Check with La Donna Weddings for further details. Special vases are available and may be personalized with the name(s) of your loved one(s). Each designated person comes up and places a flower in a vase creating a ‘garden of love’. This is a part of the ceremony where family and friends would participate. Appropriate scriptures are included during this special ceremony in your wedding. The vessel and the rose are symbols for God as Creator and Sustainer of Life and are held and exchanged by the wedding couple. This enhancement would follow the pronouncement. Essentially, the jumping of the broom is an African American tradition and is a symbol of sweeping away of the old and welcoming the new, or a symbol of a new beginning. There are many different versions of this ritual which involves the couple jumping over a broom. This is a three to five minute ceremony in which the officiant uses the phrasing, “These are the hands that….” to symbolize what the couple’s hands represent to each other as they work together to build their future. A meaningful script is provided for this ceremony. Handfasting is an ancient European ceremony of betrothal or wedding that dates back to pre-Medieval times and usually involves the tying or binding of the hands of the wedding couple with a cord or ribbon. Guests repeat words of affirmation simultaneously with the couple. Guest Participation of VowsĪ couple may want to include their guests in the ceremony so that they have an opportunity to experience the same feeling of love as the couple being united in marriage. What fun the children will have picking their own colors of sand, adding a bit of their personalities to the ceremony. In this ceremony the couple and child(ren) pour their own color of sand together in a family unity container symbolizing the blending of the family. See “unity in glass™” for further description and details. Family Unity in Glass ™Ĭhildren may be included. This ceremony would include the verbiage only portion of the Family Medallion® ceremony except each child would not be presented with a special gift. In addition to the couple, each child uses a smaller sized candle, and together members of the family light the unity candle. Family Unity Candle Lightingĭuring the ceremony, a special family unity candle is used to symbolize the uniting of a new family. Towards the end of the ceremony, the hands of the couple are loosely tied together by their child or children with a soft ribbon signifying his/her/their happiness and blessings of the marriage of their parent. This ceremony is a nice way to include children in the ceremony. Click here to read more! Family Ribbon Tying If there are children on both sides, they may also exchange words accepting each other as brothers and sisters. Meaningful words are exchanged between the new step parent and the child. These special pieces of jewelry are available in pendants, bracelets and lapel pins. In the medallion ceremony, the child or children are presented with a special Family Medallion® symbolizing the creation of the new family. Family Medallion ®Īfter the exchange of vows, the children are invited for a special unity ceremony. It signifies the clarity of the love the wedding couple has for each other and the shattering of their old separate lives. The breaking of the glass at the end of a wedding ceremony is a Jewish tradition. The officiant will bless the rings of the marital couple who will wear them. Blessing of the RingsĪn option that may be added before the exchange of rings and related vows is the blessing of the rings. This prayer service designates the four points on a compass with elements representing human virtues. After a short reading by the officiant, the entire gathering of witnesses will respond “We do.” Blessing to the Four DirectionsĪ long time ago, people believed the human soul shared characteristics with all things celestial. Instead of asking if anyone has ‘just cause why this couple should not be married’, family and friends of the couple are asked to support the marriage. This enhancement includes the participation of all guests attending the ceremony.
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