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A farewell To Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II
Our celebrant and chaplain Tim Maguire gave a remembrance.
New Celebrate People website
We came together as a community the other evening to celebrate the launch of our gorgeous new website - thank you so much, Colleen of Scunnered Digital. We think you can see how much we love it, and we hope you do too!
Ask a Celebrant
We have asked all our celebrants what they know for sure. Here is our first response from Tim Maguire. “What I know for sure Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite authors, and these words are taken from the poem he wrote for the wedding of his friends Sxip and Coco a...
A Truly Scottish Wedding
Celebrate People, real Scottish People. This order of events featured at Nadine and Callum’s wedding. Their 3rd (at least) attemp to get married at @TheCruin at Loch Lomond.
Famous Ring Bearer Rupert
Rupert is now nearly 15 and he has requested retirement from his role of Ring Bearer. it has been difficult during lockdown to perform his treasured role and now his hearing is a bit challenging. "Who bears the rings?" was met by him running up to the back row of the...
Spanish speaking celebrant
We have several celebrants who can deliver weddings in Spanish, French, Italian, and even bits of Doric (and other languages). Celebrate People celebrants believe in the wonder of diversity and difference 🏳️🌈 and equality. If a personal ceremony is what you would...
Lenny Love our Celebrant
What a lovely message to receive from a bereaved family. Lenny is based in Edinburgh and one of our wonderful, compassionate and skilled celebrants. Thanks Lenny.
Children and wedding ceremonies
Couples often want to include and involve children. Some don’t and that’s all good too!! It is your choice whether to invite children or not. There is no right or wrong. Your Celebrate People is here to help and support you at all times 🙂 ABOVE ALL, AS WITH ALL...
“Grief”, as Her Majesty the Queen said only a few years ago, “is the price we pay for love.”
They weren’t her own words – they come from a book by a British psychologist, Dr. Colin Murray Parks – but she made them famous, and I’m grateful, because it’s a powerful phrase. There are dozens of metaphors for grief and hundreds of similes. Grief is the flip side...