Articles by Jessica Levey

Learn about popular unity ceremony ideas for your wedding ceremony, as well as when a unity ceremony usually takes place during the ceremony, what these traditions symbolize, and how to add and include one in your wedding. We also offer an example of what your wedding officiant can say during the ritual, to help you find the perfect wording for your big day.

Learn how to write a wedding officiant speech that's beautiful, heartfelt, or a little funny, with multiple examples, officiant script templates, and expert tips for your first time officiating a wedding.

Mr. Rogers wedding inspiration! Add vintage charm to your procession and wedding vows, with Daniel Striped Tiger as ring bearer and other puppet guests.

Choose the perfect wedding officiant script from dozens of free, simple, sweet, fun, and nontraditional offerings in the AMM Wedding Ceremony Scripts Library! These sample scripts are a great place to start for first time wedding officiants, and can be easily modified with details from the couple's love story to create a custom wedding ceremony experience. Choose from religious and non-religious civil wedding scripts.

Meet 'Ordinary' Margaret Hall, an AMM-ordained minister and wedding officiant, and proud owner of The Matchbox Drive Thru -- an inclusive Vegas-themed wedding and elopement chapel located in Lafayette, Georgia, just outside Chattanooga Tennessee. Learn about Margaret's path to ordination with American Marriage Ministries, how she started a successful wedding officiant business, and how her unique marriage services support diverse communities in Georgia and beyond.

We love eco-friendly weddings and vow renewal ceremonies! So naturally, we were inspired by news of a unique line of compostable rings created by environmentally-focused companies QALO and Pela. In honor of taking steps toward increasingly waste-free weddings, we designed an original tree planting ceremony with these special wedding rings in mind!

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding or vow renewal to get married in Alabama - including how to find a notary or wedding officiant, choose the best wedding venue, plan your ceremony, and how to apply for and return your Alabama marriage certificate / license.

TODAY contributor Jill Martin married financier Erik Brooks during an epic wedding ceremony at the New York Public Library earlier this month, and released photos of the celebration on Instagram this week. See highlights and inspiration from the non-traditional ceremony, including Martin's father Marty serving as wedding officiant after becoming ordained online with AMM.

Let's call it the 'Chicken Officiant Controversy' : Two creative newlyweds are being criticized on social media for having their wedding ceremony performed by an officiant in a large yellow chicken costume. Sure, it's unusual, but more couples are choosing unique elopements and non traditional ceremonies. It's time to celebrate individuality and original wedding themes!

Cardi B and Offset are getting married, AGAIN! The couple just announced plans to hold a second wedding ceremony, commonly called a sequel wedding or vow renewal ceremony -- making them the latest celebrity couple to embrace this fun wedding trend! Will the ceremony details stay a secret like they did the first time around, or are they planning something big, bold, and lavish for their fifth anniversary? And who will officiate?

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 joyful event, plus advice for wedding officiants, ministers, and couples on how to plan and officiate your own group vow renewal or mass wedding ceremony.

Learn how to replace a lost or damaged ordination certificate from American Marriage Ministries. Your minister ordination with AMM never expires, making it easy to order new ministry credentials online through the AMM Store. This paperwork may be needed when registering with your local government to officiate a wedding ceremony, to prove your status as an ordained minister, or to display in your home or office.