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We can hold non-traditional religious ceremonies or non-religious ceremonies and every variation in between.
We would be happy to hold a ceremony in the way a Humanist celebrant would, without prayer or a reference to an afterlife. The ceremonies we create are in response to our clients' needs, not ours.
Often what people want is a celebration of the life of their loved one with elements of beauty and meaning which could be a reading that could have come from a sacred text and a favourite hymn. And more often than not people would like to include a prayer and blessing, and a reference to an afterlife.
We've had people ask us for a Humanist ceremony with a hymn and prayers which we could do, but we need to clarify that 'technically' we believe it would no longer be regarded as Humanist by the Humanists. We could hold such a ceremony and would do so with the greatest respect for the work the Humanists do and the beliefs they have, and therefore we wouldn't refer to it as Humanist. Quoted from the British Humanist Association website ( www.humanism.org.uk):
Humanists do not pray, though Humanist funerals will often include a brief silence when people can reflect or pray if they want to. At a Humanist funeral there is no suggestion that the person has gone on to another life.