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How to Choose Wedding Colors: Trends, Symbolism, and Personalized Combinations
Learn how to choose your wedding colors and create unique wedding color combinations using trends, color symbolism, cultural traditions, and more.
Recent Articles
When Is Wedding Season? The New Busiest Months to Get Married
When is wedding season? Learn the best month to get married based on new trends, and what consider before choosing a wedding date.
Pregúntele a un oficiante: ¿Necesito un contrato para mi negocio de oficiante de bodas?
¿Los oficiantes profesionales de bodas deben ofrecer un contrato por sus servicios? La ministra de AMM y oficiante profesional Sherri Crawford comparte sus recomendaciones, responde preguntas frecuentes sobre qué incluir en un contrato de servicios para proveedores de bodas y mucho más.
How to Seat Divorced Parents at Your Wedding Ceremony
Learn how to seat divorced parents at your wedding ceremony with four modern seating arrangements that keep family tensions, new partners, and awkwardness under control.
The Ultimate Guide for First-Time Wedding Officiants: All Our Best Resources in One Place!
A complete guide to officiating a friend's wedding for the first time! Includes explanation of legal requirements for wedding officiants, tips for writing a wedding ceremony script and collaborating with the couple, what to practice, what to wear, and so much more. Everything you need to succeed as a first-time wedding officiant!
Cómo crear un sitio web para su negocio como oficiante de bodas
Aprenda cómo crear un sitio web para su negocio como oficiante de bodas o cómo actualizar el que ya tiene. Le compartimos consejos prácticos sobre qué incluir y una reseña de plataformas fáciles de usar para diseñar y alojar su página, con opciones gratuitas y económicas.
How to Fill out an Iowa Marriage License with Examples & FAQs
Step-by-step instructions for how to complete an Iowa marriage license. Examples and answers to commonly asked questions, for wedding officiants and newlyweds, plus tips from County Registrar Office.
¿Debe un oficiante de bodas devolver la licencia de matrimonio si la pareja cambia de opinión después de la ceremonia?
¡El peor arrepentimiento de boda! Qué hacer si los novios se arrepienten después de la ceremonia y cuál es tu deber legal como oficiante con la licencia de matrimonio.
How to Fill out an Indiana Marriage License with Examples & FAQs
Step-by-step instructions for how to complete an Indiana marriage license. Examples and answers to commonly asked questions, for wedding officiants and newlyweds, plus tips from the Indy Clerk of Court!
Ventajas y desventajas de los métodos de pago más populares para oficiantes de bodas
¿Venmo o PayPal? ¿Efectivo, cheque o tarjeta? Comparamos los métodos de pago más populares entre quienes ofician bodas, tanto principiantes como con experiencia, para ayudarle a decidir cuál puede funcionar mejor para usted y para las parejas con las que trabaja.
AMM’s Officiant Accelerator is Heading Back to NYC: August 2026!
Don’t miss this fun wedding officiants training event in New York City on August 26, 2026! A full day of networking & educational classes hosted by AMM & IAPWO
Cynthia Nixon Will Officiate a GIANT Sapphic Group Wedding This Winter
Cynthia Nixon will officiate a mass wedding in Florida in February 2027 for Bride Pride St. Pete! Read about the event shaping up to be the world's largest sapphic mass wedding in history!
How to Fill out a Georgia Marriage License with Examples & FAQs
Step-by-step instructions for how to complete a Georgia marriage license. Examples and answers to commonly asked questions, for wedding officiants and newlyweds, plus tips from the GA Probate Court Clerk!
Asked to Officiate a Wedding?
Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.
News Articles
When Is Wedding Season? The New Busiest Months to Get Married
When is wedding season? Learn the best month to get married based on new trends, and what consider before choosing a wedding date.
AMM’s Officiant Accelerator is Heading Back to NYC: August 2026!
Don’t miss this fun wedding officiants training event in New York City on August 26, 2026! A full day of networking & educational classes hosted by AMM & IAPWO
Cynthia Nixon Will Officiate a GIANT Sapphic Group Wedding This Winter
Cynthia Nixon will officiate a mass wedding in Florida in February 2027 for Bride Pride St. Pete! Read about the event shaping up to be the world's largest sapphic mass wedding in history!
Ceremony Planning Articles
When Is Wedding Season? The New Busiest Months to Get Married
When is wedding season? Learn the best month to get married based on new trends, and what consider before choosing a wedding date.
How to Seat Divorced Parents at Your Wedding Ceremony
Learn how to seat divorced parents at your wedding ceremony with four modern seating arrangements that keep family tensions, new partners, and awkwardness under control.
Sin licencia de matrimonio, no hay matrimonio… pero ¿tal vez un delito menor?
Conozca los riesgos legales para los oficiantes de bodas que realizan una ceremonia a sabiendas de que la pareja no tiene una licencia de matrimonio, y ¡qué hacer si olvida la licencia de matrimonio! Además, cómo prevenir este error el día de la boda.
Religion and Rituals Articles
Qué ponerse (y qué no ponerse) para un bautizo
¡Aprenda cómo vestir para un bautismo (como invitado, para realizar un bautismo o al ser bautizado) y cómo no vestir!
Online Ordination for Spiritual Ministers & Wedding Officiants
American Marriage Ministries provides trusted, free, non denominational ordination online to people of all faiths, making it a good choice for spiritual ministers who want to officiate weddings for "spiritual but not religious" couples.
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.
Community Articles
I’m Ordained, Now What? (Next Steps for New Ministers)
If you just became an ordained minister online, here's what to do next! Get ready to officiate a wedding by completing required legal steps, practicing the wedding ceremony script, and other essentials.
Could the Barter System Reshape the Wedding Industry?
Can bartering reshape the wedding industry? Explore how Gen Z wedding vendors are trading services, plus the benefits and risks, and what it could mean for accessibility and affordability in modern weddings.
Ordenación en línea: Reseñas de American Marriage Ministries
¿Quiere oficiar una boda? ¿Busca reseñas honestas de American Marriage Ministries? ¡Consulte los testimonios de ministros ordenados en línea en la página principal de AMM!