Celebration Of Life

Celebration of Life

The best celebrations are those that focus on the persons being honored, and the occasion. Make your message positive, and centered on the star.

Types of celebration of life  Family

events
Eg: reunions
 Celebrations and occasions of maturation and entering a new stage of life
Eg: Bar mitzvahs
 Ceremonies of faith
Eg: baptism, christening, or dedication of an infant or child

Content
•Focus

on the person
•Reflect positive growth and development. Write a brief, personal, warm, and positive anecdote or story about the person •Conclude with best wishes
•Include a picture of celebration
•Too brief divide to parts intro, content and conclusion

Don’ts
 Learn

something about the occasion, event, or rite before writing your message  Don’t

let your message go beyond your personal knowledge and true feelings

 Avoid

anything that could embarrass the celebrant.

 Don’t
 Keep

mix messages. the focus on the celebrant.

Various ways of writing celebration letters:
 Handwritten

note on your personal

card
 Greeting cards
 If sending a gift, write personal message on a gift card and attach it to the gift.
 Send an email greeting including an animated Examples of strong sentences  Exchange

students program overseas
-Your whole family is so proud of you as you embark on a whole new phase of your life.
-You have demonstrated that you are fully equipped to step up to this next great life adventure and turn it into something spectacular!
 Retirement

-You’ve turned every life change into an opportunity, and we can hardly wait to see what you do with retirement!

Format
Salutation
Introduction
- Brief introduction & your purpose
Content
- Something you would like to share & tell
Closing
- Congrats again
Signature

Examples:
A Young Man’s Bar Mitzvah

Jacob,
Mazel tov! I remember your grandfather’s and your father’s bar mitzvahs, and now I am fortunate enough to witness yours. Such a wonderful time and such a wonderful family
you