It is hoped that, wherever possible,
family members will call the clergy when they know a member of the
church is dying so that he or she may receive last rites.
Funeral services
for practicing members of the church belong at the Church. We recognize,
however, that sometimes family members charged with arrangements
may make the ones suited to their own convenience or faith practice.
Let your wishes
be known long before such times.
Services will
only be such as found in any one of the service books of the Anglican
Church of Canada.
For (practicing)
members the choice is either BCP or BAS. Eucharistic or non-Eucharistic
services.
For nominal
members the choice is non-Eucharistic BAS or BCP.
Provision is
made for Tributes being spoken (sung, played) at the beginning of
the liturgy they should last a maximum of 15 minutes (if written,
a total of 6 pages double space 8 ½ x 11 between all speakers).
There is usually
enough time to meet with clergy to fine tune information for a service
bulletin. Funeral directors will give details on fees.
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