If you’ve attended even a small handful of memorial services, you’ve probably noticed that funeral programs often include a beautiful, short funeral poem to commemorate the decedent’s life.
Many times they are written from first person perspective, as though the one who has passed is speaking directly to the reader, comforting them and reminding them to stay strong in their absence.
When planning a loved one’s funeral (or even your own), leaving the music to the last minute is no way to pay your full respects.
Music is a balm for the soul and soothes even the unhappiest of hearts, so it’s important to choose the best songs for the funeral.
Since memorial service ideas are virtually unlimited, it can actually be somewhat daunting to plan and pull off a memorial or funeral service.
Memorial services can vary in style, tone, and content just as widely as the unique personalities of the individuals being memorialized.
If you’ve hunted around for free funeral program templates, you’ve likely discovered that most of the links you follow take you to products and programs that are not free at all.
To ease your search, here are some of our favorite actually free funeral program templates.
Today we’re looking at a selection of the best prayers for funeral cards.
Funeral prayer cards are often given out at the funeral service as a remembrance keepsake.
Today we’re going to take a look at how to write a tribute to a brother who passed away.
The loss of a brother can be so incredibly hard, and writing a tribute for him can seem like a huge challenge.
No one else shared your childhood memories the way he did, and no one better deserves a heartfelt eulogy or tribute reflective of all the great things he accomplished in his life. But when it comes time to honor your dear brother, it can be difficult to know what to say.
The best thing about designing your own funeral prayer cards is that you can customize it with any Bible verse, prayer, or quote.
The original purpose of a funeral prayer card is to honor the memory of the departed loved one through prayer. The card is a small keepsake that family members and friends can take home from the memorial service and use in their prayers for the grieving family while remembering the life and legacy of the deceased.
How long after death is a funeral held? When will cremation happen? What is the best day of the week for the funeral? What time …
There is no one right thing to say at a funeral service. In some way, we’re all doing our best to express the jumble of feelings that surface with the loss of a father. One way of expressing those feelings is through poetry; and more specifically, funeral poems for dad.
The feelings you are experiencing can include heartache, sadness, regret, joy at his memory, humility and awe at his legacy, and perhaps some mixture of bitterness and respect, love and anger, longing and peace.
What do you need to know about death announcements?
Today, we’ll be exploring these questions and more:
If you’re unfamiliar with the proper etiquette for how to announce a death, well, that’s understandable. We’ve written this guide to help you know what to do, when to do it, and how to do so in an appropriate and respectful way.
Let’s dive in.
What do you wear to a funeral?
It’s an important question.
After all, expectations can vary. At a more formal, traditional service, you may be expected to wear black dress clothes (buttoned suit for men, dress for women). But at other types of services, the only requirement may be that you wear something nice in subdued colors.
Happy memories intertwine with great sorrow and heartache at the death of a mother. There are no words that can express the soul-shaping grace of a mother’s love, but you have to choose some words to honor Mom — after all, paying tribute with words is what a funeral or celebration of life is all about.
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