Begin Free Online Ordination

The Return of the Lavish Hotel Wedding

Before the last economic crash, corporate travelers made up the lion's share of revenue for most major hotels around the Washington, D.C. area. Big hotel-based weddings had quietly gone the way of aspic and olive trays. ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

What Is Meant by a Natural Funeral?

What Is Meant by a Natural Funeral? A resurgence in the discussion of green or natural funerals may give the impression that the concept of the simple burial is a new one. In truth, the funeral we may think of as typ ...

Category: Funeral

How to Officiate at a Funeral Service

![Officiate at a Funeral Service](/assets/getordained/blog/scaled/family-at-funeral-service-with-casket.jpg){.wp-image-664 .alignleft width=337 height=340}A funeral service addresses what may be a universal need to sa ...

Category: Get Ordained Funeral

International Wedding Traditions

Planning a wedding, even when you what you are after is a simple, intimate affair, may feel like a daunting task. At times it may seem like tradition is a grand weight hanging over your heads, supported by a piece of thi ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

How to Plan a Second Wedding

In many ways, a second wedding may be a wonderful opportunity to design a ceremony and celebration that honors the intimacy of the event. Oftentimes a first wedding encompasses a wider circle of family, friends and celeb ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

Civil Wedding Ceremony Blessings

Civil Wedding There is no need to think of a civil wedding ceremony as a dry, colorless event. Rather, it may be just as joyous a scenario as a wedding in any other religious or traditional circumstance. The essential ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

Tips for Planning a Vow Renewal Ceremony

Renewing one's vows to a partner is gaining in popularity, and why not? There may be no better way to acknowledge and honor a journey with a life partner that to commit all over again in front of friends and family. Rene ...

Category: Ceremonies

How to do a Wedding Ceremony Reading

Whether you are a couple's choice for the officiant at their wedding, or they just want you to read a favorite passage or piece at the ceremony, it is an honor to be asked to participate. There is no doubt you feel honor ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

Alternative Wedding Ceremony

Alternative Wedding People have been proclaiming their commitment to one another through wedding ceremonies of one form or another for centuries. Traditional services have meant different things in different times. Ma ...

Category: Get Ordained Perform a Wedding

Challenges of an Interfaith Ceremony

In the age of globalization, a rise in the number of marriages between people of different cultural origins should come as no surprise. As a wedding officiant, you can play a significant part in helping people to blend t ...

Category: Perform a Wedding