are any of you ladies incorporating this into your ceremony? My FH and I do plan to have this in our wedding and I was just wondering what are your thoughts?
it is a blended family ceremony that after bride/groom recite vows the children (or child in our case)comes and stands with the couple and they make a vow and promises to the child and present them with a necklace (in our case) ring, bracelet or pennant. the family medallion is a round medallion with three rings entertwined. this is the one we are using:
Officiant Remarks: It is the desire of _________ and _________ to extend their commitments to each other by making some promises to the children of this family. As you all join hands to form a new circle of love, we will seal this union with spoken promises like the rings this bride and groom have exchanged.
Officiant to the Bride/Groom: Do you _________ and _________, promise to be faithful, loving, tender and nurturing parents, always there for _________ (child/children's name), not only providing their/her/his physical needs, but their/her/his emotional needs as well, always a good listener, a loving counselor and a friend?
Bride & Groom: We do.
Officiant to the Mother/Father (Speaking to the Child/Children): (Repeat after me). _________, I want you to know that I love your mother/father very much. I will not and cannot replace a mother/father loved by you, however I can promise you that I will love you and care for you as if you were my own. I promise to be a committed listener. I promise you my trust, to be fair, my support, what knowledge I can share, to be your friend, and to provide a shoulder to cry on. I promise to be available to you as I am to your mother/father.
Bride/Groom to Child/Children: _________, I give you this _________ (gift) as a sign of my loving promises made this day.
Officiant to Child/Children: Do you accept the promises made by _________?
Child/Children: I do or We do.
Officiant: May a kind God now bless you all as family, and bless this marriage and this home.
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Re: Family medallion
Posted on: 09/24/2007 06:26 PM
Oh, I understand what you mean. I've heard of the process before, though I haven't had a client who'd requested it. I think it's an added bonus, especially if you have children on either side. It's a way of not only including them, but for them to feel accepted by their respective stepparent as well. I say go for it.
That sounds pretty cool. We won't be doing that in my ceremony because the children are much older and almost all of them out the door.
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We gave them to my(our) two children older children.
My daughter a charm bracelet and my son a necklace.
Me & DH" by giving u this meddllion we promise to love you unconditionally, nourish your dreams, and provide for your very NEED (We emphasized the need part)
Children " by accpeting these meddallion swe promise to honor our family members and everymember in it."
Also to our parents, My mother and his Mom and Dad.
ME & DH to parents "By accepting these meddallions will you recieve me into your family, as your son/daughter, brother/sister and faithful companioin to your son/daughter"
We were going to give them to our siblings also, but we didn't order in enough time recieve them.
I dont plan of including this in my ceremony since there are on other children except the two we share togethor, however a friend of mine included he stepson in there ceremony. They did the sand ceremony and each of them had a diffrent color vile of sand. Her colors where pink, white, and sliver, so each of them had a diffrent color.
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