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  • Memorial Services
    Memorial services can be held in a range of settings, and can take place any time after someone's death: from a few day to months later...

Blue Boat: Youth and Young Adult Blog

  • From Whence Comes Ferguson
    By Ted Resnikoff
    Michael Brown – killed by the police years before he or his aggressor were born. TO BEAR WITNESS – AGAIN This blog has published...

Braver/Wiser: A Weekly Message of Courage and Compassion

  • Love Does Not Disappear
    By Elea Kemler
    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.
  • Love Showed Up
    By Elizabeth Harding
    Remembering is the art of holding a memory and sharing it; it’s drawing upon that memory so it can help us to grow into people who live lives of meaning and service. As a practice, remembering connects us deeply to each other and to the love that sustains us.

Tapestry of Faith: Curricula and Resources for Lifespan Faith Development

Chalice Children, in Preschool

WorshipWeb: Searchable Worship Collection

  • Closing Memorial Prayer
    By Joel Miller
    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: ...
  • Prayer of Remembrance
    By Lori Walke
    Holy One, on this day of remembrance we say aloud their names again: the names of those who died this year. Died — the word is jarring. So...
  • Blessing for Life and the End of Life
    By Natalie Fenimore
    We offer blessings for life and the end of life. Blessings for the dying. Blessings for the caregiver, holding love and carrying burden...
  • Litany for Those Lost to Climate Change
    By Erica Baron
    Leader: [ if applicable: In addition to our own beloved dead], we take the time to acknowledge all those already lost as the world feels...
  • For All Our Losses
    By Patricia Shelden
    For those we miss. For things long gone. For those who or what we last held in our arms, in our hands and in our hearts — we pray. We pray...
  • The Last Soldier
    By David M. Horst
    I saw the parade pass by with the last soldier marching. I saw politicians stand by not in pride, but in shame as they recited the names of...
  • Chalice Lighting for a Celebration of Ministry
    By Peter Scott Lee
    Leader: We light our Chalice in honor of all those who have served in our ministry. People: May the Chalice be to us a symbol of the...
  • Prayer of the War Atheist
    By Jessica Purple Rodela
    My prayer today is that I learn to stay a war atheist— my prayer today for each of us, for everyone in this nation, in this world, is that...
  • To the Death of Michael Brown: We Bear Witness
    By Theresa I. Soto
    Turn and look at your neighbor. Not only can you probably see them. You can experience being in the same space with them today. If you were...
  • More Than One Life
    By Lee Huebert
    Lighting a candle is somewhat like the beginning of life. If that is true, then perhaps extinguishing a candle is like the ending of life...
  • Jazz Funeral for the Old Year
    By Melanie Morel-Ensminger
    Introduction to a New Orleans Jazz Funeral Welcome to a new tradition for our church—a New Orleans-style jazz funeral for the old year...

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