Plan a wedding that’s as quick and easy as getting married at the courthouse or city hall! This sample ceremony script is inspired by a traditional courthouse wedding outline, to help couples and their officiant plan a short, simple wedding ceremony.

AMM interviews Minister Raquel Solomon about her success as a professional wedding officiant, notary, and course instructor. Raquel has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg Law, and the Sacramento News Observer for her work with the Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell University, and the success of her businesses: Ceremonies by Raquel, Raquel's Notary Service, and The Efficient Officiant Training.

Legislators in Massachusetts consider a law to end the marriage of minors, after the House of Reps voted to ban child marriage in the Commonwealth as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 House Budget debate. (House Bill 1709 / H1709 ; House Bill 4701 / H4701; Amendment S.4 ; S937)

Learn how to get married without a wedding ceremony, including the legal requirements in your state regarding the marriage license, and choosing an authorized wedding officiant.

The Dutch company U-Boat Worx just announced plans to build a 120 person private submarine for wedding ceremonies and receptions. Would you officiate this epic underwater wedding?

Aprender a oficiar un servicio funerario o conmemorativo por primera vez, incluyendo cómo planear la ceremonia, escribir y emitir una elegía, que decir y qué vestir y las diferencias entre vigilia,velorio, funeral y servicio conmemorativo.

Professional stunt performers Ambyr Bambyr and Gabe Jessop lit themselves on fire during an unforgettable wedding recession. Read about the couple’s fiery wedding exit and how they made the unity ritual possible.

5 creative unity ceremony ideas for your beach wedding, including a shell or stone blessing ritual, unique tropical toast with a custom wedding cocktail, traditional sand ceremony, and more.

Learn about proposed changes to Alaska marriage laws, including raising the minimum age to marry to 16, placing additional limits on child marriage, and reducing the witness requirement to one witness when signing a marriage license after a wedding ceremony. (House Bill 62 / HB 62)

Learn about changes to the expiration and return periods for marriage licenses / certificates in Oklahoma, and updates to the minister registration process for wedding officiants in the state. (House Bill 3075 / HB 3075 )

We’ve added a sweet bilingual wedding ceremony script in Spanish and English to our script library! It contains a heartfelt invocation, written vows, a passage from Corinithians (Corintios) on the nature of love, and a romantic ring exchange.

5 sweet, inexpensive, and romantic ways to get married without a wedding ceremony. Whether you want to elope alone, invite a few guests, or skip straight to signing the marriage license, these ideas offer creative alternatives that feel just right!

AMM-ordained officiants Nicki and Brandon Storm offer inclusive and personalized underwater wedding ceremonies in San Antonio, Texas, as well as scuba certification and open water instruction for diving enthusiasts, destination wedding packages, and more.

Join American Marriage Ministries for a day of wedding officiant education and networking on April 12, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia! This live event includes guest speakers with expert advice on how to be an incredible wedding officiant and build a successful business, networking and strategy seminars, and community building for officiants in the greater Atlanta area and beyond. Tickets are available now on Eventbrite.

Use this sample wedding officiant contract to help define your business terms of service. This vendor contract template includes details about who the agreement is between, the types of services, an example of cost breakdown and deposit requirements, who purchases and returns the marriage license, cancellation policy and more!

Who holds onto the wedding rings during a marriage ceremony? Here's what to consider, and our advice how to choose a ring holder and ring bearer for your wedding ceremony and ring exchange. Common choices include the Wedding Officiant; a Person of Honor, Best Man, or another member of the wedding party; a parent or elder, or the couple themselves.

Learn inclusive, gender-neutral alternatives for common wedding terms for the couple and their wedding party, and help make the wedding industry more welcoming to LGBTQ+ couples and their friends and families! This list includes simple gender-free substitutes for commonly gendered terms like bridal, bride or groom, bridesmaid, best man, and more.

Add a unique and unexpected unity ceremony to your wedding ceremony, reception, or afterparty, with palm reading! Palm reading can be combined with traditional 'blessing of the hands' or handfasting rituals to create something new and authentically YOU. Learn common meanings and how to read the heart line, head line, life line, and marriage line on a couple's palms, plus the advice we'd give these newlyweds if we were the wedding officiant or friend performing this ritual!

Despite the COVID-19 most couples are still getting married with smaller ceremonies, presenting an opportunity for wedding officiants to help create memorable moments.

Companies are using fear to sell virtual alternatives to in-person activities, but when it comes to wedding ceremonies, there's no substitute for the real deal.

American Marriage Ministries is still open and offering online ordination and ordination credentials during the COVID-19 shutdown in compliance with CDC and Washington State regulations.