SKU: GI.G-10662
A resource for praying
farewell. Edited by
Barbara Day Miller. This
edition: Leader's
edition. Sacred. GIA
Publications #10662.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10662).
ISBN
9781622777150. English.
Text Source: Text Editor:
Barbara Day
Miller.
THIS IS THE
LEADER'S EDITION
Conceived and created in
the midst of the global
Covid-19 pandemic which
began in early 2020 and
continues as this edition
goes to press, the
resource, Amen.
Alleluia! A resource for
praying
farewell, grows out of
reality and necessity.
All individuals, families
and institutions have
been affected by the
pandemic, including the
church. Congregations
responded in offering
pastoral care in numerous
ways when a gathering of
people was not possible
or permissible. It seems
inevitable that some of
these initiatives will
now become a normative
experience in the life of
a congregation. These
initiatives include the
streaming or broadcast of
services, increased
ministry to those who
cannot be present,
providing resources for
home prayer, adaptation
of worship services in
denomination resources,
and relevant to this
publication, the growing
experience of delayed or
postponed funerals. Amen.
Alleluia! A resource for
praying
farewell offers
clergy, pastoral
ministers, congregations,
families and individuals
a collection of prayer
services, Scripture
passages, other texts,
and music to mourn the
death, and celebrate the
life, of the deceased.
While many of the
services are framed in
the structure of Western
liturgical traditions,
the collection is truly
ecumenical. The material
within may be used in
conjunction with a
congregation’s or
denomination’s
principal worship
resource, or as an
alternative to
established liturgies.
With adaptation, this
resource can be used at
interfaith memorials, as
well as with those who
have no affiliation in a
faith tradition.
CONTENTS: Graveside
Funeral and Service of
Committal, Graveside
Funeral and Service of
Committal for a Child,
Graveside Committal
Following a Funeral,
Brief Service for the
Scattering of Ashes,
Prayer Service When a
Funeral Is Delayed,
Anniversary Visit to a
Grave, Meditation for a
Personal Visit to a
Gravesite, Prayer and
Meditation When Tending a
Grave, Remembering and
Naming the Saints of the
Congregation, A
Congregational Ritual of
Loss and New Beginnings,
Brief Service for the
Death of a Beloved
Animal, Other Liturgical
Texts, Scripture
Readings, Psalms, Poetry
and Reflections,
Hymns.