Wedding Ideas ~ Unity Ceremonies

There are many ways to personalize and customize your wedding ceremony. Two of the more common and most beautiful elements are the Unity Sand Ceremony and the Unity Candle Ceremony. In both of these ceremonies the couple is symbolically joining themselves together through the use of sand or flame. Once joined, these elements become impossible to separate and in a sense become greater than they were before.

Most often a Unity Ceremony is placed in the wedding immediately after the exchange of rings and is presided over by the Wedding Minister. Sometimes the minister reads a short passage explaining the meaning of the ceremony and sometimes the couple chooses a song to be played so that the beauty of the ceremony can really show through.

Sand Ceremony . . .My personal preference
Groom and Bride have each taken a bit of sand from the beach; this sand represents their individual lives, their hopes, their dreams and their aspirations. They will pour this sand into one container representing their new life together. Just as it would be impossible to separate this sand, their two separate lives have also become one. Grooms and Brides, your individual hopes, dreams, and aspirations are now bound to your partners. Realize that together, you can accomplish much more than you ever could alone.

by Scott Ziegler, Wedding Minister ~ Virginia Beach Wedding Company ~ 757.641.4010 ~ scott@abeachwedding.com