Most Recent AMM Articles

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.

Magic mushrooms are having a moment in the wedding world! Like weed weddings did before them, psychedelic & psilocybin-infused marriage ceremonies are gaining popularity with Millennial and Gen-Z couples. But is it legal to get married on shrooms? Let’s find out!

This new fall wedding ceremony script captures the colors, romance, and joyful spirit of the autumn season, with a warm welcome to guests, moment of mindfulness, nature-inspired blessing, and a unique reading from the popular Neil Young song “Harvest Moon.” An original non-religious, non traditional wedding script written by AMM Minister Officiant Sherri Crawford, perfect for September, October, and November weddings.

A wedding smudge ceremony is a meaningful way to bless a marriage with lasting love, harmony, wisdom, protection, and good luck. Learn how to add a custom smudging ritual to your wedding, including the origins and basics of burning sage and other herbs, how to make and burn a smudge stick, and finding the perfect words to say for a spiritual, religious, Pagan, Celtic, or Indigenous/ Native American inspired wedding ceremony.

We’ll see you at Wedding MBA 2022! The team from American Marriage Ministries is attending this year’s November Wedding Pro Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, which gathers together wedding officiants, planners, and other professionals and vendors from all over the world. We'll be sponsoring the Officiant track and a fun meet and greet afterwards. Join us!

These Nightmare Before Christmas inspired wedding vows always make us swoon! Read Jack and Sally’s lyrics of love from the Henry Selick & Tim Burton animated dark fantasy film classic, and learn how to add a whimsical, romantic, musical touch to your own wedding ceremony and marriage vows.

Use this simple recipe to make a sweet-smelling protective wedding smudge stick for your wedding’s smudging ceremony. This sacred combination of sage, sweetgrass, and lavender is said to welcome love, harmony, wisdom, and good luck into your marriage, while clearing away negative energy.

Deciding where to become an ordained minister online can be a tough choice, or an easy one, depending on what you’re looking for. If you’re seeking ordination to marry someone as a wedding officiant or celebrant, and want to get ordained online for free, try American Marriage Ministries.

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

If you're a first-time wedding officiant, or a friend or relative asked to officiate, you may not be sure what to expect at a wedding ceremony rehearsal... You might be asking: Do you really need to go? Should you charge a fee? Who runs this thing? And what should you wear, say, do, or bring while you’re there? AMM Minister Sherri Crawford answers all your most common questions about the wedding rehearsal.

New wedding officiant script! This ceremony script includes a funny reading about marriage, a fun and lighthearted opening welcome by the officiant, a sweet and funny wedding vows exchange, declaration of intent, pronouncement, and more! Keep the wedding day simple and stress-free with a fun script! Written by ordained AMM Minister Sherri Crawford.

These Wiccan wedding vows cast a powerful spell of love and commitment. Use in place of traditional wedding vows in a Wiccan or other modern Pagan wedding ceremony or handfasting ritual, with suggestions on candle colors and altar arrangements for true magic.

New wedding script! This Buddhist wedding ceremony script includes a warm welcome, mindfulness meditation script that invites guests to breathe deeply, and reflect on the love they share for the couple, a simple exchange of mindful wedding vows inspired by the principles of Buddhism, and a quote from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Written by ordained officiant Karla Johnston.