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14 "Illinois" Category Articles
87 DAYS AGO | 3.24.2025
Illinois Lawmakers Want to Expand ‘Self Uniting’ Marriage Laws
Learn about potential updates to Illinois self uniting marriage laws which would expand the option to more couples, proposed by IL HB3049 2025.
185 DAYS AGO | 12.16.2024
2025 Officiant Accelerator Schedule: Wedding Officiants Training in Your City!
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...
552 DAYS AGO | 12.15.2023
How Much Does it Cost to Get Ordained Online in Illinois to Officiate a Wedding?
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...
666 DAYS AGO | 8.23.2023
Get Married in one of the 10 Most Haunted Wedding Venues in the U.S.
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 ...
671 DAYS AGO | 8.18.2023
Get Married During the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th, 2024!
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...
701 DAYS AGO | 7.19.2023
Illinois Repeals Old Laws to Protect Marriage Equality
Learn about amendments to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act that strengthen protections for marriage equality in the state. Three laws ha...
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765 DAYS AGO | 5.16.2023
Meet the Speakers for AMM’s Chicago Wedding Officiant Education & Networking ...
Attention Chicago Wedding Officiants: Meet the speakers for our June, 2023 Education and Networking seminar! This fun and informative event features 5 AMM Mi...
772 DAYS AGO | 5.9.2023
Tickets on Sale NOW for AMM’s Chicago Wedding Officiant Education & Networkin...
Join American Marriage Ministries for a day of wedding officiant education and networking on June 14th, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois! This seminar includes expe...
838 DAYS AGO | 3.4.2023
How to Get Married in Illinois - Planning a Wedding in the Prairie State
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...
1002 DAYS AGO | 9.21.2022
300 couples gather for group vow renewal ceremony in Chicago
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...
1316 DAYS AGO | 11.11.2021
Exec. Orders set to expire in Illinois this weekend: Marriage Licenses and On...
Learn about upcoming changes to Chicago and Illinois marriage license requirements and online weddings, as Executive Orders issued during the coronavirus COV...
1361 DAYS AGO | 9.27.2021
50 Couples Get Married in a Mass Wedding Ceremony in Chicago
50 couples participated in a festive mass wedding ceremony this weekend, called "Marriages on the Mile," to celebrate the Wrigley Building's 100th anniversar...
1459 DAYS AGO | 6.21.2021
Baptist Church Ordains Denomination’s First Openly Transgender Woman
University Baptist Church ordains Rev Laura Bethany Buchleiter, an openly transgender woman, in a first for the denomination.
1506 DAYS AGO | 5.5.2021
Chicago and Cook County announce new guidelines for weddings and private events
Chicago and Cook County announce new capacity guidelines for weddings and private events during COVID, information for engaged couples, officiants, and other...