Best Celebration of Life Venue in North Denver
The Bella Sera Event Center, Brighton, CO
Best Celebration of Life Venue in North Denver
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How Does a Celebration of Life Differ from a Memorial Service?
A celebration of life ceremony is a beautiful and comforting alternative to funeral and memorial services. It is an unconditional expression of love and happiness for the life your loved one led. A celebration of life ceremony does not equate to being happy about a person’s passing away. Instead, it seeks to replace grief with joy, and sorrow with comfort by having everyone celebrate the life they lived. It is a more joyous celebration to honor who they were when alive, and the legacy they leave behind. Dress code is typically more casual and the feeling overall is more upbeat and joyous.
Celebrating the life and life story of your loved one who has passed should be a true celebration! It’s so difficult navigating the sadness or intense loss you’re feeling, with joy at the same time for the impact your loved one had on you. When you are dealing with all of the emotions that hit you during these incredibly tough times, it can be so helpful to have other’s help you with beautiful ideas for how to put the celebration of life together. From creating visuals or a slideshow, to sharing music they loved, and sharing their favorite foods with everyone.
Ways to remember those you loved at their “Celebration of Life”
- Encourage people to speak into a microphone and share cherished memories, a funny story, or something they adored about your loved one.
- Send balloons, doves or lanterns up into the sky in memory of them.
- Consider decorating in their favorite color or with their favorite flowers.
- Designate an emcee so things flow smoothly.
- Have someone say a prayer or read a poem.
- Share Live music as a beautiful touch, even if for one song.
- Have everyone sing their favorite song really loud
- Live stream the service for those who are out of state and couldn’t attend
- Share cherished memories
- Create a Celebration Of Life Poster Board
- Display a photo montage
- Play video tributes from those who could not attend
- Do a biker tribute
- Show up in classic cars if they were a car collector
- Have a choir sing if they were in the choir
- Show an illustration of your family tree, and where your loved one fit into the family
- Encourage someone from their work, a teacher, church, family, a friend, sibling, etc., to to share something about who they were in those roles. This is all part of talking about the legacy they left that is so wonderful to hear.
- Raise your glass in a toast to the dearly departed
- Plant a memorial tree
How The Bella Sera Event Center hosts “Celebration of Life” events
We are a family owned business, and care deeply about these types of events and those who need our help during these times to create something really special for them. Whenever we host “celebrations of life” events, we think about the joy this person has brought to everyone in our venue at that moment, the gifts they shared with all of them, and the impact and legacy they have left on everyone in the room. We are always so touched by the stories and love in the building.
Whether you’re planning a Celebration of Life or a Memorial Service of any kind, The Bella Sera Event Center is here to help. We can take care of everything you need, and reduce the stress you may be feeling.
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Celebration of Life venue that offers more than event space:
- We’ll assist you in searching Celebration of Life venues near me, if our venue capacity of 250 can’t accommodate you.
- What to do for a Celebration of Life should be the least of your concerns– our experts will help provide creative event ideas from which you can choose, and ones you know your loved one would have really enjoyed. We offer ideas for how to bring joy to the family and keep their loved one’s memory alive.
- Agenda creation – we’ll help you set an agenda for the Celebration of Life so everything flows well and you don’t leave anything important out or have any regrets because of something you wish you had thought of doing while everyone was there all at one time.
- Memorial Website Creation Ideas – we’ll provide links to several sites so that a family member or friend can create a memorial website. Memorial websites let you keep everyone up to date with important event details, collect and share condolences and memories, raise funds, and much more. For example, check out this online memorial page template here on Everloved .
- Catering – we offer the option for you to bring in your own or have us cater it for you with our affordable lunch or dinner menus. You may choose to have it catered by your loved ones’ favorite restaurant, or ask us to cook their favorite meal. Celebrations of life typically have food and drinks available to those attending, though the family may have a reception that’s separate from the celebration of life event itself. Serving their favorite food, or dish, dessert or drink, is a beautiful way to share something special about them. Be sure to make signs that state it was their favorite.
- Desserts (bring in your own or have us cater this too)
- Beverages or bar options available
- Audio visual – play a slideshow that shows their life’s journey.
- Music – We suggest playing music or songs your loved one enjoyed during the celebration. Play their favorite song from a spotify playist or have a live musician. Have someone mention something about a special song being played or a favorite artist on the microphone. Mention if they had ever attended the concert of the artist, or why they loved the song so much, etc.
- Create a spotify list such as this one for a Celebration of Life Playlist:
- Table linens, tables and chairs are provided
12. Décor is available for rent
- Set up and clean up is included
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Most importantly, we care deeply about helping you through this incredibly difficult time. We know Celebration of Life events can also be cathartic and very healing in many ways too. We have been through many of our own losses, and just want to be here for you to lean on.
Our experienced staff can assist with creating an event flow, and help suggest several ideas for how to celebrate in a way your loved one would have enjoyed and appreciated.
There’s no single perfect way to honor the departed—all you can do is create the celebration you think they would appreciate. We’re here to help!
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Real “Celebration of Life” stories that have touched our hearts
The Holland Family
One of our local families had lost their son in a motorcycle accident. Our venue was packed with hundreds of people who loved him and wanted to celebrate his life. At the end of the celebration, dozens and dozens of bikers pulled in front of the venue and reved up their bikes to send him a message in heaven that they were all with him. It was one of the loudest, and most moving moments we have ever experienced!
Our Mom and Grandma Ramona
When our mother, and grandma Ramona Venzor passed, we all celebrated her in such a beautiful way with the mariachi music she loved, releasing doves, and everyone talking about her and showing movies. Her favorite color was lime green, so we created little squares of “lime green” paper that had this statement printed on it: “Share your favorite memory of Ramona with us.” This was our favorite memory of that day as we all read so many beautiful stories, and many of them we didn’t know. Everyone also wore little lime green ribbon pins.
We would be honored to help you create a “Celebration of Life” event for your loved one.
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