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My funeral plans

My funeral plans

Funerals can be on our minds for all sorts of reasons. If you’re thinking about sorting out your own funeral service plan, this section offers guidance on how to do that, and how it can really help your family when the time comes.

 

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Why plan ahead?

Why planning your funeral helps your family.

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Choices for your funeral service

A guide to the choices that make your funeral unique.

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Who to tell and where to file

Why it's important to discuss your plans with others in your family.

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Big questions?

Find help for discussing the bigger questions around life and death.

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Facing death and mortality

Some helpful thoughts on facing death as a fact of life.

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Talking with others

How join in with conversations about death and dying.

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Prayer for the Day

Monday, 29 May 2023
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O Lord, from whom all good things come:
grant to us your humble servants,
that by your holy inspiration
we may think those things that are good,
and by your merciful guiding may perform the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

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