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1063 DAYS AGO | 4.30.2021

How to Add a Tree Planting Ceremony to Your Wedding

Celebrate your bond with a tree planting ceremony! This unique unity ritual can be adapted to any theme or location, even indoor ceremonies, by using housepl...

1064 DAYS AGO | 4.29.2021

Bride and groom plan wedding at stranger’s mansion without permission

A South Florida couple tried to have their wedding ceremony at a stranger's mansion estate without permission, leading to disaster when authorities were call...

1065 DAYS AGO | 4.28.2021

Can you legally perform a wedding ceremony for your friends and family? Yes!

Curious who can legally marry a couple in your state, and if you’re on that list? Wondering how to become a wedding officiant or ordained minister to marry p...

1066 DAYS AGO | 4.27.2021

Platonic best friends wed, redefining marriage with a love that transcends ro...

Two platonic best friends get married in an 'anti-establishment' unconventional marriage to build a life together.

1066 DAYS AGO | 4.27.2021

Celebrations of Life: Wild Child Reverend Scarlett’s memorial services honor ...

AMM Reverend Scarlett Mullikin is an LGBTQ wedding officiant who creates meaningful, authentic memorial services and ceremonies for fellow free-spirits, hono...

1067 DAYS AGO | 4.26.2021

Bride wears wedding dress to get vaccinated

A Baltimore bride decided to wear her wedding reception dress to get her COVID-19 vaccine at the M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site.

1067 DAYS AGO | 4.26.2021

Vaccines and Weddings -- What officiants and couples can expect this summer

From guest lists to contracts and travel, what wedding officiants and couples can expect as more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wedding ceremo...

1069 DAYS AGO | 4.24.2021

Summer Survival: 10 Items to Add to Your Officiant Wedding Emergency Kit This...

From sunscreen to bug spray -- prepare for spring and summer weddings by adding these smart seasonal items to your Officiant Wedding Emergency Kit and avoid ...

1071 DAYS AGO | 4.22.2021

AMM is Carbon Neutral and Proud

American Marriage Ministries remains carbon neutral as we head into a new year of weddings and opportunity. Protecting our environment is essential, and clim...

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.

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1071 DAYS AGO | 4.22.2021

Eco-Friendly Wedding Officiants -- How to Keep Weddings Green From Behind the...

Eco-friendly weddings aren’t just for Earth Day! Wedding officiants can help keep ceremonies green every day, with these behind the scenes business and cerem...

1072 DAYS AGO | 4.21.2021

Missouri legislators debate whether marriages must be solemnized, may replace...

Proposed legislation pending in the Missouri House could replace marriage licenses with contracts of domestic union, and eliminate the need for a wedding cer...

1073 DAYS AGO | 4.20.2021

Filling out a Marriage License: What religious denomination do I write down i...

What to write down when you're an atheist wedding officiant and the marriage license asks for the minister's religious denomination, including options for no...

1074 DAYS AGO | 4.19.2021

Cómo Obtener una Certificación para Casar a Alguien: Licencia Ministerial, Ce...

Para ejecutar una boda legal como ministro de bodas, necesitas asegurarte de que cuentas con los requisitos estatales. El primer paso antes de oficiar una c...

1074 DAYS AGO | 4.19.2021

After a year of living life online, do distinctions like ‘online church’ even...

How designations like ‘online church’ and ‘online ordination’ have changed after a year of connecting with loved ones and communities online, Zoom, and Skype...

1076 DAYS AGO | 4.17.2021

Wedding venues are turning away same-sex couples: A look at current laws and ...

Wedding venues in North Carolina and Ohio refused service to same-sex couples. We look at current protections for first amendment rights and religion, LGBTQ+...

1077 DAYS AGO | 4.16.2021

Hawaii considers a new civil license to solemnize marriages

Hawaii is considering a civil license to solemnize marriage, available to all adults over the age of 18 who wish to perform weddings, but aren't affiliated w...

1077 DAYS AGO | 4.16.2021

El Estado de Utah se Instaura como el Primer Estado en Permitir Bodas Virtual...

Utah se acaba de convertir en el primer estado en el país en legitimar una boda virtual vía Zoom entre una pareja que vive no solo en diferentes estados, sin...

1077 DAYS AGO | 4.16.2021

Military Weddings : A Guide to Proxy Marriage, Double Proxy, and Same-day Cer...

Military weddings sometimes need special planning. Take a look at marriage by proxy, double proxy marriage, same-day or last minute elopements, sequel weddin...

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