A pithy saying encountered back in the mists of time; "Death destroys more souls through conviction as wrong, that which is not actually wrong, than it destroys through persuasion as right, that which is actually wrong." I hope I recall the wording correctly. Comments welcome.
When the new residential hospice opened at Seasons retirement community, I knew that in time I would be visiting there. People whom I was visiting at home or in hospital would be transferred there for the best palliative care possible.
I was right. I am visiting people in the residential hospice now.
I saw a FB post about a memorial service for an acquaintance. I quickly called a close friend who was closer to him to see if she knew. Luckily, she already did and it turns out he had died months ago.
This summer, I went to a memorial for an in-law who had died in the spring.
In both cases, as far as I know, there was no funeral. Is it typical to have a memorial quite a bit of time after a person passes away if there is no funeral?
Our congregation is hosting a funeral for a community member. This man did not have a church connection. We are providing tea, coffee and dishes for the reception. A caterer is doing the food.
We have set up extra chairs for the services-and an additional screen and projector in the lobby.
Our big room has had a makeove and is now full of small table with tableclothses and looks great.
We'll be doing the dishes and clean up.
Does your church have a fee schedule for funerals?
Lets talk about death. As probably the oldest here, It would be reasonable to assume think about it a lot. No, not so much. Not after I figured it all out: the convictions to follow...
But I'll start out with a question to those who wish to discuss the subject:
Why would someone who believes they are going to heaven be fearful of death?
"Oh death, where is thy sting?"
Or, from "Porgy and Bess' "Tired of livin' afraid of dyin' "
Jesus is quoted as saying that he came that we have life and live it more abundantly.
I found out today that a young student at my school, who worked with me at the bookstore, who was very involved in student activities and was a friend of mine, died.
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