Eternal Unity

$750 ($200 minimum deposit required)

Celebrate your union with significance by choosing the moving and heartfelt Eternal Unity Wedding Package.  This is also the perfect way to include and welcome children into a new blended family. It emphasizes  the importance of each child’s inclusion and cooperation in the unity of the new family.

This package includes TWO ceremonies — the Wedding Ceremony AND the Eternal Unity Ceremony, combined. 

1.   Hawaiian Sand Ceremony

Like the unity candle, the sand is used to symbolize the uniting of the couple. Their separate lives are symbolized by two vials of sand taken from beneath the wedding couple’s feet (if they are on the beach). After the exchange of rings, the officiant explains the meaning of the Unity Ceremony. The couple then come together, and pour into one vial, the two individual vials of sand. Their flowing together symbolizes the joining of the couple as they share their first experience of unity as a married couple. The newly formed union is represented by the intertwined pattern of sand created by the couple. This symbol is then a keepsake of your wedding day. 

This unity ceremony can be extended to include children. After the couple  have poured in their sand, the children can then collect sand from beneath the feet of the couple, which the children can then add to the unity container, thus including them in the newly formed family.  Before they add their sand, the officiant will address the children, asking for their love, cooperation, respect and support of the new family.

2.  Rose Unity Ceremony
In the past, the rose was considered a symbol of love and a single rose always meant only one thing – it meant the words “I love you.” So it is appropriate that your first gift as husband and wife would be a single rose.  In the beautiful Rose Ceremony, the couple give each other a Rose. In the old language of flowers, a single red rose always meant “I love you”. The rose ceremony gives recognition to the newly married couple and their commitment to their marriage. The couple are also advised to use this symbolic rose in trying times when they cannot seem to find the right words to say, such as “I am sorry,” or “I forgive you,” or “I am hurting.” The rose then says what matters most of all, “I still love you,” and can overpower all other things and all other words. If there are children who will be included in the new family, each child may then be given a rose and a hug by the couple, thus showing that the couple’s union and their love extends to and includes the children as well, and that a new family is being formed.

 

3.  Candle Unity Ceremony
The couple will light three candles representing the sacred bond between them. Each one lights the other’s candle. Then, by combining their flames, the couple light the third candle together, symbolizing their eternal unity. This moving unity ceremony can be performed at any indoor location of your choice in the Greater Daytona area from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach. (Due to the ever present ocean breezes, the candle unity ceremony is not appropriate for beach weddings or most open outside locations. However, we can do an outside wedding and then move inside for the Candle Unity Ceremony, or you can choose the Rose Unity Ceremony or the Hawaiian Sand Unity Ceremony, which can be performed anywhere inside or outside.) 

The eternal unity ceremony you choose will be combined with the wedding ceremony of your choice.

ETERNAL UNITY WEDDING PACKAGE INCLUDES:

    • An experienced Wedding Officiant to perform a personalized, romantic, heartfelt wedding ceremony.

    • Our travel to any wedding site within the Greater Daytona Metro area from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach. (*a travel charge may be added for locations more than 20 miles from our office.)

    • Consultation with wedding coordinator to personalize and organize your wedding ceremony.

    • Wedding Music – your choice of recorded traditional or nontraditional music from our extensive library to enhance the ambience. We have many selections and styles of music – traditional, classical, country, pop, rock, soul, R&B – you name it. If we don’t have a certain song you’d like, we’ll do all we can to get it for you, or you can furnish your own music and we’ll work it into the service.

    • Choice of Wedding Ceremonies (there are many to choose from – traditional, poetic, contemporary – we can customize a truly unique wedding ceremony for you).

    • Soul-stirring wedding blessings, prayers and poems of your choice from our selections.

    • Keepsake Certificate of Marriage on bordered parchment with gold seal suitable for framing.

    • Eternal Unity Ceremony – (a unity ceremony is an ADDITION to the wedding ceremony.) Choose from the Candle, Rose or Hawaiian Sand Ceremony  (also a wonderful way to include children in the newly formed family). We provide the sand container, roses or candles appropriate for the unity ceremony you choose.

    • Use of lovely hand-made silk Bridal Bouquet – choose from several styles and colors (return after ceremony or purchase for $35).

    • Use of matching boutonniere (return after ceremony or purchase for $5).

    • Your chosen wedding vows printed on fine forever parchment suitable for framing.

  • Deluxe Wedding Photography (at least 75  photos). Includes photographing the wedding ceremony and formal photo shoot immediately afterward at the wedding site (additional charge for shooting at a location other than the wedding site, or for photographing the reception).

  • The Deluxe Photo Package includes…

    • One (1) slideshow DVD – a fabulous TV compatible Slideshow with couple’s favorite music playing in the background!  Great for sharing your wedding memories with family and friends.

    • Your choice of either print package A or B below:
      A) 28 prints
      – (3) 8×10, (8) 5×7, (8) 3.5×5 and 9 wallets, OR…
      B)
      20 prints – all 5×7.

  • Unlimited number of guests (for beach weddings where there will be 50 or more people in attendance including 2 of our staff, the Beach Patrol requires a $100 beach event permit, plus liability insurance – about $100.  For less than 50 people total, no permit or insurance is required.)

  • Wedding rehearsal at our office before your wedding day, or on-site immediately prior to your wedding.

  • Filing of your marriage license with the Clerk of Court for recording AFTER the wedding. We send it in by Certified Mail. The couple must obtain their marriage license from any Clerk of Court IN FLORIDA and present it to us for verification, along with their ID’s, BEFORE the wedding or rehearsal.)

Check out our ADD-ONS page for wedding accessories and decorations that may be added a la carte to your package.