Your Ceremony Wishes
According To Your Wants And Needs
Most people believe they have three options available to them. Two options being from the religious clergy and Humanist celebrants, as a third option some people opt not to have a funeral. The additional fourth option we offer is 'what you want' - nothing more, nothing less.
In today's society many people want ceremony, but they want ceremony which is more inclusive than honouring only one religious path such as a church ceremony. They also want a ceremony that allows them to choose elements that could be classed as 'religious or spiritual' such as a hymn or a prayer or a reference to the possibility of an afterlife - including any of these elements would rule out having a Humanist funeral.
When we speak with you we ask you what you would like and how we can help - we don't sit down and tell you what you can have (if you don't know of course we'll guide you and make suggestions). There may be restrictions as to what a Funeral Director can provide, or the venue you have chosen can provide, but we do our best to help you have what you want, and what your loved one would have wanted.
Because we offer ceremony that's not held in churches sometimes we're mistaken for Humanist celebrants so we clarify a little about the difference in what we offer compared to what a Humanist celebrant would offer under the section Your Choice.