A Unity Candle set consists of two slender candles (called tapers) and a large
center candle. They are usually white candles. The Unity Candle Ceremony is a
popular choice for both religious and non-religious ceremonies because it is
non-denominational and has no religious significance.
The two outer candles represent your individual lives before today. They
represent all that you are from your vast experiences, and they represent your
individual families. As you each take a single candle and light the center candle,
you will extinguish your individual candles.
Often the Bride will blow out the Groom's taper candle and the Groom will
blow out the Brides taper candle. This represents the closing of the chapters
in your individual Books of Life and the beginning of new chapters as you
begin to write a new book of Life as wife and husband!
Another way to do this is to allow the two taper candles to continue to burn.
By allowing the flame of the two taper candles to remain lit,
it represents that the Bride and Groom accept the individuality of each other as
a means to fulfilling their commitment to one another.
If you are creating a new family you may want to include the children in the
lighting of the Candle. Often this is done by having the bride and groom light
the candle for the children then everyone lighting the center candle together.
This is an excellent way to involve children from a previous marriage.
center candle. They are usually white candles. The Unity Candle Ceremony is a
popular choice for both religious and non-religious ceremonies because it is
non-denominational and has no religious significance.
The two outer candles represent your individual lives before today. They
represent all that you are from your vast experiences, and they represent your
individual families. As you each take a single candle and light the center candle,
you will extinguish your individual candles.
Often the Bride will blow out the Groom's taper candle and the Groom will
blow out the Brides taper candle. This represents the closing of the chapters
in your individual Books of Life and the beginning of new chapters as you
begin to write a new book of Life as wife and husband!
Another way to do this is to allow the two taper candles to continue to burn.
By allowing the flame of the two taper candles to remain lit,
it represents that the Bride and Groom accept the individuality of each other as
a means to fulfilling their commitment to one another.
If you are creating a new family you may want to include the children in the
lighting of the Candle. Often this is done by having the bride and groom light
the candle for the children then everyone lighting the center candle together.
This is an excellent way to involve children from a previous marriage.
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Unity Candle Ceremony
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