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We can
perform Native American wedding
ceremony elements. Native
American blessings are a very popular addition to wedding
ceremonies. Outdoor ceremonies are ideal for Native
American traditions. |
Music- Have someone play
an Indian love flute. Or play a CD. |
Native American Blessings: |
Apache blessing
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for
the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be
warmth for the other. Now there will be no loneliness, for each
of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons,
but there are three lives before you; His life, Her life and
Your life together. |
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Navajo Blessing
Go
forth in peace.
Be still within yourself
And know that the trail is beautiful.
May the winds be gentle upon your face
And your path be straight and true
As the flight of the eagle.
Walk in beauty and harmony
With God and all people.
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Navajo Prayer
Be swift like the wind in loving each other.
Be brave like the sea in loving each other.
Be gentle like the breeze in loving each other.
Be patient like the sun who waits and watches the four changes
of the earth
in loving each other.
Be wise like the roaring of thunder clouds and lightning in
loving each other.
Be
shining like the morning dawn in loving each other.
Be
proud like the tree who stands without bending in loving each
other.
Be
brilliant like the rainbow colors in loving each other.
Now, forever, forever, forever, there will be no more loneliness
because your worlds are joined together with the world.
Forever, forever. |
Cheroke Prayer
God in heaven above please protect the ones we love.
We honor all you created as we pledge our hearts and lives
together.
We honor Mother Earth and ask for our marriage to be abundant
and grow stronger through the seasons.
We honor fire - and ask that our union be warm and glowing with
love in our hearts.
We honor wind - and ask we sail through life safe and calm as in
our father's arms.
We honor water - to clean and soothe our marriage– that it may
never thirst for love.
All the forces of the universe you created, we pray for harmony
and true happiness,
as we forever grow young together. Amen.
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Blanket Ceremony-
At the beginning of the ceremony, the bride and the groom are
each wrapped in a blue blanket, which represents past
loneliness, sorrows and hardships in their lives.
After the blessing of the union, the blue blankets are removed,
and family members wrap them in a single white blanket,
representing happiness, fulfillment, and peace. The couple
then embraces and kisses under the white blanket. |
Rite of the Seven Steps Native American Wedding Ceremony-
In this ceremony, the couple takes seven steps clockwise around a
sacred fire. The groom will take the first step, stop, and
recite a vow. The bride will follow. This ritual continues
until both complete the seven steps. In some
instances, the bride and groom exchange small gifts that are
symbolic of their love and life together, such as ears of corn
(fertility),
feathers (loyalty), stones (strength.)
As the bride and groom take their walk, the guests join
hands and form a circle around them. |
Fire Ceremony- The fire ceremony is
similar to the unity candle ceremony. A fire circle is
built. There is one large unlit stack
of firewood in the center of the circle, and two
small fires that sit to the north and south of the circle. These
small fires symbolize the bride and groom's individual lives.
After the two smalls fires are lit, prayers are offered by the
bride and groom, and then they push their individual fires into
the center stack of wood, igniting one large fire. |
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We have a fantastic selection of
sample ceremonies, ceremony ideas, and much more to
choose from when you book with us. Contact us now to start
creating the CT wedding of your dreams! |
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Pastors Bob and Barbara, wedding officiants
Email:
weddingpastors@aol.com
Phone:
(203) 503- 4102
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