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Hand fasting during ceremony

Kimberly, on July 27, 2020 at 10:38 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 5

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Hi everyone:

We’re having a handfasting ceremony and I’m looking for ideas. Im using Kente cloth, gold cord and strips from my wedding dress (it was really long). We’re Christian so we’re looking for wording/readings that are meaningful but not Pagan (origins of ceremony?). Whatcha got?

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Latest activity by Diane, on August 5, 2020 at 10:22 AM

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Mindy · on July 27, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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We’re doing a simple hand fasting at our wedding too! We still have to braid the ribbons together, but I think it will be beautiful.
I first saw this at a friends wedding. They are both catholic and in my eyes, it’s just another unity ceremony.
Maybe look up some unity ceremony scripts?
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Kimberly · on July 27, 2020 at 12:02 PM
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Thanks Mindy! I’ll look.
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Mrs.a · on July 27, 2020 at 12:05 PM
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We’re looking into doing a handfasting too for our vow renewal! I’m not sure how to go about it.
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Jana · on July 27, 2020 at 5:34 PM
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Here's a previous thread on Christian wording:
https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/handfasting-in-a-christian-ceremony/52453753e8816170.html
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Diane · on August 5, 2020 at 10:22 AM
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We’re doing a hand fasting ceremony, I looked online at different scripts and took pieces from several different ones.

For the cords/ribbons I’m braiding 3 ribbons, 1 will be the tartan from the county in Ireland FH family is from, then red and blue which are both of our favorite colors. Then I’m using fishing wire ( he likes to fish) to add beads and charms to the tassel of the ribbons/cords. There will be 3 or 4 tassels of charms, 2 will have charms of that represent things we each like (sports teams, hobbies) the 3rd/4th the charms will have things we love together and some of the places we’ve gone (kids birthstones, hobbies).
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