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What Should I Do With My Hands? 4 Tips For First Time Wedding Officiants

1794 DAYS AGO | 3.2.2021

What Should I Do With My Hands? 4 Tips For First Time Wedding Officiants

Are you a new wedding officiant and not sure what to do with your hands or how to stand while you deliver the ceremony? Need help performing a wedding? We ca...

Walking Down The Aisle Together: A Modern Wedding Procession

1797 DAYS AGO | 2.27.2021

Walking Down The Aisle Together: A Modern Wedding Procession

Walking down the aisle together is a unique twist on the traditional wedding processional. Learn inspirational variations on how couples can enter and leave...

Illustration of unity sand ceremony supplies arranged on a table with flours, colored sand, candles

1798 DAYS AGO | 2.26.2021

How to Perform a Unity Sand Ceremony (for Wedding Officiants)

Learn how to perform a unity sand ceremony, one of the most popular unity rituals included in modern weddings. Step by step instructions on how to set up the...

Right Before You Step on Stage: A Wedding Officiant’s (Very) Last Minute Checklist

1813 DAYS AGO | 2.11.2021

Right Before You Step on Stage: A Wedding Officiant’s (Very) Last Minute Chec...

A last minute day-of checklist for wedding officiants! What to do right before delivering a wedding ceremony & performing marriage to avoid mishaps, mistakes...

Delivering Your Script at the Ceremony

1822 DAYS AGO | 2.2.2021

Delivering Your Script at the Ceremony

Learn how professional officiants prepare, present, & deliver a wedding script. How to hold the script & if tablets or paper work best during the ceremony!

Wedding Prep for Ministers

1850 DAYS AGO | 1.5.2021

Wedding Prep for Ministers

How to prepare for & perform a wedding ceremony starting with the basics! For first time & new officiants and ministers, from legal requirements in your stat...

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.

More First Time Officiants Articles

4 Tips for New Ministers

1851 DAYS AGO | 1.4.2021

4 Tips for New Ministers

These are 4 rules that every new and first time officiant should follow when preparing for the wedding day to make sure the ceremony is an uplifting experien...

What to wear as weddings trend toward the bold, bright & colorful in 2021

1855 DAYS AGO | 12.31.2020

What to wear as weddings trend toward the bold, bright & colorful in 2021

Bright, bold, colorful weddings are trending for 2021. What should wedding officiants wear to a ceremony filled with color? Stick to the basics or break out ...

Illustration of a wedding officiant reading a wedding script from a piece of paper into a microphone

1857 DAYS AGO | 12.29.2020

Handling Wedding Ceremony Interruptions (for the Officiant)

Simple ways ministers can handle unexpected mistakes, ceremony interruptions & avoid wedding disasters to keep the focus on the couple. Great for new officia...

3 Thoughtful Holiday Gift Ideas for Officiants to Give Couples

1868 DAYS AGO | 12.18.2020

3 Thoughtful Holiday Gift Ideas for Officiants to Give Couples

Simple holiday gift ideas for wedding officiants to give couples, while planning their ceremony or to say thank you for a wonderful wedding.

Bride and groom laugh and smile with the wedding officiant in the foreground

1870 DAYS AGO | 12.16.2020

Are You Ready to Perform a Wedding?

4 practical steps & a word of warning to prepare for the wedding day & ceremony. Whether you've been asked to officiate or are planning your own wedding, thi...

How to Revise the (Bad) First Draft of a Wedding Ceremony

1872 DAYS AGO | 12.14.2020

How to Revise the (Bad) First Draft of a Wedding Ceremony

How to write, edit, & revise a wedding ceremony script until it shines, using suggestions from real AMM Ministers & Wedding Officiants. Because performing a ...

Want Great Wedding Photos? Get Centered… For the KISS, That Is!

1892 DAYS AGO | 11.24.2020

Want Great Wedding Photos? Get Centered… For the KISS, That Is!

Learn how wedding officiants & couples help wedding photographers get a perfect first kiss photo. Step one, center yourself!

How to write a compelling minister profile or personal bio

1951 DAYS AGO | 9.26.2020

How to write a compelling minister profile or personal bio

Tips for wedding officiants on how to write an engaging minister profile or personal bio

Safe Ceremony Planning — How Wedding Officiants Can Still Get to Know a Couple, While Social Distancing

1955 DAYS AGO | 9.22.2020

Safe Ceremony Planning — How Wedding Officiants Can Still Get to Know a Coupl...

Wedding ceremony planning, Learn how to have a great first-meeting and interview with a new couple while social distancing.

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