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:
Peter
Scales,
lay chaplain, : (250) 477 - 6989;
email: scalesp@telus.net
or
Dàna
Seaborn,
lay chaplain
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