220: Spiritual Ceremonies
Correspondence Course

This course is specifically designed for participants in the Ordained Ministerial Counselor training curriculum. Learn to conduct weddings, memorial services and other spiritual ceremonies acknowledging transitions in people's lives.

In addition to these ceremonies, you will learn the key elements of any effective spiritual ceremony. With this foundation, you will be able to help people create personalized ceremonies for important spiritual events in their lives. These ceremonies will help them affirm and validate their beliefs, goals and commitments related to these special events of growth and transition.

This course includes a minister's reference notebook with many examples of spiritual ceremonies, including weddings, memorial services, candle lighting services and other transformative ceremonies of celebration and transition.

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Comments from Course 220 Participants —
Yes! Yes! Yes! This course was incredibly helpful in learning how to create and perform or facilitate spiritual ceremonies. It was so valuable to experience creating ceremonies that can make life changes, celebrations and rituals very meaningful and personal. — V.M.S.

This course answered specific, detailed questions about weddings. I also appreciated the practice in performing and developing spiritual ceremonies for people. I now understand what makes spiritual ceremonies memorable and meaningful to the participants. This is an important part of my ministry training. I loved it! — W.T.

I found this course to be very complete. In the 220 notebook there are many beautiful ceremonies for a great diversity of occasions, from weddings and memorial services to baptisms and candle lighting services. The Ceremony Planning Questionnaire is a great tool for helping me work with people in creating their own unique ceremony. — G.T.

I really appreciate having all of these samples of different ceremonies that others have created in an organized Spiritual ceremonies reference book. I feel more confident about performing ceremonies now with this training. — C.S.

The course material was very specific about an aspect of ministerial work I thought would be more difficult. — M.B.

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