16 "Illinois" Category Articles

37 DAYS AGO | 2.6.2026

Start planning with this list of pro-approved reliable wedding venues for 2026! Recommended by wedding officiants & vendors, these top-rated venues are trust...

264 DAYS AGO | 6.24.2025

AMM's fun & informative wedding officiant training day returns to Chicago, Illinois! Click now to get your tickets for Officiant Accelerator: Chicago on Sept...

356 DAYS AGO | 3.24.2025

Learn about potential updates to Illinois self uniting marriage laws which would expand the option to more couples, proposed by IL HB3049 2025.

454 DAYS AGO | 12.16.2024

2025 AMM Officiant Accelerator Tour: Wedding officiant training & networking seminars in NV, GA, WA, IL, and FL. Take your officiant business to the next lev...

821 DAYS AGO | 12.15.2023

Learn how much it costs to become an ordained minister online in Illinois, whether you’ll be required to pay more for minister registration to officiate a we...

935 DAYS AGO | 8.23.2023

For a spooktacular ceremony! Whether you’re planning a spine-tingling themed Halloween wedding, an eerie autumn handfasting or vow renewal, or just love the ...

940 DAYS AGO | 8.18.2023

Everything you need to know to plan a celestial wedding ceremony during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, including theme and unity ceremony ideas, h...

970 DAYS AGO | 7.19.2023

Learn about amendments to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act that strengthen protections for marriage equality in the state. Three laws ha...

1034 DAYS AGO | 5.16.2023

Attention Chicago Wedding Officiants: Meet the speakers for our June, 2023 Education and Networking seminar! This fun and informative event features 5 AMM Mi...

1041 DAYS AGO | 5.9.2023

Join American Marriage Ministries for a day of wedding officiant education and networking on June 14th, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois! This seminar includes expe...

1107 DAYS AGO | 3.4.2023

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in Illinois - including how to find a wedding officiant, how to choose the best wedding venue...

1271 DAYS AGO | 9.21.2022

300 couples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a large group vow renewal ceremony in Chicago this weekend at Holy Name Cathedral. Read about this j...

1585 DAYS AGO | 11.11.2021

Learn about upcoming changes to Chicago and Illinois marriage license requirements and online weddings, as Executive Orders issued during the coronavirus COV...

1630 DAYS AGO | 9.27.2021

50 couples participated in a festive mass wedding ceremony this weekend, called "Marriages on the Mile," to celebrate the Wrigley Building's 100th anniversar...

1728 DAYS AGO | 6.21.2021

University Baptist Church ordains Rev Laura Bethany Buchleiter, an openly transgender woman, in a first for the denomination.