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As One Spirit ministers, we aim to be of service to people of all faiths or none. Our help is sought most often by: *People who want a Ceremony for a life event, ie marriage, birth or funeral, that is meaningful to their particular beliefs and with spiritual content, but not necessarliy overtly Religious, or where there is a mixture of different faiths that they want to honour. *Those who are seeking spiritual connection and expression, yet feel uncomfortable with conventional religion (shown by surveys to be a majority of the UK population) *Those struggling with issues they find difficult to raise within their faith (for example, questioning of sexuality). We are not creating a new religion, but filling a growing spiritual gap in modern society. It's not our aim to convert anyone away from their faith or indeed into any faith at all, but to support people who wish to enquire more deeply into their own spiritual experience and their own soul. A great many of our graduates are involved in conducting weddings, funerals and blessing ceremonies. Some have started their own centres, worship communities and spiritual education programmes. Others tend more towards offering spiritual counselling - privately, or in hospitals, hospices, colleges and schools. Some have taken their calling - whether expressed in explicit 'spiritual' terms or not - into business training, into peace-making projects, and into the whole passage of family and community life, including parenting. Many have brought increased inspiration to their work as artists, writers and musicians. And for some, the result of the training has simply been a more authentic expression of who they are, and a deeper sharing of their spirituality with others in their everyday lives. One Spirit ministers come under the legal category of 'non-conformist', and as with all faith communities other than the Church of England, are ordained and certified by our own self-governing community, operating independently of the state. Marriage ceremonies are the only aspect of ministry in which specific legal aspects apply. In England and Wales, a minister can perform a blessing ceremony with no legal restrictions, and the couple will generally hold the purely legal element of the marriage at a registry office beforehand. In Scotland, Northern and Southern Ireland One Spirit ministers are recognised by the Registrars office as able to perform full legal wedding ceremonies of a religious or belief based nature, but not civil wedding ceremonies. All our graduates adhere to a clear Code of Ethics http://www.interfaithfoundation.org/handbook#_Annex_1:_Code and for those on the Public register a complaints procedure ius available for members of the public. Registered Ministers are also required to hold professional indemnity insurance.

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