{"id":105,"date":"2015-05-28T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2018-09-21T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:19:23","slug":"ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/basingstoke-humanists\/ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h1>Celebrants<\/h1>\n<p>Humanists believe that we should <a href=\"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/celebrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrate<\/a> the important events in our lives like weddings and the arrival of a baby. We also need to commemorate people that we have loved when they die.\u00a0 We think that it is important to mark these special occasions with warmth and affection, using words and music that are personal and appropriate to the lives of the people involved.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-wrap: normal; -webkit-hyphens: none; -moz-hyphens: none; hyphens: none;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each of the ceremonies is unique, created specially for the people involved. The focus is the occasion and the person or people being celebrated or commemorated. There are no special rules or strict observances beyond basic legal requirements. The ceremonies are <a href=\"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/celebrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planned in close consultation<\/a>\u00a0 to make sure it\u2019s exactly what people and their families want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funerals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Humanist, non-religious funerals\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/28FxOKDpobE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Celebrate the life of someone who has died. By choosing a <a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/ceremonies\/non-religious-funerals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">humanist funeral or memorial\u00a0<\/span><\/a>you can commemorate them and share the memories they have left behind without any religious committal to an \u2018after-life\u2019.\u00a0 Find out more by reading the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funerals-Leaflet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humanists UK funerals leaflet.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baby\u00a0<\/strong><b>naming<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Humanist, non-religious naming ceremonies\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YIPzuBeIgDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-wrap: normal; -webkit-hyphens: none; -moz-hyphens: none; hyphens: none;\">\n<p>Have a\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/ceremonies\/humanist-namings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">humanist naming ceremony<\/span>\u00a0<\/a> to welcome the arrival of a baby, an adopted child or new step-children into your family.\u00a0 Find out more by reading the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Namings-Leaflet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humanists UK naming leaflet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farnham.humanist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Naming-comp-260px.jpg\" alt=\"Naming - comp-260px\" width=\"221\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-wrap: normal; -webkit-hyphens: none; -moz-hyphens: none; hyphens: none;\">\n<p><strong>Weddings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Celebrate your <a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/ceremonies\/non-religious-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">marriage, civil partnership or a re-affirmation<\/span><\/a> of your commitment with a Humanist wedding, civil partnership or \u00a0re-affirmation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Humanist, non-religious weddings\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_xSxRms1XY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Humanist (non-religious) ceremony offers the opportunity to tell your friends and family in your own way what your relationship means to you and why you are choosing to make a lifelong commitment.<a href=\"http:\/\/farnham.humanist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_7320b-mini-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farnham.humanist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_7320b-mini-1-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7320b mini (1)\" width=\"254\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>You can choose where you want, when you want and how you want the celebration. You can set the tone that\u2019s right for you and choose your own words and music.\u00a0 Find out more by reading the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/humanism.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weddings-Leaflet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humanists UK weddings leaflet.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrants Humanists believe that we should celebrate the important events in our lives like weddings and the arrival of a baby. We also need to commemorate people that we have loved when they die.\u00a0 We think that it is important to mark these special occasions with warmth and affection, using words and music that are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/basingstoke-humanists\/ceremonies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ceremonies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1174,"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/1174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/basingstoke.humanist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}