Life Cycle Ceremonies

Based in Glasgow, Fiona & Howard Brodie are members of the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants. We create personal ceremonies for you, with you. . .

We are a husband and wife team who are experienced professional celebrants trained by The Fellowship of Professional Celebrants, in partnership with The UK College of Celebrants. We pride ourselves in offering a friendly and personal service whatever the life event you'd like to acknowledge or celebrate.

We are both experienced public speakers who can conduct your ceremony with expertise and a personal touch. We will help you to create your own personal ceremony based on your own beliefs - either non religious or with aspects of religion if you wish.

We will spend time with you, listening to your wishes and hearing your stories, to get a true sense of the personalities involved in marking a significant life event. We work alongside you to carefully compose an uplifting service which is totally unique to any other. Services can be as formal or as informal as you like.

We can help and advise you in choosing suitable content such as readings, hymns, prayers or blessings. Families of mixed faiths can blend elements of more than one religion. You may wish for family, friends or colleagues to participate by means of spoken tributes, readings or live music. You may want symbolic elements which are meaningful to you and inclusive to those who are sharing the occasion with you: the lighting of candles and bringing flowers, for example.

We are always open to your preferences and happy to provide ideas to inspire you!

The list of life events that can be marked by some form of ceremony is potentially endless and depends on the significance of the events in the lives of the people concerned.
Here are a few of the many examples of life events for which we can design a personalised ceremony – created with you, for you.

Weddings
Civil Partnerships
Baby Namings - the alternative to a christening
Funerals
MemorialServices
Renewal of Vows
Baby /Child Permanency & Adoption
Recovery from Serious Illness
Coming Together of Step Families
Becoming Grandparents
Passing Exams /Entering University
Leaving Home for the First Time
New Gender Identity /Coming out
House Blessings
Engagements
Tombstone consecrations