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Prayer for those who Grieve
Heavenly Father, you know the secrets of life and death. You
know my great sadness. Give me peace in my heart. Help me to
trust you for the future. Give me strength to face every new
circumstance in my life. And heal the wounds of my great loss.I
ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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When the Lord Jesus stood
outside the tomb in which his friends, Lazarus, was laid, he wept. This
shows us that Jesus understands how much it hurts when someone you love
dies. Our privilege as a Church is to do all we can to help those who
are bereaved to find in Jesus all the comfort, strength and help you
will ever need.
The way in which we do this
is by our minister (or our Lay Reader, John Lane) offering to
visit the family to discuss both the funeral service itself and any
care that is desired after that.
We will then provide a funeral
service either in the parish church or at the crematorium, which will
give thanks for the life of the person who has died, and seek to fix
our eyes on the God who knows and understands suffering - and who is
real and able to help us in our time of need.
For any more information
about this, please contact our minister, Steve Davis, on 01455 888488.
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*Jesus understands how much it hurts when someone you love dies
* Our minister or Lay Reader will offer to visit the family to discuss
the funeral and other care
* If you wish to contact us directly please go the Contacts page
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