CELEBRATE LIFE

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.