Rebecca Worrall - Independent Celebrant

11/08/2024

☀️ What a day ☀️

10/08/2024

What an amazing day this was - everyone’s love story is unique and when you’ve clearly found your soulmate it’s the most perfect happy ending.

C&N wanted a relaxed and informal ceremony full of fun and I think we achieved that! With a hilarious surprise reading from the bride - chocolate body paint anyone?? - a ring exchange and a signing, all sealed with a kiss, it was truly wonderful.

Everyone made me feel so welcome, I felt like I was at the wedding of long-standing friends 💛 Thank you for choosing me as your celebrant!

📸 - Envy Photography
📍 - Wildes Inns

07/08/2024

In the wake of the riots across the UK, I am reminded of the fragility and strength of our communities. As a celebrant, I have seen the full spectrum of human emotion and resilience.

These riots do not speak for me, nor do they represent the values of the communities I serve. We are stronger than the fear and chaos being sown.

Now more than ever, let’s come together to support one another, to listen, and to heal. My heart goes out to all affected, and I stand with those who choose love over hate, peace over violence. 🕊️💛

04/08/2024

Would you just look at these amazing photos from A&C’s beautiful wedding back in June. We worked together to create a relaxed ceremony full of joy 🎈

From the fantastic decorations 🍄, to the beautiful garden, the fabulous outfits and the cutest ring bearer 🐕 the day was a blast from start to finish and I loved being a part of it 💫🌸🌳

Congratulations to the happy couple - wishing you a lifetime (and beyond 😉) of love and happiness - and chatting bo****ks to one another 🙌🏼

📸 - The Harphams
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04/08/2024

🌟 Lighting a Candle for Those We’ve Lost 🌟

As a celebrant, I have the honour of guiding people through life’s most poignant moments. Today, I invite you to join me in lighting a candle for those we’ve lost 🕯️

Each flicker of the flame represents a cherished memory, a laugh, a story, and a life that touched ours in ways words often can’t capture. It’s a simple yet profound gesture that reminds us that love and connection never truly fade away - they continue to illuminate our lives in beautiful, unexpected ways.

Take a moment today to pause and reflect. Whether it’s a quiet remembrance or a celebration of a life well-lived, let this light symbolize the eternal bond we share with those no longer with us 🕯️

May the warmth of the flame bring you comfort and peace 💛

24/07/2024

Sand delivery for next month’s sand blending ceremony where the brief was ‘bright colours please!’

Sand rituals are becoming increasingly popular recently and I think that the reason they are so appealing is because they are simple to perform, and they are also very easy to adapt and personalise. You can extend this ritual to include members of your family, especially children. You can choose your own type or colour of sand to give extra meaning too.

Most commonly there are three vessels, the bride and groom are provided with a small, usually transparent, container of sand and either taking it in turns or together they will pour their sand into a third, larger container – it’s most visibly appealing if each of you use a different colour of sand and they can be poured in several layers on top of one another. By adding more smaller containers, you can include other people - perhaps you each have children from previous relationships and by blending all your sand together you are showing the blending of your families.

And so like your marriage, the different grains of sands are virtually impossible to separate once they are combined!

16/07/2024

Wedding rings are a traditional way of sealing the promises you’ve made to one another during a wedding ceremony - unbroken circles symbolising everlasting love.

11/07/2024

I’m not normally one to post about thank yous from families I’ve worked with but I did want to talk about the service for the father of the lovely lady these flowers are from, so a picture of these seemed like the best place to start 💐

Although the service was technically for my client’s father, she’d also lost her mother during the covid pandemic and the family had been unable to have a funeral service for her. With this in mind, we decided to honour both of them during our time in the chapel and it was just perfect. I was so happy to have been involved in not only saying goodbye to a really quite extraordinary and special sounding man, but also to give his late wife the service she deserved and help the family get closure.

05/07/2024

I’m always excited when planning a wedding ceremony to hear what music couples have chosen. Sometimes there’s live music, sometimes it’s a love song, sometimes couples choose a certain song because the lyrics resonate with them, sometimes it’s a song or piece of music that reminds them of a special moment or a loved one they’ve lost. And sometimes they simply choose something because they just bloody love it 🎵 🎤 🎶

Lately I’ve heard a string quartet, Another One Bites the Dust, Ed Sheeran, acoustic guitarists, Death Cab for Cutie, a live bagpiper, Crazy in Love and Ruelle to name a few 💛

I’d love to hear what songs you’d have - or have had - in your ceremony…

30/06/2024

Simple, timeless elegance 🌹

25/06/2024

✨ 𝔾𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕖 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 ✨

These are people you choose to ask to have an enduring relationship with your child. Think of them as non-religious equivalents to godparents, as they make promises to a child during a naming ceremony. Guide parents aren't there to provide spiritual guidance but must promise your child that they will always be there for them to offer love and support.

At a naming ceremony you might ask the guide parents to make a promise together or to prepare their own personal promises to your child.

Or, you could invite them to choose a song or poem to share.

As your celebrant, I can help you explore ideas about how to involve guide parents in a naming ceremony in a truly personal and meaningful way.

There is no guide book to being a guide parent – each person will have their own idea of what it will entail but personally I think of the guide parent acting as a role model for your child, and to be a source of strength and comfort going forward. What an honour to be asked to be one 💛

24/06/2024

Never ever get tired of having this on the doorstep 💚

20/06/2024

Is this the vibe you’re going for for the big day? Many couples use words like this as a starting point - they want to feel calm and comfortable during their ceremony and want their guests to feel the same.

🙋🏼‍♀️ A relaxed and informal ceremony is no less meaningful than the opposite - we use elements of your love story, your characters and personalities and your lives together to create a personalised ceremony for everyone to enjoy and remember 💛

🙋🏼‍♀️ Do you want to arrive and walk down the aisle together? Do it. Neither of you wants to be given away? That’s fine. Like the idea of being seated during the ceremony rather than standing? Good for me. Not fancying a ring exchange and have something else in mind instead? Tell me more!!

The list is endless - I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - your day, your way! 💛

19/06/2024

🌺🌸🌼 A huge thanks to the amazing Flowers by Amy who hosted a workshop at my home last night for a friend’s birthday. Having seen and recommended Amy’s amazing wedding flowers and funeral tributes in the past I’m thrilled to be able to personally vouch for her amazing workshops now too! We all really enjoyed ourselves and are already planning to rerun the fun with Christmas wreaths later this year 🥂

19/06/2024

This is something I’ve been asked many times and I suppose it depends what you mean by ‘proper’ because a wedding led by an independent celebrant isn’t legally binding in England and Wales.

But, please don’t let this put you off! All you need to do is make the standard legal declarations and register your marriage with a registrar separately, which you can do either before or after your wedding day at your local registry office. This takes about 15 minutes and can cost from as little as £46 plus the cost of the marriage certificate (usually £11).

Many couples consider the day they host their celebrant ceremony and reception to be their “real” wedding day, not the day of the formal registration - I suppose this is similar to registering the birth of a child - every year we celebrate the anniversary of the day the baby is born, not the day they were legally registered.

A celebrant led ceremony is certainly a proper wedding in the sense that it is a joyful, public declaration of love and commitment alongside your friends and family with the added bonus that it can be whenever and wherever you want, completely tailored to what you’d like.

I’ve written this post to answer one of the questions I am asked most frequently, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have anything else you’d like to ask about 💛

19/06/2024

Such a fun night last night 🌺

14/06/2024

Team work makes the dream work 💪🏼
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How is this a year ago already?

🌟 Celebrating a fabulous friendship and celebrant collaboration. 💫

🌟 From brainstorming sessions to executing our ideas and plans. Working together has been an absolute pleasure, treasure! 💕

🌟Here's to the journey we've shared and to reaching even greater heights and embracing all the exciting opportunities ahead! 💗

14/06/2024

When we lose a loved one, our emotions are running high and it is often difficult to get everything we want to acknowledge into a funeral service when our grief is so raw. A memorial service can be held any time later, perhaps to commemorate a birthday, anniversary or any other significant date. It can be a longer ceremony, offering more time to reflect on a person’s life and legacy.

This can be a good choice if the death was sudden, or if your loved one was very well-known and many people want to pay their respects.

This kind of ceremony has no rules and can be held absolutely anywhere that feels right. It is completely guided by the character and story of the person who has died and could perhaps include readings, a visual tribute and an exhibition of mementos or achievements.

If this sounds like the right thing for your late loved one then I’d love to help you create the perfect service 🕯️

13/06/2024

I think any wedding supplier will tell you it’s extra special when you’re asked to be involved in a friend’s big day and I absolutely loved being involved in my school friend Danielle (the new Mrs Walton!)’s ceremony last week.

How gorgeous are my friends though 💛

Thank you for asking me Danielle and Simon, and happy 1 week anniversary 🥂

08/06/2024

After taking a wedding booking this week for a ceremony that will focus on the whole family, I’m busy working on different ways the couple’s children can be involved. The possibilities are endless - from sand blending ceremonies, to readings, to responsibilities on the day. I always work with families to ensure that whatever we decide, everyone is happy and comfortable with what we have planned.

It’s going to a great day and I’m super excited to be involved 💒

03/06/2024

Huge congratulations to A&J who married in April at the stunning Staunton Harold Hall. What an insanely gorgeous couple 😍😍

This was something a bit different for me - I was booked just before the wedding itself and so we hadn’t had the usual timeframe to get to know one another - but we were still able to use the time we had to work together to create a personalised and memorable ceremony.

Thanks for having me as a part of your big day - I loved it 💛

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28/05/2024

If you’re looking for a truly personal venue for your wedding day then you may be asking this question - and yes, holding the big day at home or at the home of a friend or family member is absolutely possible. As the law currently stands in England and Wales, venues must hold a civil ceremony licence in order for a marriage or civil partnership to be made legally binding. Private homes cannot be approved for a such a licence because one of the requirements for approval is that the premises is made ‘regularly available’ for ceremonies.

So this is where a celebrant comes in! We can work together to create a truly personal wedding ceremony at your home, and then you can nip to the registry office another day to register your marriage legally 🏡

Weddings at home are a great way to ensure your day includes exactly what you want - any day, any time - anything goes ❤️

23/05/2024

Who says a wedding dress needs to be white?! Your day, your way. A what a day it was for L&P earlier this month - with a black and purple colour scheme, promise vows, plenty of laughter and even the sunshine made an appearance. I absolutely loved the whole vibe of the service and was so thrilled to have been able to be a little part of their special day 💜🖤💜🖤

📍 Weddings at Oakwell Hall
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🎵 Yorkshire Bagpiper

15/05/2024

☔️ 🩷 ℝ𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕖𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕒𝕪? 🩷 ☔️

A symbol of a strong and long lasting marriage, rain on your wedding day is often said to be good luck.

This stems from Hindu beliefs - a knot that gets wet is extremely hard to untie - so when you “tie the knot” on a rainy day, your marriage is supposedly just as hard to unravel!

‘Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain!’ - Vivian Greene

10/05/2024

✍🏼 Another beautiful set up at Weddings at Oakwell Hall

When we’re planning your ceremony you’ll always be asked if you’d like a signing element - there’s a commemorative certificate to mark the day and a register, plus you can have witnesses if you’d like. It gives you a quiet moment together after you’ve exchanged your vows and it’s a nice photo opportunity too 📸 📝 💛

30/04/2024

💛 ℍ𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝔾𝕠𝕟𝕖 💛

You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he would want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Author - David Harkins

28/04/2024

🪢 Including meaningful rituals in your wedding ceremony can be an extra way to emphasise your commitment.

🪢 Handfasting is an ancient Celtic ritual in which the hands are tied together to symbolise the binding of two lives. As your celebrant I can tie the cord or you may opt to have a member of your wedding party do this for you.

🪢 You can choose the colours and material you want to use, with certain colours perhaps having a special meaning.

17/04/2024

✨ WE'RE HIRING ✨

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17/04/2024

One of the most important and best things about a celebrant led service is that you have a chance to find a celebrant who you really click with! Arrange a free, no obligation discovery call today to see if I’m ’the one!’

The beauty of being able to do this by video call is that you can chat from the comfort of your own home, at a time to suit you. These calls typically last about half an hour (although there’s no set time, I’ve had plenty of calls that last much longer) and its a chance for you to ask any questions and for us to chat through what you want (or just as importantly what you don’t want!) for the big day and all the different options that are available - which are endless!

I normally send a booking form over to you via email after this call and if you wish to go ahead then you can complete this and pay a small deposit to secure your date.

Drop me a message if you’ve been considering a celebrant led service and we can arrange a call 📞 Depending on location, I often have these initial, no obligation chats face to face too if that’s what you’d prefer.

07/04/2024

Vow renewals are a celebration of a marriage and two lives lived together. Often linked to big moments in the couple’s life, these ceremonies offer the chance to re-affirm the commitments made on your wedding day and to look ahead to more time together.

Some vow renewal ceremonies are grand affairs with lots of friends and family gathered together. Others are more intimate and informal, taking place in the garden or a special location with just a few people sharing the occasion.

Whatever you’d like, we can work together to put a beautiful bespoke ceremony that’s personal to you 💛