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CELEBRATE LIFE
With Heart Warming Quality Assured Ceremonies by
Peter Gaskin
Life - being alive - it's incredible - even on tough days.
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I love helping people create and deliver memorable ceremonies which are infused with warmth, meaning and joy.
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Peter Gaskin Humanist Life Celebrant offers a range of services including.
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Weddings and Vow renewals which bring folk together to celebrate a union of two people - new or continung.
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Naming Ceremonies that provide a lovely way to welcome new life or perhaps new beginnings.
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Celebrations of Life commemorate and celebrate lives that have already been lived through funerals or memorials.
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There are many other special moments in life too when a ceremony might help bring people togther and share
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Why hold a ceremony?
Ceremonies and rituals help us reflect upon and process some of life's important milestones, help to build a sense of belonging, connect, find meaning and discover who we are. Ceremony can help welcome new life or new beginnings. A ceremony can confirm a commitment between two people to be there for each other and help each other achieve what they want to achieve, or recognise and reinforce a commitment made some time before. It may commemorate and celebate a life lived and help process a change in relationships. We also hold ceremonies for other reasons - to reflect upon important events that affect all of us - such as the recent pandemic. We can celebrate changes in our lives - coming of age, changes in circumstance, changes in identity. Our only constant in life really is change, and holding ceremonies helps us process change. Ceremonies also give us an opportunity to bring people together, help us re-inforce existing bonds and help cement new friendships. Ritual in all aspects of life helps us cope. We each build rituals into daily life and need ritual to help acknowledge and deal with important milestones in life. As a qualifued humanist celebrant Peter Gaskin can help with all of these things - from helping people create effective individual daily ritual to community ritual which brings people together.
What is a Humanist Ceremony?
I can help
As your celebrant I can help you with ceremonies and rituals - help craft and deliver ceremonies for you and help you experience these moments in the best way for you. My approach is one which focuses on the people involved - brings a sense of occasion but is always human - warm and full of feeling and emotion, humour, shared values and honesty. Each ceremony is a life-affirming celebration of what it is to be human - rooted in love, life, laughter & respect. Personalites, stories and experiences are shared and woven into beautiful memorable ceremonies that are as authentic as they are unique. Trained and accredited through Humanists UK I maintain a quality assured professional standard. I'm also part of the wonderful Humanist UK Celebrant network which provides additional assurance that your ceremonies will go ahead. The network also allows celebrants to share best practice, thoughts and ideas to help us deliver for you.
Peter’s ceremony for us was just lovely.
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He took time and care before the day so what he said was pertinent and meaningful.
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With over 300 witnesses aged 4-11 he had to adapt and the ceremony allowed for audience participation ... Can’t recommend him highly enough.
- Katriona & Andy - Northwich
“From start to finish Peter was fantastic to deal with. We had an initial call and a home visit, which led to Peter personalising a lovely naming day service for us. Peter put the time and effort in to get to know our son/family. The tone of the service was just what we wanted. Upbeat, relaxed, but with a sense of occasion. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to others.”
- Rebecca - Kingsley
“I think it took an amazing man to tell another amazing man's story. I will never be able to thank Peter for what he has done for us. We are a modern and complicated family, with even more complicated relationships which Peter Gaskin managed to balance with care and respect.
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My dad would’ve loved your words Peter, thank-you.”
- Lauren - Chester