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Start Date
8-7-2025 1:00 PM
End Date
8-7-2025 2:00 PM
Description
Funerals and memorial events are and always have been services of worship that seek to honor the deceased’s life while offering the comfort of our faith to family, friends and the larger community. In recent decades, the church’s influence over the content and location of memorial events has been deeply eroded and many of these changes have been detrimental to the funeral’s historical purpose. Even when individuals believe their innovations to be helpful, they often are not. Our speaker knows this terrain well. As a hospice chaplain, pastor and consultant to the funeral service profession, he has stood throughout his career at the intersection of faith and funerals. In this presentation, he will discuss why the church’s involvement is more important than ever and offer practical strategies for working alongside funeral directors and families to craft funerals that lead participants to the purposes of honoring lives and healing hearts while being true to our Lutheran faith and worship traditions.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Submission Cost
Free
Connecting Faith and Funerals: The Church’s Vital Role
Funerals and memorial events are and always have been services of worship that seek to honor the deceased’s life while offering the comfort of our faith to family, friends and the larger community. In recent decades, the church’s influence over the content and location of memorial events has been deeply eroded and many of these changes have been detrimental to the funeral’s historical purpose. Even when individuals believe their innovations to be helpful, they often are not. Our speaker knows this terrain well. As a hospice chaplain, pastor and consultant to the funeral service profession, he has stood throughout his career at the intersection of faith and funerals. In this presentation, he will discuss why the church’s involvement is more important than ever and offer practical strategies for working alongside funeral directors and families to craft funerals that lead participants to the purposes of honoring lives and healing hearts while being true to our Lutheran faith and worship traditions.
