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Asked to officiate a wedding for a friend or relative, but not sure what your responsibilities as a wedding officiant are after the ceremony is over? Learn more about how to sign and complete a marriage license, return the license, get reviews from couples to start or expand a business, and more!

First Time Officiants: Ask these five questions when you’re asked to officiate a friend’s wedding to ensure the ceremony is legally binding, fun, and exactly what the couple is hoping for! Here’s what to know after you get ordained online and before the wedding day to plan a great event.

The Anonymous Officiant #6: A sweet story about a bride and her beagle... Plus EXCELLENT advice from an experienced officiant about how and when to include your dog, cat, or another pet in a wedding ceremony -- in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

Who holds onto the wedding rings during a marriage ceremony? Here's what to consider, and our advice how to choose a ring holder and ring bearer for your wedding ceremony and ring exchange. Common choices include the Wedding Officiant; a Person of Honor, Best Man, or another member of the wedding party; a parent or elder, or the couple themselves.

Learn inclusive, gender-neutral alternatives for common wedding terms for the couple and their wedding party, and help make the wedding industry more welcoming to LGBTQ+ couples and their friends and families! This list includes simple gender-free substitutes for commonly gendered terms like bridal, bride or groom, bridesmaid, best man, and more.

The Anonymous Officiant #5 : Sage advice for newlyweds from an experienced wedding officiant! This minister reminds couples to use their wedding gifts after their married, and to treat every day life brings as a gift -- in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

A simple, nonreligious hand blessing ceremony script. This blessing is easy to combine with another unity ritual, such as a handfasting or palm reading, to create a personalized and unique ceremony. This variation on a traditional 'Blessing of the Hands' reading includes mindfulness elements, advice for the future, and ends with a popular Irish wedding blessing.

REAL wedding advice for couples from professional wedding officiant Jody Serey! This candid advice is for anyone planning a wedding, to keep your marriage ceremony on track, on budget, stress free, drama free, fun, and everything you want it to be.

Plan the perfect wedding ceremony by avoiding these 5 common wedding regrets, with advice for couples & wedding officiants on what to ask your officiant, the benefits of an unplugged & phone-free ceremony, backups for uncomfortable shoes, budgets and overspending, calming high anxiety, and much more!

The Anonymous Officiant #4 : This couple put their vows to love each other 'in sickness and in health' to the test before the wedding ceremony was even over! Learn how their experienced officiant kept things moving after the groom's unexpected illness, in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

Three tips for wedding officiants asked to officiate a secret wedding or elopement ceremony, including confirming your couple's identity and the details on their marriage license, choosing a private location, and more!

Learn how marriage licenses become public records in the city or county where you marry, why some couples want a private wedding, and how to keep your marriage records a secret with California's 'confidential marriage license' and Michigan's 'marriage license without publicity.'

The Anonymous Officiant #3 : This groom started to cry moment's before the wedding ceremony because he missed his mother, but a sweet gesture by a quick thinking wedding officiant helped dry his tears just in time. Read the full story in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

The ultimate wedding regret! Learn what to do if a couple changes their minds about being married after the wedding ceremony, and what your legal responsibility is as a wedding officiant when it's time to return a signed marriage license to the clerk or registrar's office.

Learn the meaning of a love lock wedding ceremony, and what to say and do during this popular unity ritual! With a sample officiant script and variations for two locks, one lock with two keys, and multiple locks for blended families who want to include children in the ceremony.