Enhancements to Sarasota Wedding Ceremonies are beautiful. These enhancements make a personalized ceremony even more meaningful.  I offer a religious ceremony and a spiritual ceremony to the couples I marry. They may change any of the wording in the ceremony. Enhancements are added to make the ceremony even more special and lovely.    I would like to present two beautiful Enhancements to Sarasota Wedding Ceremonies which are presented here:  The Unity Sand Celebration and the Shell Toss Blessing.

UNITY SAND CELEBRATION                     

My couples are given a smaller shell, one for the bride and one for the groom. They fill up their shells with sand. I then tell them “As you each hold your sand the separate containers of sand represent your lives to this moment, individual and unique.”  I then hold a big Abalone shell  for them and say ” As you now combine your sand together, your lives also join together as one.”  This addition is such a unique way to bring a personal touch. Children may also be included as a part of the marriage ceremony.  This celebration is  very touching when children from another marriage are united as a family with the bride and groom  Sometimes other containers than shells are used for a Unity Sand Celebration. For more information on Unity Sand Celebrations you may go to: www.theknot.com/content/sand–unity-ceremony-ideas    or www.thespruce.com/wedding-sand-ceremony-3490176            

 

SHELL TOSS BLESSING

Each guest is given a shell to hold, bless and protect during the ceremony.  I ask the guests  to have in their minds and hearts  that the couple’s  marriage be blessed. I tell them  the shells have been gathered with love. They have been washed ashore from the ocean, The ocean is deep, ever flowing. It is ever changing but will always remain constant as their love  Throwing the shells are a symbol to the couple’s love,.The shells are a symbol of their love, deep and ever flowing. The water is ever changing. The water is a symbol of  their love, deep, ever flowing, ever changing yet always constant.

I then invite everyone down to the water. I ask them to cast their stones into the sea as the ripples touch and interwine with each other. Web sites about shell toss: www.pintrest.com/pin/479914904011412017//?1p=true www.snippetandink.com/blessing-stone-ceremony-wording/

There are many other Enchantments to Sarasota Wedding Ceremonies that I will tell you about in future blogs!