Funerals

The death of a loved one is a painful and difficult experience. Preparing the funeral can be confusing and stressful. A civil celebrant can offer an internment and caring ceremony, or even celebration.

Prepared with thought and heart, you can farewell your loved one with love and dignity.

I'm an experienced funeral celebrant, with over 10 years experience. I look forward to walking side by side with you, as together we create the perfect ceremony to honor and farewell your loved one.

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Namegiving Ceremonies Excitement fills the air; your baby has been born and enters your life. There are too many emotions, yet few words to express the totality of your experience. For a mother the birth of a first baby is truly life changing. Giving birth is a rite of passage for both the mother and father and a Namegiving Ceremony is a powerful way of giving thanks and welcoming your baby. To hold a ceremony in honour of your baby and to welcome them into your family can deepen relationships and connect community to the shared responsibility of supporting and lovingly caring for your precious one. A Namegiving Ceremony gives you the chance to pause and fully honour the arrival of your baby. It is a time you can name shared responsibilities by appointing Guardians, Godparents, or Mentors. You can honour special relationships, such as Grandparents, Uncles and Aunties. Your special ceremony can reflect your personal, cultural, religious or spiritual beliefs and bridge any gaps with respect, if there are different beliefs between the families. Most importantly, your family can come together to share the joy and rejoice the life of this new and wonderful baby.

The naming day of Kayla, Catholic Church, Blackburn

Ceremony Contents

You have total freedom to include any features of the ceremony you like and add your own unique features. Here is a basic break down of a Namegiving Ceremony:

• Parents Thanksgiving
• Official naming of the baby
• Appointment of Godparent, Guardian or Mentors
• Blessings for the baby
• Presentation of naming certificates
• Readings, song or music

Siblings, stepchildren and stepparents can also be incorporated into the ceremony.

A Namegiving Ceremony is traditionally performed for a baby before the age of one, however a child of any age can have a ceremony.

Ceremonial History

The Namegiving Ceremony or Naming day as its known has a long history. In Roman times, a baby was not a legal member of the family until it was named in ceremony.

Namegiving Ceremonies, as celebrants perform them today, are relatively new and have become increasingly popular. The ceremony is performed by a Civil Celebrant to celebrate and welcome the baby into the world. It is also an occasion to appoint Godparents, Guardians or Mentors.

This is not a baptism or christening but it is simply a ceremony of meaning. In fact many religious people are choosing a Namegiving Ceremony giving the child the religious freedom to choose when they are older.

A Namegiving Ceremony performed by a Celebrant gives you total freedom to create a ceremony that reflects your family's beliefs.


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