Services at Easthampstead Park Cemetery and Crematorium
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Religious services- Civil funerals
- Humanist ceremonies
- Ethnic minority services
- Viewing funeral services online
A total of thirty minutes is reserved for each service and a local minister to your area would normally take the service. This is arranged by your funeral director who will ask if you require the service to take place directly at the crematorium or in your own church before you reach the crematorium. In this case the minister would carry out the "committal" service at the crematorium which lasts around ten minutes. Otherwise a full service will take place which may comprise a sermon, prayers, a reading and perhaps one or two hymns.
In 2002, a new funeral ceremony became available in England - the civil funeral. A civil funeral provides the opportunity to create, with the help and support of a professional civil funeral celebrant, the most appropriate and meaningful ceremony for this final act of love and respect.
The celebrant works closely with the funeral director and maintains personal involvement with the bereaved family from the initial meeting through to creating and leading the ceremony. A civil funeral can be held almost anywhere with the exception of religious buildings and churches. The ceremony is appropriate for either a cremation or burial. Your funeral director can help assist you in selecting a local celebrant or officiant. You can also find out more information from the following organisations:
An increasing number of people are now arranging more secular events where the families have greater input in the content of the funeral service. For more information visit the website of the British Humanist Association. Humanists offer a personal and dignified funeral ceremony for those who have chosen to live without religion.
It is our intention to offer a high standard of care and options which enables each member of the community regardless of their beliefs and culture to have a cremation service which is meaningful to them and their loved ones.
Viewing funeral services online
Friends and family who are unable to travel to the Easthampstead Park Cemetery and Crematorium can watch funeral services online. A digital camera fixed unobtrusively at the rear of the main chapel can broadcast services via the internet to computers across the world, which can be accessed through a secure password-protected website.
This service can benefit mourners who are unable to attend a funeral service, such as those who live in another country, or may be housebound, or are unable to travel within the UK. The service has received positive reviews from people who have watched a funeral service online.
There is unlimited access for families and friends to watch online for a week after the service. CD and DVD recordings can also be purchased. The camera can see the catafalque, minister or officiant and the majority of those in the congregation. The view is intended to be as if you are attending the service.
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