In addition to my previous post and upon looking back on my first few years of being a Celebrant I am now perhaps better placed to review the year from a different perspective than I normally would prior to my entering the profession.
I have officiated at weddings, naming ceremonies across North Wales, from beautiful hotels to idyllic countryside venues, from one side of North Wales to the other and each one has been a unique and bespoke service ensuring that happy couples, parents and families have exactly the type of service they want.
And that's what makes a Celebrants job so satisfying, knowing that you are helping people to achieve their dream of creating a really memorable occasion.
We have delivered wedding ceremonies that have included symbolic sand ceremonies providing happy couples with heart shaped glasses filled by family and guests with different coloured sands thereby providing, together with our Commemorative copy of service a lifelong reminder of their special day.
We have provided memory candles in memory of those no longer with us and ensured that everyone attending either as family or guests were involved in each ceremony.
People are becoming more aware that they have a choice between a traditional Church service or a service that provides them with something different and totally unique and personally bespoke.
People with Christian faith will often choose a Christian service within their place of worship, but if they choose not, then a Celebrant ceremony can provide them with a service that also reflects upon their beliefs.
A special day needs to hold special memories for those attending, and we are so glad that we have helped create those lifelong memories.
Naming ceremonies are becoming more and more popular and in difference to traditional church services allows all of the family to be involved with the guardians in welcoming their bundle of joy into the big wide world.
Our services have done just that as each parent, grandparent, guardian and all those in attendance make their own promises to the new arrival and their parents in helping to create a positive and inspiring future for their little one.
As posted previously I have also officiated at many Celebration of Life funeral services across North Wales and the North West and helped to acknowledge and celebrate the lives of so many wonderful people.
These past few years have given me so much inspiration and although I've experienced a complete range of emotions I have been reminded of just how great our society is both through the eyes of those who I have had the pleasure of working with and from the memories of those who are no longer with us.
We are living in difficult times and occasionally I often think that the World has gone mad but what inspires me most is that ordinary hard working people and their families unite as one in good or bad times, reminding us all that no matter what this crazy world throws at us our families are the most important thing in life.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy healthy and prosperous New Year.
Thursday 14 December 2017
A Celebration of Life.
Well after my second year of becoming a Family Celebrant I thought I would update readers as to how things have gone so far and also perhaps highlight some issues that may help readers to understand how I can help you in 2018 and beyond.
Much of my work has been delivering Celebration of Life funeral services including both part religious and non religious ceremonies.
I have had the privilege of having helped and supported many families to say a final farewell to their loved ones and have enabled them, through the content of the service to celebrate a life that meant so much to them.
I have tried to make each service I deliver a true reflection upon the life of the deceased and include lots of happy and often humorous memories, memories that help to ease the pain of grief by recalling the happier times together. A true celebration of life paints a picture of a persons character and personality and how that character has positively impacted upon those around them, it is indeed a real honour to be able to tell their stories, play their favourite music, read their favourite poems, sing their favourite Hymns and say their chosen prayers thereby helping to celebrate a life that meant so much to so many.
Visiting families during their hour of need and listening to their stories and memories is indeed an uplifting and inspirational experience for me as I see at first hand how much people have achieved in their lifetimes, how their talents and skills have helped their communities and importantly how their legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of those who knew them best, the family they have left behind.
Each and every service I have delivered has been about the life of the loved one, every word spoken, every piece of music every poem recited every prayer spoken and every Hymn sang has their name written on it and that's what makes it easier for the family knowing that even in their grief they are celebrating a wonderful life.
So at this time of the year whilst we enter into the festive season of goodwill we should take a moment or two to reflect upon the happy times we spent with loved ones who are no longer with us and perhaps light a candle in their memory thereby helping to ensure that each year that passes we acknowledge the love affection and gratitude we have for them in giving us the life that we have today.
Much of my work has been delivering Celebration of Life funeral services including both part religious and non religious ceremonies.
I have had the privilege of having helped and supported many families to say a final farewell to their loved ones and have enabled them, through the content of the service to celebrate a life that meant so much to them.
I have tried to make each service I deliver a true reflection upon the life of the deceased and include lots of happy and often humorous memories, memories that help to ease the pain of grief by recalling the happier times together. A true celebration of life paints a picture of a persons character and personality and how that character has positively impacted upon those around them, it is indeed a real honour to be able to tell their stories, play their favourite music, read their favourite poems, sing their favourite Hymns and say their chosen prayers thereby helping to celebrate a life that meant so much to so many.
Visiting families during their hour of need and listening to their stories and memories is indeed an uplifting and inspirational experience for me as I see at first hand how much people have achieved in their lifetimes, how their talents and skills have helped their communities and importantly how their legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of those who knew them best, the family they have left behind.
Each and every service I have delivered has been about the life of the loved one, every word spoken, every piece of music every poem recited every prayer spoken and every Hymn sang has their name written on it and that's what makes it easier for the family knowing that even in their grief they are celebrating a wonderful life.
So at this time of the year whilst we enter into the festive season of goodwill we should take a moment or two to reflect upon the happy times we spent with loved ones who are no longer with us and perhaps light a candle in their memory thereby helping to ensure that each year that passes we acknowledge the love affection and gratitude we have for them in giving us the life that we have today.
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