Ceremonies

I want to welcome you all. Today is so very special. In fact it is well over four decades in the making. But for Gerard and Rauli the moment has come when they can reveal in the most public of [...]

I know that we live in troubled times. We do our best to cope. In a sense that is the story of life. Yet in our more serene and positive moments we discover something truly precious. We discover [...]

Kate was my friend for over 50 years. It was in this church that we met in early 1968. It was the time when the Vietnam War protests were in full swing. “May angels guard you.” For Kate that was [...]

How does one explain the role of a humanist civil celebrant and a spirituality that goes with that role? The humanistic and the spiritual are joined. In a marriage a couple choose each other and [...]

I was privileged to have officiated at my first gay wedding some weeks ago. Having been a celebrant on and off for over 50 years this was the first occasion to move into uncharted waters. It [...]