Standing in the Circle of Grief: Prayers and Liturgies for Death and Dying
A number of books are available to assist lay people in responding to friends and family when a death occurs; however, few resources and little guidance exists to help pastors respond to the various grief situations they encounter in their ministry. Standing in the Circle of Grief offers new, as well as veteran, pastors a book of worship resources for occasions of grief. The book will include prayers and liturgies for particular grief related circumstances (i.e., suicide, death of a parent,...
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Standing in the Circle of Grief offers new, as well as veteran, pastors a book of worship resources for occasions of grief.
Introduction: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?9IPrayers with a Bereaved Family13Surrounding the Deathbed with Prayer14Prayers for Guidance16Prayers for Comfort18Prayers for the Strengthening of Faith20IIPrayers and Readings for a Vigil or Visitation23IIIPrayers for Particular Occasions of Death31After Suicide32After a Preventable Death33After an Event in Which Many People Died34At the Cessation of Life Support36After the Death of a Divorced Spouse37After the Death of an Abusive Parent38After a Miscarriage39After an Abortion40For a Stillborn Infant41After the Death of a Child43After the Death of a Teenager44After a Death in Midlife46After a Death at the End of a Long Life47IVPrayers and Readings for Funerals and Other Memorial Services49VA Liturgy for the Burying or Scattering of Ashes77VIA Service of Remembrance for the Anniversary of a Death83VIIGrief and Prayer Through the Church Year89Advent92Christmas93Saint Stephen94Epiphany96Presentation of the Lord98Lent99Palm Sunday100Good Friday102Easter103Ascension105Pentecost106Saint Mary Magdalene107Saint Michael and All Angels109All Saints Day111Reign of Christ Sunday112VIIIA Service of Healing115IXLinked with the Sorrow of the World123Prayer for Dying Children in Africa124Prayer for Victims of War125Prayer for Victims of Violent Crimes127Prayer for the Condemned128Prayer for Creation130Postscript: Prayer in the Time of Trial133
