Alternative Funeral Service - Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru

X. A MEMORIAL SERVICE
AN OUTLINE ORDER FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE
THE GATHERING
1. The minister welcomes the people and introduces the service.
2. Sentences of scripture may be used.
3. The Collect may be said here or in the Prayers.
READINGS AND SERMON
4. One or more readings from the Bible is used.
5. Psalms or hymns may follow the readings.
6. A Sermon is preached.
7. Other songs and readings may be used, and tributes may be made.
PRAYERS
8. The prayers usually follow this sequence:
Thanksgiving for the life of the departed.
Prayer for those who mourn.
Prayer for readiness to live in the light of eternity.
9. A hymn may be sung.
COMMENDATION AND FAREWELL
10. In appropriate circumstances, the dead person is commended to God with
authorized words.
THE DISMISSAL
11. The Lord’s Prayer is said.
12. The service may end with a blessing.
If the Memorial Service takes place within a celebration of the Holy Eucharist, the appropriate
sections are followed for that part of the service.
NOTES
Funeral Services
This outline order is designed for use in church several weeks after the Funeral service has
taken place. One way of amplifying the Order is provided below.
If the memorial service takes place on the same day as, or very soon after, the Funeral, the
Funeral service should be used, without the committal.
Care should be taken to ensure that it is clear who is presiding throughout, who introduces
and concludes the service, and that the number of other speakers, musical items and
non-biblical readings does not unbalance the service from its focus on the word of God,
prayer and thanksgiving.
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