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Here's the short answer: independent funeral celebrants typically earn $250 to $550 per service, with custom celebrations of life running $500 to $800 or more. A part-time celebrant doing five or six ...

“I’m Not Sure I’m a Strong Enough Writer”

It’s one of the most common things we hear from people considering end-of-life celebrant training.

They tell us they feel called to the work. They tell us t...

Three Roles, Often Confused

People exploring end-of-life work tend to run into the same three job titles. Death doulas. End-of-life celebrants. Grief counselors. They sound similar, they often work w...

A Quiet Demographic Earthquake

Something significant has been happening in the United States for the last twenty years, and most of the funeral industry hasn’t caught up to it just yet.

Nearly three...

You've Probably Been to One

Most of us have.

The service that felt borrowed from somewhere else. The eulogy that mispronounced her name twice. The repeated line of “well, I didn’t know the Bob but h...

You Keep Coming Back to This

Maybe it started at a funeral. You were sitting in a folding chair, listening to someone you’d never met read your aunt’s biography like a LinkedIn profile, and a small, ...

Networking for Celebrants: Build Relationships That Lead to More Ceremonies

When it comes to networking for celebrants, one thing becomes clear pretty quickly… this work is built on relationships.

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Meet Kristabeth Atwood, M. Div., a pastor for people who don’t do church, and instructor of Life Transition Ceremonies: Rituals for a Rite of Passage. This course is offered again Thursdays, April 4-2...