American Marriage for All
The Universal Life Church has a remarkably simple mission: to support religious freedom and advocate for good around the world. The ULC is one of several American marriage ministries that exist as non-profit interfaith a ...
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How to Fill Out a Marriage License
So you want to perform a wedding ceremony? As a minister, even a minister ordained online, it is your job as the wedding officiant to complete the couple's marriage certificate. While it may seem slightly intimidating ...
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United States of ... Crazy Wedding Laws?
So you have everything in place for your wedding, and look forward to a lifetime of bliss. However, there are quite a few states that have some weird wedding laws (or at least laws to consider when planning a wedding) in ...
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Make Your First Ceremony A Great One
So you have just received your official ordination and you are preparing to officiate your first ceremony. You may be a little nervous, but not to worry, even the most seasoned veterans get "cold feet"... just like the b ...
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Perform a Wedding Series: the Pronouncement
Click hereAbout the Pronouncement of Marriage The pronouncement of marriage is perhaps the single most important thing you will do every time you perform a wedding in that it introduces the couple as man and wife (or ...
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Perform a Wedding Series: Exchanging Rings
About the Exchange of Wedding Rings It is traditional in Western cultures for the couple to exchange wedding rings during their wedding ceremony. The ring is placed on the fourth finger or "ring finger" of the left ha ...
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Perform a Wedding Series: Wedding Vows
Click hereAbout Wedding Vows Wedding vows, also known as marriage vows, are promises couples make to one another during their wedding ceremony about loving and honoring their new spouse. Wedding vows traditionally in ...
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Perform Weddings: Greeting, Readings & Prayers
About the Greeting, Readings, and Prayers After the guests have been seated in the wedding space and the processional is complete, the wedding officiant begins to perform the wedding ceremony by welcoming those assemb ...
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Perform a Wedding Series: The Processional
About the Processional Although it takes a variety of forms, the wedding processional is always the first component of every wedding. It involves the seating of the guests in the wedding space and the subsequent entranc ...
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ULC Presents: the Perform a Wedding Series
Exchange of Wedding Rings Online-ordained ministers of the Universal Life Church are more likely to perform a wedding for family, friends, congregation members, or complete strangers than do anything else. As such, the ...
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