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Celebrants--USA Today
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 (390 reads)
Secular 'celebrants' lead more funerals. Clergy-led ceremonies becoming less popular.
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Celebrants--The Stained Glass Artist
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 (453 reads)
The funeral service for a renowned stained glass artist was printed in the Stained Glass Association of America magazine, The Stained Glass Quarterly.
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Importance of the Funeral Service
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (597 reads)
Why do we need to hold funeral services? To mark a loss? To recognize a death? To remember a life? To start healing?
Doug Manning, international grief expert and author, tackles these questions in his book, "The Funeral: A Chance to Touch, a Chance to Serve, a Chance to Heal."
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Northwest Celebrants Inspire Laughter and Tears
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (448 reads)
Celebrant funerals are transforming traditional fill-in-the-blank services by sharing life stories.
A Certified Funeral Celebrant is a person who serves the family by providing a personal tribute to reflect the life of the deceased. A family meeting with a celebrant opens the doors to memories that bring both smiles and tears.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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A Funeral to Remember: Send in the Clown
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (472 reads)
With baby boomers leading the trend of personalized funerals, Professional Clown Kate Smith is joining the Celebrant movement to help them get what they want.
Smith joins more than 1,200 Certified Funeral Celebrants who have been trained by the In-Sight Institute to listen to stories from a grieving family. The Celebrant guides the family through the funeral process, creating a personal service that reflects someone's life story and personality.
Smith, who recently became a Certified Funeral Celebrant during training in Seattle, Washington, has been interested in the death experience for years.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Celebrant Sprinkles Spirituality on Weddings and Funerals in Hawaii
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (486 reads)
Julie Wirtz recently returned to Kauai full-time carrying the titles of Wedding Officiant and Funeral Celebrant as she helps people by performing weddings and funerals with a spirituality that is universal in nature. For several years, she divided her time between Seattle and Kauai. "I think people feel a spiritual connection to the natural fertile beauty of Hawaii. It´s a far cry from the busy city life they may have left behind on the mainland, so it offers more opportunity for reflection and getting in tune with their true raw feelings and what´s important in life," Wirtz explained. "When couples choose to marry in the solitude of a quiet beach or silent forest, it´s reminiscent of a desert island, where they are removed from everything, except what is in front of them – each other."
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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New Jersey Funeral Celebrant: Don't Settle for Funeral Re-Runs
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (994 reads)
"A funeral should be a celebration of a lifetime!" That is the message from Certified Funeral Celebrant Ruthann Disotell.
The words by an unknown author, "Aspire to inspire before you expire," help families visualize Disotell´s intent on her website www.CelebrationofaLifetime.com.
From her website alone, a grieving family instantly knows the funeral service Disotell will write and conduct for their loved one will be unique. When they meet her in a family meeting prior to service, they find comfort and understanding.
As the daughter of a funeral director, Disotell followed in her father´s footsteps working in the family business, and then built her own funeral home. Her greatest satisfaction has always been in helping the family.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Uplifting Canadian Celebrant Funeral Services: Dancing in the Aisles and Remembering Those We Love
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (500 reads)
Canadians who want choices in saying goodbye are embracing the Celebrant movement.
In-Sight Institute Funeral Celebrants focus on storytelling and favorites of the decedent that represent someone's full life and personality. The funerals are uplifting, memorable and meaningful.
Robert Steeves and Donna Sorokowski, Canadian Certified Funeral Celebrants who work with Arbor Memorial Services Inc. funeral homes, are garnering attention from the creative funeral services they're creating for families.
Celebrant Robert Steeves of the Valley View Funeral Home in Surrey, has conducted nearly 120 Celebrant funeral services at four funeral homes in the mainland of British Columbia for Arbor Memorial Services Inc. since being trained in the fall of 2006.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Leader in Funeral Service: First Celebrant Coordinator in United States at Busch Funeral and Crematory in Greater Cleveland Area, Ohio
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (471 reads)
To serve the needs of families, Busch Funeral and Crematory Services is the first funeral home in the country to add a Celebrant Coordinator to their staff.
Celebrant Cathy Nichols is the first Certified Funeral Celebrant Coordinator in the United States, located in the Greater Cleveland area of Ohio, serving primarily Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties.
Jim and Mark Busch, Owners of Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, have been developing Celebrants with the help of In-Sight Institute Founder Doug Manning and Dean of Students Glenda Stansbury.
A new trend in funeral service, Celebrants meet with grieving families to create a farewell that truly represents the lifestyle and personality of the deceased through storytelling, special ceremonies and favorite music.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Funeral Celebrant Dave Page: 'She was buried in her red ruby slippers'
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (488 reads)
Los Angeles Funeral Celebrant Dave Page has been a pastor for more than 20 years. But, eight years ago his life changed forever with the death of his five-year-old daughter.
"Our youngest daughter, Jackie, was diagnosed with a brain stem tumor. It was a fast growing tumor that the neurologist said probably wasn't even in her body three months earlier. He said he couldn't do a biopsy on the tumor because of its location in the brain stem and that Jackie would die within the next two to three months," Page said. "She died peacefully in our home in our arms six weeks later on March 4, 2000."
Page admits that words cannot express the pain and sorrow of losing Jackie as he and his wife faced anger, doubt, depression, sadness and grief.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (478 reads)
When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers.
The percentage. of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation. The faithful have scattered out of their traditional bases: The Bible Belt is less Baptist. The Rust Belt is less Catholic. And everywhere, more people are exploring spiritual frontiers — or falling off the faith map completely.
Article by Cathy Lynn Grossman, USAToday
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In-Sight Funeral Celebrants Create Ceremonial Touches to Remember Loved Ones: Giving Away Meaningful Items at Farewells from Feathers to Recipes
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (442 reads)
"A piece of crochet thread for a woman who won awards for her beautiful blankets. A rock for a man who was the foundation for his family. A red feather for a woman who loved hummingbirds. These are all examples of those special ceremonial touches that Celebrants use to help the family and friends commemorate the memory of their loved one," explained Glenda Stansbury, Dean of In-Sight Institute and trainer of Certified Funeral Celebrants. "It's nothing extravagant or difficult, but just a simple gesture at the end of the service to invite all the people attending the funeral to receive a reminder that they can carry with them that represents a special part of the deceased's life."
As Celebrant funerals focus on the life that was lived, Stansbury has conducted many funerals where she reflected personal favorites of the deceased through hand-chosen items.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Loss Changes Lives
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (72514 reads)
For a parent, there is no greater loss than the loss of a child at any age. Claudia Quinn knows that pain all too well because she lost her son Philip Quinn.
When a lava lamp exploded in an accident in Kent, Washington, a piece of glass pierced her son's chest. It took only three minutes for him to die. His parents found his body. Philip was only 24-years-old and father to a 15-month-old daughter named Payschence.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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CELEBRANTS: Military Farewells: White-gloved Salutes, Taps, Flag Folding Ceremonies Begin Healing
Monday, March 09, 2009 (507 reads)
More than 57,000 United States military veterans die every month. Approximately, 1,000 WW II veterans pass away each day. On any given week, in almost every village, town, city and state, a veteran's family is grieving the loss of a loved one. As families of veterans and military personnel choose poignant moments of reflection that truly represent their life and military service, it helps to begin the grieving process says grief expert and author Doug Manning.
Article by Pam Vetter http://www.CelebrantPam.com
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Celebrants: A Mentor In Grief--Funeral Celebrant offers a personal touch
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 (1595 reads)
Rev Gary A Smith, an associate pastor at Zion United Church of Christ in North Canton, recently completed training to become a certified funeral celebrant. Smith said the goal of a celebrant is to help families through the grieving process by advising them and helping to personalize funeral services.
by Charita M Goshay
The Repository Paper, North Canton OH
4/26/2007
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Celebrants: Deseret News Salt Lake City
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 (1582 reads)
Doug Manning worries about the "nons," that growing segment of Americans
who don't go to church and who may not believe in God. When they die, he argues,
their funerals often end up either focusing on an afterlife they didn't believe
in, or are so sanitized -- so eager to not offend -- that sometimes it's not
clear anyone died at all.
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