Two
lay chaplains are part of the congregation at Capital.
They are available to perform ceremonies including weddings,
same sex marriages, naming ceremonies, funerals, and
celebrations of life.
Each
service is custom designed and can be held where the
participants want. The services are fully recognized
in Canadian law.
People
need not be members of our Unitarian Fellowship, nor Unitarians,
to arrange for any of the Unitarian Chaplain's services.
They also need not abandon their personal faith. While
these rites of passage are free for members of our Unitarian
Fellowship, there is a fee for non-members.
Same Sex Marriages
On July 8th, 2003, British Columbia became the second
province to legalize same-sex marriage. Before then our
lay chaplains had been joyfully blessing same-sex partnerships
by performing "services of union".
The
lay chaplains have developed a same-sex wedding booklet
to help with the planning. Please get in touch with
us through the contacts below,
for more information.
Memorial
Services - Funerals
Our
lay chaplains conduct funeral and memorial services and
celebrations of life with sensitivity and grace.
Infant Naming
Our lay chaplains have a lot of experience conducting
naming services.
Other Rites of Passage
Our lay chaplains can help you to arrange meaningful services
to mark life's milestones such as adolescent coming of
age, house blessings, still birth, croning (reaching elderhood)
and many others.
Capital Contacts - Lay Chaplains
For more information on our church services please contact:
Amanda
S. Tarling, lay chaplain, (250) 382 - 6828
email:
contact.capital@unitariancongregation.org
or
Alan
Dawson, lay chaplain, : (250) 472 - 6262;
email: kuusi@shaw.ca
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