Funerals

Funerals are difficult occasions at the best of times, but we hope your experience at our church will be a positive one. Our main concern is to provide you with a Christian service so that you can say the goodbye you would wish to someone you love, and so that we can all express a sense of thanksgiving for their life.

In the first instance we recommend that you contact the funeral directors and they will make all the necessary arrangements for you. Our church Minister will then come and see you to discuss the kind of funeral you would like. Generally speaking there are two common routes families follow. The traditional route is to have a funeral service in church followed by a burial at a cemetery or a committal at a crematorium. However, quite a number of families now choose to go first to the crematorium for the committal, then return to the church for a service of thanksgiving.

We can also help, if required, with providing flowers in church and making suggestions for hymns if you are unsure. In addition, we can normally also provide a room for refreshments after the service if you wish. We hope that the experience of the funeral and the care we try to offer will be of some small help at a very difficult time in your lives. But this applies not just at the time of the funeral and the time leading up to it: often the hardest times come after the funeral has taken place. Please do not hesitate to contact the Minister again at any time if you would like someone (either the Minister or a Pastoral Visitor) to come and see you afterwards. We shall be glad to do so.