The Funeral Celebrant's Handbook: Creating Services That Celebrate Life and Mourn Death - Hardcover

This book is a global bestseller. With the move away from traditional funeral services, comes an increased responsibility for funeral celebrants to honor the departed in an appropriate way, and make sure each service runs as smoothly as possible. This handbook is the ideal companion for qualified celebrants or church leaders, celebrants-in-training, or those who are thinking about entering this vocation. It covers every aspect of a service, beginning at the time of initial contact and the first meeting with the bereaved, right through to the service itself. In this book, you will also find a varied collection of readings, poems, and sample eulogies for each type of funeral service, as well as advice about conducting memorial services and funeral services with a difference.