Most Recent AMM Articles

Design the perfect wedding officiant business cards with these six examples as inspiration! Plus advice on where to find free contact card and business card templates, including Canva and Adobe Express, and links to more business card ideas and tips to help you get started.

Can you still get a marriage license during a government shutdown? Can AMM Ministers still officiate a wedding ceremony during a federal shutdown? We cover everything you need to know about getting married during these wild times, including details for Washington D.C.

Looking for the best wedding officiant for a Sequoia National Park wedding? Want to officiate a unique forest ceremony under a canopy of giant sequoias? Here’s what you need to know from hiring professional officiants to asking a friend or relative to get ordained online to officiate your California wedding.

Learn how much it costs to become an ordained minister online in Vermont, whether you’ll pay more for minister registration to officiate a wedding, and how the cost of popular online ordination services compare, including free ordination through American Marriage Ministries.

Learn how much it costs to become an ordained minister online in Montana, whether you’ll pay more for minister registration to officiate a wedding, and how the cost of popular online ordination services compare, including free ordination through American Marriage Ministries.

Asked to officiate a Wiccan wedding or handfasting ceremony? Here are five questions a wedding officiant should always ask the wedding couple before the ceremony, including what rituals and symbols are included, what nature-themed or Pagan readings and blessings should be included, and more.

Revisit one of the funniest weddings in a movie: The ‘short short’ wedding in 1987 cult classic sci-fi comedy Spaceballs, produced and directed by Mel Brooks! Princess Vespa narrowly escapes marriage to Prince Valium and marries Lone Starr instead, while Best Man Barf watches over them.

Looking for the perfect wedding officiant for a Disney World, Disneyland, or Aulani Disney wedding? Want to get married on a Disney cruise? Here’s what you need to know, from hiring professional officiants to asking a friend or relative to get ordained online to officiate your ceremony in Florida, California, or Hawaii.

How to write a funny calavera literaria (or calaveras poem) for your Day of the Dead wedding ceremony, and when to include it during the invocation, written vows, blessing, or reception! Plus a sample script for the wedding officiant to use as an example, to ‘eulogize’ the newlyweds in a funny and loving way on Dia de los Muertos.

Six of our favorite colorful children’s books about same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ families. These kids books introduce the concepts of same-gender relationships, queer love, and diverse family structures, with a mix of nonfiction, true stories, adorable fiction, and even a modern fairy tale. Featuring Uncle Bobby's Wedding, Worm Loves Worm, Prince and Knight, and more!

American Marriage Ministries (AMM) interviews the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) about upcoming legislation to establish marriage equality for disabled and elderly adults receiving SSI and SSDI benefits. Learn how to get involved, share your story, and amplify this important social, financial, and constitutional issue ahead of the planned congressional briefing. (2023 / 2024; 2022 HB6405 / Jimmy Panetta)

Need some inspiration for a nontraditional wedding ceremony? Try one of these 5 unique ideas from Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Dean Unglert intimate and fun fall wedding celebration! Including a pet in the wedding procession, a small guest list, an original approach to the name change, wedding night tattoos, and more!

Creative alternatives to a flower girl, ring boy, or ring bearer for your non-traditional wedding ceremony! Get friends, relatives, and children involved in your marriage celebration with these unique ideas, including 'basket bearers' carrying decorative baskets of herbs and grain, gender neutral flower children, a flower man or flower dude, having your dog, cat, or other pets join in, asking a parent or grandparent to help, and more!

Learn how much it costs to become an ordained minister online in Arizona, whether you’ll pay more for minister registration to officiate a wedding, and how the cost of popular online ordination services compare, including free ordination through American Marriage Ministries.

Todo lo que necesita saber para añadir una ceremonia de "handfasting" a su boda o renovación de votos, incluyendo el simbolismo y el significado del ritual de handfasting, cómo hacer un bonito nudo con el cordón, cuándo incluirlo en la ceremonia (en qué orden) y cómo realizar una handfasting como oficiante, con ejemplos de lo que debe decir y hacer con enlaces a un guión de muestra.

A growing trend in wedding tourism: ticketed weddings for tourists. Join My Wedding is helping Indian couples sell tickets to tourists to attend their traditional Indian wedding ceremonies. Ticketed weddings might become popular in other countries and vacation destinations too, as a form of cultural tourism. So what do you think, would you be a wedding tourist?

Learn how much it costs to become an ordained minister online in Colorado, whether you’ll pay more for minister registration to officiate a wedding, and how the cost of popular online ordination services compare, including free ordination through American Marriage Ministries.

You must be 18 years old to get married in Michigan. This week, Gov Whitmer signed legislation to ban the marriage of minors in the state, without exception. Michigan becomes the 10th state to fully ban child marriage. Learn more about the updated law, and how this change may impact AMM Ministers and other wedding officiants in the state. ( HB4294 , HB4295 , HB4296 , SB0212 , SB0209 2023 / Act 121, Act 122, Act 123)