Why Choose a Humanist Funeral?
Uniquely and affectionately honour the life of the deceased
To Celebrate a Life
A funeral ceremony is an important time when family and friends will be focusing their thoughts on the person who has died. It should help them to express and share their sadness but also to celebrate the life that was lived.
People committed to a religious faith will normally want a religious minister or leader to conduct the funeral ceremony. But for those whom religion is less important, or who have made a clear decision to live without it, a humanist ceremony, which uniquely and affectionately honours the life of the deceased, is likely to have more warmth and meaning.
Humanist’s funeral officiate
Humanists care deeply about moral issues, but from a non-religious stand-point. We believe in the innate goodness of human beings and we hold that humanity must find solutions to problems within it, not rely on the supernatural.
The British Humanist Association has a natural network of men and women who are trained and accredited to conduct humanist funeral ceremonies. Our funeral officiates come from a wide variety of backgrounds-what they share is ability to empathise with the experience of bereavement. They are good interviewers and attentive listeners; sensitive to the family’s wishes yet ready to give guidance as needed and able to prepare and take charge of a solemn public occasion.
Whatever the circumstances of the life and death, officiants are not there to moralise or judge-but to understand. Together with you they can plan a personal and dignified funeral ceremony and conduct it for you on the day.
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