Tag: celebration of life
Meet the funeral celebrant: Candice Dillen
It is always painful saying goodbye to someone you care about. But a humanist funeral helps you to celebrate the person and focus on the life they lived. CandiceDillen, a celebrant with particular experience of conducting funerals, tell us more….
Funeral Poems and Readings
Poems and readings can be a meaningful part of a humanist funeral or memorial service. Here are some short extracts read by celebrants.
Humanist memorial service
A humanist memorial service is a non-religious ceremony to commemorate and say goodbye to a loved one who has passed away. Like humanist funerals, they are very personalised, placing the person at the heart of it and with a focus on the ceremony as a celebration of the life.
A humanist funeral
As humanists, we believe that we have one life and that we have a responsibility to ourselves, our fellow living beings and the earth to live that life as best we can. That means trying to be respectful, tolerant and…