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Sarah Sweeney Celebrant
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Hi, I'm Sarah
Hi, I’m Sarah and as a celebrant I take great pride in “Finding the words for life’s big moments”. I believe that love is love is love and wherever it is found, it should be celebrated. Two people (whomever they are) wanting to become a team that chooses to face everything together is incredibly special. The moment you create that union and take the next step on your journey should be completely unique to you and handled with the utmost care and that is what I do for couples, every time. Whatever visions you have for your ceremony, I will 100% help you achieve them. Anyone and anything can be included; it’s your wedding so, anything goes!
What's my ceremony style?
I LOVE working with couples and hearing their stories; lets face it, love stories are the BEST kind of stories! I I want to make your perfect ceremony come to life; I will embrace your ideas and as a well as a bespoke script, I’ll help put in place a plan for you to fully realize your dreams. Nothing makes me prouder than seeing the spark of an idea through to the day itself and it being just as you have envisioned. With 20 years in the theatre industry under my belt, I like to make sure we wow your crowd with the best possible production we can give them!
Why choose Sarah?
Language is everything and when expressing our love for another person, it needs to be chosen carefully. I will create for you a poignant, special and heartfelt ceremony and one where (hopefully!) everyone has fun and comes along on the ride with you. I also, quite simply, enjoy speaking aloud! How words are delivered is paramount in capturing their meaning and ultimately, how they are remembered. I am a natural public speaker so as your celebrant I will engage your guests, address them with confidence and put everyone at ease.
What do I offer?
Weddings
Any couple with love to celebrate, then I’m your girl! Whether traditional or more contemporary, we can make your wedding heartfelt and also fun. Perhaps you’d like to include others – family members, friends, children – pets even! Well then let’s do it. Perhaps you’d like a complementary balance of sentiment and humour? Is detail important to you – music choices, readings etc? Perhaps your venue is a chic hotel or maybe a romantic country house? Or maybe it’s city based or something a little different; a roof terrace, a gallery, a village hall. Whatever the who’s, where’s, when’s or what’s then I’d love to hear your plans and you can let me help with the “how’s”.
For every wedding, we will “meet” to discuss your day in detail and your hopes for the ceremony. I’ll also learn more about you as couple and your story so far. I’ll then further explore your journey by way of couples questionnaires, ahead of me putting pen to paper and creating your truly unique ceremony. We will stay in touch throughout and we will get the script exactly right, ahead of your wedding day when I will deliver this for you and create a truly memorable day for you and your guests. Further additions might be a wedding rehearsal, assistance with selecting music / musicians, assistance with reading choices, assistance with writing vows and the addition of symbolic elements.
Prices From
£695
Why choose Sarah for your wedding?
We will celebrate your love right from the start. Your ceremony IS the heart of your wedding so it should reflect who you are as a couple. It shouldn’t feel like a formality or “the boring bit”; don’t wait for the reception for the fun to start! I’ll embrace your wedding style and use that to capture you as a couple. We can mix heartfelt with fun, sentiment with laughter, tradition with alternative – your day, your way! Your ceremony will be just as you imagine, and I will run it like clockwork so you can just enjoy every moment.
Naming Ceremonies
What’s in a name?….Everything! There is a reason so many parents spend days – weeks even – naming their child. It’s a big decision and the first step in creating your child’s identity. So why not celebrate your decision AND your miraculous and unique human being by having a naming ceremony, officiated by a celebrant.
Prices From
£500
Why choose Sarah for your naming ceremony?
A christening is a wonderful way to welcome a child into a family (and into a religion). It also offers the opportunity to appoint God Parents. But if you don’t follow a faith or attend church regularly, you may feel this celebration isn’t open to you… Not at all! A naming ceremony can be a joyous way to celebrate the birth or adoption of your baby or celebrate an older child and their place within the family. You might recognize and honour future guardians – or Guide Parents – who will remain integral to your children’s lives. It doesn’t have to be a faith-based celebration but maybe you would like a touch of the spiritual, a mention of faith, a blessing, or a prayer but without a full service. Or maybe we just proudly name your child amongst your family and friends. We can celebrate them and who they are; what their personalities already say about them and all the the hopes and dreams you have for them as they journey through life.
Renewal of Vows
If you have love to celebrate, let’s talk! Whether traditional or contemporary, we can make your renewal heartfelt and fun. Perhaps you’d like to include others – family, friends, children – pets even?! Perhaps you’d like a balance of sentiment and humour? Is detail important to you – music choices, readings etc? Perhaps your venue is a hotel or a romantic country house? Maybe we are in a beautiful garden or just out in the open air. Whatever the who’s, where’s, when’s or what’s then I’d love to hear your plans and you can let me help with the “how’s”.
For every vow-renewal, we will “meet” to discuss your day in detail and your hopes for the ceremony. I’ll also learn more about you as couple and your story so far. I’ll then further explore your journey by way of couples questionnaires, ahead of me putting pen to paper and creating your truly unique ceremony. We will stay in touch throughout and we will get the script exactly right, ahead of your renewal when I will deliver this for you and create a truly memorable day for you and your guests. Further additions might be a rehearsal, assistance with selecting music / musicians, assistance with reading choices, assistance with writing vows and the addition of symbolic elements.
Prices From
£600
Why choose Sarah for your renewal of vows?
If you have love to celebrate, let’s talk! Whether traditional or contemporary, we can make your renewal heartfelt and fun. Perhaps you’d like to include others – family, friends, children – pets even?! Perhaps you’d like a balance of sentiment and humour? Is detail important to you – music choices, readings etc? Perhaps your venue is a hotel or a romantic country house? Maybe we are in a beautiful garden or just out in the open air. Whatever the who’s, where’s, when’s or what’s then I’d love to hear your plans and you can let me help with the “how’s”.
Funerals
As your funeral celebrant I want to offer you and your family help and support through an incredibly difficult time; be assured, you will be treated with the utmost care. Working together with funeral directors (or separately), I will fully personalize the service, creating whatever atmosphere feels right for your loved on. We can celebrate life and honour your loved one for the individual that they were, what they meant to others and what they gave to the world around them. Many people today are not releigious and therefore feel a faith based service is not right for them. Conversely, some may consider themselves spiritual in some way, and lots of people feel like they believe in “something” but are not quite sure what. Any and all such outlooks can be honoured as well as any cultural traditions or beliefs.
I will honour, commemorate and celebrate your loved one and I will support you throughout the entire process. And if it’s what you desire, we absolutely can make the ceremony joyful. As your celebrant I will be striving to achieve everything you need to from the funeral. We will discuss choices available to you and what might honour your loved one in the most appropriate fashion.
As well as a traditional funeral service (burial or cremation) you might consider remembering your loved one by holding a celebration of life, a memorial service, an ashes interment, or a ceremony for the scattering of the ashes. Or through a variety of ways. Any of these options offer you the space to say goodbye, share memories with friends and family and commemorate the person you so dearly miss.
It is with honour that I officiate Baby and Child Funerals; please do reach out should you require such support.
Prices From
£230
Why choose Sarah for your funeral?
A funeral can celebrate a live well lived and appreciate the joy that a person brought to the lives of others and the unique mark they made on this world, even if it is a life – unfairly – cut short. It is a dedicated time – and space – for personal reflection in light of a loved ones passing. As a funeral is the coming together in grief to bear witness to the life that’s lost, as your celebrant I would hope to transcend that and strive to provide support, comfort and hope. Personally, I feel, if done well, a good funeral should make the passing of a loved one (even if only fractionally) that little bit easier to bear.
Reviews for Sarah Sweeney Celebrant
Total Reviews: 8
Average Rating: 5
reviews (8)
Interment of Ashes service
Sarah was just brilliant and I would recommend her 100%.
From the outset, she took the time to listen and to us and really understand what we wanted from the service for my parents’ interment.
She was empathetic to our wishes and also made some excellent suggestions on how to make the service better.
She is very friendly and approachable, taking the time to really hear what my brother and I said about my parents and their lives when we chatted beforehand.
This meant that on the day of the service, it felt more like a family member joining us to celebrate them rather than a stranger performing a functionary role.
Thank you Sarah, a fantastic service from a fab person!
The Perfect Celebrant!
Sarah was an absolute pleasure to work with – she spent time getting to know both of us and helped create a ceremony that felt very personal, and brought together our cultures and interests. We also loved the attention to detail and aftercare – she surprised us with an elegant box to take home, containing our beautifully wrapped ceremony candles. You will not find a more thoughtful, funny, professional and charming celebrant than Sarah – can’t recommend her highly enough.
This is the one!
We were searching and searching and as soon as we saw Sarah on The Celebrant Directory, something clicked! She looked friendly, fun, happy and classy – exactly what we wanted. We arranged a zoom meeting and within seconds my wife and I gave one another a look: ‘this is the one’. Sarah is so very attentive, really listened and understood instantly what we wanted on our special day. She made suggestions based on what we had told her about our day and we went with them. She took her time to really get to know us as a couple and she become to be a friend. If you are looking for a kind, caring and charismatic celebrant then look no further! Sarah, we will forever count you as a friend and are so happy that we found you x
