Celebrating A Life at its End
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A memorial service is a vitally important ceremony for human beings confronted with the death of a friend or relative.
I'm a humanist. Humanism is a philosophy for the here-and-now. As a humanist, I regard human values as making sense in the context of human life rather than in the promise of a life after death.
We all have a need for closure: a memorial service helps us to accept what's often unacceptable; a memorial service helps us to believe that which we often prefer not to believe; a memorial service helps us to face the finality of our loss.
There's a human need to focus, in some organized way, the feelings that grip us at such a time; as we address this need, we're also being reassured that when we ourselves die, some such celebration of our life will take place and that we'll be remembered.
With consultation & collaboration, at an appropriate time with those experiencing these needs, together we plan a ceremony which opens and closes with a focus on 3 themes:
~ We've come together to grieve because we've suffered a loss.
~ We've come together to remember this person as s/he was in the fullness of their days.
~ We've come together to renew our commitment to life and the living, and particularly the life and the living of those who are confronted with the loss.
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