Masterclasses

How do some celebrants have a successful start up? This is a 2 hour session with Ray Galea - a celebrant of only 18 months experience and 70 bookings! 

Here’s what he’ll cover:

• WHO AM I? Ray will explain his journey, time line, business growth.

• WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BUSINESS

• WHO YOU ARE - BRAND   What’s your style? Your signature? Service promise? Logo!

• WHAT YOU NEED - BUSINESS TOOLS

• WHO CAN HELP – AGENCIES - NETWORK

• Q&A ROUND UP 

   

So that we can write a funeral service that is authentic and personal, we need to meet with the family of the deceased person.

During this session, we will discuss the way that we approach the family meeting, the content of the meeting and the ways that we may record that information. 

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Information you need before the meeting
• Working with a grieving family
• How to begin the meeting
• Information required to write a memorable service and how to obtain it
• Documenting information
• The questions the family may ask of you
• How to conclude the meeting

This activity describes how to conduct an effective rehearsal. The rehearsal is an important part of this journey ‘rite of passage’ to the wedding day and provides a unique opportunity for ceremony participants to relaxedly bond through this practice. 

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

• effectively discuss the importance of the rehearsal with your couple and encourage their full participation
• conduct a successful rehearsal that includes all the elements and sub-rituals that the couple have included.

This activity describes how choreography is central to the celebrant task. Beyond the creation of a dance, the dictionary definition of choreography is “the carefully planned or executed organization of an event, or the manoeuvring of people or things.” Movement and placement, in general, fits into the overall structure and context of the Marriage Ceremony.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Identify the most appropriate choreography for the processional and recessional component of the ceremony.
• Identify the choreographic elements of the ceremony that will bring the best aesthetic look and feel to the ceremony and provide the best flow.

Legal Refresher

• Understanding the law relating to marriage ceremonies
• Understanding the legal process
• Understanding the legal forms
• Discussing the misinformation that is out there
• Answering your questions
• Wills, or getting certificates apostilled, or what the legalities are around using names etc
• And all those other bits and pieces you didn’t know until now!

This topic focuses on the elements related to the structure of the ceremony, the activities that take place before the ceremony starts and after it is successfully concluded.

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Understand the activities from arrival at the venue through to the processional of the bride/groom.
• Understand the opening elements of the ceremony including involvement of family and friends
• Understand the structure of the essential heart of the ceremony and the emotional point of it.
• Understand how to effectively conclude the ceremony

Successful funeral celebrants have a deep understanding of the funeral sector and the people who work within it.

This session introduces the roles of professionals in the funeral sector, their roles and the boundaries between those roles. It also introduces protocols observed at a funeral service. 

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Who’s who in the funeral sector and professional work together
• Taking a booking for a funeral
• Contacting the family of the deceased
• Introduction to funeral service protocols
• Personal and professional boundaries
• Celebrants and counselling

Creative Writing Workshop 

• What is the PURPOSE of a ceremony and how does that inform your writing
• Practical tips on STRUCTURE to create the best effect
• CREATIVE pointers to think outside the box
• Gather the right INFORMATION to make a memorable ceremony

A funeral service may be conducted in a chapel or an informal venue, but it may also be conducted at the graveside. A burial service may follow a funeral service.

This session addresses the components, similarities and differences in these services.   

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• The purposes of a funeral service
• How we address these in chapel, graveside and burial services
• Possible components of a chapel, graveside and burial service
• Introduction to ritual enactments
• How we might begin and end a chapel, graveside or burial service

So that we can write a funeral service that is authentic and personal, we need to meet with the family of the deceased person.

During this session, we will discuss the way that we approach the family meeting, the content of the meeting and the ways that we may record that information. 

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Information you need before the meeting
• Working with a grieving family
• How to begin the meeting
• Information required to write a memorable service and how to obtain it
• Documenting information
• The questions the family may ask of you
• How to conclude the meeting