These are our officiant script ideas that you can use during your Glass Unity Ceremony!
Basic Glass Ceremony
We now celebrate ______ and ______’s union with a symbolic glass unity ceremony.
______ and ______, today you are making a lasting commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other. That commitment is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual colors of glass; one that represents ______ (who now pours in some of his/her glass) and the other that represents ______, (who pours some of his/her glass on top).
Each of you comes to this relationship with unique strengths, vulnerabilities, and histories. As individuals, you are beautiful people all on your own. Yet when the two of you are blended together, you form something even more beautiful.
After the ceremony is concluded the glass will be made into a _________(final piece) forever fusing the different colors together symbolizing your marriage and love for one another as inseparable as the glass becomes.
Religious Glass Ceremony
*If using this script idea add white as a third color to represent God*
Today as you make a covenant before God to join in marriage, you have chosen to symbolize that union with a glass unity ceremony.
First, I will pour in white glass, representing your faith in God as the foundation of who you are as individuals. Now _____, pour some of your glass, representing yourself as an individual before you came to this union. Now _____, also pour some of your glass, representing yourself as an individual before you came to this union. I will then pour some more white glass, representing your faith in God as the foundation of your marriage.
Then, _____ and _____ pour your remaining glass together to represent your joining as one in marriage completely and eternally. Lastly, another layer of white glass represents God watching over you and protecting you with his everlasting love.
After the ceremony is concluded the glass will be made into a _________(final piece) forever fusing the different colors together. May God bless this marriage so that you are as inseparable as these this glass will become. Amen.
Family Glass Unity Ceremony
At this time, I would like to invite__________ (children) to come forward. (Bride and Groom) __________have bound their lives together as a couple, but today we are also her to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of their children as they all come together to build a family. (Bride and Groom’s) ____________individual containers of glass represent the essence of all they are and the gifts they bring to this union. I invite them to no pour some of their glass into the center vase, showing that their marriage is the foundation of this family.
I now invited______________ (children) to add their glass, representing them as unique and beloved children.
(Bride and Groom) ___________, would you seal the union with the remainder of you glass surrounding __________(children) in an environment of unconditional love.
After the ceremony is concluded the glass will be made into a ______________ (final piece) forever fusing the different colors together symbolizing their bond of love and respect as a family that can never be separated.