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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?
Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.
News Articles
2 DAYS AGO | 12.16.2024
2025 Officiant Accelerator Schedule: Wedding Officiants Training in Your City!
2025 AMM Officiant Accelerator Tour: Wedding officiant training & networking seminars in NV, GA, WA, IL, and FL. Take your officiant business to the next lev...
5 DAYS AGO | 12.13.2024
These States Will Feel it First if Obergefell is Overturned
Will Obergefell v. Hodges be overturned? Here’s what could happen in states that banned same sex marriage before the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
12 DAYS AGO | 12.6.2024
Missouri Lawmakers Consider Raising Marriage Age to 18 in 2025
Missouri lawmakers might raise the legal marriage age to 18, banning child marriage in the state. Click here to read more about the pre-filed legislation.
Ceremony Planning Articles
15 DAYS AGO | 12.3.2024
5 Fun Ways to Include Wedding Selfies in Your Celebration
5 Fun wedding selfie ideas, from a selfie station to a candid snapshot with your wedding officiant. ✓ Click to read our best wedding photo ideas now!
26 DAYS AGO | 11.22.2024
What Does It Mean to Elope & Is It Right for You?
Is eloping right for you? Read our blog to learn what it means to elope, debunk common myths, and discover how to plan your dream elopement. ✓ Click here!
27 DAYS AGO | 11.21.2024
Simple Guide to the Chinese Tea Ceremony Wedding Tradition
Celebrate love & family with a Chinese wedding tea ceremony! Read our blog to learn how to plan, what to wear, where to host & more ✓ Click here!
Religion and Rituals Articles
27 DAYS AGO | 11.21.2024
Simple Guide to the Chinese Tea Ceremony Wedding Tradition
Celebrate love & family with a Chinese wedding tea ceremony! Read our blog to learn how to plan, what to wear, where to host & more ✓ Click here!
42 DAYS AGO | 11.6.2024
Here Comes the Swine: 8 Wedding Traditions with Pigs
A fun look at pig themed wedding traditions including the pig dance & lucky pig charms, pig symbolism & marriage, & pigs at the wedding ceremony
55 DAYS AGO | 10.24.2024
Marry Your Gal Pal! Let’s Bring Back ‘Boston Marriage’
Will modern women bring back Boston Marriages as Gen Z’s embrace of platonic marriage grows? Plus a look at women’s same-sex relationships in the 1800s!
Community Articles
2 DAYS AGO | 12.16.2024
2025 Officiant Accelerator Schedule: Wedding Officiants Training in Your City!
2025 AMM Officiant Accelerator Tour: Wedding officiant training & networking seminars in NV, GA, WA, IL, and FL. Take your officiant business to the next lev...
22 DAYS AGO | 11.26.2024
Meet the Officiant Who Married the Brownstone Boys in a Brooklyn Block Party ...
Celebrant Lauren Hill officiated the Brownstone Boys’ wedding on the stoop of their Brooklyn, New York City home. Read the interview, plus photos from the day!
29 DAYS AGO | 11.19.2024
This Wedding Planning Book Uses Numerology for a ‘Marriage by the Numbers’!
Use numerology to plan your wedding day with this unique wedding planning book! Unlock the magic of marriage numerology & set a date: ‘Marriage by the Numbers’