Press Release:

Local Minister picked to marry 12 couples on Valentines Day, at the Lake Erie Monsters AHL Hockey game.

Rev. Mark Bernard,

“The Weddin’ Guy" (www.weddinguy.com)

Was slated to marry 12 couples center ice at halftime during the Lake Erie Monsters vs. The Hershey Bears AHL game at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, on Valentines Day.

One couple won a Honeymoon trip to Mexico.

The couples won their way to their free weddings in a contest run by 96-5 KISS FM in Cleveland, in association with the Q and the Lake Erie Monsters.

The game was broadcast by Fox Sports, FSN Ohio.

Six of the twelve winning couples showed up and were legally Married, Center ice, at the Q (Quicken Loans Arena.)

They are:

Stacey and Joseph

Shannon and Michael

Lizbeth and Kyle

Elizabeth and Boyd

Anthony and Deanna

Amber and Adam

Rev. Bernard also recently performed 5 Weddings and 5 Vow renewals for

“Chapel in the Moonlight”, part of the FirstNight Akron celebration on

New Year’s Eve.

He hopes to bring “Chapel in the Moonlight” home to FirstNight Youngstown next year.

Rev. Bernard is an Interfaith Marriage Minister, serving couples with different religious or spiritual backgrounds, or none at all, but especially those couples turned away by traditional Churches.