Funeral
The Parishes
Funerals and Bereavement
Funerals are important and moving occasions for those close to the person who has died and for the whole community. Every bereavement is unique because every person who has died is unique.
In addition to preparing and hosting funeral services, our churches have a long tradition of walking alongside, supporting and praying for those who have been bereaved, as well as remembering those who have died in our prayers.
If you would like to talk over any aspect of death, funeral or bereavement, or if you would like a bereavement visitor to call, please contact your parish priest.
On or around All Souls' Day, the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, 2nd November every year, we hold a special service in which the names are read out of loved ones who have died. Candles are lit in their memory.
Who may be buried in a churchyard?
Each of our churches has an open churchyard, and everyone who lives in the respective
parish has a right to be buried there. The parish priest and the Parochial Church
Council (PCC) may allow non-
To find out more about any aspect of bereavement you should contact the parish priest, Dagmar Winter:
Tel: 01830 540 260
Email: dagmar.winter@btintermet.com
Prayers for use at home
In thanksgiving for a life
Father in heaven,
we give you thanks for the life of N.,
for all that made him/her special,
for all you gave and accomplished in him/her,
for all she/he meant to those who knew and loved him/her.
As we treasure our memories, help us to entrust N. to your care and keeping,
for in you is the completion of all life and all joy.
In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord
who died and rose again, to whom be praise forever. Amen.
For dark times
Loving God,
we are lost and it is dark;
we are hurt, but we feel nothing;
we know, yet we cannot take in.
Give light to our footsteps,
heal our wounds,
and lead us to your truth
Jesus Christ,
who died but now is risen. Amen.