First, let me say I am so glad to finally see this board! Yay! My name is Meredith and I'm getting married on June 26 in central PA (less than 3 months!!). I grew up Methodist, but now FI and I are regular attenders at a Baptist church in town (though it's an independent baptist church, so there's nothing really baptist about it besides the name).
Anyway, I wanted to share a neat idea with you ladies that I came across a few months ago (I already posted about it on the ceremony board a while back, but thought it would be approprate to mention here) - it's called the Unity Cross. It's a little bit pricey, but it's something full of meaning that you can take home and display in your house somewhere after the wedding. You can google it to find where to buy it or read more about it, but here's the general idea:
"The Unity Cross is a multi-piece sculpture that is assembled during the Unity Service of your Wedding Ceremony representing how the Two become One. The Groom places the outer Cross in the beautiful wood base as the Pastor explains how God created man- Bold, Strong, the Defender of the Family yet how he is empty and incomplete without the woman. The Bride then places the more delicate cross inside of the Grooms cross as the Pastor explains how God created Woman- Delicate, multi-faceted, taking care of all of the little things that completes the man, and the Two become One. The Bride and Groom then use the 3 golden pegs to lock the union(cross) together in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit as the pastor exclaims that: What God has brought together let no man take apart. Then the Unity Cross is taken home and displayed as a Daily Reminder of your Wedding Day and the Covenant that you both have made."