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14 "Ceremony Tips" Category Articles

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

1372 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...

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

1391 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...

4 Tips for New Ministers

1429 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...

New Officiant Script! Winter Solstice Wedding with Unity Candle

1446 DAYS AGO | 12.18.2020

New Officiant Script! Winter Solstice Wedding with Unity Candle

New sample wedding ceremony script for a Winter Solstice celebration. Bring bright lights & lots of love into the darkest, longest night of the year with thi...

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

1450 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 ...

Love on Wheels: How to Plan a Drive-In Wedding

1463 DAYS AGO | 12.1.2020

Love on Wheels: How to Plan a Drive-In Wedding

Drive-in weddings bring cinematic energy to your wedding ceremony! Plan a drive-in ceremony, from finding a location, to the red carpet treatment, to accommo...

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

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

1470 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!

Microphone Tips for Wedding Officiants and Couples

1555 DAYS AGO | 8.31.2020

Microphone Tips for Wedding Officiants and Couples

Microphone and wedding audio advice for first time, novice officiants and couples planning their own wedding.

Illustration of bride, groom, and wedding officiant

1566 DAYS AGO | 8.20.2020

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.

Wedding Ceremony in a Graveyard? We asked our ministers and couples what they thought...

1743 DAYS AGO | 2.25.2020

Wedding Ceremony in a Graveyard? We asked our ministers and couples what they...

If you are planning to have your wedding in a cemetery, these tips will help you create an experience that you will remember for the rest of your life (and d...

Couples: How to Work Best With Your Wedding Officiant

1775 DAYS AGO | 1.24.2020

Couples: How to Work Best With Your Wedding Officiant

Choosing your officiant wisely and working with them closely throughout the duration of your planning is the key to a successful wedding ceremony.

Emoji of a woman with dark hair and a purple shirt holding her hand up to her forehead to express dismay at a mistake... like saying, "UGH" or "DOH!"

1887 DAYS AGO | 10.4.2019

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 o...

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1916 DAYS AGO | 9.5.2019

Breathe in, Breathe Out: Calming Brides' and Grooms' Nerves

Attention wedding officiants: If the bride or groom are nervous before the wedding ceremony, these tips will help calm their nerves and ensure that the weddi...

Thinking About Having an Unplugged Wedding Ceremony?

2076 DAYS AGO | 3.29.2019

Thinking About Having an Unplugged Wedding Ceremony?

If you are thinking about having an unplugged wedding, consider these important facts.

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