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Meditation for Ministers: AMM’s Favorite Pink Noise Playlists on Spotify

Meditation for Ministers: AMM’s Favorite Pink Noise Playlists on Spotify

Ministers and wedding officiants are BUSY this season! Luckily, meditation helps us stay productive, positive, and avoid burnout! Pink noise is great for lowering anxiety and improving focus, for ceremony writing, meeting with couples, and more.

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How to Officiate a Wedding For the First Time

Learn how to perform a wedding for the first time, from getting ordained online to signing the marriage license! A step-by-step guide for new officiants, ministers, and friends or family who have been asked to marry their loved ones.

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New Wedding Officiant Script! Simple Handfasting Ceremony

Simple handfasting ceremony wording and outline for a wedding officiant! Sweet vows, easy to modify for Pagan, Christian, nonreligious or spiritual couples

Offbeat Wedding Welcome & Opening Remarks: Examples for a Non-traditional Ceremony!

Offbeat Wedding Welcome & Opening Remarks: Examples for a Non-traditional Ceremony!

Opening remarks set the tone of a wedding! Try these examples for a non-traditional, offbeat wedding ceremony, with a creative officiant wedding welcome.

Wedding Officiants: Let's Talk Business Cards

Wedding Officiants: Let's Talk Business Cards

Let's talk wedding officiant business cards! With expert advice on what wedding officiants should include on their contact card, how to design one, and how to keep things spiritually centered. Build a strong officiant business and brand with these great tips!

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

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!

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

Walking Down The Aisle Together: A Modern Wedding Procession

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 the ceremony as equals, arm in arm!

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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 supplies and table, an example of wording and what to say (sample script), meaning and symbolism, use in blended family ceremonies, and considerations for what to do after the wedding. For wedding officiants and couples!

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

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!

Delivering Your Script at the Ceremony

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

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 state to writing & polishing your ceremony script.

4 Tips for New Ministers

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 experience that you & the couple never forget!

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

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 the patterns?

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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 officiants learning how to perform marriage for the first time!

3 Thoughtful Holiday Gift Ideas for Officiants to Give Couples

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.

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