Adobe PDF - Lincolnshire Ceremony Guide 2010-2011

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Lincolnshire Registration & Celebratory Services
Celebratory
Services
Celebratory Services include Naming, Renewal of Vows, Memorials,
Funerals, Nationality Checking Service, Citizenship Ceremonies and
Certificate Services.
Civil Naming and Renewal of Vows ceremonies were introduced in 2001, giving families
and couples the options to celebrate the arrival of a new child or reaffirm their vows with a
non-religious ceremony.
Funeral and Memorial ceremonies were introduced in 2003, giving any bereaved family the
option to celebrate the life of the deceased in a civil ceremony.
A Celebratory ceremony has no legal status, so you can choose whether or not to organise
one. The celebration and any written record of the ceremony cannot be used as proof
of identification and neither is the ceremony legally binding on those who participate. A
celebratory ceremony is secular and will have no religious content.
Lincolnshire County Council would like to stress that the above ceremonies are offered
as an alternative to a religious service and anyone considering, for example, a baptism, a
religious blessing, funeral or memorial ceremony, should be encouraged to do so.
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