Monday, October 5, 2009

Funeral Service information and Service from Finland

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland offers information about Lutheran funerals from a Finish perspective and a service order at http://evl.fi/EVLen.nsf/Documents/056FAC56467F3040C22572B400213CD6?OpenDocument&lang=EN

ELCA funeral overview

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America provides an overview of what a Lutheran funeral is about at http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Worship/Learning-Center/FAQs/Funerals.aspx

Funeral Guide from Mount Olive Lutheran Church Regina

The funeral guide from Mount Olive Lutheran Church offers:
Introduction
Structure of a Funeral Lutheran Worship Serive (with some suggestions)
A list of suggested hymns
A list of suggested contemporary and Gospel songs
A list of suggested songs for children

Planning Brochure from Praire Lutheran Church

A planning brochure for funerals is available from Praire Lutheran Church which includes:
  • Suggested readings
  • Suggested hymns
  • Some brief information
  • Space for some details
is available at http://www.prairielutheran.org/Resources/funeral_%20brochure_2009.pdf

Planning your funeral

An article from Lutheran Witness on Planning your funeral is available at:
http://www.lcms.org/pages/wPage.asp?ContentID=141&IssueID=14

Funeral Guidelines: North Minnesota District

A booklet to help people prepare funerals including information on:
  • What is a Christian funeral?
  • Issues concerning Christian funerals
  • Suggestions for Worship Orders
  • The Service of Worship and Praise at Worship
  • The Care of the Bereaved by the Christian congregation
  • Suggested hymns
  • Planning Sheet

This is available at http://www.lcmsdistricts.org/graphics/assets/media/Minnesota%20North/funeralguidlines.pdf