About Events By Pem
Elegant events, carefully planned, and spaces where people can worship God together.
Ikpemesi Ogundare
Founder & Lead Planner
Ikpemesi Ogundare, Pem to many, founded Daughter of God LLC in 2025 and leads the planning behind every Events By Pem gathering. She lives and works in Toledo, Ohio.
Her planning grew up in the arts. A classically trained soprano, she studied voice and opera at Albion College and earned a Master of Arts in Classical Voice at Bowling Green State University, where she also served as president of the Graduate Student Senate. Since then she has worked behind the scenes of Toledo’s arts community: in finance and development at Toledo Opera, and at The Arts Commission, where she supports the President and CEO and coordinates its volunteers. She also leads the soprano section of the Clarence Smith Community Chorus.
Her first retreat began with a question in 2024: who ministers to the women who serve? She gathered eight women and a girl in Hocking Hills for three days of rest, worship and prayer, and Sisters in Christ was born. Since then she has planned two men’s retreats, a benefit concert and a wedding, each from the first idea to the last guest home.
And when the planning is done, she sings: as Ikpemesi O, she has led worship at the nights she helped bring together.
An event company with a Christian foundation
Events By Pem is the event-planning name of Daughter of God LLC (d.o.g.llc). We plan weddings, receptions and private celebrations for our clients, and we host our own Christian retreats, worship nights and benefit concerts.
The two kinds of work share one way of doing things: think it through from the first idea to the last guest leaving, look after the people in the room, and make sure everyone involved has peace of mind.
Purpose, mission, vision and values
Purpose
To host events and activities in an elegant atmosphere. To provide logistical support from conception to execution of any event. To curate spaces where people can come and worship God together.
Mission
To create spaces where people can come together to experience the love of Christ and express compassion and care for one another.
Vision
Events that are executed elegantly from start to finish.
Values
Compassion. Respect. Peace of mind.
More than one kind of gathering
Weddings & receptions
Formal celebrations, from the ceremony to the last dance.
The August 2026 wedding →
Gratitude, and a deep understanding between people
The hydrangea in our logo was chosen for what it means: gratitude, heartfelt emotion, and a deep understanding between people. Purple for understanding and elegance, white for purity, grace and abundance.
Those are the things we hope a guest feels at one of our events, whatever its colors.
Let’s plan something together.
Tell us about your event and we will be in touch.
Or call or text (614) 779-2722