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unity ceremony

Unity cocktails, unity wine boxes, unity candles, unity science projects, and even unity sandwiches… we’ve got some great unique unity ceremony ideas for you in here! You may also want to check our Ceremony Advice archive for more thoughts on structuring your wedding ceremony.

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Vermont fall commitment ceremony micro-wedding by a waterfall

We had a super secret commitment ceremony before our legal wedding. We leaned into the “super secret” aspect, so our theme was “super secret spies”. Instead of invitations we sent dossier packages with code names for our guests and GPS coordinates for the location of our ceremony.

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A polyamorous pagan wedding ceremony script with gender-neutral language

This gender-neutral wedding ceremony script includes Pagan and Norse traditions, references to Doctor Who, Stranger In A Strange Land, Star Trek, and Tom Robbins, and more. Plus, a hilarious “we doo-doo” instead of “We do”!

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Our microwedding rose ceremony (complete with gender neutral ceremony script!)

We decided to have a very intimate wedding with under 15 guests. We came across endless inspiration for unity ceremonies, but none of them were quite right for us…. until we found the idea of a rose ceremony.

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Need a unique unity ceremony? These 6 chemistry ceremonies show off your chemistry at the altar

Unity ceremonies choke us up, but unity chemistry experiments also make us say “Oooh! Ahhh!” Here are half a dozen easy-to-accomplish science demonstrations for your wedding.

Hearts are full after seeing the family candy jar ceremony at this Paris vow renewal

Hearts are full after seeing the family candy jar ceremony at this Paris vow renewal

This was the vow renewal dream come true for Mehek and Lokesh who, seven years earlier, had a very traditional Indian wedding. They said they felt like they were living their own Bollywood dream by renewing their vows in Paris. You’ll definitely want to see the bright pink details and a fabulously detailed bouquet. They toasted with rosé champagne and ate cake on the Champ de Mars after the ceremony.

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Our delicious unity beer ceremony was… hopping (plus our ceremony wording!)

Craft beer has been such a huge part of our relationship that when we were planning our wedding (featured here!), we wanted to include it somehow. I suggested a unity beer ceremony, but we couldn’t find any wording online that we liked. We ended up creating our own from scratch, complete with our own unique brand of humor.