Hatch, Match and Dispatch: Ceremonies for Humanists (WEDDINGS, part 1)

Hatch, Match and Dispatch: Ceremonies for Humanists

WEDDINGS, part 1

London, 17th November 2010 - 6.30pm
Chancellor's Room of University of London's Hughes Parry Hall.

Rupert Morris, humanist celebrant accredited by the British Humanist Association, talked to the Central London Humanist Group about Humanist Ceremonies.

From his 10 years' experience, Rupert talked about these ceremonies and what makes them special. Among the issues and scenarios he explored:

* Namings -- why do people want naming ceremonies? What happens? Who gets involved, and what do they get out of it?

* Weddings -- the amazing variety of different ceremonies, in very different places from Richmond Hill in December to a palazzo in Ravello, from small gatherings with home-made furniture and entertainment, to big showbiz occasions involving wedding planners and Hello! Magazine; also the difficulties of working with registrars.

* Funerals -- from the tragic (suicides and drug victims) to the triumphant or anarchic; working with vicars and other curiosities.

The event, Chaired by Alan Palmer, started at 6.30pm.
Discussion inevitably followed in "The Lord John Russell", a pub down the road from the venue.

You can read more about humanist ceremonies here: http://www.humanism.org.uk/ceremonies

Rupert Morris was a staff journalist on The Times (1981-6) and The Daily Telegraph (1976-9) before writing his first book, Tories (Mainstream 1991). From 1995 to 2004, he was Associate Editor of The Week.
He is now Chairman of Clarity, the company he set up in 1998 to provide writing and training services for corporate and public-sector clients. The same year he wrote The Right Way to Write (Piatkus 1998).

Since 2001, he has been accredited by the British Humanist Association to conduct funerals, weddings and baby namings. He is also a qualified mediator.

Rupert is a good cook, a poor cricketer, and an incurable optimist. He can be contacted at rupert@claritywritingexperts.com

NAMINGS:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU3gzg3wwWU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGvXATObLps

WEDDINGS:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tn2zmNKvqY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivOUaj18d9k

FUNERALS:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ByCl7hcQE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEI00yxdBFs


Rupert Morris on Humanist weddings on The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/dec/16/humanist-weddings-...

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• wedding
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