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12 "Funeral" Category Articles

Una cruz cristiana sobre una tumba al atardecer

Guión de servicio conmemorativo cristiano con oración

Consejos sencillos y un guión de muestra para un funeral o servicio conmemorativo cristiano. Este guión incluye una ceremonia de encendido de velas, una oración cristiana sincera y un orden sugerido para el servicio. Un guión sencillo para un funeral religioso en honor a un ser querido, para un oficiante o maestro de ceremonias que lo oficia por primera vez.

A forest floor covered in blue flowers among tall trees and leaves.

A Beautiful Nature-Based Funeral Reading from John Muir

Honor a loved one who felt at home in the great outdoors with this meaningful nature-based funeral reading from John Muir. A meaningful reading for a memorial service, funeral, or wake.

Young funeral officiant holds hand of grieving woman to comfort her at the start of the memorial service or funeral ceremony, in the background are flowers and a casket

Advice for First-Time Funeral Officiants: How to Talk With Grieving Loved Ones

Asked to officiate a funeral or memorial service? 6 tips for a first-time funeral officiant to help you communicate and connect with a grieving family, including advice on how to talk about death, the best wording to use (or not use) in your ceremony, and how to choose creative and personal ritual elements. Featuring advice and insights from expert Patricia Dubroof.

A group of loved ones gather around a casket during a funeral ceremony, joined by the officiant

Officiating Weddings & Funerals: Similarities & Differences for Professional Officiants

Want to expand your officiant practice to include funerals & memorials? Learn what to expect when officiating a funeral, memorial service, or celebration of life for the first time, from the perspective of a professional wedding officiant.

Inviting Death Home: Home Funeral Guide Sara Williams on Reconnecting with Death and Dying

Inviting Death Home: Home Funeral Guide Sara Williams on Reconnecting with Death and Dying

AMM interviews Celebrant Sara Williams to learn what a home funeral guide does, how Death Cafes change the conversation around death and dying, the role of a death doula, and how natural after-death care and green burial helps people reconnect with the natural cycle of life. Sara is an educator, consultant, and officiant of funerals and weddings, and owns Shrouding Sisters, near Raleigh, North Carolina.

Memorial Ceremony Script with Bubble Release or Flower Floating Ceremony

Memorial Ceremony Script with Bubble Release or Flower Floating Ceremony

A sweet memorial ceremony script with sample wording for a bubble release or flower floating ceremony, written by AMM Minister Michelle Rojas. This sample speech is a great eco-friendly alternative to a traditional memorial balloon release, to capture the memory of the deceased and bring friends and family closer together. It includes a simple welcome, a heartfelt eulogy speech, a moment of remembrance, a bubble release / flower floating ceremony, and a sweet conclusion.

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La foto de cerca muestra un ataúd de color claro con un gran ramo de flores rosas y blancas colocado encima, durante una celebración fúnebre.

Cómo oficiar un funeral o servicio conmemorativo

Aprender a oficiar un servicio funerario o conmemorativo por primera vez, incluyendo cómo planear la ceremonia, escribir y emitir una elegía, que decir y qué vestir y las diferencias entre vigilia,velorio, funeral y servicio conmemorativo.

On the Death of the Beloved: Funeral Poem & Blessing by Irish Poet John O’Donohue

On the Death of the Beloved: Funeral Poem & Blessing by Irish Poet John O’Donohue

This Celtic blessing by Irish poet and priest, John O’Donohue, is a beautiful way to honor a lost loved one during a funeral or memorial service, or on the anniversary of their death.

A christian cross on a grave at sunset

Christian Memorial Service Script with Prayer

Asked to officiate a Christian funeral or memorial service? This simple script includes a candle lighting ceremony for family and friends, a heartfelt prayer, and provides a basic order to follow. A simple religious funeral script to honor a loved one, for a first time celebrant, officiant, or master of ceremony.

Close up photo shows a light colored casket with a large bouquet of pink and white flowers placed on top, during a funeral celebration

How to Officiate a Funeral or Memorial Service

Learn how to officiate a funeral service or memorial service for the first time, including how to plan a ceremony, write and deliver a eulogy, what to say and wear, and the differences between wakes, viewings, funerals, and memorials.

Celebrations of Life: Wild Child Reverend Scarlett’s memorial services honor people in the same ways they lived

Celebrations of Life: Wild Child Reverend Scarlett’s memorial services honor people in the same ways they lived

AMM Reverend Scarlett Mullikin is an LGBTQ wedding officiant who creates meaningful, authentic memorial services and ceremonies for fellow free-spirits, honoring unique people in the same ways they lived.

Purple flowers next to a candle at a memorial service

A Simple Funeral Service Script with Candle Lighting and Reading

This sample funeral script includes: introduction, candle lighting ceremony, and funeral reading from Mary Elizabeth Frye. A heartfelt, non religious funeral script to honor a loved one, for a first time celebrant, funeral officiant, or master of ceremony (emcee).

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