Weddings
Wedding Officiant
Leading meaningful wedding ceremonies in any context, from intimate elopements to large gatherings. Includes the templates and resources we use ourselves.
Training and Certification
It is possible to complete years of theological education and never sit in a single class on leading a wedding or a funeral. We know, because we did. So we train and certify people in three distinct areas of life celebration.
Each life transition is unique enough to require its own training and its own certification. No single programme can carry all three well, so we do not pretend otherwise.
Weddings
Leading meaningful wedding ceremonies in any context, from intimate elopements to large gatherings. Includes the templates and resources we use ourselves.
Funerals and memorials
Leading funeral, memorial and graveside services. Taught with licensed funeral directors and experienced end-of-life consultants, and includes presentation coaching.
Births and beginnings
Leading celebrations that mark a new life and the family around it — namings, dedications, and the moments that fall outside any church calendar.
How we teach
We are not textbook focused. We are life focused.
We are active celebrants every day. It is our life and our passion, and we train from that perspective — telling stories, sharing what actually works, and coaching people on how they come across in a room. Training is delivered live online over Zoom.
Hundreds of people enquire every year believing this would fit their life. Our experience is that it takes a particular person. It is far more than a feeling or a need to fill a gap. The people who do this well tend to be:
This page tells you what exists. Dates and registration are handled on the sites built for that.
If you are a pastor, chaplain, missionary, camp or youth director, hospice care provider, Christian educator, or you lead something you started yourself — the path here is written for you. It carries the legal requirements and asks nothing else of you.
If you want to build a practice around weddings, funerals and other rites of passage, training dates and registration are on our sister site.