The Minister's Manual for Funerals
The plans for this book began several years ago as I personally sought quality resources for my work with grieving families. With such an abundance of homelectical materials in general, I was concerned that there seemed to be very little to offer guidance for the funeral setting. The goal of this book is to provide resource material for a setting that has so much potential for ministry. - From the Preface.
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All any minister needs to prepare for a funeral service -- 20 messages, pastoral care suggestions, orders of service, Scriptures, poems, and benedictions.
PrefaceIntroduction131Pastoral Care in the Grief Setting152Suggested Orders of Service553Suggested Scripture Readings614A Collection of Appropriate Poems745Guiding Thoughts for the Funeral Setting86AWalking Through the Valley Psalm 2386BLiving and Dying in Christ Philippians 1:19-2690CThe Short Step of Death 1 Samuel 20:1-496DThe Gift of Sleep Psalm 127102ELoneliness, Suicide, and Hope (For One Who Committed Suicide) John 16:31-33107FThe Lord Gives and Takes Job 1:19-21112GOur Strength and Resting Place Psalm 46116HGod Loves All Children (For a Child Dead at, or Soon After, Birth) 2 Samuel 12:15-23120ISuffering and God's Grace (For One Having Suffered Long) 2 Corinthians 12:7-10125JThe Shining Light of the Just (For an Aged Mother) Proverbs 4:18130KTo Remember, Comfort, and Claim 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18135LThe Death of His Saints (For the Saintly Woman) Psalm 116:1-15140MThe Real Measure of Success (For the Saintly Man) Psalm 90:10146NGod and the Natural Order Ecclesiastes 3:1-8151OFinishing the Race 2 Timothy 4:6-8156PLiving in the Midst of Mystery John 13:1-7160QThe Mark of a Quality Life (For One Who Loved Well) John 13:13-17, 33-35166RAbiding Security Psalm 91170SChrist Goes Before Us John 14:1-7175TLife After Death Job 14:14180UMy Yoke Is Easy, and My Burden Is Light Matthew 11:27-30184VThe Need for Something Secure Job 1:2-3;42:101886A Collection of Prayers and Benedictions192Suggestions for Further Reading201About the Author203
