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959 DAYS AGO | 2.23.2022
Iowa’s United Methodist Church to allow same-sex weddings
The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) will allow clergy to perform same-sex (same gender) weddings for LGBTQ members, but won’t require of...
959 DAYS AGO | 2.23.2022
A Letter to Rep. Panetta in Support of the Marriage Equality for Disabled Adu...
AMM offers support for the Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act, H.R. 6405, introduced this year by Congressman Jimmy Panetta (of California).
960 DAYS AGO | 2.22.2022
En Español: AMM’s Top Wedding Officiant Training and Ceremony Planning Articl...
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 ...
Ceremony Planning Articles
755 DAYS AGO | 9.15.2022
How to Include a Smudging Ritual in Your Wedding Ceremony (& Why You’d Want to)
A wedding smudge ceremony is a meaningful way to bless a marriage with lasting love, harmony, wisdom, protection, and good luck. Learn how to add a custom sm...
757 DAYS AGO | 9.13.2022
Jack & Sally Inspired Wedding Vows from The Nightmare Before Christmas
These Nightmare Before Christmas inspired wedding vows always make us swoon! Read Jack and Sally’s lyrics of love from the Henry Selick & Tim Burton animated...
758 DAYS AGO | 9.12.2022
Wedding Smudge Stick Recipe - Sage, Sweetgrass, and Lavender
Use this simple recipe to make a sweet-smelling protective wedding smudge stick for your wedding’s smudging ceremony. This sacred combination of sage, sweetg...
Religion and Rituals Articles
Community Articles
1933 DAYS AGO | 6.25.2019
Crowds Grow at Memphis TN In-Person Ordination
Crowds showed up in Memphis Tennessee to get ordained before Tennessee's new marriage law goes into effect.
1935 DAYS AGO | 6.23.2019
The Balkanization of Southern Christianity, Jackson TN
Tennessee's new marriage law discriminates against thousands of small informal churches. We visited Jackson to talk to ministers and offer in-person ordinati...
1936 DAYS AGO | 6.22.2019
Tennessee Ordination Tour Updates: Clarksville TN
American Marriage Ministries visited Clarksville Tennessee to provide in-person ordinations for ministers affected by the new marriage law.