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Rehearsals are Important - Even When Officiating a Friend’s Casual Backyard Wedding Ceremony

Whether your wedding is big or small, rehearsing the ceremony is a must

Attention Officiants: 4 things you might forget the day of the wedding (and what to do about it)

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!

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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.

Close up view of bride holding sunflowers and wearing a white dress, next to and officiant reading from a book and the wedding ceremony script, and the groom, wearing a dark suit and a white flower in his lapel. They are outside during the ceremony.

Helpful Tips for the First-Time Wedding Officiant

Officiating for the first time? Here are helpful tips and details to remember that will ensure your success as a wedding officiant!

The Importance of Researching Where to Get Ordained Online

The Importance of Researching Where to Get Ordained Online

It’s important to put thought & effort into your online ordination; that’s why we believe American Marriage Ministries is the best place to get ordained online

What is a Wedding Officiant and How Do You Become One?

What is a Wedding Officiant and How Do You Become One?

Bonnie became a wedding officiant through American Marriage Ministries and it changed her life. Learn how you can too!

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Look Like an Over-Prepared Superhero: The Five Things All Wedding Officiants Should Have

These 5 tips for first time wedding officiants will make you a hero on the wedding day! Click to see advice from a professional officiant on what to bring to the ceremony.

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How to Find the Perfect Wedding Officiant

Follow these tips in order to choose a wedding officiant that reflects your values and beliefs.

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Getting Started: How to Write a Basic Wedding Ceremony

Learn the basic outline and format of a simple wedding ceremony, and how to stitch the parts together using transitional wording, personal details and stories about the couple, and special reading, and more, to write a personal and meaningful 'wedding officiant script.'

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