tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post8434754805350215095..comments2023-06-10T11:47:43.132-04:00Comments on Reverend Ref +: Some people appreciate meReverend Ref +http://www.blogger.com/profile/12608521436386973234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-10425787282197586772013-10-29T17:02:19.178-04:002013-10-29T17:02:19.178-04:00I get a lot of people at funerals and weddings who...I get a lot of people at funerals and weddings who tell me they thought the service was "lovely." I invite them back and tell them that we will have another lovely one every Sunday.<br /><br />Nobody's ever taken me up on that.<br /><br />I don't have a standard funeral sermon, but I do have a standard wedding sermon. Basically because nobody ever listens to or remembers wedding sermons. My thought is that if I can say something that sticks with the couple, then I've don a good job.Reverend Ref +https://www.blogger.com/profile/12608521436386973234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-18821519838776206832013-10-29T16:31:39.313-04:002013-10-29T16:31:39.313-04:00It is hard to mess up a service from the BCP.
A ...It is hard to mess up a service from the BCP. <br /><br />A young man in our parish - 30 years old - went into a coma following relatively simple surgery, and died after seven weeks, when his kidneys shut down. Our own church was not large enough to accommodate the expected crowd, and a local Baptist church was gracious enough to allow us to use their sanctuary for the service. Several people mentioned to those of us who had come from Resurrection that they really liked our service. "So simple and dignified."<br /><br />One of our former rectors refused to write sermons for each funeral. He had a story about dragonfly larvae escaping from a pond and not being able to return to their friends underwater after they had "earned their wings". He told it at EVERY SINGLE funeral he ever did. Drove us all nuts. I had actually arranged for somebody else to do my funeral, when the time came!Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.com