OK i went to a wedding and the couple did the water unity and the pastor read a poem and it talked about at first when poured there is a storm but god calms the storm with his help after the water sits?? I can't remember everything but i would looove to have that in my wedding which is oct. 28, I want the water unity but i don't know what the pastor should read during it, and i was looking for help? Does anyone have any ideas??!?!
Hello Amanda. I would love to answer your question but I don't know what water unity ritual you are talking about - can you please explain further? Thank you. Annemarie Juhlian, Wedding Officiant & Minister
The Water Unity or Wedding Blessing Ritual is a pouring of water from two vessels into a common larger vessel, as an alternative to a unity candle or sand ritual.
I performed it for a wedding on the beach, and it was lovely. Here are the words I used:
"_______and______, your individual vessels of water represent your individual lives.
Please pour your water into a common vessel symbolizing the joining of your lives in marriage.
(After they pour:)
Like water, life will have its falls. There will be gentle falls like water babbling over small stones in a brook, and sometimes there will be breathtaking cascades. But like life, water will inevitably rise again from each fall like mist evaporating from the sea in an eternal cycle.
_____and______, we pray that no storm will last so long as to shadow your spirit. We pray that your love will be never ending."
(loosely inspired by the words of Tess Baumberger)
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