House Church Talk - Re: As Homechurchers - How Do You Handle the Funerals ?

[Janet Murphy]

My guess is that many of us got a warm, cozy, reassuring feeling from
reading of the funeral.  Who could ask for more?

Thanks, Jim!
A good weekend to all of you......

janet
www.janetmurphy.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Flash" <flash at mbz.org>
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Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: House Church Talk -  Re: As Homechurchers - How Do You Handle the Funerals ?


> > Bob requested an informal "family atmosphere"  graveside gathering (no
> > service as such) - a "no suit good bye" for a "no suit" brother..
<smile>  A
> > few words may be exchanged, encouragements given, as friends are led...
> > Melly asked I facilitate/make easy the encouragement that any might
speak,
> > sign song, read a verse, pray, as the Holy Spirit might lead...  I told
her,
> > I suspected I would NOT be needed...  We have done it this way for so
long,
> > today will be but an extension of that way...  and we need not take much
> > forethought for what we shall say...
> >
> >
> > All of the families needs are being met - food, drink, paper products
even
> > to toilet paper ha... all in abundance...   Nothing needed at the
present
> > time at all...   Abundance and thoughtfulness coming in from the
brethren
> > and community, and all those that dearly loved him and family for
years...
> >
> > What do we do for a friend that owned a "greenhouse' - offer dead
flowers?
> > No!  He suggested no flowers - plain and natural send off - w/out
> > pretense...  I noticed neighbors stepping up w/ cards and tokens of the
> > flower money for Melly...  I thought that wonderful... \O/  We shall
> > duplicate that leading...
> >
> > Any questions?
> >
> > Love jp and ok
> > --------------------------
> >
> >  Already as we gather w/family in the house and spilling out into the
yard -
> > we miss Bobby - He would have enjoyed this collection of family and
friends
> > soooo... O;>)
> > --------------
> >
> > Ms Melly, Bob's wife, gifted in song and lyric, had most recently these
> > thoughts, as she pulled the "nightwtach" tending to Bob's needs in these
> > latter days...
> > -----------
> >
> > Father mine!  Father mine!  \O/
> > I have been thinking...
> > For the longest of time...
> > In this world...
> > racked w/ sickness and sin...
> >
> > Love wins!  LOVE WINS!!!  \O/
>
> Why am I crying - at work...
> Jim - somehow you really brought out a ton of emotion for me in this
expose.
> Thank you brother.
> I want nuthin' more for me - which is prolly 20 years out, but ya never
know...
>
> The bride eyes not her garment
> But her dear bridegroom's face
> I will not gaze on glory
> But on my King of grace
> The lamb is all the glory of Immanuel's land.
> (Rutherford/Anne Cousins)
>
> DanG ChicagoArea
>
>