I'll Stand By You

CERTIFIED CELEBRANT

CHAPLAIN

funerals

Products and services

Angie F. Estévez

I’LL STAND BY YOU

...Through Life, Love or Loss...

FUNERALS & CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE

I’ll Stand by You - LOSS

Funerals and memorial services - “The process of creating such an important celebration... can be overwhelming–especially if you are planning the ceremony while you are grieving. To help, many people now turn to a funeral celebrant... A funeral celebrant... will work with you to create a ceremony that is highly personalized...” FuneralWise.Com

Your service can be ecumenical (Christian), Interfaith or non- religious.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Zoom and Virtual Services Available. We offer virtual ceremonies using video conferencing platforms such as Zoom. “The ability to stream funeral services and enable distant family and friends to participate without extensive travel is a significant way that technology will change the funeral industry.” (US Funerals Online)

Holding a virtual funeral or memorial service offers several advantages: It’s easy for distant guests to participate, you can include slideshows, pre-recorded eulogies, music, videos, readings, pictures and other special components.

Digital and Print Services Available - We can help you create mementos that can be used during the service or afterwards.

These include print, digital and specialized graphic art products such as:

Digital photo albums
Slide Shows
Funeral Programs
Bookmarks
Laminated Prayer Cards

and other personalized memorial keepsakes.

A wide array of photography and videography services available.

CHAPLAINCY

I’ll Stand by You - LIFE

I am hoping to reshape the way that people view chaplaincy. Most people think that a chaplain’s job is to preach or teach theology and religion. Although spirituality is involved in a great deal of our work - chaplains are specifically trained to listen to, sit with and accompany people during hardship and crisis.

In addition to attending seminary and obtaining a Master’s Degree, one of my proudest professional accomplishments has been completing FOUR units of CPE. CPE or Clinical Pastoral Education “...is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers of all faiths...into supervised encounters with persons in crisis...” (www.acpe.org)

My chaplaincy experience encompasses missions, law enforcement (Corrections), hospital, hospice, community and funeral home chaplaincy. I helped found “Until We Meet Again” a support group for bereaved parents, and have provided marital and premarital counseling to many couples throughout the past 20 years.

Out on the road: Hospice Chaplaincy

Picture Source: The Grace Center

House Calls. Visiting shut ins - Honduras

Picture Source: ECSD FB Page

WEDDINGS

I’ll Stand by You - LOVE

Since 2001

I’ve been presiding over weddings for 20+ years and believe that everyone should have an opportunity to personalize their wedding in ways that are meaningful to them and their loved ones.

Whether your plans call for a wedding in a church, your backyard, a hotel ballroom or a boat - let me help you create an unforgettable wedding experience!

IMPORTANT NOTICE

I will be focusing all of my efforts on Funeral Celebrancy and will only be presiding over weddings for friends and family for the immediate future.

Death Cafés (Important Resource)

What is a death cafe?

“At a Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. A Death Café is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session.” (DeathCafe.Com)

To find a Death Café near you: Death Cafe Directory - CLICK HERE

Additional Resources

SUPPORT

Good Grief - Grief Resources

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

NAGC - The National Association for Grieving Children

Grieving and Loss Center - Rebuilding Lives After Grief

ARTICLES

Grief: Going Beyond Death and Stages

Counseling Connoisseur: Children and Grief

Working Through the Death of a Colleague

BOOKS