Unity Candle 5
Non-Denominational Ceremony 5
"The scripture tells us that life is like a flame,
It has its own warmth, and its own brillance,
But it's in the union of Two, that something brighter, warmer,
more wonderful takes place.
You have chosen the Unity Candle as a symbol of your love
and life to come, and the lighting of the Unity Candle
signifies that you are now TWO in ONE flesh.
(The Bride and Groom goes to the Unity Candle which the
Mothers lit before they were seated at start of the ceremony.)
"I ask you now, will you light your Unity
Candle, from the Mother's Candles previously lit,
which symbolized the fate and life they have shared with
their children."
(After the bride and groom put the flame of the two mothers'
candles previously lit and light their Unity Candle, they blow
out the flame of the mothers' candles, and put them back in
the holder. Then, I ask the bride and groom to join hands by
the Unity Candle, look at each other, and repeat after me.)
"Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following you:
Where you go I will go;
Where you lodge I will lodge;
Your people will be my people, and your God my God"(Ruth
1:16).
There can be and are variations in the Unity Candle
Celebration, but the above is the one I use which has
become most popular one chosen by the bride and groom.
Hudson Valley Ceremonies