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12 "Ceremony Preparation" Category Articles
How Wedding Officiants Can Work Best with Autistic Couples
Learn how to make wedding ceremony planning an autism-friendly experience for autistic couples, ASD individuals, and their families, using these simple suggestions.
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 can help!
Right Before You Step on Stage: A Wedding Officiant’s (Very) Last Minute Checklist
A last minute day-of checklist for wedding officiants! What to do right before delivering a wedding ceremony & performing marriage to avoid mishaps, mistakes, and accidents!
Attention Officiants: 4 things you might forget the day of the wedding (and what to do about it)
Four important things that wedding officiants often forget - and what they can do about it when it happens! Avoid wedding day disasters and turn mishaps into funny ceremony stories with a happy ending by remembering these four things - from checking your travel route, planning for unexpected rain and other weather, eating something before the ceremony, and more!
Microphone Tips for Wedding Officiants and Couples
Microphone and wedding audio advice for first time, novice officiants and couples planning their own wedding.
Wedding Ceremony Stage Fright: Tips for officiants (and couples)
No more ceremony stage fright! Try these tips for speaking at a wedding ✓ Get past social anxiety & fear of public speaking for the wedding officiant & couples.
Asked to Officiate a Wedding?
Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.
“Should I officiate my granddaughter's wedding?” What to ask yourself if you have been asked to officiate
If someone has asked you to officiate their wedding, it's because they recognize your ability to help them tell their story and create a memorable experience.
What Does a Wedding Officiant Wear?!
Tips, advice, and style guides on what to wear to look your best as a wedding officiant
Did I Just Say That? -- 3 Ways to Handle Wedding Ceremony Mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes, even wedding officiants! But don't let that throw your wedding ceremony off course. Follow these three tips for first time wedding officiants to hit a home run and handle day-of disasters, mistakes, and mishaps.
Good News Alert: Virginia Counties Remove Racist Language From Marriage Application!
Virginia will no longer require couples to disclose their race when applying for marriage licenses.
How to Include Family and Friends In Your Wedding Ceremony
Here are some tips to get friends and family members involved in the wedding ceremony, from delivering a special wedding reading, joining in a ring warming, handfasting, or stone blessing ceremony, to offering a blessing, to officiating the ceremony itself, and more!
Having the Talk: How to Tell a Compelling Story During Your Wedding Ceremony
American Marriage Ministries (AMM) has expanded its online tools to make this task a meaningful yet easy part of wedding preparation.