Rock or Seashell Ceremomy for your beach wedding
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| Photography by Otto Haring Photography- Wedding by Infinity Weddings & Events, LLC |
The "Rock Ceremony, Sand Ceremony or Seashell ceremony" is a beautiful "unity" ceremony that includes everyone who attends the couple's wedding.
Although small,
polished stones are usually used, the couple may choose to use any
other token they desire... seashells, glass or crystal, flowers, etc. As
you will see below, the guests make a wish for the couple's happiness
and then the tokens are collected into a single container... each rock
representing a wish and an individual present at the couple's wedding.
Some couples even have small markers for each guest so they may write
their name or their wish, like LOVE, HOPE, STRENGTH, etc., on the rock
or the seashell. Then, the couple can save the tokens in a nice
container (like the one pictured above) as a keep-sake. Also, some
couples combine the elements of other unity ceremonies (such as the
"Sand Ceremony") and pour sand or water over the collected tokens. The
many variations of this ceremony are only limited by the couple's
imagination.As with all my wedding ceremonies, the final wording of any ceremony, or part of a ceremony, may vary from the samples shown on this website...based on consultation and feed-back from the couple.
More and more couples are opting to have special touches in their wedding ceremony. They range from candle lighting to the rock ceremony. In this article we discuss the seashell/ rock ceremony.
ROCK CEREMONY or SEASHELL CEREMONY
Each guest has been given a small polished stone upon arriving.
Before you met, your lives were on different paths with different destinations. But love has brought you together and joined these separate paths into one. Each one of your friends and family here today have been given a small polished stone that represents their unique individuality and their presence at your wedding today. You also each have a stone of your own that symbolizes your previous separate lives, separate sets of friends, separate families and the different life's journeys you once traveled.
I will now ask that everyone please take out the stone you have been
given and pause to make a wish or blessing for happiness and
good will for the couple for the future of their marriage.
Everyone pauses to make their wish. (or only family can come up and give you their wish, hug and kiss and then drop the stone or seashell in the keepsake container.)
Now, we will collect the stones and the couple will then
add their individual stones to the container as well.
Of course this can be changed to suit your desires and again, we are only limited by your imagination!
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