New Script Alert! Summer Solstice Handfasting with Honey Wine Toast

Celebrate the start of your marriage on the longest, brightest day of the year with a Summer Solstice wedding ceremony! 

The Summer Solstice is a time to celebrate new beginnings, passion, abundance, and family. And as the longest day of the year, it’s believed to be an especially auspicious day to marry. The Solstice has been known by names in many regions, including Litha, Lithe, Midsommar, Midsummer, St. John's Feast Day, and Kronia. 

 

For centuries, families and friends have gathered on the Solstice to celebrate the fullness of life with dancing, drinking (usually lots of mead), feasting, and flirting. And why not? The longer the day, the more time to spend with those you love. 

 

 

Now in the AMM Wedding Ceremony Script Library: 

 

• Summer Solstice Wedding with Honey Wine Toast & Handfasting Ceremony

 

 

What makes this wedding script unique: This sample wedding script includes a handfasting ceremony and a honey wine toast.

 

About the Handfasting Ceremony: ‘Handfasting’ is a visually beautiful and deeply meaningful unity ritual that involves the wrapping of a cord or ribbon around a couple’s hands during a wedding ceremony to symbolize their commitment. The cord can be wrapped by a wedding officiant, a beloved friend, a spiritual elder, or the couple themselves. 

 

The tying of two hands, wrists, or arms together symbolizes a joining of two lives and two journeys into one path, and a couple’s commitment to support and love one another each new day. 

 

Excerpt From the Script: Wine Unity Ceremony:
 

"Everyone you see here today loves and cares about you, as individuals and as a couple. We’re so happy that you two found each other and that you’ve decided to share your life together. As you leave this sacred space today, take our love with you. And remember, you can do anything together! 

 

May the warmth of the sun remind you of the earth’s bounty, and its light, the bounty of your love. And may today be the start of a wonderfully full life that grows fuller, brighter, and happier with each turn of the season."

 

 

Click the link above to read the full wedding officiant script! 

 

Raise a glass to love: Mead has been a traditional Summer Solstice drink since the ancient days of Pagan handfasting. We've included a sweet wine unity ceremony in this script to honor this timeless wedding tradition! 

 

Need another sample script for a wedding ceremony? 

 

• Visit the AMM Wedding Ceremony Scripts Library

 

We know that writing a ceremony from scratch can be a daunting process, especially if you’re officiating on short notice. To make things easier, we keep our sample wedding script stocked with wedding ceremony templates and sample scripts for you to choose from. These scripts are a great starting point for your ceremony, to personalize in any way you want. 

 

We have more handfasting scripts, too, including a Modern Wiccan Handfasting! Find them all in the Library.

 

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More Summer Solstice Wedding Ideas 

 

• Summer Survival: 10 Items to Add to Your Officiant Wedding Emergency Kit This Season

 

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• How to Include a Handfasting in Your Wedding Ceremony or Vow Renewal
   
• Plan & Officiate a Summer Solstice Wedding with Handfasting & Honey Wine Toast
   
• The Luckiest Month to Get Married According to Superstition
   

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AMM's Illustrated Handfasting Ceremony Guide

 

Handfasting: From Ancient Rituals to Modern Ceremonies

 

This unique handfasting ceremony guide blends ancient rituals with modern values to help you plan a one-for-the-ages handfasting ceremony!

 

With sample wedding ceremony scripts; helpful planning advice; Pagan history; a look at spell-casting with herbs, color and moon magic; and colorful illustrations, this book can help you bring the magic of modern handfasting into your own wedding or vow renewal ceremony. Written and illustrated by Jessica Levey, this carefully researched guide book is the perfect start to your handfasting adventure.

 

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Ask a Friend to Officiate Your Wedding!

Good things happen when friends and relatives help out at the wedding ceremony! Having a friend officiate your wedding is more affordable than hiring a professional officiant, and a great way to ensure the wedding day is as intimate and personal as it can be. When a loved one officiates, every moment means more! 

Ask a friend or family member to officiate your wedding with free online ordination through American Marriage Ministries (AMM). 

ORDAINED MINISTER ONLINE APPLICATION

Why AMM? American Marriage Ministries is an inclusive nondenominational internet church that ordains and trains ministers to officiate marriage ceremonies. We are a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit church, and help people from all backgrounds and beliefs become ordained ministers for weddings. Our online ordination is free, accessible, and never expires.

 

Officiating weddings is an incredible honor, and a great way to show your love and support for the people getting married. As a wedding officiant, you will help to create memorable ceremonies and memories that last a lifetime.

AMM Ministers can legally officiate weddings in every state* (it's much harder in Virginia, where we're looking into our options). After getting ordained with AMM, you might need to register your ordination with your local county clerk’s office. Click the link above to get started! 

 

 

Become an ordained minister online with American Marriage Ministries and officiate wedding for friends and relatives. 

 

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