Sermons on Funeral For My Mother:

Words From Beyond The Grave

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004

In this funeral message for a senior saint, I suggested what she might say to those gathered at her funeral.

Funeral Service For Emily Hodolich January 17, 2004 Opening Greetings Prayer Hymn Nearer My God to Thee Scripture Reading Eulogy Hymn How Great Thou Art Message Hymn Amazing Grace Closing announcements and prayer As I bring the message today I want to sugest to you ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, Romans 8:18-39

Denomination: Baptist

Praise God

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004

A funeral service for a most precious saint who was suddenly taken by cancer.

Funeral Service For Bev Lee August 23, 2003 There is only one passage of Scripture that I could turn to this morning - Psalm 103. Bev asked for this passage to be read several times in these last few weeks. KJV Psalm 103:1 {A Psalm of David.} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Sep 2, 2004

Funeral sermon for one who has died in the Lord

John 14:1-6 1 ¡§Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father¡¦s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

This Lamb Is Safe

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 19, 2007

Using Jesus’ Good Shepherd narrative, I’ve written a sermon for the death of a pastor.

June, Cori, Steve, family and friends, we gather today not as we have gathered before. A few of us were just recently gathered at Clarence’s bedside as he was recovering from his recent heart attack. Some of us recently celebrated our Savior’s birth together as a family. Many of us congregated ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Memories: Eternity Secured By Jesus Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Oct 3, 2007

This is a funeral service for a deeply commited Christian man who imitated Jesus by serving his spouse and others. In John 14:1 Jesus promised to "take each beleiver home". He does not delegate this task. Death is an intruder into our world but it is no

In Jesus Holy Name Text: Psalm 23:1,4 John 14:1-3 September 29, 2007 “Memories: Eternity Secured by Jesus” In our liturgy for today we spoke the words of Jesus as recorded by the apostle John: “Jesus said, do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. In my ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3

Denomination: Lutheran

Saying "I Love You" Anyway

Contributed by Brian William on Nov 10, 2005

Christ’s love for us is so obvious through his actions that he didn’t need to say "I love you" to us. Yet the good news is he showed his love and he also said "I love you"!

Jane Smith Memorial Service One of the great privileges of being a pastor is I am invited into people’s lives. During times of great human emotion – birth, death, marriage, baptism, graduation, and so on – I am offered a place of honorary membership in their family. And it has been a great ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-21

Denomination: Methodist

Welcome To Heaven!

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 30, 2006

A funeral sermon for a faithful Christian.

The promise of Scripture is that when a child of God passes from this world below, they are welcomed into the world above. Once they leave our presence, they enter into the presence of God. This is the hope that sustains every Child of God. As we gather here today, I am happy to report that this ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:1-8, 2 Corinthians 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Gate Of Heaven

Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003

Death is viewed a lot of ways by different people, but for us as Christians it is nothing less than the Gate of Heaven.

Genesis 28:17 The Gate of Heaven 04/12/03 It wasn’t too long ago I was snooping through some boxes that I had long packed away, and found one of those little electronic games I used to play with when I was a teenager. Maybe you had one – a Mattel hand held football or baseball game – with the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:17

Denomination: Lutheran

Keep Hold

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 21, 2002

Funeral sermon for Helen Hastings, long-time church financial secretary

In a throwaway world, it is good to have known someone whose life reminds us that there are some things worth keeping. In a society where last year’s fashions are pitched out and yesterday’s values are passé, it is important to have known someone who understood how to keep hold of the right ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Denomination: Baptist

Land Of No More

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 13, 2005

Our destination is to a place where there will be no more suffering as we know it here. Funeral message.

THE LAND OF “NO MORE”. Gen 12:1 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Heb 11:8-9 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Moving Day

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Nov 10, 2003

MOVING DAY

MOVING DAY 2 CORN. 5:1-16 EULOGY; WHEN DEATH COME AND REMOVES A LOVED ONE FROM OUR MIDIST, THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO COMFORT THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH. COMFORT COMES TO THE HEART BY RECALLING FOND MEMORIES AND THROUGH THE PRESENCE AND SYMPATHY OF FRIENDS. THE GIFTS OF ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Dressed In His Righteousness Alone

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 24, 2006

Funeral sermon for Buford Pervall: deacon, usher, church clerk. To know your own value means that you learn to trust God in large matters and you seek positive change.

Someone once remarked that a cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Isn’t that an apt description of our time, when we will pay inflated prices for houses, we will spend $75.00 to fill up our SUV’s, and will hire basketball coaches for forty million dollars ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Baptist

What Cancer Cannot Do

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 24, 2004

There are things that cancer cannot do to the one who follows Christ.

What Cancer Cannot Do TCF Sermon March 28, 2004 On Saturday March 13, when our dear sister Nancy Reed was first hospitalized, I was driving to the hospital to visit, and I considered that, if this was, indeed, nearing Nancy’s appointed time to go to be with the Lord, we could not, on the Sunday ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:35-39, John 14:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

From Crisis To Christ

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 30, 2006

Funeral sermon for Andrew Maybin, Navy veteran who had gone through a spiritual crisis about a forced retirement.

When you reach a crisis point in your life, you have only a few choices about how to respond. When those crisis moments come, all you can do in response can be boiled down to three things and three things only: either you can give up; or you can stand and fight; or you can learn something ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Eulogy Cle Hereford

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 23, 2004

This eulogy is for a man who drifted from the Lord to alcholism but found his way back through AA and the witness of his wife. He had cancer the final year of his life, but it made him more determined to follow God.

Cle Hereford September 21, 2004 On June 4th, 1936 Nancy B. Hereford probably said, “thank God it’s over” once Cle Hereford made the passageway from her womb to her arms. Little did she know that she would be going through the experience eight more times with Cle’s future brothers and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-2

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed