Memorials & End of Life Tributes
Funeral Celebrants offer a personal and dignified funeral ceremony. We carefully compose a unique ceremony words and music that pay proper and adequate tribute to the person who has died. To do justice to your ceremony and the task at hand, hours are spent in creating the ceremony you desire. A Celebrant never imposes on anyone any element of a ceremony that you, the client, did not ask for or approve.
The Preparation
The essential information needed is primarily gained in an unhurried interview with the family to insure accuracy, warmth and meaning. Once informed, the Celebrant must then go about the creative writing of the eulogy, carefully selecting the most appropriate quotes of literature and making provision for selections of music which have been specially chosen by the family. Even with a great deal of preparation, no ceremony is delivered by our members unless every detail of the eulogy is carefully checked with the family to ensure that it is accurate. Then, with compassion, sincerity and care (the normal result of such careful preparation), the Celebrant officiates at the ceremony, usually at the funeral home, crematorium or cemetery. After the funeral, the Celebrant presents to the family a beautiful copy of the ceremony as a keepsake.
Beliefs and Traditions
As with all Celebrant ceremonies, the celebrant is guided by the beliefs of the deceased and the family. The most important principle is that the words said express and celebrate the life of the person who has died, and that his or her religious or spiritual beliefs (if applicable) be reflected in the ceremony.
Funeral Celebrants
The Funeral Celebrants in our organization have usually been drawn to this work by a strong realization that this is a task which needs to be done and done well. Many have experienced grief themselves and have felt that the funerals they had attended were not always satisfactory or helpful. All are convinced that at the end of a person's life the tribute we pay deserves to be the best that human skill can present.
Nothing can take away the grief we experience from the death of a loved one, but a genuine, well prepared tribute eases the pain. The recollection of a personal ceremony is a constant consolation.
Different Celebrants suit different people. We want our clients to have the Celebrant and the ceremony which is most appropriate for their needs.
Costs
Funeral Celebrants are not supported by any religious or other organization. They are independent professionals in a caring profession with all the overhead and expenses of any business person. Celebrants are generous in their time with a bereaved family when they prepare for a ceremony.
