Unity Candles - Choosing the Right One For Your Ceremony
As a wedding officiant, the unity candle ceremony is a big part of many of the weddings I perform.
Ten years ago, a plain white pillar candle was all that was available.
Now, there are many beautiful and unusual candle sets that turn this wonderful ceremony into a valued keepsake.
Read on for some of the lovely choices you have.
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Personalized: One of the most popular types of unity candles is the personalized candle.
Personalizing can mean many things; you can have your monogram on the candle, or you can have your first names and wedding date.
For weddings where there are children from previous marriages, a blended family unity ceremony complete with a candle listing all of the names in this new family, is a powerful and meaningful way to highlight this important event.
Personalizing converts the unity candle into something that can be displayed and treasured.
2.
Elegant and Simple: Many couples prefer a non personalized but decorated candle.
Here the white or cream unity candle is festooned with crystals, sparkles or carved vines.
This elevates it from just a plain white candle into an elegant keepsake.
3.
Blessings and Versus: Another choice is to have a favorite blessing or spiritual verse on your candle.
Two of the most popular are the Irish Wedding Blessing which reads:
Contemporary: There are also a number of styles that are unusual like a beach decorated candle for a destination wedding or a floating unity candle in an engraved vase.
These add a touch of whimsy to the ceremony.
Whatever kind of unity candle ceremony you are having, you can find a set that perfectly reflects your intention.
Ten years ago, a plain white pillar candle was all that was available.
Now, there are many beautiful and unusual candle sets that turn this wonderful ceremony into a valued keepsake.
Read on for some of the lovely choices you have.
1.
Personalized: One of the most popular types of unity candles is the personalized candle.
Personalizing can mean many things; you can have your monogram on the candle, or you can have your first names and wedding date.
For weddings where there are children from previous marriages, a blended family unity ceremony complete with a candle listing all of the names in this new family, is a powerful and meaningful way to highlight this important event.
Personalizing converts the unity candle into something that can be displayed and treasured.
2.
Elegant and Simple: Many couples prefer a non personalized but decorated candle.
Here the white or cream unity candle is festooned with crystals, sparkles or carved vines.
This elevates it from just a plain white candle into an elegant keepsake.
3.
Blessings and Versus: Another choice is to have a favorite blessing or spiritual verse on your candle.
Two of the most popular are the Irish Wedding Blessing which reads:
May God be with you and bless you May you see your children's children May you be poor in misfortune and rich in blessings May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.and 1-Corinthians 13: 4-7 which reads:
Love is patient, love is kind.4.
It does not envy, it does not boast.
It is not proud.
It is not rude.
It is not self seeding, it is not easily angered.
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Contemporary: There are also a number of styles that are unusual like a beach decorated candle for a destination wedding or a floating unity candle in an engraved vase.
These add a touch of whimsy to the ceremony.
Whatever kind of unity candle ceremony you are having, you can find a set that perfectly reflects your intention.
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