Wedding Sand Ceremony
The wedding sand ceremony has become very popular - not just for beach weddings, but for all types of wedding ceremonies! The idea is for each person to be presented with a small container of sand. These two containers are then poured into a third container, representing the joining into the marriage partnership.
Wedding Sand Ceremony SamplesWedding Sand Ceremony #1: (Groom): We have sealed our relationship by the giving and receiving of rings and the exchange of a kiss. (Bride): This covenant is a pledge that we will commit ourselves to one another throughout our lives. (Groom): Today, our relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand. (Bride): This one represents me, and all that I was, all that I am, and all that I will ever be. (Groom): This one represents me, and all that I was, all that I am, and all that I will ever be. (Bride): As we combine the sand into a third container, our individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. (Groom): Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will our marriage be. Wedding Sand Ceremony #2: Today, this relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand one, representing you BRIDE and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, and the other representing you, GROOM, and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be. As these two 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 and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be. Wedding Sand Ceremony #3: BRIDE and GROOM, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you'll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two 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 and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be. Wedding Sand Ceremony #4: Apache Wedding Prayer (Name) and (Name), Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other. Now you will feel no cold, For each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two bodies, But there is one life before you. Go now to your dwelling place, To enter into the days of your togetherness. And may your days be good and long upon the earth. Wedding Sand Ceremony #5: (Bride) and (Groom), you have just committed yourselves to one another through sacred vows. Your lives are no longer two, but one. To symbolize this joining, we ask that you each pour some sand into this bottle. (Each scoops some sand from the beach and pours it into the bottle. ) Wedding Sand Ceremony #6: (Bride) and (Groom) as you pour your sand into the one container, please repeat after me: “As these grains of sand merge together as one, I merge my life with yours. Please take my love throughout the sands of time. My heart is forever in your keeping." Sand Ceremony #7: (Bride) and (Groom) as these grains of sand are joined together, so are your hearts, your bodies and your souls in marriage. Please repeat after me: (Add your vows here.) Sand Ceremony With Children Involved(Children’s name/s) your mother (and/or father) and (name) love you very much, and want you to know that you are and will always be a very important part of their lives. Will you please pour some sand into this glass container along with your good wishes? That would mean so much to them. Return to Beach Weddings From Wedding Sand Ceremony
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