We present AMM’s

AmericanWeddings

‘Class’ of 2023-2024… 

 

Scroll down to find each minister’s most popular articles and videos!

 

 

It’s that time again! Time to reflect on the AMM Ministers, staff, celebrities, and other rock stars that contributed to the AMM American Weddings blog over the past year. And what better way to do that than on AMM's 15th birthday with a cute yearbook spread! (AMM was founded on July 4th, 2009, Independence Day!)

Thank you for being a part of the AMM family. With your help, American Marriage Ministries published hundreds of blog articles during the past 12 months, and hosted exciting training events across the country and online with Officiant Accelerator and Officiants Online! 

Because of you, we're able to continue serving ministers in every state: providing free online ordination, resources on how to officiate weddings, new ceremony trends, unique wedding traditions and rituals, state marriage laws, and much more. 

 

 

Have an awesome summer! Stay cool!

 

AMM's American Weddings Contributors

 

 

American Marriage Ministries staff and friends!

 

Officiant Accelerator Instructors: Jimmie Berguin; Bethel Nathan; Cherise Klosner; Christopher Shelley; Rev. Samora Smith; Maria Romano; Latrice Roman; Josh Fagel; Rev. Laura C. Cannon; Lori Prashker-Thomas

 

Minister, Officiants, and friends! Nico Raineau; Renee Reyes; Adam Sank; Rebecca Scolnick; Anon. Officiant; Helen P. Bradley; Thalia Arenas; Tara McMullen-King; Don Mamone; Kimberely Boren; Patricia Dubroof; Sherri Crawford; Mark Allen Groleau; Yadira Richards; Norman Graham; Andre Brown; Chef Tonette Lawson; Sara Williams; Paul Tedesco; Cindy Savage; Kristen Palladino; Keri Klein; Monica La Vella; Navin Ramaswaran; and the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

 

Officiants Online Speakers: Laura C. Cannon; Rich Satnam; Norman Graham; Nico Raineau; Rev. Karla Johnston; Maria Michonski, M.Div

 

AMM staff candid captures and highlights!

 

Celebrity wedding highlights and sightings on the blog this year!

 

 

See a few of the articles and videos that our AMM friends and family contributed to the blog (and beyond) this year! 

 

Officiant Accelerator Club 

 

• Officiant Accelerator Speaker Announcements and Bios : See them all here! 

 

(Featuring: Jimmie Berguin; Bethel Nathan; Cherise Klosner; Christopher Shelley; Rev. Samora Smith; Maria Romano; Latrice Roman; Josh Fagel; Rev. Laura C. Cannon; and Lori Prashker-Thomas)

 

• Officiant Accelerator Highlight: Pro Wedding Officiants Give Advice on What to Charge & When to Raise Your Rates

 

• Speaker Feature: NYC Celebrant Chris Shelley shares the secret to becoming a successful wedding officiant

 

• Speaker Feature: Creating ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Weddings & Lasting Marriages with Rev. Dr. Samora Smith

 

• Ceremony Script by Rev. Samora: New Officiant Script! Muslim & Christian Interfaith Wedding Ceremony

 

In the Spotlight!

 

• Minister Feature: How Filmmaker Nico Raineau Fell in Love with Writing Wedding Ceremonies
   
• Minister Feature with Renee Reyes: This Wedding Officiant Wants to Marry You in the Nude

 

• Minister Feature: Adam Sank on Officiating Funny Weddings, Marriage Equality, & Nudity at the Altar

 

• Fun Wedding Numerology with Rebecca Scolnick! 

 

• Minister Feature: From Wedding Officiant to Crime Novelist – Helen Bradley’s New Chapter
   
• News Worthy: The First Wedding at Fresno Pride is Sponsored by AMM Minister Thalia Arenas!
   
• Minister Feature: Low-Key Witchy Wedding Rituals & Advice From ‘The Wedding Witch of Salem'

 

• Seasonal Wedding Script from Sherri Crawford: New script! Winter Solstice Wedding with Reading from “Northern Sky” by Nick Drake

 

• Advice on Officiating Quincenearas from Yadira Richards! 

 

• Oficiant Advice: 10 Tips to Grow a Wedding Officiant Business from Norman Graham of Wed By Norm

 

• Minister Feature with Tonette Lawson: Pastry Chef Officiates Epic Gay Wedding In a Cave, And It’s Just As Cool As It Sounds

 

• Minister Feature: Inviting Death Home: Home Funeral Guide Sara Williams on Reconnecting with Death and Dying
   
• Vendor Advice from Cindy Savage: What Wedding Planners Wish Wedding Officiants Knew…

 

• Funeral Officiant Advice from Keri Klein: Officiating Weddings & Funerals: Similarities & Differences for Professional Officiants

 

• Big Screen Fun with Monica La Vella and Navin Ramaswaran: A Zoom Wedding Gets Bloody in New Horror Film ‘Invited’

 

• Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults: AMM talks to DREDF about the Best Ways to Get Involved

 

Officiants Online Speakers

 

• Watch recordings of the past year's Officiants Online video offerings! 

 

(Featuring: Laura C. Cannon; Rich Satnam; Norman Graham; Nico Raineau; Rev. Karla Johnston; and Maria Michonski, M.Div)

 

 

Celebrity Sightings

 

• Catch up on the lastest celebrity wedding gossip here! 

 

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Browse previous AMM Officiant Yearbooks

 

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Read Next: 

 

• About American Marriage Ministries : Who We Are

 

• AMM ordains people of all faiths -- from pagans to monotheists, atheists to agnostics!

 

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