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225 DAYS AGO | 8.7.2025

¡Presentamos la edición en español del Manual de ministro de AMM para ofician...

¡Oficie bodas legales con confianza! El Manual de ministro de AMM para oficiantes de bodas ya está disponible en español. Esta guía detallada incluye informa...

Figuras estilizadas de novios contra un fondo de ciudad brillante

228 DAYS AGO | 8.4.2025

Oficiantes: Adapten su Negocio a Medida que el Cambio Climático Impulsa Más B...

Descubre cómo el cambio climático está cambiando las tendencias de bodas y por qué el otoño es ahora temporada alta. Incluye consejos para oficiantes de boda...

Stylized illustration of a couple riding a rocket in space with earth in the distance

238 DAYS AGO | 7.25.2025

Can You Get Married in Space Aboard a Blue Origin SubOrbital Rocket?

Are weddings in space the next big trend? Learn if you can get legally married aboard a rocket, where to apply for a marriage license, and what a space weddi...

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Ceremony Planning Articles

A bride sits at a table alone, lonely

233 DAYS AGO | 7.30.2025

Why Wedding Planning Can Feel So Lonely

Feeling like you don’t have enough friends for a big wedding or wedding party? You’re not alone! Take a look at how the wedding industry can fuel the pressur...

Bride and groom stand with wedding officiant while seated friends and family watch the marriage ceremony

263 DAYS AGO | 6.30.2025

Don’t Have Someone to be Your Bridesmaid or Best Man? Try This Instead

No one to ask as your best man or maid of honor? Here’s what to do instead: 3 creative & meaningful alternatives to traditional wedding attendant roles.

Invitadas sentadas en una boda, esperando, arco de boda arreglado con flores.

268 DAYS AGO | 6.25.2025

¿Qué pasa si el Oficiante de su Boda le Cancela? 3 Maneras de Salvar el Día

¿Qué hacer si el oficiante de su boda le cancela? Haga clic para ver 3 medidas que puede tomar ahora mismo para evitar desastres el día de la boda, ¡incluyen...

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Religion and Rituals Articles

A young woman in a tiara and formal dress dances with a friend during her quinceanera reception

710 DAYS AGO | 4.9.2024

Sweet Non-Denominational Quinceañera Ceremony Script (for Officiants & Celebr...

Use this non-denominational quinceanera ceremony outline and script to create a personal, meaningful 15th birthday celebration. Suggestions on what to say fo...

Two brides exchange rings while a rabbi reads a blessing from the ceremony script during a happy outdoor Jewish wedding

778 DAYS AGO | 2.1.2024

5 Jewish Wedding Traditions & What to Expect, for Couples, Officiants, & Guests

Learn about 5 Jewish wedding traditions that are commonly included in traditional, modern, and interfaith Jewish weddings – from ketubah signing, to the mean...

A woman holds a bouquet of sunflowers up to the camera, in the background she kisses a man

856 DAYS AGO | 11.15.2023

Kissing Cousins - The Popularity & Controversy of Cousin Marriage

A quick intro to marriage customs between cousins. Curious if you can marry your first or second cousin, how common this practice is in the US or around the ...

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Community Articles

Promotional image shows the cover of Wynn the Wedding Officiant kids' book about weddings and wedding officiants, with the text 'Introducing a new children's book from AMM'

505 DAYS AGO | 10.31.2024

New Kids’ Book About Weddings, Love & Wedding Officiants!

A picture book about weddings & special wedding helpers: the wedding officiant! Explore parts of a wedding & types of officiants with an LGBTQ+ friendly kids...

Bride and groom hold hands, close photo in black and white.

525 DAYS AGO | 10.11.2024

Love Prevails: 10 Weddings that Hurricane Helene & Milton Couldn’t Stop

These resilient couples and their communities overcame great hardships following Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in order to get married. Read about th...

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536 DAYS AGO | 9.30.2024

A Simple & Elegant Wedding Officiant Script Holder

This professional wedding officiant binder/padfolio can hold a wedding ceremony script, clergy ID card, ink pens, minister credentials, marriage license & more.

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