Esther Froy Celebrant | funeral celebrant

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Hi, I'm Esther. I'm a Professional Independent Celebrant and a registered member of the Association of Independent Celebrants (AOIC).

My experience delivering ceremonies can help you to plan and arrange your most important celebration.

Whether it is beginning a new milestone such as; welcoming a newborn/new person into your family or making a new commitment such as getting married or entering into a civil partnership, or perhaps you are remembering key memories and milestones of the life of a loved one who has now passed away.

What became apparent to me in my work as a celebrant is how much I enjoy hearing people's life stories. It is then a joy and a privilege to bring those stories to life in a unique ceremony.

It is a huge honour and one I never take for granted.

Working with an Independent Celebrant offers you the flexibility and time to add other special elements; sometimes these can involve family, friends and children as well.

Please visit my Unity Ceremonies page for ideas on the different elements you can include as well as my pages for each type of ceremony; Beginnings | Commitments | Farewells.

I take the time in the first interview to find out about you or your new child/children (if it is for a Baby Naming ceremony), yourselves as a couple (for weddings/civil partnerships and other life commitments) or your loved one (for a funeral or memorial). This is so I can capture the essence of a person or the couple I'm going to be writing and speaking about. With careful questioning I can draw out the special memories and soulful moments.

For your wedding or civil partnership you may be considering a register office ceremony, but you are wondering if there's more flexibility around which venue to choose from and what type of wording and content the service might include. With an independent celebrant you would be right in thinking it does have more flexibility.

To find out more about the differences between marrying at a local council register office or having a bespoke ceremony with an Independent Celebrant please visit my FAQs page.

Please read my testimonials to read some of the heartwarming comments I've received.

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My background

I live with my husband, son and two Burmese cats in Hertfordshire.

I am a keen yogi and meditator. I love food and cooking.

My career to date has always involved public speaking and I've worked in both operational and strategic roles within the non-profit sector and public sector.

I enjoy meeting new people, I love to chat and I enjoy a good philosophical conversation.

Several years ago when my Dad passed away, we decided to have an Professional Independent Celebrant perform the service. We could still include hymns and prayers and tell the story of his life in our own way, but without it feeling overly religious. Having never organised a funeral before this was a revelation to me that we could do this. When the celebrant left my home, after our first meeting to prepare the service, I thought to myself "what a lovely job he has." It was after this I took up a position at the County Council and trained to become a celebrant and began delivering ceremonies for both legal marriages, civil funerals, baby naming's, renewal of vows and marriages abroad ~ celebrated at home.

During a break from delivering funeral services (so I could focus on my new role as a Mum), I was asked by my Uncle to write and deliver his funeral. This was a huge honour. After the service, I remembered how much I valued supporting families in putting together a special celebration for a loved one. I do feel it is a calling.

This experience and the experience of the pandemic helped me to re-evaluate what was important in my life (death and challenging times had this effect on me), so I decided to return to delivering funerals, but this time independently.

Please read some of my recent testimonials.

Using a professional Independent Celebrant for a funeral, wedding, civil partnership, renewal of vows or any other life celebration is always going to have a more personal feel to it.

No one person or couple are the same and a ceremony can reflect your personalities or their personality completely.