Paul Winder - Funeral Celebrant

20/10/2025

More lovely feedback from one of my families:

"

I just wanted to thank you for the lovely service you led for ******. Everyone commented on how much they enjoyed it, even in a time of sadness, you managed to bring the warmth, humour and compassion to the occasion and made it feel so personal and true to him.

It was exactly the kind of service he would have wanted, so a huge thank you.

11/10/2025

Thank you for the lovely service yesterday.

"We are all so impressed with your heartfelt messages and personal touch. It made all the difference. Everyone was very complimentary."

From a service yesterday from James and Thomas Funeral Directors, Cobham.

09/10/2025

Some lovely feedback from a family today:

"We just wanted to thank you for the beautiful ceremony for my husband ***** yesterday.

Everything happened exactly as we wanted, and you were the perfect Celebrant. Your readings were faultless and delivered with kindness and respect, and the prayers were very moving, thank you.

We both felt that you had created a personalised service for *****, particularly the references to change and transformations in life, and the relevance to the music we chose.

We could not have asked for better.

Thank you so much, the service was memorable and very special."

20/07/2025

In times of loss, gathering together can be one of the most healing things we do. When a loved one is cremated without a formal funeral, families are often left without that shared moment to pause, reflect, and say goodbye.

I offer bespoke memorial and celebration of life services designed for families choosing direct cremation. These ceremonies provide an opportunity to gather in a heartfelt, personal way—to remember the life lived, share stories, honour grief, and find comfort together.

Whether held weeks later in a garden, home, or favourite place, these gatherings allow space for love, laughter, tears, and tribute. They help us move forward—not by forgetting, but by remembering deeply, and together.

Every life deserves to be celebrated. And every farewell deserves the chance to be meaningful.

Call me for a free, no obligation discussion about the services I can provide on 07555 079274 email paulwcelebrations@gmail.com

13/11/2024

Some nice feedback from a family today:

"A # # # and I have been reflecting on the events of yesterday and in particular your handling of the service and wanted to somehow express our sincere gratitude to you.

Whilst you reminded us all to celebrate our memories of S # # # you went much further by highlighting the meaning and messages behind the elements of the service, thereby achieving a very moving and relevant delivery that may otherwise have been just hollow words.

All the family commended your involvement and the power of your words, and all agreed that we and S # # # were blessed to have you as a celebrant."

31/07/2024

03/03/2024

My son Rohan is currently working for a missions organisation and will shortly travelling to the Philippines to continue his work. Please, if you can, donate a little to this fund. Even a small contribution will make a big difference. Many streams make a river. Thank you

Hey! My name is Rohan, I am a Christian missionary working with YWAM Ships Kona! Youth With… Rohan Winder needs your support for Outreach to Philippines!

09/01/2024

I'd love to claim this as mine, but it isn't. I found it on facebook, but thought it was worth sharing.

When Parents Grow Old!
Let them grow old with the same love that they let you grow... Let them speak and tell repeated stories with the same patience and interest that they heard yours as a child... Let them overcome, like so many times when they let you win... Let them enjoy their friends just as they let you… Let them enjoy the talks with their grandchildren, because they see you in them... Let them enjoy living among the objects that have accompanied them for a long time, because they suffer when they feel that you tear pieces of this life away... Let them be wrong, like so many times you have been wrong and they didn’t embarrass you by correcting you...
LET THEM LIVE and try to make them happy the last stretch of the path they have left to go; give them your hand, just like they gave you their hand when you started your path!

23/12/2023

So, as many people prepare to celebrate Christmas, for the 200 or so families I have been honoured to work with this year, this will be the first Christmas with an empty chair at the table and a much loved face missing.

Try not to focus on the space at the table, instead, remember the years you spent together, the joy and laughter you shared, and the love you had for each other.

May the absence of that person bring the rest of the family closer together. There will be happier Christmases, time will lessen the pain of parting, but you will never forget the one you have lost.

Thinking and praying for everyone who has lost a loved one this year.

Every blessing

Paul

06/09/2023

I’m writing to express my and my Mum’s grateful thanks for the wonderful service you delivered for my Dad. You were so exactly the right choice to eulogise his life. We felt your words as sincere and heartfelt. You balanced perfectly between recollection and looking to the future, while acknowledging grief: and this was important to the little community at which he was the centre.

My Mum asked me to tell you that several people asked her for your contact details!

Everything about the event was so perfectly what we wanted for Pops, thank you again for your organisation, kindness, and insight.