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Singing Your Wedding Vows - How to Add Music to the Heart of Your Ceremony

1700 DAYS AGO | 7.28.2021

Singing Your Wedding Vows - How to Add Music to the Heart of Your Ceremony

Thinking of singing your wedding vows? Use these examples of musical vows to inspire your own musical marriage ceremony and vow exchange.

How to Get Married in Ohio - Planning a wedding in the Buckeye State

1701 DAYS AGO | 7.27.2021

How to Get Married in Ohio - Planning a wedding in the Buckeye State

A step-by-step guide to getting married in Ohio - from finding an officiant and choosing a wedding venue, to how to apply for, complete, and return your marr...

Same-sex pastors marry, in a first for France’s Protestant Church

1701 DAYS AGO | 7.27.2021

Same-sex pastors marry, in a first for France’s Protestant Church

The United Protestant Church of France just performed its first wedding for two same-sex LGBTQ+ clergy members. The union of Pastors Emeline Daude and Agnes ...

A Katz’s Deli micro wedding?! Do officiants get free bagels?

1701 DAYS AGO | 7.27.2021

A Katz’s Deli micro wedding?! Do officiants get free bagels?

Take a look at what's on the menu for this Katz's Deli micro wedding, as the NYC icon becomes the latest unlikely venue to emerge in this year's wedding boom...

Prince Charles & Princess Diana’s Full Wedding Transcript, 40 Years Later

1702 DAYS AGO | 7.26.2021

Prince Charles & Princess Diana’s Full Wedding Transcript, 40 Years Later

It’s been 40 years since the world watched in awe as Prince Charles married Princess Diana in 1981. In honor of the anniversary of the historic day, here’s t...

Issa Rae and Louis Diame tie the knot in France! Are destination weddings back?

1702 DAYS AGO | 7.26.2021

Issa Rae and Louis Diame tie the knot in France! Are destination weddings back?

Issa Rae and Louis Diame marry in an intimate micro ceremony in the South of France… Giving us big destination wedding dreams!

New York officially bans the marriage of minors

1702 DAYS AGO | 7.26.2021

New York officially bans the marriage of minors

New laws in New York raise the minimum age of consent to marry to 18, removing all exceptions for minors. NY is the latest state to ban child marriage, follo...

Spiritual Bathing - Performing Ritual Baths for Yourself & Others

1705 DAYS AGO | 7.23.2021

Spiritual Bathing - Performing Ritual Baths for Yourself & Others

Spiritual baths and ritual bathing have been used by cultures and faiths throughout history, including Hindus, Christians, and Pagans. Learn to prepare and p...

Wedding Season Meets Wildfire Season - What to Know

1706 DAYS AGO | 7.22.2021

Wedding Season Meets Wildfire Season - What to Know

What to know if you’re planning, officiating, or attending a wedding ceremony during wildfire season -- including what to do in case of postponements, cancel...

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An alligator as a ring bearer?!? Would you perform this wedding?

1706 DAYS AGO | 7.22.2021

An alligator as a ring bearer?!? Would you perform this wedding?

A bride and groom asked Wally, an emotional support alligator, to be the ring bearer for their wedding ceremony in central Pennsylvania this week.

Rhode Island approves new one-day marriage designation

1707 DAYS AGO | 7.21.2021

Rhode Island approves new one-day marriage designation

A new certificate will authorize Rhode Island adults to perform marriages on a specific day in a specific town, for a fee, as one-day-only wedding officiants.

Updates to NYC’s Project Cupid, Marriage Bureau reopens

1708 DAYS AGO | 7.20.2021

Updates to NYC’s Project Cupid, Marriage Bureau reopens

The NYC Marriage Bureau reopened for scheduled in-person services on July 19, including civil marriage ceremonies and marriage license appointments. These ap...

How to Get Married in South Carolina - Planning a wedding in the Palmetto State

1709 DAYS AGO | 7.19.2021

How to Get Married in South Carolina - Planning a wedding in the Palmetto State

A step-by-step guide to getting married in South Carolina - from finding an officiant and choosing a wedding venue, to how to apply for, complete, and return...

NYC Marriage Bureau reopens Monday, July 19

1712 DAYS AGO | 7.16.2021

NYC Marriage Bureau reopens Monday, July 19

The Office of the City Clerk and NYC Marriage Bureau will reopen on July 19 to in-person services and civil wedding ceremonies.

Bride and groom sign the marriage license at an outdoor wedding with the help of their wedding officiant

1712 DAYS AGO | 7.16.2021

Can you get married without a marriage license? What if you lost it? Or forgo...

Uh oh! You forgot or lost a marriage license, now what? Click to read the rules on a wedding ceremony without a marriage license, marriage waiting periods, ...

Remote marriage license appointments on the horizon in Texas

1713 DAYS AGO | 7.15.2021

Remote marriage license appointments on the horizon in Texas

County clerks in Texas will soon be able to issue marriage licenses remotely using online video-conference technology, under a new state certification proces...

Would you officiate a skydiving wedding? Alaska couple jumps into marriage heart first

1713 DAYS AGO | 7.15.2021

Would you officiate a skydiving wedding? Alaska couple jumps into marriage he...

A sky-diving wedding brings day-of excitement to new heights. Watch these two newly-weds jump out of plane and take their vows in the Alaska wilderness.

Washtenaw Co. now offering walk-in marriage license services

1714 DAYS AGO | 7.14.2021

Washtenaw Co. now offering walk-in marriage license services

Getting married in Ann Arbor? The Washtenaw County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office is once again offering in-person walk-in availability for marriage licenses...

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