Sand Ceremony

[NYPrincess422]

Just wondering...I'm currently writing out the ceremony and I'm stuck on what to say during the Sand Ceremony. I googled "sand ceremony readings" - some couples recited short vows together while others had the officiant speak. What happened during your sand ceremony???

 

[daisygirl902]

My wedding is in just under 2 weeks - here is the sand ceremony from our ceremony...I basically pieced together a couple that I found online, hope it helps!

Sand Ceremony

Officiant: Love is the eternal force of life. Love is the force that allows us to face fear and uncertainty with courage. But although you will be sharing one life, never forget that you are two separate people. Cherish and affirm your differences. Love each other. Keep your commitment primary. Together you will laugh and cry, be sick and well, be happy and angry, share and grow. Grow sometimes together, sometimes separately. To symbolize the importance of the individuals within the marriage and the joining of two live into one entity, 2 colors of sand will now be layered together. This symbolizes that the marriage is based on the strength of the individuals.
(Groom pours some of his sand in, followed by bride pouring about the same amount)
And now we combine the colors, which symbolizes two lives joined as one together forever. May your lives together be longer than the time it would take to separate these individual grains of sand.
Play music (A whole new world), Bride and Groom put sand into large vase so that the colors combine until their jars are empty.

 

[Brit_Jude]

Our officiant read this for our sand ceremony, I put it together from other that I found. I really wanted this to include my two stepsons in the ceremony and symbolize the joining of us as a family. For ther music we used 'The Circle of Life"
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Today, Stephen and Judi, have chosen to commemorate their marriage through the celebration of the Sand Ceremony. Stephen and Judi you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other and honor your children as well. Your family relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these individual containers of sand; one, representing you, Stephen and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, one representing you, Judi and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be and also a container for each of the children who will share in this marriage. Ian and Dakota will you now come forward to help us with the Blending of the Sands.

As each of you now pour your sand together, your lives also are this vividly joined as one. And just as each grain of this sand maintains its own space, never losing itself and yet ever losing itself amid the goodness of the whole sand - just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage and your family be.
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[figmentfan814]

We had our officiant read:

The sand ceremony symbolizes the joining of the bride and groom and the uniting of their love.

The bride and groom have chosen this day in which to join together and proclaim their love for one another as they marry. Just as this sand unites as one it also retains its own individuality in each grain of sand, as do the bride and groom.

Today you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other. Your relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand; one representing you, Vanessa, and all that were you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, and the other representing you, Kris, and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be.

As you each hold your separate containers of sand, they represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you now combine your sand together, your lives also join together as one.

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated, our prayer for you today is that your lives together will be longer than the time it would take to separate the individual grains of sand.

Then while we were actually pouring the sand, we played the song "There is Love" by Noel Paul Stokey. A little bit of an older song, but I fell in love with it many years ago.