Funeral songs

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Suze said:
Hubby and I have both donated our entire bodies to medical science , so when we die we will b shipped off to the nearest University Hospital and used by surgeons to practice on 😜 . i made the same decision back in the 90's. gee, i wonder what they won't find!!! nyuknyukuknyuk!
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I asked Dad what song he wanted playing and he said Skeeter Davis song but one I've never heard of..
I probably won't be able to find it so he's getting Am I that easy to Forget, or maybe End of the World
 
I didn't know Skeeter Davis sang a song called

We Need a Whole Lot More Jesus (and a lot less Rock and Roll)
 
At funeral yesterday for garden club lady it turned out to be like requiem mass at an Anglican Church and most of us members had never been to one before. It was 3 hours long, and there was incense, and priests in vestments, and holy water, church organ playing etc. They also had eucharist! (communion) where you went up into the chancel and got down on your knees and drank from a chalice and had a wafer fed into your mouth. (I didn't partake, though everyone was invited - there would be refreshments after the service)

They had hymns which I didn't really know but had the words/lyrics printed on the service sheet. Psalm 122 and other scriptures, the beginning chapter of gospel according to John ...

The songs/music chosen that we didn't have to sing was Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, and one song about being still in love with a lovely guitar that was played over a slideshow photos.

Of course I had been to some 'high church' Anglican services before but never any funerals that follow that set order like that and it was hard for unbelievers to handle, esp those not used to how traditional churches do things. 3 hours sitting in a wooden pew is too long for many people.
 
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Lanolin said:
At funeral yesterday for garden club lady it turned out to be like requiem mass at an Anglican Church and most of us members had never been to one before. It was 3 hours long, and there was incense, and priests in vestments, and holy water, church organ playing etc. They also had eucharist! (communion) where you went up into the chancel and got down on your knees and drank from a chalice and had a wafer fed into your mouth. (I didn't partake, though everyone was invited - there would be refreshments after the service)

They had hymns which I didn't really know but had the words/lyrics printed on the service sheet. Psalm 122 and other scriptures, the beginning chapter of gospel according to John ...

The songs/music chosen that we didn't have to sing was Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, and one song about being still in love with a lovely guitar that was played over a slideshow photos.

Of course I had been to some 'high church' Anglican services before but never any funerals that follow that set order like that and it was hard for unbelievers to handle, esp those not used to how traditional churches do things. 3 hours sitting in a wooden pew is too long for many people.
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sounds like a catholic event. as far as the food & drink, i will always take care of that myself! i don't even drink out of my wife's glass or cup! sarah brighten! wow!! i saw her at SPAC in Saratoga. she was phenomenal! i would never attend a 3 hour service of any kind. just too long. once i attended a baptist church out in duanseburg new york & the service was 2 hours long. next week, 2 & a half hours, 3rd week 3 hours!!! no way, not going to partake of the that.
 
Anglican very similar to Catholic church just without all the Mary statues.
Also no rosary.
I think they had everything else, even the church bells. Oh and the church aisle, it was red carpet.
They had icons and stations of the cross on the walls, plust stained glass windows. It was an old stone/brick church. Traditionally in the shape of a cross. (Nave, altar, chancel, sanctuary). The organ was one of those ones with huge pipes against a wall.

The fellowship hall was a wooden building off the side.
 
The priest/minister/vicar adminstered last rites. This is sprinkling holy water over the casket. She had a cremation.
She was laid to rest in the casket with her hands clasping a Bible. Faith was important to her, we found out she'd had two children who died young, one a few days old and the other a couple of months...though she had 3 who made it to adult hood and now had grandchildren.

If you not used to this traditional kind of church (and they ARE part of Christendom, like it or not) it doesn't mean their faith is suspect or they can't be born again in this church environment which is very religious. The lady was a lovely, kind and thoughtful soul and absolutely showed the fruits of the Holy Spirit to all those who knew her.

Her children did mention how, one of the life lessons they taught them was the Serenity Prayer and what it meant.

We also had the Lord's prayer in the service, which we could pray together (or not) I mean you don't have to say amen to every prayer if you don't want to.
 
If we'd known it was going to be 3 hours long I'm not sure many of us would have gone as some had to go back to work afterwards. It started at 11 and finished around 2, I got back home around 3. Her husband seemed to be holding up ok, but a lot of the ladies were glad to have some fresh air after all that incense. Also there were candles, though we didn't light any.

Some, I think it's Catholics, have all night vigils for the dead with candles.
 
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