The hearfelt ceremonies I can perform for you...
"You to me are everything"
Gold & Denne
Ceremonies mark important times in our lives, times for uniting and honouring ourselves and others. Personal ceremonies can say as much or as little as you wish. They can be filled with spiritual or religious meaning or hold not, but still hold significant beauty as they embrace your beliefs and values in their creation and delivery to you, your family and friends.
Here are examples of some of the services that I can create to honour you or a loved one. I respect people of all religious and non religious beliefs, all races, ages and genders and sexual preferences. There are no religious rules or stigmas that prevent me working with you and for you to create a special, wonderful ceremony.
Weddings, Blessings, Renewal of vows.
A ceremony to celebrate loving one another through a wedding is recognised in all beliefs, faiths and cultures. Love is the joyous union of two people saying I love you and wish to spend my life with you. I support you in creating a ceremony from your hearts, filled with love, sharing, celebration and joy. Blessings, renewal of vows, same sex ceremonies, perhaps a private ceremony for just the two of you. You may even wish to acknowledge your relationship without making it legal, a commitment ceremony with love and that personal touch.
I respect all beliefs at this important time, bridging the traditions of different beliefs for you as a couple. Interfaith weddings/blessings/renewal of vows can be created to honour you both. A unifying celebration of two people and two faiths at the same time. This kind of celebration can also be held in many places; perhaps outdoors, your favourite location (with permission), somewhere abroad, or you may wish to hold something small within your home. I offer an initial consultation as a getting to know each other and discuss the possibility of creating your service together. It is important that if you have fixed dates in mind, this is discussed too, to ensure availability.
Once we have agreed our working together we will explore some questions looking at your beliefs around getting married/your beliefs, your expectations of your relationship and if you have any clear ideas for your ceremony. We will work together to interpret the unwritten vows between you both . Your ceremony will then be created uniquely for you, using your meaningful words, prayers, songs, hymns or poems to reflect your values and beliefs.
What about the legal element of marriage versus non legal wedding ceremonies?
A marriage or civil partnership ceremony has a legal component. The law currently in England and Wales that you would need to use the services of a Registrar for a legal marriage. In Scotland , Interfaith Ministers can also perform the legal element of a marriage ceremony, but not in England and Wales. However couples can choose a brief marriage service at a registry office and separate that from the wedding celebration, saving the making of personal vows and exchange of rings for the service that I perform.
I respect all beliefs at this important time, bridging the traditions of different beliefs for you as a couple. Interfaith weddings/blessings/renewal of vows can be created to honour you both. A unifying celebration of two people and two faiths at the same time. This kind of celebration can also be held in many places; perhaps outdoors, your favourite location (with permission), somewhere abroad, or you may wish to hold something small within your home. I offer an initial consultation as a getting to know each other and discuss the possibility of creating your service together. It is important that if you have fixed dates in mind, this is discussed too, to ensure availability.
Once we have agreed our working together we will explore some questions looking at your beliefs around getting married/your beliefs, your expectations of your relationship and if you have any clear ideas for your ceremony. We will work together to interpret the unwritten vows between you both . Your ceremony will then be created uniquely for you, using your meaningful words, prayers, songs, hymns or poems to reflect your values and beliefs.
What about the legal element of marriage versus non legal wedding ceremonies?
A marriage or civil partnership ceremony has a legal component. The law currently in England and Wales that you would need to use the services of a Registrar for a legal marriage. In Scotland , Interfaith Ministers can also perform the legal element of a marriage ceremony, but not in England and Wales. However couples can choose a brief marriage service at a registry office and separate that from the wedding celebration, saving the making of personal vows and exchange of rings for the service that I perform.
Weddings, Blessings, Renewal of vows.
A ceremony to celebrate loving one another through a wedding is recognised in all beliefs, faiths and cultures. Love is the joyous union of two people saying I love you and wish to spend my life with you. I support you in creating a ceremony from your hearts, filled with love, sharing, celebration and joy. Blessings, renewal of vows, same sex ceremonies, perhaps a private ceremony for just the two of you. You may even wish to acknowledge your relationship without making it legal, a commitment ceremony with love and that personal touch.
I respect all beliefs at this important time, bridging the traditions of different beliefs for you as a couple. Interfaith weddings/blessings/renewal of vows can be created to honour you both. A unifying celebration of two people and two faiths at the same time. This kind of celebration can also be held in many places; perhaps outdoors, your favourite location (with permission), somewhere abroad, or you may wish to hold something small within your home. I offer an initial consultation as a getting to know each other and discuss the possibility of creating your service together. It is important that if you have fixed dates in mind, this is discussed too, to ensure availability.
Once we have agreed our working together we will explore some questions looking at your beliefs around getting married/your beliefs, your expectations of your relationship and if you have any clear ideas for your ceremony. We will work together to interpret the unwritten vows between you both . Your ceremony will then be created uniquely for you, using your meaningful words, prayers, songs, hymns or poems to reflect your values and beliefs.
What about the legal element of marriage versus non legal wedding ceremonies?
A marriage or civil partnership ceremony has a legal component. The law currently in England and Wales that you would need to use the services of a Registrar for a legal marriage. In Scotland , Interfaith Ministers can also perform the legal element of a marriage ceremony, but not in England and Wales. However couples can choose a brief marriage service at a registry office and separate that from the wedding celebration, saving the making of personal vows and exchange of rings for the service that I perform.
I respect all beliefs at this important time, bridging the traditions of different beliefs for you as a couple. Interfaith weddings/blessings/renewal of vows can be created to honour you both. A unifying celebration of two people and two faiths at the same time. This kind of celebration can also be held in many places; perhaps outdoors, your favourite location (with permission), somewhere abroad, or you may wish to hold something small within your home. I offer an initial consultation as a getting to know each other and discuss the possibility of creating your service together. It is important that if you have fixed dates in mind, this is discussed too, to ensure availability.
Once we have agreed our working together we will explore some questions looking at your beliefs around getting married/your beliefs, your expectations of your relationship and if you have any clear ideas for your ceremony. We will work together to interpret the unwritten vows between you both . Your ceremony will then be created uniquely for you, using your meaningful words, prayers, songs, hymns or poems to reflect your values and beliefs.
What about the legal element of marriage versus non legal wedding ceremonies?
A marriage or civil partnership ceremony has a legal component. The law currently in England and Wales that you would need to use the services of a Registrar for a legal marriage. In Scotland , Interfaith Ministers can also perform the legal element of a marriage ceremony, but not in England and Wales. However couples can choose a brief marriage service at a registry office and separate that from the wedding celebration, saving the making of personal vows and exchange of rings for the service that I perform.
Baby naming, Rites of Passage for all ages and stages of life.
Baby Naming
A wonderful welcome to honour your little one into the world. Our name is important because it introduces us to others as we go through life. Honouring this beautiful name given lovingly by parents or loved ones, is a rite of passage all can embrace.
A baby naming ceremony introduces your child to the family and friends asking them to support him or her through life, holding them in love,compassion and guidance. Some parents feel it is important to acknowledge their childs name in a religious ceremony, some do not wish to choose the faith for their child or maybe they do not have one themselves. Creating a ceremony and marking this moment in your childs life is significant for all concerned.
Rites of Passage
Throughout our lives there are landmarks and milestones that we reach. They are a great time for celebration. These may include reaching our first teenage year, reaching our adult age at 18 or 21, some older years such as 40 or 50 or reaching retirement. All of these can have great significance and a reason to share with friends the new stage of life we are now living.
Instead of dwelling on how old you have suddenly become, celebrate it as a time to reaffirm where you are in your life and hold a ceremony to mark all your special occasions.
Young people
Young people can be excited or confused around changes in their lives, leaving the security of a small primary school and walking into a large sometimes impersonal secondary school, leaving school for college or university, leaving home, becoming an adult and having to fend for themselves. You can value and embrace these moments for your loved ones and offer a ceremony to create the feeling of being supported, filled with fun, enjoyable experience which can change this to a positive shared time.
A wonderful welcome to honour your little one into the world. Our name is important because it introduces us to others as we go through life. Honouring this beautiful name given lovingly by parents or loved ones, is a rite of passage all can embrace.
A baby naming ceremony introduces your child to the family and friends asking them to support him or her through life, holding them in love,compassion and guidance. Some parents feel it is important to acknowledge their childs name in a religious ceremony, some do not wish to choose the faith for their child or maybe they do not have one themselves. Creating a ceremony and marking this moment in your childs life is significant for all concerned.
Rites of Passage
Throughout our lives there are landmarks and milestones that we reach. They are a great time for celebration. These may include reaching our first teenage year, reaching our adult age at 18 or 21, some older years such as 40 or 50 or reaching retirement. All of these can have great significance and a reason to share with friends the new stage of life we are now living.
Instead of dwelling on how old you have suddenly become, celebrate it as a time to reaffirm where you are in your life and hold a ceremony to mark all your special occasions.
Young people
Young people can be excited or confused around changes in their lives, leaving the security of a small primary school and walking into a large sometimes impersonal secondary school, leaving school for college or university, leaving home, becoming an adult and having to fend for themselves. You can value and embrace these moments for your loved ones and offer a ceremony to create the feeling of being supported, filled with fun, enjoyable experience which can change this to a positive shared time.
Funerals - living funerals - memorials - scattering of ashes - relationship endings.
Ceremonies mark important times in our lives, times for uniting and honouring ourselves and each other. Personal and unique ceremonies can say as much or as little as you wish. They can be filled with spiritual or religious meaning or none at all, but still hold significant beauty as they embrace your beliefs and values in their creation.
People often only see weddings, funerals or christenings as ways of offering ceremony, however I also offer many others that focus on sadder events in our lives.
People often only see weddings, funerals or christenings as ways of offering ceremony, however I also offer many others that focus on sadder events in our lives.
Funeral as a celebration of the person that has passed on
Loss is often a very stressful times in our lives, sudden death leaves people in shock. You may have supported a loved one through illness, not sure what was wanted for a funeral, how to honour the persons life. Or maybe you had a difficult relationship with the person that has passed on and may feel this is about respecting a persons wishes or holding a ceremony out of duty.
All difficult times to cope with, often there are lots of things to think about some people are not sure how to go about it. You may be unsure of what the persons beliefs meant as they were not your own. I can help offer advice and assistance for creating the funeral. This may be through words such as poems or prayers, music or song (including chants and hymns), silence and reflection or anything else you require to celebrate the life of the person who has passed on.
I can also offer you and your family compassionate support to support you through or in preparing for your loss.
Living funerals to say goodbye before you leave
A concept where we get the opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings before we die. People often consider having living funerals when they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness or just know that age is no longer on their side and wish to celebrate and enjoy the funeral whilst still alive to do so, after all why should your friends and relatives all get to party.
Memorials at the right time to celebrate the person no longer with you
These are seen as different things to different people, for some they are to hold the memory of someone important that has died, for others they are seen as being a non-religious funeral service. Memorials are also held when there is no body, perhaps after a buriel at sea or if the body has been offered as donation to a medical school or hospital.
Scattering of Ashes as a mark of love and respect
Once you have received your loved one's ashes from the funeral director you may wish to hold a small, informal, private ceremony to mark the occasion. This could be held on a special date such as a birthday or anniversary. Sometimes the deceased has expressed a desire to have their ashes scattered at sea or in an area that holds special meaning or memories, or their family choose this option. You may wish to scatter or intern your loved ones ashes for example at sunset to mark their passing with the going down of the sun. All ways beautiful and all ways to honour a person’s memory.
All difficult times to cope with, often there are lots of things to think about some people are not sure how to go about it. You may be unsure of what the persons beliefs meant as they were not your own. I can help offer advice and assistance for creating the funeral. This may be through words such as poems or prayers, music or song (including chants and hymns), silence and reflection or anything else you require to celebrate the life of the person who has passed on.
I can also offer you and your family compassionate support to support you through or in preparing for your loss.
Living funerals to say goodbye before you leave
A concept where we get the opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings before we die. People often consider having living funerals when they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness or just know that age is no longer on their side and wish to celebrate and enjoy the funeral whilst still alive to do so, after all why should your friends and relatives all get to party.
Memorials at the right time to celebrate the person no longer with you
These are seen as different things to different people, for some they are to hold the memory of someone important that has died, for others they are seen as being a non-religious funeral service. Memorials are also held when there is no body, perhaps after a buriel at sea or if the body has been offered as donation to a medical school or hospital.
Scattering of Ashes as a mark of love and respect
Once you have received your loved one's ashes from the funeral director you may wish to hold a small, informal, private ceremony to mark the occasion. This could be held on a special date such as a birthday or anniversary. Sometimes the deceased has expressed a desire to have their ashes scattered at sea or in an area that holds special meaning or memories, or their family choose this option. You may wish to scatter or intern your loved ones ashes for example at sunset to mark their passing with the going down of the sun. All ways beautiful and all ways to honour a person’s memory.
Funeral as a celebration of the person that has passed on
Loss is often a very stressful times in our lives, sudden death leaves people in shock. You may have supported a loved one through illness, not sure what was wanted for a funeral, how to honour the persons life. Or maybe you had a difficult relationship with the person that has passed on and may feel this is about respecting a persons wishes or holding a ceremony out of duty.
All difficult times to cope with, often there are lots of things to think about some people are not sure how to go about it. You may be unsure of what the persons beliefs meant as they were not your own. I can help offer advice and assistance for creating the funeral. This may be through words such as poems or prayers, music or song (including chants and hymns), silence and reflection or anything else you require to celebrate the life of the person who has passed on.
I can also offer you and your family compassionate support to support you through or in preparing for your loss.
Living funerals to say goodbye before you leave
A concept where we get the opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings before we die. People often consider having living funerals when they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness or just know that age is no longer on their side and wish to celebrate and enjoy the funeral whilst still alive to do so, after all why should your friends and relatives all get to party.
Memorials at the right time to celebrate the person no longer with you
These are seen as different things to different people, for some they are to hold the memory of someone important that has died, for others they are seen as being a non-religious funeral service. Memorials are also held when there is no body, perhaps after a buriel at sea or if the body has been offered as donation to a medical school or hospital.
Scattering of Ashes as a mark of love and respect
Once you have received your loved one's ashes from the funeral director you may wish to hold a small, informal, private ceremony to mark the occasion. This could be held on a special date such as a birthday or anniversary. Sometimes the deceased has expressed a desire to have their ashes scattered at sea or in an area that holds special meaning or memories, or their family choose this option. You may wish to scatter or intern your loved ones ashes for example at sunset to mark their passing with the going down of the sun. All ways beautiful and all ways to honour a person’s memory.
All difficult times to cope with, often there are lots of things to think about some people are not sure how to go about it. You may be unsure of what the persons beliefs meant as they were not your own. I can help offer advice and assistance for creating the funeral. This may be through words such as poems or prayers, music or song (including chants and hymns), silence and reflection or anything else you require to celebrate the life of the person who has passed on.
I can also offer you and your family compassionate support to support you through or in preparing for your loss.
Living funerals to say goodbye before you leave
A concept where we get the opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings before we die. People often consider having living funerals when they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness or just know that age is no longer on their side and wish to celebrate and enjoy the funeral whilst still alive to do so, after all why should your friends and relatives all get to party.
Memorials at the right time to celebrate the person no longer with you
These are seen as different things to different people, for some they are to hold the memory of someone important that has died, for others they are seen as being a non-religious funeral service. Memorials are also held when there is no body, perhaps after a buriel at sea or if the body has been offered as donation to a medical school or hospital.
Scattering of Ashes as a mark of love and respect
Once you have received your loved one's ashes from the funeral director you may wish to hold a small, informal, private ceremony to mark the occasion. This could be held on a special date such as a birthday or anniversary. Sometimes the deceased has expressed a desire to have their ashes scattered at sea or in an area that holds special meaning or memories, or their family choose this option. You may wish to scatter or intern your loved ones ashes for example at sunset to mark their passing with the going down of the sun. All ways beautiful and all ways to honour a person’s memory.
Relationship endings - Divorce - Seperation - Loss
When we commit to a loving long-term relationship we believe it will last a lifetime. Unfortunately this is not always so and the pain of loss can be intense. Letting go and moving on is not easy and many people can be hurt in the process. If there are children, supporting them whilst sometimes in a battle between you both, can create long lasting trauma. Developing your own healing ceremony either together as a family, or individually, or for the children, can allow forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, understanding and peace.
I meet you as a family (for all those prepared to be present), followed by some further compassionate support, then finally together we create a ceremony to bring closure and healing. I can offer you as much support or as little as your wish or feel you need.
Maybe your relationship ending is more harmonious and you wish to end your time together in a positive way, creating a ceremony can bring acknowledgement of all that you have shared together, the laughter, joy and pain. One or both may need support to gain clarity for your future life, again I can offer as much guidance as you may need.
I meet you as a family (for all those prepared to be present), followed by some further compassionate support, then finally together we create a ceremony to bring closure and healing. I can offer you as much support or as little as your wish or feel you need.
Maybe your relationship ending is more harmonious and you wish to end your time together in a positive way, creating a ceremony can bring acknowledgement of all that you have shared together, the laughter, joy and pain. One or both may need support to gain clarity for your future life, again I can offer as much guidance as you may need.
