Why Everything We Do Is About Love

As celebrants, everything we do is about love. Love is the central feature of our careers and makes celebrancy a unique and truly rewarding career path. Before we discuss this further, let’s look a bit more closely at what a celebrant does - what role does a celebrant play in a ceremony? Who hires celebrants and why? And how do you become a celebrant?

A Celebrant For All Occasions

A celebrant is a person who plans, writes and delivers a ceremony. These ceremonies include weddings, funerals, baby naming ceremonies, gender reassignment ceremonies, renewal of vows and graduation ceremonies - plus many more. The most common ceremonies a celebrant writes and delivers are weddings and funerals. 

People tend to hire civil celebrants when they prefer to move away from religious officiates and ceremonies. For example, instead of marrying in a church with a minister, a couple might marry in a town hall or a garden with a civil celebrant instead. At the time of writing, civil celebrants cannot undertake the legal aspects of a wedding, however this could be set to change, which Stuart talks more about in this video. 

All Ceremonies Are About Love

When you train to become a celebrant with The International College of Professional Celebrants, you quickly learn that all ceremonies have something in common - Love. 

And it is this love that helps support you and your customers through their rites of passage. 

Starting with the most obvious - weddings are a celebration of two people finding love for one another and committing to sharing a life together. The couple want to mark this occasion by inviting their friends to witness their vows. In a renewal of vows, a couple wish to revisit these vows, possibly update them to be more relevant to where they are in their journey. Again, this process is a celebration of love and commitment. 

In a baby naming ceremony, we celebrate the love of a child. The parents want friends and family to be present to mark the birth of a baby, and share in the love of that child as they begin their journey through life. 

In a gender reassignment ceremony, a person wants to celebrate becoming who they truly are - a new love of their identity and self. It’s also an important ceremony for friends and family of this person, marking a new beginning and sharing the love they have for one another. 

And finally, a funeral is also about love. People come together to remember and celebrate a person they knew - whether it be a spouse, a colleague, a neighbour, a friend - funerals are a collective of all different types of love. And that truly is special. 

Could You Be A Celebrant?

If you are thinking about becoming a celebrant, you can train with us. We offer residential training and online training to suit your preferences and schedule. If you still aren’t sure if celebrancy is for you, we have a quiz you can take! The quiz takes you through a series of questions about your traits, background, aspirations and likes / dislikes, to help you better understand whether this journey is for you.