Funeral Sermons and Ceremonies

At the Universal Life Church, we have many funeral ceremonies and sermons for your use. We also have a wide selection through the ULC Church store.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Funeral Eulogy


There is much to remember and much to be thankful for as we remember ______ and the way he shared his/her life with those around him/her. We all give the gift of ourselves to those we share life with. These are gifts that no one can take away. Though we are gone, these gifts remain with those to whom we have given them.

______ gave gifts of him/herself to us which have become a part of us, and cannot be taken away. We give thanks for his/her life, and for the ways he shared it with us.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Online Ceremonies

By Rev. Kenneth Thompson
Financial Blessing


If you believe than it will unfold for with the power of true combined or unified 'consensus' an exponentiating effect manifests wonders - if you have doubts then delete this and enjoy your journey...


Financial Blessings
I'm claiming this for you.


Please claim it for me.


Your God has more than a thousand ways to provide for you, that you are not consciously aware of.


Here is your financial blessing! It's a simple prayer; do you have 30 seconds? Don't sleep on this...Someone recently read this for the first time, believed in its potential and received exactly enough for a $0 balance on all credit cards within the week they sent it on. If you need a financial blessing, continue reading this email.


Holy Spirit, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to you that you abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just our mother, father, sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who are in our life.


Holy Spirit, I send up a prayer request for financial blessing for not only the person who sent this to me, but for my self and all that I have forwarded this message on to. And that the power of joined Divine creation by those who know and trust is more powerful than anything. I
thank you in advance for these blessings. Beloved God, manifest for the person reading this this moment, a life without debt and debt burdens, and unfold fabulous wealth into their lives straight away.


Release your Divine wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that you have given me Holy Spirit, for I know how wonderful and mighty you are and how if we just know you are within, walking in our every word, and have the understanding of the mustard seed, that you pour out
endless blessings. I thank you now Lord God of My Being for the recent blessings I have already received and for those yet to come, because I know these too, already are. In this I say - So be it!

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As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Funeral Ceremony

(Choose one) 
Eternal God, let your presence rest upon us as we give thanks for _________ 's life.

We thank you for the days of life that you gave to him/her.

May his/her memory live long among us and be a source of strength for us.

In the midst of the loss we feel as we experience the death of one whom we love, keep us in touch also with the memories which can sustain us.

May we find the courage to face the changes which life presents to us as we go on from here. Give to those who most deeply feel this loss the comfort of your presence, and enable each of us to minister to those who mourn. Amen.

 This is a prayer, from  the American Indian tradition: "O Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am small and weak - I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes so when life fades as the fading sunset my spirit may come to you without shame.

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As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

A Memorial Service


Memorial service
Last night I had the privilege to attend the memorial service for a lady I had never had the pleasure of meeting.  She was the mother of Sandy’s Daughter in law Amy. 
A feeling of love as such you can not imagine filled the room as there were I would estimate well over 200 people in attendance most of which were educators.
As usual being the emotional person I am my handkerchief was far from dry.
It was a beautiful service performed by Pastor Margaret a retired Lutheran minister which is a past  master of such a service.
It was beautifully organized by friends of the lady and her partner which had just left us. 
As I said the love in the room was just over whelming.    This lady was well loved by all and a beautiful poet as well.  Several of her pieces were read and included in the memorial brochure.
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I have taken the liberty to include the above as it is beautiful and it seemed as though it was a message from my own mother whom I never knew as she was removed from me at an early age of two.
We are blessed to be included as we were to this beautiful service.  To hear how she was so well loved by all who knew her even the Pastor that performed the service was a close friend of hers. 
I am sure it was my loss not to have known this lady.  I know her daughter and she is a precious person that shows love through all she does.
Once again thank you Universe ( and Sandy) for including me in this beautiful event.
 
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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how they felt when they left you.


"The leaders in every walk of life decide quickly and firmly.  That is the major reason why they are leaders"-Napoleon


“Faith,” he said, “is the ability to see the invisible
and believe in the incredible and that is what enables
believers to receive what the masses think is
impossible.”


“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds.”


I am not as good as I should be,
I am not as good as I could be.
But THANK GOD
I am better than I used to be!

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really
are.

"To change the world you do not need to do great things. You need only to do small things with great love. ~ Mother Teresa"

'The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.'  -- Helen Keller

Silence speaks louder than a thousand screams.

 

W. Isaac Norris 3rd


Peace, Love, and Light
Rev. Dr. W. Isaac Norris 3rd
of
the Eternal Light Center of Hope
The Academy of Spirituality (TAOS)
the Angelic Messenger Circle
 

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Funeral Poem

Funeral Prayer #1 Funeral Blues
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W. H. Auden

(This poem was made popular by its reading in the movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral.")

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good. 


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The Universal Life Church offers handfasting ceremonies, funeral ceremonies and ordination to become an ordained minister.

As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members.
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