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Funeral Chaplain
A collection of resources for funerals and memorial services
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Articles
For Clergy
Order of Service - Traditional Funeral
Philosophy of Ministry
Writing a Eulogy: Collecting information
For Families
How to do a scripture at a funeral...
Planning a Funeral or Memorial Service
Prayers
Invocations
God our Refuge and Strength
Prayer based on Psalm 46
Prayer including portions of Romans 8:38
General
Living God, You Have Lit the Day
Concluding Prayer
From Burial I (The Book of Common Prayer)
For a Serviceman or woman
Almighty and everlasting God...
The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13 KJV)
Committals
Lord God, Creator of All
Commendation from Burial I (The Book of Common Prayer)
Committal (At a service, no graveside)
Graveside Committal 1
Graveside Committal 2
Scripture
Old Testament
2 Samuel 1:17, 23-27
Job 19:25-27b
Proverbs 31:10-31
Ecclesiastes 3:1-14
Isaiah 25:6-9
Isaiah 26:1-4, 19
Isaiah 40:1-8
Isaiah 40:28-31
Isaiah 43:1-3a, 18-19, 25
Isaiah 44:6-8
Isaiah 57:1-2
Isaiah 65:17-25
Psalms
Psalm 23 (KJV)
Psalm 46:1-3, 10-11
Psalm 90 (Selections)
Psalm 91:1-9
Psalm 103:8-18
Psalm 121
Psalm 130
Gospel
Matthew 5:1-10 (The Beatitudes)
John 6:35-40
John 11:17-35
John 14 (Selections)
New Testament
Acts 9:36-42
Romans 8:31-39
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Philippians 3:20-21
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Revelation 21:1-4
Revelation 22:1-5
Other Readings
Poetry
Afterglow
All I have is a voice
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Come, night. Come, Romeo
Crossing the Bar
Death is Nothing at All
Dirge without Music
Do Not Go Gently Into that Good Night
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
For Him
Funeral Blues
Gates of Prayer
God's Garden
Home is the Sailor
Memories in the Heart
Memory Can Only Tell Us What We Were
Miss Me, but Let Me Go
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Ode to Immortality, Stanza IX
On Death
Remember
Remember Me
Requiem
Should You Go First
She is Gone
The Broken Chain
The Final Flight
The Man in the Glass
The Road Not Taken
The White Chariot
'Tis All that Heaven Allows (To My Dear Loving Husband)
To Those I Love
To Those Whom I Love And Those Who Love Me
Turn Again to Life
Vanished
We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On (The Tempest)
Prose
What is Dying? (A Parable of Immortality)
Quotations
Quotes
Other Elements
Dearly Beloved...
John 14:1-3
For a Christian Funeral
On behalf of...
Concluding Instructions
Introduction to Scripture Reading
For Open Sharing
Benedictions
God Be in My Head
Jude 24-25
A Brief Benediction
Hebrews 13:20-21
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