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Anne Wels

Based in Aberdeen (approx 2 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Other Ceremonies

My name is Anne Wels and I’d be delighted to be your celebrant and help you tailor a service to fit your needs for one of the most important moments in your life and it will come straight from the heart.

John McRuvie

Based in Aberdeen (approx 3 miles from aberdeen)

Funerals and Memorials

My name is John McRuvie and I am a bespoke Funeral Celebrant. My background over the past thirty years has been public speaking . I also feel that my background fits in well with my undertaking that a Funeral Celebrant requires to be a compassionate, caring and listening individual who is also a highly experienced professional communicator.

Lynda Smith

Based in Stonehaven (approx 14 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Other Ceremonies

Based in Stonehaven I create heartfelt and memorable ceremonies for every occasion across Scotland and beyond - I travel across Scotland and the UK in my trusty motorhome

I’m Lynda Smith, an Independent Scottish Celebrant and my business name is Ellay’s
Angel. Based in the beautiful coastal town of Stonehaven, I’m dedicated to creating heartfelt and memorable ceremonies for every occasion across
Scotland and beyond, serving a diverse range of UK and international families.

Fiona Beeley

Based in Stonehaven (approx 14 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

Located in the North East of Scotland , I cover Aberdeenshire and Angus. I am also happy to conduct ceremonies in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

With a background in pastoral care and training as an Interfaith Minister, my ethos is fully inclusive embracing many cultures, identities and belief systems. The ceremonies that I create have you and your loved ones at heart.

Ronnie Kain

Based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire (approx 15 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials

Based in the North East of Scotland, I specialise in delivering funeral services when you have lost a loved one and Naming Ceremonies when you have a new child in your family.

Every service and ceremony I compile and deliver, is very much tailored towards your wishes and while they are generally non religious, recognition of belief can be included.

By discussing what kind of service or ceremony you want, I ensure each one is specific.  My funeral services are specifically person centred and focus on the life of you loved one, while my Naming Ceremonies are very much based around your hopes for and promises to the new child in your family.

Nicola Johnston

Based in Inverurie (approx 19 miles from aberdeen)

Funerals and Memorials

Based in the North East of Scotland, and willing to travel if required

I am an independent Funeral Celebrant.

My aim is to help you create and celebrate your loved ones life with a bespoke ceremony.

I am the voice on the day to tell your loved ones story.

“Everyone has a story to be told, no matter if they are with us for a brief time or a lifetime”

Pamela Dicks

Based in Gourdon (approx 23 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Other Ceremonies

I work between Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (Banchory and Stonehaven) Montrose and surrounding areas.

I have lived and worked in the North East of Scotland for nearly 30 years.  Family, people and animals have always been central to both my life and work.  I currently work in the NHS in children’s research and facilitating a youth patient advocacy group. I have been writing and conducting funeral and memorial services since the beginning of 2022.

Gordon Smith

Based in Arbroath (approx 45 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Other Ceremonies

Regardless of the life event you wish to mark or celebrate, whether happy or sad, attended by many or private, my training and experience allows me to create and conduct a truly unique ceremony. Each one being created with you, for you, to ensure a genuinely personal service.

Laura Gordon

Based in Moray (approx 47 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

I mainly officiate ceremonies in Moray, Aberdeenshire and the Highlands, although I am willing to travel and can conduct ceremonies in all areas of Scotland.

My name is Laura Gordon and with over 11 years experience as a Celebrant and over 21 years experience in the funeral profession I understand and appreciate the need for families, couples and individuals to be offered more choice in arranging personal and tailor-made ceremonies to mark the major events and celebrations in their lives.

Thomas Baxter

Based in Kirriemuir (approx 48 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

I am based in Angus and cover the whole of Scotland. I am happy to conduct ceremonies in a venue of your choosing.

Hi, my name is Tommy, and I am an experienced Celebrant, always willing to listen, always willing to learn.

I work closely with you, guiding you, as we create a service fitting for the occasion.  Whether it’s a loving, compassionate, and respectful service which captures the essence of a lost loved one, or a marriage ceremony that’s unique, joyous, and memorable,  I will deliver a heartfelt ceremony with warmth that is always mindful of your own values and beliefs.

Michael Hannah

Based in Broughty Ferry (approx 56 miles from aberdeen)

Funerals and Memorials | Other Ceremonies

I mainly work in the Dundee, Fife and Perth areas but I am happy to discuss funerals or memorials in other parts of Scotland and I can also conduct online ceremonies.

Currently Chair of SICA. I’m a skilled listener and work with sensitivity, compassion and calm professionalism. The power of the spoken word is very important to me and I work hard to capture the essence of a person’s life and deliver that effectively. I can help a family to choose appropriate readings and I will sometimes write pieces of poetry myself.

Cate Reid

Based in St Andrews (approx 62 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Other Ceremonies

My name is Cate and my role is to work with you to create meaningful, heartfelt ceremonies which will enable you to celebrate your wedding, civil partnership, baby naming, vow renewal, or the life of a lost loved one, in a way which truly reflects personal values and beliefs.

Rachel Cheer

Based in Abernethy (approx 73 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Other Ceremonies

I believe in creating ceremonies that are authentic, unique and memorable. I want you to be a part of your ceremony, not just a witness to it. This can be achieved through the use of activities or rituals. These might be ancient customs such as exchanging rings or lighting a candle. They might be something bespoke, designed to be sincere, heartfelt and truthful to your story.

Gaynor Hogg

Based in Edinburgh (approx 93 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

Happy to travel

I can help you create the most perfect ceremony, to mark the life event of your choosing, whether it’s working together on your legal wedding ceremony, welcoming the special gift of a baby, renewing the your vows, blessing your new house, a letting go ceremony, no matter the occasion if it’s a change in your life we can move through it together with love, compassion, meaning, and mirth in a way that is right for you.

Gillian Robertson

Based in Falkirk (approx 104 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

I believe in compassion, warm-heartedness and kindness and I bring these qualities to my interactions with families: I am committed to listening deeply and working together to craft a Ceremony that is unique and right for your particular threshold moment.

Rachel Henderson

Based in Jedburgh (approx 117 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Other Ceremonies

WEDDINGS/HANDFASTINGS: Scotland and Northern England FUNERALS: Scottish Borders and E Lothian NAMINGS: Scotland and Northern England PET MEMORIALS: Scottish Borders and E Lothian

Our lives are full of entrances, exits, celebrations and pauses!

My name is Rachel and my passion is people; understanding them, supporting them, hearing what is said (and often not said) and then creating informal, relaxed and heartfelt ceremonies.

Chris Vermeulen

Based in Glasgow (approx 121 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Other Ceremonies

I mainly conduct funerals, but do take the occasional wedding, Baby naming ceremonies and scattering of ashes.  I also help prepare the wishes of those wanting to prepare their own ceremonies at some future date.

I was a minister for 33 years until I resigned 2017 to work independently creating personalised and unique services around the wishes, beliefs and values of the family, friends and loved one.

Hazel Jane

Based in Auchtermuchty (approx 123 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

I am happy to travel anywhere. I live in Glasgow and love a city wedding, but I'm just as happy up in the wilds of the Highlands and beyond.

My name is Reverend Hazel Jane, and I believe in magic

I believe in honour, in history, in symbolism, in truth. I believe we can celebrate love differently. I believe we can do death better.

I am an interfaith minister and creative celebrant living in a wee village in Fife, Scotland.

I conduct weddings, funerals, and rites of passage for gorgeous souls in Scotland and beyond. I’m passionate about telling stories. I craft with language and ritual to create beautiful, safe spaces – holding people wherever they are, offering whatever they might need.

Jonathan Buchan

Based in Glasgow (approx 124 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings

Hello, my name is Jonathan Buchan and I am an independent celebrant travelling all across Scotland carrying out special ceremonies.

I am available to conduct Funeral and Memorial Services in any location, as well as Wedding Ceremonies, Renewal of Vows and Baby Naming ceremonies. I will take time and help you make it just right for you.

Jean Thomson

Based in helensburgh (approx 128 miles from aberdeen)

Naming Ceremonies | Funerals and Memorials | Weddings | Legal Marriages | Other Ceremonies

Helensburgh, Lomond, Argyle and Bute, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire, Paisley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling, Aberdeen, Dundee, West of Scotland, Perth, Highlands and Islands

My name is Reverend Jean Thomson and I am a  Ceremonialist and Interfaith Minister operating throughout Scotland. My aim is to create personal, meaningful, memorable ceremonies, filled with love, be that welcoming new life, entering marriage or saying a sad but fond farewell to a loved one. It is a privilege to get to know couples and families and work with them at both the happiest and saddest moments in their lives. The common thread that runs through all my ceremonies is that they are crafted with love, authentic and tailor made.

As a minister with the Open Sanctuary I am authorised by the Registrar General to conduct legal weddings anywhere in Scotland, indoors or outdoors. One of the blessings we receive as Ministers in the Open Sanctuary is when we are invited to honour key points in peoples lives by creating and delivering weddings, funerals, baby naming ceremonies  and other rites of passages.

Ceremonies are conducted according to the beliefs of the couple and the families, or none if that is the case. It is your ceremony….your way. It isn’t about me or my beliefs, so you don’t need to worry about adhering to the beliefs of the officiant.