Funerals

Should you require the services of a minister from St Mary’s Frinton to conduct a funeral, it is usual to first contact a local funeral director. The funeral director will then contact the church office to book a minister. Your contact details will be passed on to the minister who will then contact you to talk through the arrangements for the funeral.  

An example of an Order of Service for a funeral

The mourners take their place in the church or crematorium.

Music is played while the coffin is carried in, proceeded by the minister reading the;

‘Words of Comfort’

Welcome & Opening Prayer

A Hymn

A Bible Reading

The Eulogy (this is a ‘remembrance’ given either by a family member or by the minister)

An Address - by the minister

The Prayers – (including The Lords Prayer)

A Hymn

*The committal

The Blessing

Music is played as the congregation leaves.

*If there is to be a burial at a cemetery, or a later cremation following a church service, the committal is omitted here.

Poems, reading, or prayers by the family can be included as discussed with the minister. At the crematorium, 20 minutes are allowed for each funeral.