoothly. I especially liked his attention to detail when it came to personalising our vows.
We would highly recommend him to any one looking for a wedding officiant.
Phil and Leanne Miller
Dan did a wonder job with our wedding ceremony....both preparing for it and performing it. He took the time to get to know us to enable him to make our ceremony very personal. He a...
lso gave us many different options for readings, options for others to speak, and special ways to incorporate family and/or children from previous marriages. This was very important to us as we have five children between us.
He has a great sense of humor, and was very personable with our guests and family. His experience in the joining of lives is extensive....we highly recommend him to anyone in the Chicago area looking for a very personable and experienced reverend!
We really enjoyed having Rev. Harris conduct our wedding ceremony. He was flexible with our requests and made the ceremony fit us perfectly. All of our guests spoke very highly o...
f him and the job he did at the ceremony. We highly recommend Rev. Harris to do your ceremony.
We loved working with Reverend Daniel Harris! Everything was organized and flawlessly executed. Rev. Dan was quick to respond to emails from the day we first contacted him up until...
the night before the wedding. I loved the personalization of our ceremony. Everything is detailed on his website to choose which package you are looking for. He then performed a FaceTime interview with us since we weren't living in the Chicagoland area. I loved how we were able to pick out our own verses and vows with guidance from himself and his website. Two weeks prior to the wedding, Rev. Dan sends us the exact outline of the ceremony, so there are no surprises! I loved this because I have attended a couple weddings where the Bride and Groom were embarrassed with something they didn't know would be said. Rev. Dan worked with us to attend the rehearsal and completely took charge. He gave a bunch of tips on how the bridal party should look when standing up i.e. where to hold flowers, how to place hands... He was very thorough and took his job very seriously. We appreciated the orderliness because we got so many compliments after the ceremony. Not only was he professional, but he was fun. You can tell he loves doing this and we loved working with him!
Rev. Dan did an amazing job from start to finish. His website is very informative and helped us decide what type of ceremony we wanted. After meeting with Rev. Dan we were very imp...
ressed with his knowledge of wedding ceremonies and loved his ideas to personalize our service. He responded to email questions timely and provided updated drafts of the ceremony as the date drew nearer and was very accommodating to our needs. He did a great job directing everyone at the rehearsal and the ceremony went exactly as planned on our wedding day. We highly recommend Rev. Dan!
Rev. Dan performed our wedding ceremony in May, 2016, and it was a wonderful service, we are very happy we selected him. He provided many helpful resources for us to create a pers...
onal and meaningful ceremony, and his experience helped us to incorporate some nice touches we might not otherwise have thought of. His words were moving, and it was a great way to start our married life together. We highly recommend Rev. Dan!
we cannot describe how amazing and wonderful Mr. Harris is. He made our wedding even more special! We could not pick a better person to celebrate this special day with! He made eve...
rything seen easy, with no stress and spectacular!!! My husband and I would most definitely recommend him to anyone who is looking for a stress free ceremony.
we were really glad that he could join us for our reception as well and have some fun and get some delicious food after a long day.
He is just as amazing as a Officiant as he is as a person.
He was able to come up with a story of my husband and i in under 5 minutes, just by asking us questions, on how we met, what we like, and what we have in common!!!
Couldnt be more happier!!!
Thank you for everything!!!
We cannot thank or recommend Rev Dan enough. He was amazing. From the first meeting with Rev.Dan we could tell that he was going to do a fantastic job on our big day. He did not di...
sappoint.
Reverend Dan did an excellent job of asking us questions about ourselves, each other and our relationship. These things were woven together in an amazing and personalized ceremony.
The rehearsal and day of festivities went flawlessly as Rev Dan worked perfectly with our vendors and wedding party. He even worked in a great surprise for me (the groom) with my groomsmen that was just perfect.
More than just a vendor to us, Rev Dan played a vital role in setting our day up for us and for our guests to be a true celebration.
Thank you Rev. Dan!
Dave and Kristin
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