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Write a Ceremony Fit For Royalty With Inspiration From Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Wedding Transcript

1838 DAYS AGO | 5.13.2021

Write a Ceremony Fit For Royalty With Inspiration From Prince William and Kat...

Add some royal inspiration to your wedding ceremony script! We review Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Christian wedding transcript for wedding officiants...

Southern Baptist megachurch ordains 3 women, defies SBC

1839 DAYS AGO | 5.12.2021

Southern Baptist megachurch ordains 3 women, defies SBC

Saddleback Church ordains three women, defying a Southern Baptist Convention ban against female pastors, creating tension within SBC.

Illustration of cicadas with stylized hearts for eyes against a green background

1839 DAYS AGO | 5.12.2021

Cicadas make for unwelcome wedding guests as Brood X arrives

Brood X is here! What wedding planners, officiants, couples, and wedding guests need to know about the arrival of these periodic cicadas at May and June 2021...

Can Couples Ask Their Wedding Officiants And Other Vendors If They’ve Been Vaccinated Against COVID?

1840 DAYS AGO | 5.11.2021

Can Couples Ask Their Wedding Officiants And Other Vendors If They’ve Been Va...

Couples will be asking wedding officiants and other wedding professionals if they’ve been vaccinated against COVID this summer. Learn what to expect and how ...

Bride walks down the aisle arm in arm with a man on the wedding day

1841 DAYS AGO | 5.10.2021

Are These 4 Wedding Ceremony Trends Here to Stay, Or Will They Fade Away Post...

Wedding pro Bethel Nathan predicts what will happen to these wedding ceremony trends in 2021 and 2022 as we head into a post - pandemic future: micro-wedding...

Illustration of a diverse group of moms and matriarchs for wedding ceremonies

1842 DAYS AGO | 5.9.2021

Our Favorite Ways to Include Moms and Matriarchs in a Wedding Ceremony

Learn meaningful ways to include a mother or matriarch in your wedding ceremony, including unity rituals, a walk down the aisle, how to plan with your weddin...

Even Wedding Officiants Get Ghosted Sometimes… What To Do When Couples Go MIA

1844 DAYS AGO | 5.7.2021

Even Wedding Officiants Get Ghosted Sometimes… What To Do When Couples Go MIA

Sometimes couples ask a wedding officiant to perform their ceremony but then suddenly disappear, not returning texts or emails. What to do if you get ghosted...

How to plan an accessible and disability-friendly wedding ceremony

1845 DAYS AGO | 5.6.2021

How to plan an accessible and disability-friendly wedding ceremony

Learn how to plan a disability friendly and accessible wedding ceremony for you and your guests, including tips related to wheelchairs and mobility, deaf, ha...

A New York bride is selling her entire wedding on TikTok

1845 DAYS AGO | 5.6.2021

A New York bride is selling her entire wedding on TikTok

A NY bride is selling a discount Brooklyn wedding on TikTok after she and her husband eloped in a small, intimate ceremony with family and friends in Massach...

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Chicago and Cook County announce new guidelines for weddings and private events

1846 DAYS AGO | 5.5.2021

Chicago and Cook County announce new guidelines for weddings and private events

Chicago and Cook County announce new capacity guidelines for weddings and private events during COVID, information for engaged couples, officiants, and other...

La foto de cerca muestra a un novio con un traje azul oscuro colocando un anillo de bodas en el dedo de la novia durante la ceremonia de boda. Lleva un vestido de novia blanco.

1846 DAYS AGO | 5.5.2021

Co-oficiando Una Boda, ¿Cuánta Más Gente, Mejor?

¿Es posible que dos o más oficiantes oficien una ceremonia de boda? Sí adelante!

DC bans dancing at wedding receptions as other restrictions loosen

1846 DAYS AGO | 5.5.2021

DC bans dancing at wedding receptions as other restrictions loosen

A new executive order in DC bans dancing at indoor and outdoor wedding receptions, while raising capacity and loosening other COVID-19 related restrictions a...

A man and woman dressed up in Pagan holiday wear, a Green Man costume, dance around a large bonfire in celebration of Beltane, or May Day

1847 DAYS AGO | 5.4.2021

Plan & Officiate a Beltane Inspired Wedding

How to plan or officiate a Beltane wedding ceremony or handfasting, with a bonfire ritual and words inspired by ancient Celtic Pagan practices and the spirit...

A girl stands next to a colorful Maypole, with ribbons. She is wearing a white dress and a flower wreath

1848 DAYS AGO | 5.3.2021

How to add a Maypole Dance to Your Wedding Celebration

Learn about the history of the Maypole dance and how to add one to your wedding celebration, for May Day, Beltane, Wiccan, Pagan, and nonreligious celebrations.

Illustration of ingredients for a Beltane Pagan wedding incense

1850 DAYS AGO | 5.1.2021

A Simple Beltane Incense Recipe for Your Wedding

A magical Beltane incense recipe for your wedding ceremony. A unique addition to any wedding, marriage rite, engagement, betrothal, or Wiccan handfasting rit...

Trees, a magical forest view to inspire a wedding

1851 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...

A mansion in South Florida where an illegal wedding was held, aerial view

1852 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...

Illustration of a bride, groom, and wedding officiant, friends on the wedding day

1853 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...

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