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

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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.

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

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

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

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 of the Spring season.

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

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

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 ritual.

Trees, a magical forest view to inspire a wedding

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 houseplants, shrubs, cacti, or patio friendly fruit trees. Includes a sample script for wedding officiants.

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

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 called to the fantasy venue to keep them from trespassing.

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

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 people? We answer all your questions!

Polaroids of two friends on their wedding day, laid out on a table with a daisy

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

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

Celebrations of Life: Wild Child Reverend Scarlett’s memorial services honor people in the same ways they lived

Celebrations of Life: Wild Child Reverend Scarlett’s memorial services honor people in the same ways they lived

AMM Reverend Scarlett Mullikin is an LGBTQ wedding officiant who creates meaningful, authentic memorial services and ceremonies for fellow free-spirits, honoring unique people in the same ways they lived.

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

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 ceremonies slowly return to normal.

Bride wears wedding dress to get vaccinated

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.

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

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

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 mistakes, mishaps, and disasters.

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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

News Articles

Heard the News? Introducing AMM Audio Articles!

Heard the News? Introducing AMM Audio Articles!

Want wedding officiant tips and fresh wedding ideas and inspo on the go? Now introducing AMM Audio Articles. All of American Marriage Ministries’ best minister resources, wedding ceremony planning and performing tips, trends, advice, and how-to content is now available in accessible audio!

Maryland bans marriage for children under 17

Maryland bans marriage for children under 17

Lawmakers in Maryland banned marriage for individuals under the age of 17 this week, making the state the latest to reconsider child marriage and raise the minimum age to marry.

It’s easier to get a marriage license in Vermont than ever before!

It’s easier to get a marriage license in Vermont than ever before!

Beginning July 1, 2022, Vermont couples will be able to purchase a marriage license anywhere in the state regardless of their county of residence. House Bill 680 / HB0680

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Ceremony Planning Articles

Need a simple wedding officiant script? We’ve got dozens to choose from!

Need a simple wedding officiant script? We’ve got dozens to choose from!

Choose the perfect wedding officiant script from dozens of free, simple, sweet, fun, and nontraditional offerings in the AMM Wedding Ceremony Scripts Library! These sample scripts are a great place to start for first time wedding officiants, and can be easily modified with details from the couple's love story to create a custom wedding ceremony experience. Choose from religious and non-religious civil wedding scripts.

These compostable wedding rings gave us a fun ceremony idea…

These compostable wedding rings gave us a fun ceremony idea…

We love eco-friendly weddings and vow renewal ceremonies! So naturally, we were inspired by news of a unique line of compostable rings created by environmentally-focused companies QALO and Pela. In honor of taking steps toward increasingly waste-free weddings, we designed an original tree planting ceremony with these special wedding rings in mind!

How to Get Married in Alabama in 4 Simple Steps

How to Get Married in Alabama in 4 Simple Steps

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.

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