Order To Die For

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I could hardly have picked the records to be played at my wake without giving some thought to the funeral ceremony itself. So for the record the songs I would like sung and the hymns (Old Skool) I would like played at my funeral are:


  • Amazing Grace (The traditional melody, though not on an organ or anything like that)

  • In Christ Alone

  • How Deep The Fathers Love For Us

I'd probably add some modern worship songs to that list, but I'll leave that to the service organisers discretion as they're all pretty much the same ("God Loves Me/I Love God/Let's all play GCDEA/").

I think an eulogy would be nice (did you know that the word eulogy comes from the Greek 'Eulogo' which means 'to bless?' FASCINATING) although not at the expense of a proper preach. I want someone to preach a damn fine sermon on the theme of Christian hope in the bible and while I don't want it to be evangelistic as such (if someone makes an altar call I will respond to it and it won't be pleasant) they should bear in mind all the heathens in the crowd who wouldn't be seen dead in a church normally.

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(8) Slow Song - Hell Is For Heroes

There are 5 expressions of opinion about what was written.
Mark wrote this at 08:56, Tue, 22/02/05, Link
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Benjamin

Hooray for big life moments being centered on God rather than the actual people involved! :)

Though I think playing "The Happy Song" at a funeral may be a step too far...

Written by Benjamin at 14:13, Tue, 22/02/05

Matthew

Good songs!

Written by Matthew at 19:54, Tue, 22/02/05

Mr.Moony

Come on, lemme play that 'Where's Walley' song!!

Written by Mr.Moony at 22:53, Tue, 22/02/05

Doug

In Christ Alone is fabulous. I would have them play Indescribable or something. But I feel morbid talking about funereal songs and the like.
Say, when I attend Harlaxton College in Grantham sometime in the next four years, can I come and visit on a weekend?

Written by Doug at 03:27, Wed, 23/02/05

Podgy

Doug, you're not actually talking about funeral songs, you're typing.

Mark, I personally wouldn't be seen dead in church, apart from at my funeral.

Written by Podgy at 10:09, Thu, 24/02/05

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