Naming Ceremonies

If you want a perfect alternative to a traditional christening, then a Naming Ceremony is just right for you. It’s a special ceremony where you can invite your family and friends to join you in celebrating the life of your new-born baby or older child/children or to welcome adopted children or stepchildren into your family.

Working with you, I will endeavour to find out as much information as possible to create a ceremony that reflects your values and wishes and together we can  decide what you would like to include – religious elements, family traditions or cultural rites; meanings of names, poems, special readings, promises, music; perhaps you have older children who would like to be involved, as well as other members of the family and let’s not forget the godparents, guide parents, mentors, whatever you would like to call them, who promise to guide and support your child/children.

There are also different symbolic ceremonies we can include, such as a sand ceremony.  This is where you have different coloured sands representing the important people in the life of your child/children.  Individual sands are poured into one container by various family members or friends, representing how you are all joined together and showing that there is no one individual who holds greater value than the next.  As the sand blends so too does your family and the individual grains can never be parted.  Other symbolic ideas include tree-planting, candle-lighting, or hand/foot-printing, to name but a few.

There are so many different ideas we can talk about and once I understand the type of ceremony you would like, I will create a bespoke ceremony and share the script with you to ensure the celebration is perfect for you and your family.  

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