(After the Prayer of Thanksgiving, the Officiant transitions to saying of Lord’s Prayer) And where our vision fails, may we trust your love, which never fails. Give us faith, we pray O God, to see beyond touch and sight some aspect of what life is like with you. We give thanks for all treasured moments and events, which he/she shared with his/her family and friends, making this world richer and brighter for her presence. Especially we thank you for, for the gift of his/her life, his/her life kindness, patience, and wisdom. (Sample) O God, before whom generations rise and pass away, we thank you for all your servants who, having lived this life in faith, now live eternally with you. * Hymn of Thanksgiving (Sample) Be Still My Soul” Sermon or Meditation (Sample Title: Goodbye to a Servant) Optional: A Time for Remembering (Invite pre-selected guests or anyone present to share a memory of the deceased)

Old Testament Reading(s) (Sample) Job 19:23-27, Psalm 23 Gracious God, as mysterious and wondrous as you are,Īs tender as a mother with a newborn child,Īs watchful as a shepherd with the sheep,Īs protective as a father’s warm embrace.Īnd so we come into your presence to grieve ’s death,Īsking that your Holy Spirit would be here to ease our pain.Īs we give thanks for all that he/she added to the lives of those around him/her,Īs we say our good-byes, remind us that we are not alone. Help us to see through the veil of tears that there is hope We gather today with hearts breaking with grief, with voices crying out words of lament.Īnd so we ask that you would move in and around us today.Īs we gather to remember and say good bye to īe the shoulder we can cry on, the arm we can lean on, God who walks with us each step of the way, carrying us when our strength fails, God who laughs with us and weeps with us, I will sing yea, I will sing praises to the Lord. People: And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me. Leader: For in the day of trouble he shall hide me in his shelter in the shadow of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me up upon a rock. People: One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the delight of the Lord. Leader: The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid?

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