B601; Steps of a Funeral Service Flashcards
What is step 1 of the funeral service?
The casket - When a person dies their body is placed in a coffin. Sometimes this coffin is left open so that relatives can say a final goodbye to the person.
What is step 2 of the funeral service?
The Bible reading - The coffin is then usually taken to a church. Here a priest or vicar will read from the Bible. The priest may read from John when Jesus says “I am the resurrection and the life”The priest will also say a few words about the person which are to comfort family and friends and then say prayers, hoping that the person will now be in heaven.
What is step 3 of the funeral service?
Hymns - At Christian funerals songs will often be sung. These songs traditionally are religious and called hymns. They speak of God’s love and comfort. These days people might choose to sing modern songs as well as traditional.
What is step 4 of the funeral service?
Prayers - Said by the vicar/priest The Priest asks God for comfort and support for the deceased and those who are left behind. The minister will remind the congregation about Christian belief on life after death, they speak of how the deceased is now entrusted to God and now the living need strength to move on.
What is step 5 of the funeral service?
The Eulogy - after the priest/vicar has spoken some
members of the family or friends may speak about the
person who has died.
What is step 5 of the funeral service?
Receive communion - A Catholic funeral would always have a MASS but many other denominations
include communion in their service too. It remind Christians that Jesus gave his life for us.
What is step 6 of the funeral service?
Burial - At a burial the coffin is lowered into the ground and then covered with earth. Later a gravestone may be
placed there.
Cremation - At a crematorium, more prayers are said
and the coffin is then taken away to be cremated. Later
the ashes are returned to relatives to be buried or
scattered.
