Celebration of Life Funeral Ministry

We are looking at creating several teams for the celebration of life services ministry that we have at Epiphany. For the past many years one individual with the help of others has coordinated this ministry. What has been discussed is creating at least three teams of three to four individuals who would take turns for a month or two at a time to coordinate any services such as these. These teams could be formed by small groups who wish to take on this ministry or as individuals who would like to be part of the team approach to this very important service. Primarily the ministry is to make sure that the church is open, coordinating food with the families for the celebration and other duties that are easily done with a team.

…“We gather here to praise God and to witness our faith as we celebrate this life. We come together in grief acknowledging our human loss.  May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, and in death resurrection” (from the UMC Service of Death and Resurrection)