As an independent funeral celebrant, I can offer you a religious service, a non-religious service, or a combination of both. Everything is open to discussion and you can be as creative or traditional as you feel would suit your loved one’s character and wishes.
Services or memorials are very flexible and can follow many structures according to your wishes, but a typical service could look like this:
- Opening music
- Opening words of welcome
- Reading of a poem
- Singing of a hymn, or the playing of a piece of music
- Main tribute or eulogy to your loved one (between 5-10 minutes)
- Moment of reflection (a slideshow of photos with music can be beautiful here)
- Announcements and further thoughts or tributes
- Words of farewell
- Closing words
- Music to say goodbye and exit
