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November 5 - 7, 2025
OKFDA Sponsored Celebrant Training
OKFDA Offices
OKFDA is Proud to Host Our Annual Celebrant Training
Why does OKFDA Sponsor a Yearly Celebrant Training?
OKFDA believes that sponsoring a Celebrant Training provides a wonderful experience and benefit to our members. Firms who offer Celebrants have seen an exponential growth in families interested in having services as well as increased revenue, and satisfied, happy families and attendees.
What is it?
Celebrant training is an intensive 3-day certification, training people how to provide unique and personalized funerals for families, specializing in those families who do not wish to have a traditional or religious based funeral.
A Funeral Celebrant serves by providing a funeral service, memorial service or tribute that is personalized and individualized to reflect the personality and life-style of the deceased after consultation with the family and loved ones and coordination with the funeral home.
The Celebrant will meet with the family to offer guidance and consulting while planning a personalized and meaningful funeral to honor the loved one. The Celebrant will have a Family Time for sharing of stories and memories. A Celebrant has a wide library of resources for readings, music and other special ceremonies to help the family design a service that honors the life.
Celebrants will work directly with the funeral director on the arrangements and elements of the service and are dedicated to the concept of providing a tribute that reflects the lifestyle and beliefs of the individual. Your service can have any elements, music and readings that are right for you and for your family.
Who is it for?
Anyone who is interested in becoming a writer, creator and officiant at funeral services. Funeral professionals, clergy/chaplains, bereavement specialists, nurses, teachers, actors, business people all have become Certified Celebrants.
When & Where is the Training Located?
November 5-7, 2025
Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association Headquarters
6801 N. Broadway Ext
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
What Does It Cost?
Early Bird Registration
October 5, 2025
Members $895
Non-Members $995
What Does It Include?
3 days of intense training.
17 hours CEU
Breakfast/Lunch/Snacks
Evening Meals provided by attendee.
First Day
Training 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Second Day
Breakfast 7:30 a.m.
Training 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Lunch 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Training 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. You will have homework
Third Day
Breakfast 7:30 a.m.
Training 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Register today and start Raising the Bar and Offering More to Families!
If you have any questions, please contact Dustin at 405-843-0730 or email info@okfda.com
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Seminar Presenters
Glenda Stansbury MA, CFSP, Marketing & Development Director of InSight Books, Co-Founder and Dean of InSight Institute Certified Celebrant Program. Glenda has worked as Marketing and Development Director for In-Sight Books for 17 years and has been Dean of the In-Sight Institute for 18 years, training over 3500 Celebrants around North America with Doug Manning and is a practicing Funeral Celebrant. She is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer, a Certified Funeral Service Professional and a professor in the UCO Mortuary Science Department.
Kathy Burns, Graphic Designer for InSight Books, Mortuary School Program Supervisor for InSight Institute, and Continuing Care Mailing Service Manager. Kathy was a special education teacher for a number of years before joining the staff at InSight. She is also an artist and author of the book Memories Too Few: a Letter to Parents about Pregnancy Loss. She has been a Celebrant since 2004 and became a trainer in 2017. Serving families and teaching others to be there for families at such a vitally important time in their lives is a true privilege.
