Special touches to personalize your marriage ceremony

 

EXAMPLES OF SOME OF MY FAVORITES.

One is included with the premium package. Each additional package is $25.00

 

SAND CEREMONY

 

 

 

 

(usually placed after the ring exchange)

I like this ceremony. This can also be used as a family ceremony and have each child have their own color of sand.

 

GROOM/BRIDE and GROOM/BRIDE you have just sealed your relationship by the giving and receiving of rings and this is a pledge between two people who agree that they will commit themselves to one another throughout their lives.

 

"Today, this relationship is also symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand. One, representing you, GROOM/BRIDE and One Representing you GROOM/BRIDE and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be."

 

As these two (or what ever number) of containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one.

 

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated, our prayer for you today is that your lives together would be blended like the seven seas and may your love swirl around each other like the changing tides. Sand and bottles can be purchased at craft stores.

 

UNITY CANDLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(usually placed after the ring exchange) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WILL SAY:

 

Today you have decided to share the rest of your lives with each other.

This beautiful union is now symbolized by the lighting of the Unity Candle.

The candle you are about to light is a candle of Marriage.The individual candles represent all that you are and all that you have been until this moment.

 

It is a candle of Unity because both candles must come together to create the new light.

Its fire is miraculous because it represents the light of two people in love.

This candle is also a candle of Commitment because it takes two people working together to keep it ablaze.

 

Love is like a flame; it has the heat of passion, it is constantly changing, its radiance is there for all to see and together you must protect it for being extinguished.

 

GROOM/BRIDE and GROOM/BRIDE please light the center candle to symbolize the union of your lives. Today, as you have lit this candle, may the brightness of the flame shine throughout your lives together. May the twinkle of this one light be a testimony of your union. May this candle burn brightly as a symbol of your love and commitment to each other. The life that each of you experienced now, individually, will hereafter be united, for the two shall become one.

 

You will supply the unity candle.

 

 

MOTHERS ROSE PRESENTATION 

 

 

 

 

 

(usually placed before the vows)

 

Marriage is the celebration of coming together of two lives and it is a celebration of two people in love.

 

The love that Groom/Bride and Groom/Bride feel for one another is a seed that their parents planted in their hearts years ago and today it has blossomed.

 

Today, as they embrace each other in their love, they also embrace the families, which have come together on this happy occasion.

 

As a sign of their love for their families, GROOM/BRIDE and GROOM/BRIDE would like to offer these roses, to their mothers as symbols of their eternal love. These Roses are a promise that no matter how far away you are that you are not forgotten and that you are always in their hearts.

 

 

HAND BLESSING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(usually placed before Pronouncing Husband/Wife and Husband/Wife)

GROOM/BRIDE, please face GROOM/BRIDE, and hold his/her hands,

These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he/she promises to love you all the days of his life.

 

These are the hands that will work along side yours, as together you build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost secrets and dreams.

 

These are the hands that will work long hours for you and your new family These are that hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.

 

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes: tears of sorrow and tears of joy.

 

These are the hands that will hold each child in tender love, soothing them through illness and hurt, supporting and encouraging them along the way, and knowing when it is time to let go.

 

These are the hands that will massage tension from you neck and back in the evenings after you've both had a long hard day.

 

These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through difficult times.  

 

These are the hands that will comfort you when you are sick, or console you when you are grieving. May they always be held by one another.

 

Give them the strength to hold on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. Keep them tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love.

 

Help these hands to continue building a relationship rich in caring, and devoted in reaching for your perfection.

 

May Groom/Bride and Groom/Bride see their four hands as healer, protector, shelter and guide.

 

 

WINE CEREMONY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can be done before the ring ceremony

 

The Wine Ceremony: The wine ceremony involves both the bride and groom mixing two different wines and then drinking from the glass. One wine is sweet, to symbolize happiness, joy, hope, peace, and love. The other, a more bitter wine is symbolic of life’s trials and tribulations. Together the sweet and the bitter represent the fullness of life’s experiences.

 

 

In this glass are the fruits of God, Humankind and Mother Earth.

The years of our lives are like a cup of wine that is poured out for the sake of labor, honor and love.

 

Many days you will sit at the same table and eat and drink together.

 

Many are the experiences you will share. As with a glass of wine, one of you may find it sweet, the other perhaps dry or somehow different.

 

Let the drink you share today serve as a reminder that although you may perceive things very differently, being right is never more important than being happy.

 

With this space that you give each other, always putting your commitment to love and honor one another first, your lives together will grow deeper, richer and greatly satisfying, like a rare and fine wine.You may now drink from this fountain of love.

 

(Couple gives each other a drink from the same glass)

You will supply the wine, carafe and glass.

 

WINE BOX LOVE LETTER CEREMONY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This special box is picked out by the bride and groom. It will contain a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a love letter from each to the other. The letters describe the good qualities they find in one another, the reasons they fell in love, and their reasons for choosing to marry. The letters are sealed in individual envelopes and they have not seen what the other has written. You have created your very own "romantic" time capsule to be opened on your 5th wedding anniversary.

I recommend that you keep the box in a place of honor prominently displayed in your home as a constant reminder of your commitment to each other.

 

 

UNITY TREE CEREMONY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just like the unity candle and unity sand ceremony. The unity tree planting ceremony can be used to symbolize the joining together of two individuals or the joining of two families. The ceremony is conducted in much the same way as other unity ceremonies are. You set up a separate table near the alter. On this table you would have a potted tree/sapling, something perhaps with special meaning to the couple or taken from a special place. You would also have two small buckets of dirt, two gardening trowels as well as a small watering can placed on the table.If you choose to have the ceremony symbolize the joining together of both family’s then upon the entrance of the mothers, each mother goes to the table and scoops in a small amount of dirt. Then they take their seats. During a specific reading or song, the couple will each add the remainder of dirt and water the plant together. After the ceremony, the couple plants the tree in at their home or a special location to symbolize the putting down of roots, longevity and strengths in their marriage.