Funerals
Our Funeral services are designed to offer back to God the the precious people in our lives, and to provide a safe place for us to remember, to grieve and to comfort one another.
If one of your loved ones has died, please contact the church and the pastor immediately. And if your family has a loved one who is near death please notify the church so that we come and pray with the person dying and lend our support to the family. Please coordinate the date and time of the funeral with the clergy BEFORE setting the date and time with the funeral homes.
To help you think through your own funeral service plan or a loved one's service these resources might be helpful:
1) Planning a funeral service pdf
2) A sample funeral program pdf
3) FInances
a) It is wise to contact a funeral home before you need their services. Many offer payment plans.
b) Christ Church has a columbarium and a garden area where cremains may be laid to rest.
c) We do ask that you pay the 2024 rate of $250 if our music director plays.
d) The parish and the pastor do not set a fee for funeral services. But funerals do involve a fair amount of staff time
coordinating, printing funeral programs, custodial work to clean before and after, water, lights, etc. so donations to
Christ Church are always appropriate.
Why do a funeral?
At a funeral we give thanks for the person God made, honoring them and the body that God made. We believe Jesus honored the human body by becoming incarnate in the Virgin Mary's womb, and so we treat peoples remains with great respect.
Funerals are first and foremost a reminder that Jesus rose from the dead and we too live in hope of the resurrection. Second they are times of grief. Third they are times of thankfulness for the person we have lost. And finally they are times of hope, the hope we have of eternal life through Jesus.
We urge those who have lost loved ones to stay in close contact with the pastor and other church members and people who are part of your support network. We want to support you in your time of loss.
Music
Musicians are not always available depending upon the time and date of a funeral, but when possible, music is always appropriate. Please coordinate the date and time of the funeral and availabitly of music with the clergy BEFORE setting the dated and time with the funeral homes. Our musician charges $250 to play at a funeral service. The pdf below, planning a funeral service has a list of some of the songs that many people have found helpful at funerals.
Funeral Services used at Christ Church
We use the services from the current, and former Episcopal Prayer Book Funeral Services: 1979 Book of Common Prayer Rite 1 (older English) Rite 2 (newer English) the 1928 Prayer Book Funeral Service 1928 BCP (Previous prayer book)
For more information on funerals or burials please call the church office at (956) 242-0448.
If one of your loved ones has died, please contact the church and the pastor immediately. And if your family has a loved one who is near death please notify the church so that we come and pray with the person dying and lend our support to the family. Please coordinate the date and time of the funeral with the clergy BEFORE setting the date and time with the funeral homes.
To help you think through your own funeral service plan or a loved one's service these resources might be helpful:
1) Planning a funeral service pdf
2) A sample funeral program pdf
3) FInances
a) It is wise to contact a funeral home before you need their services. Many offer payment plans.
b) Christ Church has a columbarium and a garden area where cremains may be laid to rest.
c) We do ask that you pay the 2024 rate of $250 if our music director plays.
d) The parish and the pastor do not set a fee for funeral services. But funerals do involve a fair amount of staff time
coordinating, printing funeral programs, custodial work to clean before and after, water, lights, etc. so donations to
Christ Church are always appropriate.
Why do a funeral?
At a funeral we give thanks for the person God made, honoring them and the body that God made. We believe Jesus honored the human body by becoming incarnate in the Virgin Mary's womb, and so we treat peoples remains with great respect.
Funerals are first and foremost a reminder that Jesus rose from the dead and we too live in hope of the resurrection. Second they are times of grief. Third they are times of thankfulness for the person we have lost. And finally they are times of hope, the hope we have of eternal life through Jesus.
We urge those who have lost loved ones to stay in close contact with the pastor and other church members and people who are part of your support network. We want to support you in your time of loss.
Music
Musicians are not always available depending upon the time and date of a funeral, but when possible, music is always appropriate. Please coordinate the date and time of the funeral and availabitly of music with the clergy BEFORE setting the dated and time with the funeral homes. Our musician charges $250 to play at a funeral service. The pdf below, planning a funeral service has a list of some of the songs that many people have found helpful at funerals.
Funeral Services used at Christ Church
We use the services from the current, and former Episcopal Prayer Book Funeral Services: 1979 Book of Common Prayer Rite 1 (older English) Rite 2 (newer English) the 1928 Prayer Book Funeral Service 1928 BCP (Previous prayer book)
For more information on funerals or burials please call the church office at (956) 242-0448.
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