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Planning a COVID Wedding: Our Most Popular Articles & Advice, All in One Place

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What Should I Do With My Hands? 4 Tips For First Time Wedding Officiants

What Should I Do With My Hands? 4 Tips For First Time Wedding Officiants

Are you a new wedding officiant and not sure what to do with your hands or how to stand while you deliver the ceremony? Need help performing a wedding? We can help!

Our Most Popular Articles & Advice on Performing COVID Weddings, All in One Place

Our Most Popular Articles & Advice on Performing COVID Weddings, All in One Place

Everything you need to know to perform a wedding ceremony during Covid! Don't miss these posts on planning, communication, safety, inspiration, and more for virtual online weddings and small ceremonies.

Walking Down The Aisle Together: A Modern Wedding Procession

Walking Down The Aisle Together: A Modern Wedding Procession

Walking down the aisle together is a unique twist on the traditional wedding processional. Learn inspirational variations on how couples can enter and leave the ceremony as equals, arm in arm!

Illustration of unity sand ceremony supplies arranged on a table with flours, colored sand, candles

How to Perform a Unity Sand Ceremony (for Wedding Officiants)

Learn how to perform a unity sand ceremony, one of the most popular unity rituals included in modern weddings. Step by step instructions on how to set up the supplies and table, an example of wording and what to say (sample script), meaning and symbolism, use in blended family ceremonies, and considerations for what to do after the wedding. For wedding officiants and couples!

Wedding Industry on its own? Frustrated vendors speak out, create solutions

Wedding Industry on its own? Frustrated vendors speak out, create solutions

Creative solutions and lingering questions emerge as wedding vendors express frustration and take action, and states loosen restrictions, during COVID struggle.

Illustration of flowers, lights, and paper lanterns to symbolize a dreamy outdoor wedding ceremony

New Officiant Script! Covid Safe Wedding with Flowers & Lights

Simple wedding ceremony script and outline to help you avoid Covid 19 at your wedding. Celebrate joy, light, and hope while planning a safer outdoor wedding.

Covid Testing Before Your Wedding -- What’s the Best Strategy to Avoid Last Minute Cancellations?

Covid Testing Before Your Wedding -- What’s the Best Strategy to Avoid Last Minute Cancellations?

Wondering when or if you should get a COVID test before your wedding? See what state officials, wedding professionals, and other experts have to say.

How ‘Covid Safety Coordinators’ can help save a struggling wedding industry

How ‘Covid Safety Coordinators’ can help save a struggling wedding industry

Wedding restrictions loosen in Rhode Island after wedding professionals create a new role: the Covid Safety Officer, Coordinator, or Specialist. By working with local health departments and hosting a mock wedding, RICWEP helps create safer, bigger in-person weddings.

Can I Officiate a Virtual Wedding Ceremony In My State?

Can I Officiate a Virtual Wedding Ceremony In My State?

We answer common questions on officiating & performing a virtual wedding ceremony in your state, including online marriage licenses, special rules, location & Zoom or Skype hosting, livestreaming, and more!

Doctor Doom’s Getting Married? Plus a look back at our favorite comic book weddings.

Doctor Doom’s Getting Married? Plus a look back at our favorite comic book weddings.

Doctor Doom is getting married! Plus a look back at some of our favorite comic book weddings.

State-by-state marriage waiting periods should be part of your wedding plan

State-by-state marriage waiting periods should be part of your wedding plan

Want to get married fast? Find out if your state has a marriage waiting period to avoid unexpected wedding ceremony delays, especially during Covid!

A Pisces Season Perfect Pandemic Wedding Plan!

A Pisces Season Perfect Pandemic Wedding Plan!

Plan your wedding based on the zodiac! Let astrology be your guide to a perfect pisces wedding during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. Happy Pisces Season!

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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

News Articles

Close up, lighting an orange candle during a sweet Taoist wedding ceremony

New Script Alert! A Taoist Wedding Ceremony

Taoist wedding ceremony script with readings from Chuang Tzu, love poem by Kuan Tao-Sheng, elemental unity ceremony, Taoist wedding vows, and ring exchange

NJ Lighthouse wedding, 228 steps up! (We hope this officiant wore comfy shoes.)

NJ Lighthouse wedding, 228 steps up! (We hope this officiant wore comfy shoes.)

A Valentine's Day wedding and vow renewal event in Atlantic City, NJ, at the Absecon Lighthouse included a 171 foot climb and 228 stairs, reminding us that wedding officiants should always wear comfortable shoes to the ceremony. Especially with unique venues and unexpected terrain like this!

New Louisville Archbishop has a history of speaking out against racism, and against same-sex marriage

New Louisville Archbishop has a history of speaking out against racism, and against same-sex marriage

Rev. Shelton Fabre, the next leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, has a history of speaking out against racism, and against same-sex marriage.

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Bennifer planned a Sequel Wedding! Maybe you should, too.

Bennifer planned a Sequel Wedding! Maybe you should, too.

Get sequel wedding inspiration from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s upcoming second wedding ceremony and celebration! The celebrity couple are expected to get married AGAIN in a lavish multi-day event this weekend in Georgia, with guests that include Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, Casey Affleck, and Drea de Matteo. Who will be the star-powered wedding officiant?

Two brides stand side by side on the beach, staring out at the beautiful calm ocean. They are both wearing white wedding dresses in different designs, and holding bouquets of roses and wildflowers.

How to Get Married in Florida - Planning a Wedding in The Sunshine State

A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in Florida - including how to find a wedding officiant, choose the best wedding venue, plan your ceremony, and how to apply for and return your Florida marriage license, whether you're resident or planning a destination wedding from out of state.

Wedding Officiants: Learn the ‘Officiant Creep’ & Step Aside for the First Kiss Photo

Wedding Officiants: Learn the ‘Officiant Creep’ & Step Aside for the First Kiss Photo

Excellent advice for first time wedding officiants! Help newlyweds get the best first kiss photo – step out of the photographer's way during the pronouncement at the end of the ceremony. Learn the ‘officiant creep,’ coined by none other than AMM Minister and pro officiant Jimmie Berguin.

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