Wondering ‘When will I get married?’ A Christmas tradition from the Czech Republic offers a simple prediction on whether a wedding day is on the way. Try it out this holiday, it might be sooner than you think!

5 of the best wedding blogs for first time wedding officiants, and experienced professionals looking to take their business to the next level.

AMM’s new Handfasting Wedding Officiant Package is designed for couples and officiants, with everything needed to add this unique unity ritual to your wedding ceremony. Drawing from a mystical Pagan past, and reimagined for modern couples, it contains two planning guides, detailed instructions, sample wedding scripts, a handfasting cord, and more.

A viral TikTok has us wondering whether wedding officiants can tell whether or not a couple is headed for divorced based on their behavior during the wedding ceremony…

5 unusual wedding traditions from the past, with modern twists to bring these old fashioned customs back to the marriage ceremony. The silver sixpence, the borrowed underwear, the high noon wedding, and a couples surprises.

Wondering “Which finger does a wedding ring go on,” and why? Learn what hand a wedding ring goes on and the romantic history of the ring finger, from the Egyptians, to the Romans, to the modern wedding ring exchange. With sample ring exchange wording and wedding ceremony scripts!

Marriage is ‘sacred and secular’ - The Lutheran Commission on Theology and Church Relations asks Pastors to sign marriage laws and respect the legalization of same-sex marriage; answers questions about the role of clergy in legal marriage following the 2015 Obergefell marriage equality ruling.

The inaugural Inclusive Awareness Conference hosted by the National Gay Wedding Association (NGWA) invites LGBTQ+ wedding officiants, industry pros, and other like-minded experts to meet, mingle, learn, advocate, and inspire. Coming January 2022.

AMM's Signature Wedding Officiant Package and Will You Marry Us? Gift Box have new packaging! These boxes are packed with everything you need to officiate a wedding, and to ask a friend of family member to be your wedding officiant. From our Officiant Stole to your ordained minister credentials.

Learn about the Naming Ceremony tradition for adults at any stage of life, and how Celebrants and Officiants create space for authentic identity through this important ritual. Like christenings and zeved habat, naming ceremonies are part of both spiritual and secular traditions.

Which states still allow online virtual weddings? See what’s changing as executive orders expire during the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, plus the future of online marriage license applications and appointments, remote ceremony requirements, and more, as we head into the 2022, 2023 wedding boom and beyond.

Press release for American Marriage Ministries' Wedding Officiants Gift Box

Cardi B and Offset are getting married, AGAIN! The couple just announced plans to hold a second wedding ceremony, commonly called a sequel wedding or vow renewal ceremony -- making them the latest celebrity couple to embrace this fun wedding trend! Will the ceremony details stay a secret like they did the first time around, or are they planning something big, bold, and lavish for their fifth anniversary? And who will officiate?

300 couples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a large group vow renewal ceremony in Chicago this weekend at Holy Name Cathedral. Read about this joyful event, plus advice for wedding officiants, ministers, and couples on how to plan and officiate your own group vow renewal or mass wedding ceremony.

This new fall wedding ceremony script captures the colors, romance, and joyful spirit of the autumn season, with a warm welcome to guests, moment of mindfulness, nature-inspired blessing, and a unique reading from the popular Neil Young song “Harvest Moon.” An original non-religious, non traditional wedding script written by AMM Minister Officiant Sherri Crawford, perfect for September, October, and November weddings.

A look at the most popular wedding articles published on the AMM American Weddings blog this year! From current wedding trends, to creative and simple ways to personalize a wedding ceremony, to how to get married without a ceremony at all. Plus advice for wedding officiants and couples, wedding readings, and ideas on how to perform other rites like funerals and baby blessings.

Add some humor to your wedding ceremony script with these fun alternatives to "until death do us part." Perfect for couples who love to laugh together, nerds in love, partners in crime, and any other happy couple planning a funny, offbeat marriage ceremony.

There’s a new original wedding ceremony script in the AMM library! This officiant script celebrates free-spirited and non-traditional love, equality, independence, respect, freedom, and true partnership in marriage. Written by ordained minister, officiant, and songwriter Karen E. Reynolds.

American Marriage Ministries (AMM) and the International Association of Professional Wedding Officiants (IAPWO) have agreed to work together to educate first-time wedding officiants on how to perform wedding ceremonies, and to raise public awareness about the important role that professional wedding officiants play in the special events industry

The New York Times featured American Marriage Ministries in a story about becoming an ordained minister online to officiate a wedding.