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Helen Shearn Ceremonies

Midlands, UK wide

A wedding ceremony outdoors with a bride and groom shaking hands, officiant present, decorated with dried pampas grass and hanging glass orbs.

Intro:

Hi, I’m Helen. Why settle for a generic, copy and paste wedding ceremony when I can help your vision become reality?

Your wedding day is a defining moment in your lives. Your ceremony is an amazing opportunity to craft and create things in exactly the way you like it. 

​Want to get married on a barge or a field - then count me in! Cocktails or shots in the middle of the ceremony – Yeeeeeessss please! You want your Grandma as a flower girl singing Paramore - no problem! Do you want a handfasting in the middle of the woods? Then I am the celebrant for you. 

I am an inclusive Humanist wedding celebrant from the Midlands but willing to travel. I It is worth pointing out that you do not have to be a Humanist to have a Humanist wedding. 

​I work closely with couples to learn about your love and your connection, and this will help you to be relaxed and enjoy the day. I can help you select readings, poems or song lyrics, AND I can help you write your own vows if that is something that you’re interested in.

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