There are a lot more options these days on how you choose to celebrate the big events in your life. When it comes to planning weddings, vow renewals and baby naming ceremonies, working with a Civil Celebrant can provide more choices to create a unique and bespoke event to cater to your exact specifications.
Here a few celebrations where having a Civil Celebrant can really open up the possibilities!
Weddings
Celebrants bring with them opportunities that have not been available in the past and the wedding industry is one of the areas that have benefitted from that. Instead of being restricted by the constraints of marrying in a church or registry office you can choose to have your wedding anywhere at any time. I have conducted weddings in a whole range of locations over the years, from Royden Park to a couple’s lounge and even the banks of the River Dee. Additional options can range from places such castles to barefoot in the woods at Summer Solstice, the decision is yours to make.
With a Civil Celebrant you receive a more personalised and memorable service. A Civil Celebrant will work with the couple to create a unique ceremony that highlights the love that the two of you share. From old traditions to the ones, you make yourself, anything you wish can be incorporated to make your ceremony reflect you and your relationship.
Baby Naming Ceremonies
This is a personalised service that can be delivered by a Civil Celebrant to celebrate a new child entering the family, this can be through birth, adoption or marriage. Throughout the naming ceremony, parents are given full creative control of decorations, food, vows, music, venue, guests, and guide parents, making for a tailored, meaningful service, personal to them.
A non-religious alternative to god-parents, organisers are influenced to instate guide parents as guardians who will care for their child in the future. This approach binds your child to your loved ones not through religion, but through promise.
You can also host a baby naming ceremony during re-marriages, or marriage ceremonies, to lovingly include children on such a significant occasion, where two families become one.
A naming ceremony binds families together through a loving display, where parents can celebrate their love for their children in a service that is personal to them.
Vow Renewals
With a Civil Celebrant a renewal of vows ceremony can be as personal, fun and unique as you wish. It could be just the two of you, a small gathering of close family or a big party with all your original guests.
Some people choose to have a ceremony after a certain number of years together or after a life changing event.
For example, some couples will have a ceremony after they have children, so their children can take part in the ceremony.
The ceremony itself can be held anywhere, as there’s no legal element this time. You can have it day or night and fill it with whatever you want including readings, poems or your favourite music.
Couples will usually exchange vows that reflect on what they said during their wedding. You could have the same vows or write brand new ones. New vows gives you a unique opportunity to express how you feel about your relationship and what’s changed or stayed the same.
After that, there’s the exchange of the rings, you can use your original ones, new ones if you want to update them or add an eternity ring to those you already have. Some people choose to have new engravings on their original ones to mark a milestone.
If you would like to find out more about what a Civil Celebrant can do for you please don’t hesitate to email me at info@jeanetterobertscivilcelebrant.co.uk or call me on: 0778 986 6589
