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If you have recently lost a loved one please accept our
deepest sympathy.
Why not have the funeral service (burial or cremation)
in church?
Please note that you are welcome to have the funeral
service in church:
Procedure
You need to decide whether to have a burial or
cremation.
You need to decide where to have the service
Most funerals nowadays are cremations, but having the
funeral service in church allows greater flexibility in
terms of time and content. Relatives can plan the
service with the clergy. The committal may take place
either during the church service or at the crematorium.
Families can choose who, if anyone, other than the
Minister, accompanies the coffin to the crematorium.
Alternatively, the cremation can take place before the
church service, with the ashes being brought back for
burial.
You are welcome to arrange a funeral service in church,
even if you are not a churchgoer. Simply tell the
funeral director that you want to have a service in
church. The clergy will be glad to help you at a
difficult time, both with the practical arrangements and
with the emotional aspects. After the burial of ashes in
the churchyard, you may wish to arrange for a memorial
stone to be erected.
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The same applies if you want to arrange a burial in
a local cemetery (unfortunately, the churchyards are
now full and it is not possible for the burial
itself to take place there, except for a burial of
ashes).
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Contact a local Funeral Director and tell him where
you want the service. If you wish, he can arrange
for a personalised Order of Service to be printed
and will include your choice of hymns.
The fees for a church funeral are paid by the Funeral
Director on the day of the service and included in his
invoice to you later. Clergy conducting services receive
no part of the fee themselves. Where travel, to a
crematorium for example, is involved the clergyman
receives travelling expenses in accordance with the
published Norwich Diocesan Scale.
Related Articles:
You may find the following articles of help in your time
of grief. Please contact The Rector directly or any of
the Assistant Priests for support during this difficult
time:
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