Wedding Sand Ceremony Vows

Unity Sand Ceremony Wording

There are many different ways to perform a wedding sand ceremony. Having a sand ceremony script in mind can help your officiant or minister know how you would like the ceremony to go. Many officiants will have ideas for you when it comes to sand ceremony wording. The wedding sand ceremony can be customized to make it as wonderful and unique as the happy couple. You may choose to include guests or family in the blending of the sands with multiple colors or you may choose to incorporate flowers, seashells or other items into the ceremony. Sand ceremonies can also be performed in an hourglass. The couple can then turn the hourglass every year for their anniversary. The sand becomes blended each anniversary, symbolizing the love growing even closer over time.

There are also many sand ceremonies performed on a beach. Many couples will take sand from the beach and add that to the blending vase first, to symbolize the foundation of their marriage.

No matter how you choose to perform your sand ceremony, it is usually best to have some example sand ceremony wording to help inspire you.

Today we have gathered friends and family to celebrate the love and union of ________________ and _______________. They have gathered each of you here to be a part of this ceremony as they make a lifelong commitment to each other.

____________ and ____________, today you are here to join both of your lives together. These two separate vases of sand symbolize your separate lives before you found each other. They symbolize your separate friends, family, and choices.

Today, both of you will seal your bond by blending these two individual vases together. Once the sand is blended together, it cannot be separated. Just as the sand cannot be separated, your friends and family are here today to witness your love never separating.

By blending these sands together, we are recognizing the importance of blending two families together. May you always honor and protect your family.

STANDARD WEDDING SAND CEREMONY WORDING

We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life's greatest moments, to give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, and to add our best wishes to the words which shall unite _____________ and ___________ in marriage.

(If the bride is escorted forward)

Who brings this woman to this man? Etc.

(More words from the minister)

VOWS & RING EXCHANGE

(I,____________, take you___________ , etc.)

_______________ and ___________ as the two of you come into this marriage uniting you as husband and wife, and as you this day affirm your faith and love for one another, I would ask that you always remember to cherish each other as special and unique individuals, that you respect the thoughts, ideas and suggestions of one another. Be able to forgive, do not hold grudges, and live each day that you may share it together - as from this day forward you shall be each other's home, comfort and refuge, your marriage strengthened by your love and respect for each other.

(Optional Scripture Reading)

(Optional Prayer)

UNITY SAND CEREMONY - Vows 1 Wording

(after the minister reads the statement below, pour the two containers of sand into the third container simultaneously).

_______________ and ______________, 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.

(If children are a part of the new family, the sand ceremony can involve them also. Some families choose a different color for each member.)

(This can be a good place for a song since the sand ceremony can feel awkward if done in silence.)

ROSE CEREMONY

(You may add the Rose Ceremony at this point if you wish)

________________ and ______________, in so much as the two of you have agreed to live together in Holy Matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, the joining of your hands and the giving of these rings, I now declare you to be Husband and Wife.

Whom God hath joined together, let no one separate. You may kiss your wife.

(Some couples add the benediction: "May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up his countenance unto to you, and give you peace.")

Congratulations, you may kiss your bride. It is my privilege to present to you Mr. & Mrs. ___________________