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Contemporary Handbook for Weddings and Funerals and Other Ocassions

by: Malphurs, Aubrey

Contemporary Handbook for Weddings and Funerals and Other Ocassions

by: Malphurs, Aubrey

ISBN 13: 9780825431869
ISBN 10: 0825431867
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/01/2003
Publisher: Kregel Pubns

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Summary

This handbook is a compilation of tested ideas and resources from pastors to help new and veteran pastors benefit from fresh ideas. Includes difficult situations like the death of a child and second marriages.

Preface

(2)

Acknowledgments

(2)

Contributors

(8)

PART 1: WEDDINGS

Introduction

(2)

Traditional Wedding Services

Order of Service

(1)

Sample Wedding Service

(5)

Suitable for One Another

(10)

A Covenant Relationship: Wedding with an Evangelistic Appeal

(7)

God Is the Creator of Marriage

(7)

Living Life the Way Jesus Intended: A Service Shared by Two Officiates

(10)

Other Celebrations of Marriage

Public Renewal of Wedding Vows

(1)

Private Renewal of Wedding Vows

(1)

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Renewal of Vows

(5)

The Prewedding Service: For the Couple Having Ceremonies in Two Locations

(3)

Meaningful Wedding Messages

The Covenant of Marriage

(3)

Proverbs Wedding Message: A Humorous and Realistic Look at Marriage

(3)

How to Keep the Music in Your Marriage

(3)

Three Gifts for the Bride and Groom

(9)

Genuine Marital Love: A Charge to the Couple

(4)

It Takes Three

101

(2)

Love is a Verb

103

(2)

Grace

105

(2)

A God of Second Chances

107

(1)

Suggested Scripture Readings for Weddings

108

(2)

Additional Illustrations

110

(1)

The Vows of Commitment

Guidelines for Wedding Vows

111

(2)

A Sampling of Wedding Vows

113

(9)

Biblical Wedding Vows

122

(1)

Vows as a Visual Reminder

123

(2)

Additional Helps for Officiates

Marriage Laws

125

(1)

Wedding Planner

126

(1)

Wedding Rehearsal Planning Guide

127

(3)

Pastor Keith's Guidelines for Smoother Weddings

130

(2)

Instructions for Ushers

132

(3)

Prayers of Dedication

135

(1)

Pronouncements of Marriage

136

(2)

Wedding Benedictions

138

(1)

Potpourri for the Bride and Groom

Cyber Wedding Invitation

139

(2)

Remembering Our Future

141

(2)

"Father of the Bride" Cards

143

(1)

Additional Resources for Weddings

144

(5)

PART 2: FUNERALS

Introduction

149

(2)

Traditional Funeral Services

Funeral Service Outline

151

(2)

Order of Service

153

(1)

Eulogy Outline

154

(1)

Committal Service: Graveside Comments

155

(1)

Eyes of Faith: Mark 5:21-24, 35-43

156

(5)

A Suffering Grace: Memorial Service Following an Extended Illness

161

(6)

Scriptural Metaphors for Death: Memorial Service for a Godly Woman

167

(7)

Past, Present, and Future: A Eulogy for a Late-Life Convert

174

(8)

Prepared to Meet God: Eulogy with an Evangelistic Appeal for a Godly Man

182

(6)

Celebration of a Godly Servant: Eulogy for a Lifelong Friend

188

(7)

Memorial Service for a Believer: Ephesians 1:3-14

195

(4)

A Brief Funeral Message for a Believer

199

(1)

In the Father's House

200

(2)

The Ultimate Death: Being Made Alive

202

(2)

Funeral of a Believer: God's Promises

204

(5)

How Do You Put Your Hope in God? Psalm 131

209

(2)

When Death Is Untimely or Unexpected

Guidelines for Difficult Funerals

211

(2)

The Strange Mix of Grief and Worship: A Funeral for a Young Wife and Mother

213

(4)

The Untimely Death of a Young Man: An Evangelistic Message

217

(7)

Does Death Really Sting? Service for a Faithful Believer, Spoken to Believers

224

(3)

The Funeral Service of an Adult Suicide: Unlucky Thirteen?

227

(6)

The Interment of a SIDS Baby: Tears in Heaven

233

(6)

Two Sets of Plans: Memorial Service Following a Community Tragedy

239

(14)

A Memorial Service for Commander Patrick Dunn, United States Navy: National Tragedy

253

(4)

Why Doesn't God Do Something?

257

(6)

Seek Jesus, the Shepherd of Love: Psalm 23

263

(2)

Postabortion Memorial Service

265

(2)

Funeral Services by Family Members

Memorial Message for a Devoted Father: Spoken by His Son

267

(5)

Personalized Service with Eulogy and Message: Spoken by a Son-in-Law

272

(10)

Memorial Service for a Godly Man: Spoken by His Protégés

282

(6)

A Daughter's Love

288

(3)

Perspectives on Death and Dying

When the Roll Is Called Down Here

291

(1)

A Prayer of Hope

292

(1)

A Prayerful Perspective on Death: The Most Difficult Prayer I've Ever Prayed

293

(2)

The Shadow of Death: Psalm 23:4

295

(1)

The Cleft of the Rock

296

(1)

Only God Is Great!

297

(1)

The Cross: Light Versus Darkness

298

(2)

In Whose Hands Are You?

300

(2)

Emergency Numbers

302

(2)

Drinking from My Saucer: Encouraging Description of a Faithful Life

304

(2)

Let Me Get Home Before Dark

306

(2)

My First Christmas in Heaven

308

(2)

Mother Is Another Word for Love

310

(1)

Safely Home

311

(2)

The Dash

313

(2)

"The Worst Day of My Life": A Mother's Reflective Poem on the Death of a Child

315

(2)

If We Could See Beyond Today

317

(2)

TAPS

319

(2)

Additional Resources for Funerals

321

(4)

PART 3: OTHER OCCASIONS

Introduction

325

(2)

The Lord's Table

Communion with a Bread Machine

327

(1)

Communion with Congregational Responsive Singing: "Nothing but the Blood"

328

(1)

An Affirmation of God's Love: Communion Meditation

329

(2)

Child or Family Dedication

Baby Dedications with a Large Number of Children

331

(2)

Parent Dedication: An Affirmation of God's Love

333

(4)

Child's Dedication Letter from Pastor

337

(2)

Parent/Child Dedication Reminder

339

(1)

Baptism

Celebration Service: Creative and Evangelistic Baptisms

340

(1)

Christmas

A Bright, Shining Light

341

(1)

Christmas in Perspective

342

(1)

The Truth About Christmas

343

(6)

Ordination and Installation

A Service of Ordination

349

(4)

The Suffering and the Glory of Ministry: Ordination Message Outline

353

(2)

How to Have a Powerful Ministry

355

(4)

State of the Church Message

Letters from the Bean Field: The 1995 State of the Church Message

359

(14)

Reenactment of an Influential Christian

Billy Sunday Monologue

373

(5)

Additional Resources for Other Occasions

378

(1)

Endnotes

379

(1)

About the Editors

380

(1)

Scripture Index

381

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Contemporary Handbook for Weddings and Funerals and Other Ocassions

Contemporary Handbook for Weddings and Funerals and Other Ocassions

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