For a spooktacular ceremony! Whether you’re planning a spine-tingling themed Halloween wedding, an eerie autumn handfasting or vow renewal, or just love the idea ghosts and ghouls joining the wedding party, start planning with this list of the most haunted places to say 'I do' in the U.S. Featuring locations in some of America's most haunted cities, including Chicago, Savannah, Salem, St. Augustine, San Antonio, and beyond.

Celebrate your Halloween wedding with these sweet, spooky, and heartfelt wedding vows! With vow examples for any kind of wedding ceremony, including handfasting and elopements, and links to full length officiant scripts to help you get started. We include original vows and wedding scripts, plus memorable promises from Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas.

Learn what to expect at a divorce ceremony or uncoupling service, including examples of divorce vows, the role of the officiant or celebrant, the order and structure of the separation ritual, spiritual elements and customs you might encounter, such as meditation and prayer, and more.

Everything you need to know to plan a celestial wedding ceremony during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, including theme and unity ceremony ideas, how to find an officiant or officiate, group and mass wedding inspiration, and the top cities to witness the totality – with a kiss!

Learn how to officiate a 'solo wedding' or sologamy ceremony, including your role as a wedding officiant, any legal responsibilities, the symbolism and meaning of the self-marriage ritual, ceremony order, sample sologamy vows, and a sample officiant script to help you get started.

Learn about the empowering sologamy wedding trend, also called self-marriage: An act of self love, when you marry yourself in a symbolic wedding ceremony to celebrate, honor, and align with your higher self and purpose. With examples of sologamy vows, soul vows, ritual and spiritual elements, advice for officiants and celebrants, legal and symbolic considerations, and more!

There's a new horror movie theme wedding ceremony script in the library! This original officiant script is the right mix of spooky, sweet, and humorous, and will keep guests on the edge of their seats from the invocation to the first kiss! With all your favorite quotes from classic horror films, including The Poltergeist, Dracula, Beetlejuice, Psycho, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Witch, Bride of Frankenstein, The Shining, and more. Perfect for a Halloween wedding or spine-tingling nuptials any time of year.

National formalwear network Dapper and Dashing closed suddenly this week, impacting couples, wedding guests, and employees in nearly a dozen states. What does this say about current wedding trends, and how can retailers, vendors, venues, and wedding officiants thrive in the years to come? We have some advice!

Learn why so many women in the U.S. change their last name when they marry, how patriarchy and legal restrictions shaped this interesting wedding custom, and why it's important for wedding officiants to be aware of a couple's preferences when writing the wedding ceremony script pronouncement and completing a marriage license. Author Ann Zhao's tweet sparked this interesting discussion about where spouses do and don't change their surnames, and why, and we're here for it!

This Atlanta bride went viral on social media for disagreeing with a few traditional wedding vows during the ceremony... especially that promise to 'obey.' See what happened, how the guests and wedding officiant handled it, and our advice for officiants on how to make sure a wedding ceremony script is exactly what a couple wants, before it's too late!

Follow these simple instructions to call the four corners and cast a circle for a magical Wiccan wedding ceremony, including examples of what to say for wedding officiants when calling the quarters or four directions, variations to include in your wedding script, the symbolism and meaning of each cardinal direction and its corresponding elements and spirits, and the purpose of casting a circle in Pagan rituals.

Learn about the new accommodations offered by town and city clerks in New Hampshire for individuals and couples who are unable to appear in person for a marriage license appointment because of a documented medical reason. This mobile marriage license service will become available in some locations beginning in late September, when the revised marriage law becomes effective. (NH Senate Bill 89 / Chapter 159)

Today marks the fifth anniversary of American Marriage Ministries’ online publication, American Weddings – a wedding blog dedicated to the wedding ceremony; educating and elevating wedding officiants with 'how to's, wedding news, ceremony scripts, and more; and bringing inspiration to couples as they plan the perfect, creative marriage celebration.

A soon-to-be bride and groom want ‘flower gremlins’ at their marriage ceremony as an alternative to flower girls, but her family objects and are threatening to cut them out. Check out this great wedding advice from Ask Amy of the Chicago Tribune on planning a creative authentic wedding!

Kristen Stewart shared an exciting update on her wedding plans with fiancee Dylan Meyer during a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. (WWHL) The couple are apparently keeping things spontaneous, or at least a secret, for now.

Unless you’re a rock ‘n’ roll legend who’s mastered the impromptu red carpet interview like Lenny Kravitz, it’s best to prepare and practice your wedding toast or officiant speech several times before the wedding ceremony. With links to articles on how to write a great wedding script and tips for public speaking.

Unity ceremony ideas for a Vow Renewal! Including unity candle lighting, fun pizza ritual, unity tree planting & fire ceremony. With links to officiant scripts!

According to numerology, this Valentine’s Day might be the worst day of the year to get married! Find out why it’s so unlucky, what to expect if you've already booked the wedding date, and how a personalized spiritual unity ceremony can help you avoid negative energy, cold feet, family drama, and ceremony mistakes.

Curious how much it costs to get ordained and become a wedding officiant? Learn about free online ordination with American Marriage Ministries, how to purchase ministry credentials, government minister registration, and resources for training and supplies.

See Puerto Rico Marriage Laws for wedding officiants and couples in both Spanish and English translation, and visit the American Marriage Ministries marriage laws library to learn who can perform marriage in each state, officiant registration requirements, how to file the marriage license, and more. (Leyes de Puerto Rico, Código Civil - Matrimonio, 2020)

We’re sharing our most popular articles in Spanish to help make our blog more inclusive and welcoming to all our ordained Ministers, wedding officiants, and couples planning a ceremony. Lee nuestros artículos más populares para oficiantes de bodas y planeación de ceremonias en Español que estamos creando para hacer nuestro blog más inclusivo y atrayente para todos nuestros Ministros.