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6 Things Missing From Your Wedding Vendor Website (& Costing You Clients)

Wedding officiant business tips: Fix these 6 common website mistakes to attract more couples, improve SEO, and grow your wedding business!

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Cómo Incluir un Momento de Silencio en su Ceremonia de Boda

Aprenda cuánto dura un momento de silencio durante una ceremonia de boda, cuándo añadir y qué decir antes y después. Guía práctica para parejas y oficiantes sobre ceremonias conmemorativas y homenaje a seres queridos fallecidos.

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These Celebrities Offered to be Taylor & Travis’s Wedding Officiant (And You Can Too)

From Flavor Flav to Gov. Jared Polis, celebrities are lining up to officiate Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s wedding! See who else has volunteered for the big day, and how YOU can too

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7 Fall Wedding Trends You'll Love, From an Expert Planner

Discover the top Fall 2025 wedding trends from expert planner Lisa VanHorton, including intentional spending, silk florals, unique venues, smaller guest lists, and guest-friendly ideas for your autumn celebration.

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Taylor Swift’s Engagement is Numerologically Aligned & Yours Can Be Too

Discover how Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s engagement date aligns with numerology, and how to pick a lucky wedding date and plan your wedding using life path numbers, your Marriage Number, and cosmic timing!

Love drinking games at weddings? This ritual's for you!

This Polish Wedding Toast Predicts Who Wears the Pants in Your Marriage

Discover the Polish-inspired Vodka & Water Shot wedding toast: a fun game of chance that decides who's the boss of the marriage - or at least the wedding night! Tips on how to add this drinking game & reception icebreaker to your multicultural wedding.

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Breaking of the Bread: A Fun Wedding Ritual to Kick Off Your Reception

A playful wedding ritual where couples break bread to see who gets the biggest piece, and earn the title of "breadwinner." Fun, easy, and perfect for your wedding reception. Great for multicultural weddings too, with roots in Bulgaria, Greece, and several faith traditions!

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Your Guide to Wedding Ring Tattoos: Ideas, Cost, Aftercare & More

Wedding ring tattoos are a modern way to symbolize your everlasting love. ✓ Read our blog to discover ideas and find inspiration for your own tattoos!

El novio hace una mueca divertida mientras abraza a la novia, posando para fotos de boda al aire libre.

55 Preguntas que un oficiante de bodas puede hacerle a una pareja para *realmente* conocerlos

Una lista de preguntas divertidas, útiles y francamente poco absurdas que un oficiante de bodas puede hacerles a las parejas para conocerlas antes de la ceremonia. Si busca un cuestionario sencillo para sus parejas, este no lo es, ¡pero si es divertidísimo! Perfecto para el oficiante que quiere personalizar el guion de su boda, tiene demasiado tiempo libre o se preocupa demasiado.

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The Sweet Meaning of Korean Wedding Ducks & How to Include Them

Discover the symbolism of Korean wooden wedding ducks, and learn how to include them to bring harmony, devotion, and lifelong love in marriage. This wedding tradition is perfect for traditional, multicultural, & same-sex weddings!

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What to Say on a Wedding Invitation for a Second Marriage (Examples & Sample Cards)

Discover what to say on a wedding invitation for a second marriage, including tips, wording examples, and sample cards to celebrate your new beginning with a personalized printed or paperless invite.

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¿Ordenación en línea versus un Comisionado Adjunto de California para un Programa de un Día para Bodas (California’s Deputy Commissioner For a Day Program for Weddings)?

¿Qué es mejor para oficiar bodas por primera vez: ordenarse en línea en California o el Programa de Comisionado Adjunto por un Día? ¡Analicemos el costo, el tiempo de espera y más!

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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

News Articles

Screenshot of Taylor Swift Instagram announcement of her engagement to Travis Kelce,

These Celebrities Offered to be Taylor & Travis’s Wedding Officiant (And You Can Too)

From Flavor Flav to Gov. Jared Polis, celebrities are lining up to officiate Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s wedding! See who else has volunteered for the big day, and how YOU can too

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift talk together during an episode of the New Heights sports podcast

Taylor Swift’s Engagement is Numerologically Aligned & Yours Can Be Too

Discover how Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s engagement date aligns with numerology, and how to pick a lucky wedding date and plan your wedding using life path numbers, your Marriage Number, and cosmic timing!

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¡Presentamos la edición en español del Manual de ministro de AMM para oficiantes de bodas!

¡Oficie bodas legales con confianza! El Manual de ministro de AMM para oficiantes de bodas ya está disponible en español. Esta guía detallada incluye información actualizada sobre su ordenación, registro ministerial, requisitos en su estado y más.

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Ceremony Planning Articles

A beautiful fall wedding outdoors, friends smiling laughing

7 Fall Wedding Trends You'll Love, From an Expert Planner

Discover the top Fall 2025 wedding trends from expert planner Lisa VanHorton, including intentional spending, silk florals, unique venues, smaller guest lists, and guest-friendly ideas for your autumn celebration.

Love drinking games at weddings? This ritual's for you!

This Polish Wedding Toast Predicts Who Wears the Pants in Your Marriage

Discover the Polish-inspired Vodka & Water Shot wedding toast: a fun game of chance that decides who's the boss of the marriage - or at least the wedding night! Tips on how to add this drinking game & reception icebreaker to your multicultural wedding.

bride and groom smile and laugh as they break a traditional loaf of bread together

Breaking of the Bread: A Fun Wedding Ritual to Kick Off Your Reception

A playful wedding ritual where couples break bread to see who gets the biggest piece, and earn the title of "breadwinner." Fun, easy, and perfect for your wedding reception. Great for multicultural weddings too, with roots in Bulgaria, Greece, and several faith traditions!

More Ceremony Planning Articles →

Religion and Rituals Articles

Matelotage : Gay Marriage Among Pirates or Just a Business Partnership?

Matelotage : Gay Marriage Among Pirates or Just a Business Partnership?

Learn about matelotage, which many believe to be an early form of gay marriage honored among pirates of the 1700s and 1800s. These legal civil unions bound two sailors together in an informal partnership, uniting one's fortune and future to the other's, and were respected by ship captains and pirate crews. (Same-sex marriage, queer history, history of marriage)

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A Short History of the Marriage License & Common Law Marriages

Learn about the history of the marriage license and common law marriage in the U.S., from ancient rituals like handfasting, through the Middle Ages, to modern marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples.

All About Quaker Wedding Traditions & Marriage ‘Under the Care of the Meeting’

All About Quaker Wedding Traditions & Marriage ‘Under the Care of the Meeting’

Learn about common Quaker wedding ceremony traditions including how to get married without a wedding officiant in a self-uniting ritual, what it means to marry "under the care of the meeting,' the Quaker marriage certificate, traditional Quaker wedding vows, where it's legal to perform your own marriage ceremony, rules for marrying members outside the Religious Society of Friends, and more.

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Community Articles

Chef Toni Lawson stands next to her daughter and new daughter-in-law during their wedding in a cave at Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia. The light is purple and pink and glowing, with rock formations and guests in the background

Pastry Chef Officiates Epic Gay Wedding In a Cave, And It’s Just As Cool As It Sounds

Meet AMM Minister & first-time Officiant Tonette Lawson, aka Chef Toni of Tesserts, and read about the epic queer wedding in a cave she officiated for daughters Beka and Laura. The ceremony included a ‘jumping the broom’ unity ritual, stylish cape and princess dress, custom cookies, and a half-and-half cake!

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The Best Anniversary Gift for Any Year, Whether It’s Your 1st or 50th

Looking for sweet wedding anniversary gift ideas? This unique vow renewal gift box is the perfect way to say ‘I’d marry you all over again!’ Pair it with a surprise second proposal for an extra memorable gift exchange. A romantic gift whether you waited until the last minute or are planning in advance!

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Don’t Miss These Upcoming Online Officiant Courses from AMM!

Join AMM and expert wedding officiants from around the country for an exciting continuing-education course! These free online training classes are open to all officiants, from first-time officiants to professional officiants. If you believe in marriage equality for all people, you're welcome to attend! Topics will include marketing, meeting new clients to marry, Wiccan wedding traditions, and more!

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