Parishioner Funeral Planning Worksheet
The best possible person to plan for your funeral is you! Planning while in the midst of fresh grief is such a challenge; your family and friends will be so grateful to know that you have carefully considered this important event so they can be confident in your desires and help make them happen. Completing this planning worksheet will give you the chance to carefully consider your desires and preferences within the Burial of the Dead liturgies found in the Book of Common Prayer. Scripture from the Book of Common Prayer and Hymns from Hymnal 1982 are options. All other requests are approved at the discretion of the Rector/designee.
If you would like to see the services in the Book of Common Prayer, you can access them at https://bcponline.org/. Choose Pastoral Services and at the bottom of the list of services are the Burial of the Dead liturgies (Rite I and Rite II). You can click through to those services directly from that list.
Email
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example@example.com
Your Full Name (as you want it to appear in the bulletin)
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First Name
Last Name
Date of Birth (month, day, and year)
In thinking about a funeral, what is important for you?
Choose a format
Rite I (begins on page 469)
Rite II (begins on page 491)
Include Communion
Yes
No
I will leave this decision to my loved ones
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 25:6-9
Isaiah 61:1-3
Lamentations 3:22-26, 31-33
Wisdom 3:1-5, 9
Job 19:21-27a
No selection from the Old Testament
Other
Psalm Selection (follows the Old Testament Reading)
Psalm 42:1-7
Psalm 46
Psalm 90:1-12
Psalm 121
Psalm 130
Psalm 139:1-11
No Psalm selected after the Old Testament Reading
Other
New Testament Reading
Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39
I Corinthians 15:20-26, 35-38, 42-44, 55-58
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9
1 John 3:1-2
Revelation 7:9-17
Revelation 21:2-7
No selection from the New Testament
Other
Psalm Selection (follows the New Testament Reading)
Psalm 23 King James Version
Psalm 23 Book of Common Prayer Version
Psalm 27
Psalm 106:1-5
Psalm 116
No Psalm selected after the New Testament Reading
Other
The Gospel
John 5:24-27
John 6:37-40
John 10:11-16
John 11:21-27
John 14:1-6
Other
Do you want your remains to be present?
Yes - cremated remains should be present
Yes - closed coffin with body should be present
No remains should be present
I will leave this decision to my loved ones
Interment Desires (if cremation is preferred)
I request my ashes be interred at Good Shepherd. I have made/will make those arrangements with the office
My remains will stay with my family
I will leave this decision to my loved ones
Hymns I love (select up to 6)
687 A mighty fortress is our God
662 Abide with me
405 All things bright and beatiful
178 Alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
460 Alleluia: Sing to Jesus
671 Amazing grace
488 Be thou my vision
608 Eternal Father, stong to save
383 Fairest Lord Jesus
287 For all the saints
694 God be in my head
690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
314 Humbly I adore thee
304 I come with joy to meet my Lord
293 I sing a song of the saints of God
635 If thou but trust in God to guide thee
620 Jerusalem, my happy home
376 Joyful, joyful we adore thee
645 The King of love
324 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
473 Lift high the cross
482 Lord of all hopefulness
691 My faith looks up to thee
396 Now thank we all our God
680 O God, our help in ages past
410 Praise my soul the king of heaven
708 Savior, like a shepherd lead us
208 The strife is o'er
707 Take my life
474 When I survey the wondrous cross
No hymns - just a solemn, spoken service
Other
Livestream the service (when available)
Yes
Yes - but just provide a link for my loved ones
No livestreaming
I will leave this decision to my loved ones
Suggestions for readers and intercessors
Reception following the service
No reception
Reception off site, planned by my family
Reception at Good Shepherd if possible
I will leave this decision to my loved ones
Family Remembrances (short Eulogies before the Priest homily, 5 minutes max)
None during the service
Possibly, if my family desires it and at the discretion of the Rector/designee
Obituary and Photo
Please include my photo and obituary in the bulletin
I would prefer not to include my obituary/photo in the bulletin
Additional details of importance to me (flower preferences, soloist/specific instrument desires, inviting additional clergy, destination for donations, or anything else you want to address)
I wish to add a more detailed document for my funeral file
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