Key Life Events
I’ve been taking funerals and weddings for over 44 years, initially as a Church of England priest. Yes that means I’m in my 70s, and I like to think I bring a certain gravitas (as well as grey hair) with that, along with a lightness of touch to any funeral or wedding that I lead. I can provide just the right approach that works for you whether saying goodbye at a funeral or making a commitment at a wedding. I'm available in and around North Essex, I'll travel into London, and actually anywhere if you'll pay expenses as well as the fee. I even took a wedding in Uganda once, by the River Nile. It rained!!!
Please contact me if you’d like to discuss how I can support you with a funeral or a wedding; I’ll liaise with other people involved to ensure that you have a smooth and memorable event.
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Funerals with Feeling
When a relative or friend dies you need a Funeral that’s conducted well, and that puts you and those attending in touch with the emotions of grief, that has to be felt as you let go of the person who’s died and come to terms with life without them; and joy, as you celebrate the person and what they’ve done, and given, through the life they’ve lived and shared, including some humour to keep the memories real and alive in your heart.
When I take a funeral I weave my experience together with what you want, and with what your loved one would want, to create a funeral with feeling that allows both these emotions to be present. If you want religious, I can do that; if you want to keep religion out of it, I can do that.
What's important is to create a funeral that means something, and that gives you the chance to embrace the grief and the joy, and that you can remember with gratitude for the person and for the occasion when you said Goodbye.
Marriages with Meaning
You’re ready to make that commitment to that special person, and they to you. That starts with the wedding, and that can be a glorious excuse to have a party; that’s good, but the meaning that you want to last can be a bit lost in the fun. If you want a marriage that means something, go for a wedding that really gives you the chance to start as you mean to go on.
I can create a wedding that sets the tone for the marriage that follows. I’ll weave the seriousness of the commitment in with fun and joy, just as you want your marriage to include these elements. It can include something religious, or not, depending on what’s right for you.
What's important is to create a wedding that means something as the bedrock for your marriage. I can provide real meaning, along with spirit as your two hearts link together.
Footnote:
If you want your wedding to have legal status you’ll need to do that bit with a licenced Registrar at a place licensed for weddings.
Or just get married without the need for a legal status in which case we can create the whole thing.