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How to Have a ‘Friends Only’ Wedding Ceremony - No Family Invited

1161 DAYS AGO | 12.1.2022

How to Have a ‘Friends Only’ Wedding Ceremony - No Family Invited

Not inviting family to your wedding? No problem! Here’s how to have a fun friends only wedding ceremony. Choose the right friend to serve as wedding offician...

Two grooms hold hands during the wedding ceremony while their wedding officiant smiles, holding the wedding script

1162 DAYS AGO | 11.30.2022

12 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Officiant Before Signing a Contract

Ask your wedding officiant these important questions to make sure you’ve found the best person to officiate your ceremony. Before you sign a contract, ask ab...

How to Get Married in California - Planning a Wedding in The Golden State

1163 DAYS AGO | 11.29.2022

How to Get Married in California - Planning a Wedding in The Golden State

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

Bride and groom jump off a decorated wall, photo taken from below, with a blue sky and clouds above them

1164 DAYS AGO | 11.28.2022

3 Things to Know Before Having a ‘Just Us’ Wedding Ceremony

'Just us weddings' are sweet, simple, and oh so romantic. Just remember these 3 things to make sure your ceremony is legal, including if you can marry withou...

What to Wear to Officiate a Winter Wedding

1166 DAYS AGO | 11.26.2022

What to Wear to Officiate a Winter Wedding

Asked to officiate a winter wedding? Learn what clothes to wear as a wedding officiant during a winter wedding ceremony, depending on the couple and the type...

Bride and groom pose outdoors in their wedding attire in front of a clear lake and snow capped mountain

1167 DAYS AGO | 11.25.2022

How to Get Married in Colorado - Planning a Wedding in The Centennial State

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in Colorado - including how to find a wedding officiant, information about self-uniting weddi...

Close up photo of a bride and groom exchanging wedding rings during a beautiful legal wedding ceremony, with the officiant standing in the background

1169 DAYS AGO | 11.23.2022

How to Tell if Your Officiant Can Perform a Legal Wedding

Learn who can legally officiate a wedding in your state and how to know if a wedding officiant meets the requirements to perform your marriage ceremony, incl...

10 Tips for Officiating a Winter Wedding

1170 DAYS AGO | 11.22.2022

10 Tips for Officiating a Winter Wedding

Advice for wedding officiants during the holiday winter wedding season. Ten simple tips on which supplies to pack in your emergency kit, what to wear, what t...

Grocery-themed ALDI wedding gives new meaning to ‘walking down the aisle’

1171 DAYS AGO | 11.21.2022

Grocery-themed ALDI wedding gives new meaning to ‘walking down the aisle’

A Michigan couple was married in an ALDI store on Nov. 9th, after winning the grocery chain's 'Happily Ever Aldi' contest. The grocery themed wedding ceremon...

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collage image shows Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling side by side, with a wedding ring icon in between

1171 DAYS AGO | 11.21.2022

How to get married in secret like Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes

The rumors are true: Celebrity couple Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are secretly married! Learn how to plan a romantic secret wedding like theirs by following ...

Rainbow colored Christmas balls on a red string in front of a wooden background, with pine sprigs

1175 DAYS AGO | 11.17.2022

Why doesn’t Candace Cameron Bure want a gay Christmas?

Candace Cameron Bure made headlines this week for comments against same-sex marriage, telling The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that Great American Family media ...

All About Quaker Wedding Traditions & Marriage ‘Under the Care of the Meeting’

1176 DAYS AGO | 11.16.2022

All About Quaker Wedding Traditions & Marriage ‘Under the Care of the Meeting’

Learn about common Quaker wedding ceremony traditions including how to get married without a wedding officiant in a self-uniting ritual, what it means to mar...

When was same-sex marriage legalized in the U.S.? Is it legal in all 50 states?

1177 DAYS AGO | 11.15.2022

When was same-sex marriage legalized in the U.S.? Is it legal in all 50 states?

Learn about the Supreme Court Obergefell v Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S., the history of marriage equality in all 50 states, and...

Close up as a bride and groom perform a unity candle ceremony during their wedding. The couple are holding small candles to light a larger candle, and holding their free hands up to block the wind so that the flame doesn't go out. They are wearing formal wedding attire, including a white gown with lace sleeves, and a blue suit.

1178 DAYS AGO | 11.14.2022

FAQs About the Unity Candle Ceremony, Including When, How, Who, Where, and Why!

All your questions about the wedding unity candle ceremony, answered: When to light the candle (before or after rings and vows), who lights the unity candle,...

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1181 DAYS AGO | 11.11.2022

Which AMM Minister Ordination Package or Training Course is Best for You?

The best American Marriage Ministries Minister Ordination Package or Course for your needs: Compare what comes in each one for the price: A review of everyth...

When will same-sex marriage be codified? (And what does that even mean?)

1182 DAYS AGO | 11.10.2022

When will same-sex marriage be codified? (And what does that even mean?)

Learn about efforts to protect same-sex marriage rights, the upcoming Senate vote on the Respect for Marriage Act 2022, the history of marriage equality in t...

Dalai Lama Quotes on Love & Happiness for Your Wedding Ceremony Script

1183 DAYS AGO | 11.9.2022

Dalai Lama Quotes on Love & Happiness for Your Wedding Ceremony Script

Quotes on love & happiness from The Dalai Lama to personalize any wedding ceremony script. Use in the invocation, wedding officiant’s blessing, vows, or as a...

A Simple Guide to Nikah Traditions & Muslim Wedding Words

1184 DAYS AGO | 11.8.2022

A Simple Guide to Nikah Traditions & Muslim Wedding Words

A simple introduction to popular Nikah traditions and words you're likely to hear when planning or attending a Muslim wedding ceremony for the first time, in...

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