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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...

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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,’ ...

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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...

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