Ann Foley Celebrant
Personalised Ceremonies for Your Special Moments in Northamptonshire and Beyond
Welcoming and Naming Ceremonies
Whether you are marking the birth of a new baby and announcing their name to your family and friends, welcoming an adopted child(ren) or stepchild(ren) into your family or formally naming an older child, Welcoming or Naming Ceremonies are a fabulous way to celebrate.
Celebrate your Family
A Naming or Welcoming Ceremony is a celebration of you and your family. It allows you to share your love and commitment to your children with your friends and family, and it can be as formal or informal as you.
You may like to nominate supporting adults who will take a special interest in the upbringing of your children. You can also include religious readings and symbolic actions such as planting a tree, creating a time capsule or lighting a unity candle.
Your Perfect Celebration
Welcoming Ceremony are purely ceremonial and do not involve any legal paperwork, therefore your celebration can be exactly as you wish:
* Use any venue, indoor or outdoor - no licence required
* Include any content that is personal to you
* Be as traditional or as unconventional as you like
* Choose the music you love
*Include a symbolic action such as burying a time capsule to be opened on your child’s coming of age
* Include your guests in the ceremony, they could read a poem or sing a song