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Types of Naming
Ceremonies
Your child's naming
ceremony is an opportunity to bring together family
and friends to witness your formal commitment to your child and to
parenting your child. It is a wonderful centrepiece for a family
celebration, either to formally welcome the child into the family
(which can be done at any age) or to celebrate the child's first
birthday.
Different families have different needs, so I offer you a choice of
service levels:
Custom-created officiated baby naming
ceremonies
A
custom-created ceremony is created just for you, a ceremony that is all
about your child, your family, developed, created and performed by one
of the most experienced naming celebrants in South-East Queensland, a
ceremony that your family and friends will say was "so
them".
Naming Ceremony
($295)
A richly
symbolic formal naming ceremony, including family, friends, appointment
of sponsors, which can be as light-hearted and casual as you choose. If
you wish, the ceremony can be themed , for example a faerie theme for a
little girl. The ceremony also serves to formally welcome the child
into the family.
First Birthday
Naming Ceremony ($295)
It is common to hold a
naming ceremony as the centrepiece of the child's first birthday
celebrations.
Naming Ceremony
for an Older Child ($295)
A richly
symbolic formal naming ceremony, including family, friends, appointment
of sponsors, which can be as light-hearted and casual as you choose.
Combo Ceremony
A
combo
naming ceremony is a ceremony that includes the naming of two or more
children who are not brother/sister to each other. A different
type of combo ceremony is where a naming is incorporated as part
of a wedding or reaffirmation of vows ceremony. Because of the
complexity and work required to develop and officiate at a combo
ceremony an additional fee will apply.
more
information on Officiated
Naming
Ceremony Choices and Fee ...
DIY baby naming
ceremonies
Most people
choose to have an officiated naming ceremony developed,
created and performed by an experienced celebrant. However, where you
choose to conduct the ceremony yourselves, or have a close family
member or friend lead you through the ceremony, I offer a script-only
service. This service allows you to have the benefit of a ceremony
developed and created by one the most experienced naming celebrants in
South-East Queensland, even if I have a prior booking for your chosen
day.
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Ceremonies for
non-traditional families
Anyone with
responsibility for a child can arrange and host a naming
ceremony for that child. This includes couples who are not married,
couples of the same gender, foster parents, guardians, single parents.
There are no restrictions!
Adult
Naming/Re-Naming
ceremonies ($295)
There are a
number of reasons why an adult may wish to have a naming or
re-naming ceremony. Any or all can be accommodated in a sensitive and
celebratory ceremony.
Spiritual
Ceremonies/A Touch of Religion?
Unless you
specifically request religious
inclusions I assume that the ceremony will be secular. However,
if you wish, you may include religious references, readings and/or
prayers in a naming ceremony. Where you yourselves are not
religious but
someone important to you is, this can be accomplished in a number of
ways that are not intrusively obvious to guests who are not religious
but which lend an air of familiarity to the ceremony for those who are.
This is also a way to acknowledge dual religious heritages within a
secular (non-religious) ceremony.
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Jennifer
Cram is a
secular humanist celebrant
in Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Serving all of Brisbane, Redlands, Redcliffe, Pine Rivers,
Logan and Ipswich
Ceremonies
performed
in private homes, parks, gardens, hotels, clubs, restaurants, chapels,
function
centres, reception centres, wedding venues.
Day or evening
ceremonies 365 days a year
Her Celebrant
Services include:
Wedding
Ceremonies including Contemporary,
Traditional, Spiritual, Intimate, Cultural, Inter-cultural,
Buddhist, Celtic, Handfasting, Humanist, Irish, Mediaeval, Military,
Scottish,
Celtic, Chinese, Buddhist, Mediaeval; Surprise, Theme, True-Blue
Aussie, Visa, Green, and Pink Weddings;
Renewal of
Vows; Commitment
Ceremonies for gay, lesbian,
and straight couples; Naming Ceremonies;
House Warming;
Launching; Divorce
and Separation (End-of-Relationship) Ceremonies
Contact Details
Phone: (07)
3378 3005
International:
+ 61 7 3378 3005
Email:
Mail: P O Box
20, Indooroopilly QLD 4068, Australia
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