WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE,it will help you to have a calm, experienced, and empathetic Funeral Celebrant,or Officiant, to support you as you prepare to say goodbye. With your guidance, I can create and conduct a service which is life affirming and consoling.
No-one wants to think about the sadness of losing a family member or a friend but inevitably, sooner or later, we all do.
My name is Elaine Searle and as a family, all of life celebrant, or officiant, my main focus is to provide the best possible service to the family and friends of the deceased. This is done by talking to the family and, with their guidance, writing and conducting a respectful, personal funeral or memorial ceremony. I live on Sydney's northern beaches and conduct funeral services throughout the Sydney Metropolitan Area. It is possible to have a funeral service at a place that was special to your loved one, as well as the chapels in cemeteries and crematoria or funeral directors' chapels. A memorial service following some time after the deceased has been cremated can be a good idea. This way gives more time and space to design the best possible tribute to the one who has passed away.
A personal funeral, celebration of a life, or memorial ceremony can be a fitting tribute to the one who has passed away by celebrating their life and achievements. It will also provide comfort to those who are bereaved by giving them a time and safe space to acknowledge their grief and loss.An appropriate and personal service can be a comfort and consolation and an important step in the grieving process.
I can meet with you and, with your knowledge of the deceased, write and conduct a ceremony that meets your needs and reflects the attributes of the one whom you have lost. I am happy to come to your home to discuss your wishes for the funeral. I will write the eulogy based on the information you give me at this meeting. I encourage family and friends to be included in the service by reading poems, readings or tributes. I can help choose music and readings for the service and am open to accommodating special requests that honour the deceased. Many families find comfort by including in the service personal items which symbolise significant facets of their life and interests.
You may wish to visit my LINKS page for information about funerals and grief Elaine Searle's Links & Resources
I welcome your contact by phone or email to discuss how we can make the service for your loved one personal and meaningful.
Elaine Searle
B.A. Dip. Ed., J.P., C.M.C.
Funeral Celebrant ,
Celebrations of a Life, Memorials
mob 0402 810 062
landline 02 9979 2315
or emailesearle@optusnet.com.au
You may contact me directly by phoning 02 9979 2315 or 0402810062, or email to esearle@optusnet.com.au or ask your funeral director to contact me.
Professional Associations
I am a founding member the Funeral Celebrants Association Australia Incorp. an association which aims to ensure a high and consistent standard of funeral celebrancy in Australia.
I am also a member of the Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.
Go to my blog,
A Personal Funeral, for more information and news A Personal Funeral blog by Elaine Searle
Elaine Searle, 5 Streamdale Grove, Warriewood 2102
Phone or fax 02 9979 2315 or 0402810062
email: esearle@optusnet.com.au
WHY DO WE HAVE FUNERALS?
Sometimes we ask ourselves, why have a funeral? The person who has passed away has gone and having a funeral cannot change that. In all societies and at all times, people have needed the opportunity to mark the passing of people who were important to them.
A funeral helps in many ways. The planning and attending a funeral service provides:
- a visible social support system for the surviving family and friends
- the service helps us to understand that death is final and that death is a part of life
- it celebrates the life and achievements of the deceased
- it is a public honouring of the deceased's life
- it allows bereaved ones to participate in the service by contributing to the planning or by speaking a tribute
- it brings family members together as they acknowledge the one they have lost
- it aids in integrating family and friends back into their normal routines
- it reaffirms the mourners' relationships with the deceased
- it provides a special time to say good-bye
- it provides a safe place for expressing grief and loss
- it is part of the transition from life with the deceased, to a new life without the loved one
To contact me:
phone 02 9979 2315, mob. 0402 810 062,
email esearle@optusnet.com.au
Copyright 2011 Elaine Searle