From ‘I Do’ to ‘In Loving Memory’: Expanding Your Role as an Officiant

May 6th, 2025

Looking to expand your officiant practice to include funerals & memorials? Join us as Officiant Eric Hunt dives into his background in funeral services and discusses the similarities and differences between officiating weddings and end-of-life services and how officiants can add these services to their repertoire!

Multicultural & Interfaith Weddings | AMM’s New Virtual Course Launch!

February 25th, 2025

Join us for a special edition of Officiants Online as Rev. Dr. Samora shares her expertise as a wedding officiant, interfaith minister, and relationship coach who specializes in creating weddings for interfaith and intercultural couples. She will give a brief presentation followed by a short look into her new AMM course, and will answer questions from the audience!

The Love Story: Interviewing couples and crafting memorable ceremonies

October 15th, 2024

Officiant Kathy Vass of Ever After Ceremonies shares her expertise on connecting with couples to craft a custom ceremony of their dreams. Kathy presents on interviewing your couple and what questions will help you connect with them on a deeper level, learn about their love story, and how to use their answers to produce a wonderful ceremony!

Witchy Wedding Elements for
Custom Ceremonies

August 20th, 2024

Officiant Tara McMullen-King, aka ‘The Wedding Witch of Salem' and owner of Witchy Woman Weddings in Salem, Massachusetts, talks about a variety of simple spiritual elements that can be included in Wiccan weddings, and other modern Pagan marriage ceremonies, to create a custom experience for your couples.

Virtually Ever After & the ABC's of LGBTQ+ Inclusivity

July 17th, 2024

Rev. Christopher T. Scuderi is going to share his expertise on performing virtual weddings in Utah as well as his insights into practicing LGBTQ+ inclusivity as a wedding officiant.

Join us for a free online class and learn how to become an inclusive minister & wedding officiant and learn more about conducting virtual ceremonies!

Pro Officiants: How to Succeed in Your First 2 Years of Business

June 18th, 2024

Notary Officiant Norman Graham, of New Jersey-based Wed By Norm, shares his expert advice on how to thrive in your first two years of business as a professional officiant.

Norman explores establishing your business as a brand and touches base on kickstarting your marketing.

Marketing Your Individuality: How to Stand Out as a Wedding Officiant

April 23rd, 2024

Officiant Nico Raineau of LA-based RomCom Weddings shares his expertise on how to market your 'maverick' -- or the qualities that are uniquely you and will make you stand out as a professional wedding officiant.

How to Take Your Officiating Business to the Next Level

February 27th, 2024

Rev. Laura Cannon will share her expertise on how to grow your professional wedding officiant business. This one hour session includes a presentation by Laura Cannon and is open to officiants of all skill levels -- from first-time officiants to long-time professionals.

Wedding Officiants & The Art of Hospitality

November 14th, 2023

Set yourself apart as a professional officiant! Learn what Officiant Rich Satnam calls 'the art behind the art' of officiating: The Art of Hospitality. Learn how your role as an officiant can extend far beyond the wedding.

Mindfulness for Busy Wedding Officiants

September 26th, 2023

Guided meditation session for wedding officiants, led by mindfulness instructor Rev. Karla Johnston of Lake Tahoe Mindfulness Community & Wedding Ministries. This meditation practice includes gratitude, present moment awareness, awareness of our bodies, and grounding.

Become an Inclusive Wedding Officiant: LGBTQIA+ Couples, Polyamory & Trauma-Informed Best Practices

July 18th, 2024

Officiant Maria Michonski, M.Div, shares her expert advice on how to make your wedding officiant business more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ couples, polyamorous, and nontraditional families; and trauma-informed best practices for wedding officiants, and much more.

Public Speaking for Wedding Officiants & Intro to Wedding Stagecraft

March 16th, 2023

Officiant Rachael Tanner offers expert public speaking advice for new and first-time wedding officiants on American Marriage Ministries' online class, including how to officiate a wedding, approaching interfaith ceremonies, marketing and advertising advice, tips on how to handle and sign the marriage license, and much more!

How to Market Your Wedding Officiant Business With a Great Online Portfolio

February 23rd, 2023

Officiant Sherri Crawford offers expert marketing advice for new wedding officiants on American Marriage Ministries' first online class, including how to set up a Google Business page, curate a great Instagram and Facebook profile, networking with other vendors, getting great reviews from clients, what to include on your website, and more.