Memorial Services

This list includes every page tagged with "Memorial Services."

  • A white church amidst a graveyard, with clouds and mountains behind.
    Prayer for an Online Memorial Service
    By Laura Horton-Ludwig
    From WorshipWeb
    May we know that we are one, that we are held, that love abides.
  • Mark Hicks leading his brother's memorial service
    What Do We Do Now? A Faith Formation Response to Death During a Global Pandemic
    By Mark Hicks
    From LeaderLab
    When his brother died of COVID-19, Mark Hicks helped to plan a meaningful memorial for his family. This is his story.
  • Roses of many colors
    Technical Tips for Conducting Online Memorials
    By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
    From LeaderLab
    Guidance for holding online memorial services to remember and celebrate the dead during a time of mandated physical distancing.
  • Dozens of tea light candles, lit.
    Planning In-Person Memorial Services When Restrictions are Lifted
    By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
    From LeaderLab
    When restrictions on gathering are lifted, many congregations will have several memorial services they will need to schedule and hold. This page offers tips for planning services smoothly, so that the focus can be on pastoral care and grief support.
  • A cemetery in springtime with green grass, blue sky, and green trees.
    Memorials and Funerals in Times of Physical Distancing
    By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
    From LeaderLab
    When authorities limit in-person gatherings to 25 or 10 or even fewer people, it necessarily affects our capacity to hold funerals and memorial services. This page offers ideas and resources for developing online or limited attendance alternatives.
  • In a green meadow, a person pushes a wheelchair occupied by an elderly woman.
    Prayer for the Living
    By Tess Baumberger
    From WorshipWeb
    And when I move into that final mystery, may those to whom I am connected comfort one another. May they each find a way to embody whatever they have learned from me.
  • A group of mourners walks across a cemetery green.
    Closing Memorial Prayer
    By Joel Miller
    From WorshipWeb
    Spirit of Life and Love: Under the vast spiral of time and space, surrounded by the simple blessings of a community of care and love, we carry these memories of (our beloved) with us back to the community and life they* loved. We pray: ...
  • Radiant_sky
    Cauldron Prayer
    By Rebecka Clement
    From WorshipWeb
    Lady of Love, of all the world's children, take this child for safekeeping.
  • White_flower_several_buds_black_background
    Blessing of the Ashes
    By Addae Ama Kraba
    From WorshipWeb
    Blessings for a life well lived.
  • The corner of a gravestone, which is bedecked with toys and flowers and a fake butterfly stuck in the grass.
    Love Does Not Disappear
    By Elea Kemler
    From Braver/Wiser
    In the eighteen years I’ve served as minister of my small-town congregation, I have led 96 memorial services, most for people I have loved. The longer I stay, the deeper I love and the more I grieve.

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