Meet Sheryl – Your Independent Celebrant in Newark, Nottinghamshire Lincoln & Across the East Midlands
Celebrating Life’s Moments with Warmth, Clarity, and Care

Lovely to meet you…
Hello, I’m Sheryl Monk – a professionally trained, independent celebrant offering bespoke wedding and funeral ceremonies across Newark, Lincoln, Nottinghamshire, and the wider East Midlands. 

With over 30 years of experience as a barrister, court advocate, and leader in criminal justice, I bring a calm, warm reassuring presence and a deep understanding of how to use words meaningfully — whether you’re celebrating love or saying goodbye.


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Weddings and Funerals with Heart and Soul . 


Your love story deserves more than a template.

As your wedding celebrant, I’ll work closely with you to craft a ceremony that reflects your personalities, values, and shared journey. 

Whether you’re dreaming of an intimate woodland handfasting, a non-religious garden wedding, or a symbolic ceremony that blends cultural elements, I create and deliver it with warmth, humour, and heart.I specialise in:

  • Celebrant-led weddings (non-religious, spiritual, or blended faith)
  • Vow renewals and anniversary celebrations
  • Help with writing your own vows and choosing meaningful readings or rituals.
  • Handfasting



Funerals and Celebrations of life
I create personalised, respectful funeral services, whether held at a crematorium, natural burial ground, or family home. 

From pet funerals to memorial services and celebrations of life, I will support you with empathy, careful listening, and professionalism.

My services include:

  • Guidance on funeral structure and wording
  • Support with writing eulogies and tributes
  • Non-religious and inclusive funeral ceremonies
  • Collaboration with funeral directors and families

I offer the writing and conducting of Wedding, Vow Renewal, Naming and Funeral ceremonies.

Contact Sheryl

Testimonials

     

 A celebrant of character, wit and charm Sheryl provided a very special and professional service for our ceremony. It was unusual in being held inside an ancient stone circle high on the moors. Despite that she rose to the challenge and researched the area thoroughly, leading to an appropriate, informative and entertaining ceremony, with the right balance of humour and dignity. She worked out how to include and involve several other friends and family, including two young girls who were ring bearers and flower girls, and some more mature friends who got to be bridesmaids, torch bearers and drum beaters, meaning everyone had a role to play and felt included in, and significant to, the very bespoke ceremony. She carried out her duties beautifully, and then socialised with everyone and made us all feel special. When she left we felt like she was an old friend and all waved goodbye with a genuine warmth and gratitude. 

Roland Kamsika: Wedding guest
     

 Thank you so much for leading my sisters memorial service with warmth compassion and love. 

Doreen: Retired chef
     

 We asked Sheryl to organise our annual Handfasting Ceremony in Derbyshire as we live overseas and she organised everything seamlessly. We arrive jetlagged the day before the ceremony and everything ran super smoothly. Highly recommend Sheryl for a low stress ceremony 

Sudamala Villa: Wedding guest