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Planning a Funeral Service
May I express my sympathy at the loss of your loved one.
The funeral service will give an opportunity to offer thanks for the life of
your loved one, and in the company of family and friends to be open to
the mixture of emotions that his or her death brings. Feelings such as
grief, gratitude, sadness, and joy often intermingle.
In all of this, you will be commending your loved one into the hands of
God who holds all of us in life and death, the one who is both the source
of life and its goal.
Funerals - Planning The Basics
By Michael Russell
Planning a funeral is never going to be a pleasant task, whether it be
your own or that of your nearest and dearest. However, this article aims
to give you some idea of what to expect when you have to plan a funeral
for the first time.
The first thing you will need to do is to contact an undertaker. A good
one will guide you through all the decisions which have to be made in
order for the funeral to take place, with the minimum of pain and
disruption. You will find undertakers or funeral directors listed in your
local telephone directory and on the internet. However, in view of the
nature of the occasion, I always feel that a personal recommendation is
good.
Having chosen your undertaker, you will need to make an appointment to
meet. Some firms will come to your house and others will expect you to
go to their premises. If you have a choice, do whatever you're most
comfortable with.
The questions will now begin. Firstly do you want burial or cremation and
in either case, will the service be religious or secular? If you want a
church service and a burial, you will also need to choose a cemetery as
not all churches have space available. You may want cremation but with
burial of the ashes. If you want a non-religious burial, you may be able to
choose a woodland area or similar. So you have now chosen your
church, crematorium and/or cemetery. (For church, read any appropriate
building depending on the religion in question.)
You will now be offered further choices - this time coffins. You will need to
select the style of coffin, the material from which it is to be made and the
design of handles. You will also have to choose the style and wording of
a plaque. If there is to be a cremation, you will need to select a casket or
urn for the ashes. Obviously the cost varies tremendously, depending on
what you opt for.
You will have to tell the funeral director where you wish the body to rest
until the funeral and whether you wish it to be on view for people to pay
their respects. Whether or not the deceased will be on view, you will have
to decide on their clothing.
In the next article, we will continue to discuss the options when planning a
funeral.
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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Funerals
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Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_Russell
As you plan for the next few days, you will be looking for ways to
celebrate the life of your loved one, to express your feelings at this time
and to bring some measure of comfort to family and friends.
If you are looking for funeral poems, eulogy poems,or memorial poems ,
which are suitable for eulogies, obituaries and tributes,
please click on the links above.
For funeral links - including legal advice.
For funeral handouts and sample funeral programs,
as well as funeral songs and funeral hymns,
our downloadable resource will help you plan a funeral service.
Thank you for visiting -
I hope that we may be able to assist you in some way at this time.
Please feel free to contact us with your recommended sites for funeral
planning.
God bless you,
Jen
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