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Unity Candle Ceremony # 1

______ and ______, you have just sealed your relationship by the giving and receiving of rings. You have committed here today to share the rest of your lives with each other. This beautiful union is now symbolized by the lighting of the Unity Candle. The center candle you are about to light is a candle of Marriage. Its fire is magical because it represents the light of two people in love. It is a candle of Unity because both must come together, giving a spark of themselves, to create the new light. This candle is also a candle of Commitment because it takes two people working together to keep it aflame. It has been said that life is like a flame, It has its own warmth, and its own brilliance. But it's in the union of Two, that something brighter, warmer, more wonderful takes place. ______ and ______ please light the center candle to symbolize the union of your lives. As you have lit this candle today, may the brightness of the flame shine throughout your lives. May the radiance of this one light be a testimony of your unity. May this candle burn brightly as a symbol of your commitment to each other. May it give you strength and joy in your bodies, minds, and spirits. The life that each of you experienced now, individually, will hereafter be inseparably united, for the two shall become one. May your union be forever blessed.


Unity Candle Ceremony #2

______ and ______ your relationship was just sealed by the giving and receiving of rings. This beautiful union is symbolized through the lighting of the Unity Candle. The two distinct flames represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. The center candle you are about to light is a candle of Marriage. Its fire is magical because it represents the light of two people in love. It is a candle of Unity because both must come together, giving a spark of themselves, to create the new light. This candle is also a candle of Commitment because it takes two people working together to keep it aflame. ______ and ______ please light the center candle to symbolize the union of your lives. As you have lit this candle today, may the brightness of the flame shine throughout your lives. May the radiance of this one light be a testimony of your unity. May this candle burn brightly as a symbol of your commitment to each other. May it give you courage and reassurance in darkness. Warmth and safety in the cold.

 

Family Unity Candle Ceremony # 1

It is only out of families that new families emerge. Today the family candles that burn in our midst symbolize your separate lives and these two families. ______ and ______ come to this moment from these two families, and the new emerges from the old… the present from the past. I ask that each of you take one of the lit candles and that together you light the center candle. Lighting the center candle represents that your two lives are now joined as one, and represents the joining together of your two families as one. As they move together, they form a new light, the light of their union, it burns separately but not alone. From now on your thoughts shall be for each other rather than for your individual selves. Your joys and sorrows shall be shared alike. Today a new family candle begins its glow.

Unity Candle - Family # 2

The Minister Addresses the Family:

The candle which you will soon light together represents all of you joining together as one family, and therefore when each of you take part in the lighting of your candle you are promising to each other member of this family that you are willing to donate all your talents and presonalities to make this a happy, loving, vigorous family unit.

Now as you all together join in the lighting of this candle of family unity let it be a symbol of the light which will brighten your pathway of life together.

Let Us Pray

May this light show you the way to mutual love and respect.  May God bless you with all good and illuminate your hearts with insight into the experiences of life, gracing you with knowledge of things eternal, and grant you peace everlasting,                                         Amen.

BRIDE___ and GROOM______ will you take your lit candle and light the family candle together?  The candle which you light together represents the bond which unites you as one.

_____ and _____ will you take your candle and join the family candle by lighting your candle from it?  The candle you have just lit, represents your very special personalities and talents which make you unique.  The act of lighting the candle from the new family energy represents you drawing on the family for love and bringing your uniqueness and love to the family.

At times such as these, our loved ones who reside in the heaven world gather with us to bring their love and support and to share in our joy. __________ will now light a candle so we may have a physical reminder that his father, _____________ , is with us to share in his joy on this special day..