ASK US ABOUT THE UNITY CANDLE CEREMONY FOR YOUR WEDDING DAY CELEBRATION!!

Reverend Johnson performing wedding at Gwinnett Historic Courthouse Square Gazebo leading bride and groom in Unity Candle Ceremony (see bottom of this page for the reading)

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OR  ABOUT THE UNITY SAND CEREMONY !



 REVEREND JOHNSON CONDUCTING UNITY SAND CEREMONY ON UGA CAMPUS LAWN  (see bottom of this page for the reading)

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 OR THE UNITY CANDLE CEREMONY  WITH A SPECIAL TWIST TO INCLUDE CHILDREN!

 PASTOR JOHNSON CONDUCTING UNITY CANDLE CEREMONY IN PRIVATE ROOM OF GA. AQUARIUM  IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA (see bottom of this page for the reading)

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OR HOW ABOUT JUMPING THE BROOM?

“JUMPING THE BROOM” IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS GORGEOUS COUPLE AS FOX 5 ATLANTA SHOWS LIVE VIDEO OF THIS 11-11-11 WEDDING CEREMONY HELD AT 11:00 PM BY REVEREND THOMAS JOHNSON WHO HAS JUST ANNOUNCED “YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE.” AND THEN PREPARES FOR THE BEST MAN TO PLACE THE BROOM IN POSITION TO "JUMP THE BROOM" AND THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL BE "SWEPT" INTO THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHER AS A MARRIED COUPLE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE! click  

 (see bottom of this page for the reading)

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OR THE TRADITIONAL IRISH BLESSING

and Pastor Johnson concludes Ceremony by reading Traditional Irish Blessing at gorgeous Sunday afternoon Brunch Wedding at Little Gardens (see bottom of this page for the reading)

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 I CORINTHIANS 13   THE LOVE CHAPTER

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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  TRADITIONAL IRISH BLESSING

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AND BLESS

YOU. MAY YOU SEE YOUR CHILDREN'S
CHILDREN.  MAY YOU BE POOR IN
MISFORTUNES AND RICH IN

BLESSINGS.  MAY YOU KNOW NOTHING

BUT HAPPINESS FROM THIS DAY

FORWARD.  MAY THE ROAD RISE UP TO

MEET YOU. MAY THE WIND BE FOREVER

AT YOUR BACK.  MAY THE SUN SHINE

WARM UPON YOUR FACE, AND RAINS

FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS. AND

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAY GOD

HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

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APACHE WEDDING PRAYER

 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 TO 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 IS ONLY ONE LIFE

BEFORE YOU.  MAY BEAUTY SURROUND YOU

BOTH IN THE JOURNEY AHEAD AND THROUGH

ALL THE YEARS.  MAY HAPPINESS BE YOUR

COMPANION,  AND YOUR DAYS TOGETHER BE

GOOD AND LONG UPON THIS LAND.

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JUMPING OF THE BROOM

WE END THIS CEREMONY WITH THE

TRADITION OF JUMPING THE

BROOM.  AS OUR BRIDE & GROOM

JUMP THE BROOM, THEY ENTER

INTO THE LAND OF WEDDED BLISS! 

THIS SYMBOLIZES THE SWEEPING

AWAY OF THE OLD AND THE

BEGINNING OF THE NEW.   THE

BRIDE & GROOM WILL NOW START

THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER WITH A

CLEAN SWEEP. 

MINISTER SAYS:        WE WILL ALL

COUNT TOGETHER:   1,2,3…JUMP

ALL TOGETHER NOW…1,2,3 JUMP!

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UNITY SAND CEREMONY

THE DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TRADITIONAL SAND CEREMONY AS USED WORLDWIDE IN THE WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA WAS WRITTEN IN PART FOR THE WIKEIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA BY REVEREND THOMAS JOHNSON please click here!

One of the most popular additions to contemporary wedding ceremonies is what has come to be called THE SAND CEREMONY.  It is really very easy to add to your vows and I am frequently asked how to perform the Sand Ceremony.  Basically, it is very similar to the popular and now-traditional Unity Candle.  The biggest advantage is that the Sand Ceremony can be used better outdoors because there are no candles for the wind to extinguish.  In the Sand Ceremony, rather than using three candles, you simply use three transparent vessels.  Different colors of sand are used in two of the vessels and are poured together alternately by the bride and groom into a third empty vessel.  This can be used as a keepsake for the mantle, shelf, or wherever they would like in their new home.  This single multi-colored vase represents the two becoming one concept that the Unity Candle has always represented. Again, this is meaningful and symbolic of what the whole marital union represents!  The officiant can end the pouring of the sand by saying “Just as these grains of sand can never again be separated into their old containers, like  sand through the hourglass, so will now be the days of your married life together!” 

HOW TO PERFORM THE SAND CEREMONY - CLICK HERE!

Click here to see  Reverend Johnson's YouTube Tutorial Explaining and Demonstrating the Lighting of the Unity Candle 

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WE CAN HELP EXPLAIN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SOMETIMES CONFUSING WEDDING TERMS

JUMP THE BROOM, UNITY CANDLE, PASTOR, ATLANTA, BRIDE, GROOM, ELOPEMENT, WEDDING, GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY, CHAPELS, SAME-DAY, OFFICIANT NEAR ME, SIGN MARRIAGE LICENSE, COURTHOUSE MARRIAGE LICENSE, LAWRENCEVILLE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE, BILINGUAL, VIRTUAL WEDDING CEREMONY