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21 DAYS AGO | 3.6.2023
This Pirate Themed Wedding Ceremony Script Will Have You Saying ‘Aye!’ to Love
Ahoy, mateys! This unique pirate wedding script is fun from bow to stern, and from the officiant’s welcome speech to the pronouncement and first kiss. Filled...
24 DAYS AGO | 3.3.2023
Will Vermont lawmakers ban child marriage in 2023? New bill passed in House, ...
Vermont House Bill 148, titled 'An Act to Ban Child Marriage,' was passed by House on March 2nd and now heads to the Senate. The bill, which would raise the ...
25 DAYS AGO | 3.2.2023
Wyoming raises minimum age to marry to 18 with some exceptions
The minimum age to marry in Wyoming is now 18 years old, with some legal exceptions for 16 and 17 year olds. Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 7 (HB0007) in...
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Ceremony Planning Articles
34 DAYS AGO | 2.21.2023
Who Officiates a Wedding if You Don’t Go to a Courthouse or Church?
Getting married, but not sure who can officiate your wedding if you’re someplace other than the courthouse or a church? Who officiates a wedding held at home...
38 DAYS AGO | 2.17.2023
How to Get Married in Wyoming - Planning a Wedding in the Cowboy State
A step-by-step guide to help you plan a wedding and get married in Wyoming - including how to find a wedding officiant, choose the best wedding venue, plan y...
45 DAYS AGO | 2.10.2023
Sample Wedding Officiant Contract: Defining Your ‘Terms of Service’ for Profe...
Use this sample wedding officiant contract to help define your business terms of service. This vendor contract template includes details about who the agreem...
Religion and Rituals Articles
220 DAYS AGO | 8.19.2022
Catholic Wedding Readings for Your Ceremony (& How to Include Them)
Choose from these common Catholic wedding readings to personalize your religious wedding ceremony script. These scripture readings taken from the Old & New T...
244 DAYS AGO | 7.26.2022
Eastern Orthodox Wedding Ceremony Traditions & Symbolism
Learn about unique Eastern Orthodox wedding traditions and the meaning of these ancient symbolic rituals, with a detailed description of the traditional Orth...
252 DAYS AGO | 7.18.2022
How to Include the Wedding Lasso Tradition in Your Ceremony
Learn about this beautiful unity ceremony, traditionally part of Hispanic and Filipino Catholic wedding ceremonies. The wedding lasso, or ‘el lazo de boda,’ ...
Community Articles
46 DAYS AGO | 2.9.2023
Want to Start a Wedding Chapel? Advice From Professional Officiants
Want to open your own wedding venue, or start a wedding chapel? 3 professional wedding officiants offer advice on building your brick and mortar business, in...
48 DAYS AGO | 2.7.2023
Introducing The Anonymous Officiant: Your wildest wedding stories, told anony...
Hey, Wedding Officiants! Share your real wedding story or rant anonymously in The Anonymous Officiant: We're accepting submissions of true stories, rants, an...
52 DAYS AGO | 2.3.2023
This Dallas Officiant is Giving Wedding Guests the Tea & Putting Couples at Ease
Texas Wedding Officiant Latrice Roman is known for performing unique marriage ceremonies that spill the tea on a couple’s love story and leave everyone feeli...