Sermons on Funeral Purposes:

Funeral Benjamin Williams Sr.

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 18, 2001

Eulogy for a Christian who loved his family as much as he did life itself. He died of cancer, but was strong to the very end in his faith.

Benjamin R.Williams, son, a grandson, a brother, a husband, a teacher, a counselor , a principal, a father, a grandfather, and a follower of Jesus Christ. He has completed the circle of leaving his mother’s womb, impacting this world, and finally entering into the presence ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Good Fight - A Funeral Service

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

Saying good bye to a sister who had fought the good fight.

Introductory Considerations 1. Here today to pay our final respect to....., to remember her life and how it touched ours, to share in the hope in which she lived her life and which, for her, has now been realized. 2. In reflecting upon their mother, the family chose the passage we read from 2 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Blessed Hope (Funeral Message)

Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007

Message on the Hope we have as Christians. (Funeral Message)

Message: "The Blessed Hope" 1 Thess. 4:13-18 The late Evangelist D.L. Moody once made this statement: "One day you will hear that D.L. Moody is dead, but don’t you believe a word of it. For on that day I will be more alive than I ever have been." As we gather today to pay our final respects ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, John 14:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Funeral For A Godly,faithfull Women

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Jan 22, 2007

She always had a smile and a warm greeting for everyone she met.

THE FUNERAL OF A FAITHFUL GODLY WOMAN By Gerald Van Horn On behalf of the family of Neasha, I wish to thank each of you for being here today and though today is a very difficult day, the scriptures make this promise: Psalms 46:1-3 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Model For A Memorial Or Funeral Message

Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 16, 2002

This is a generic model for a funeral message for someone who died after struggling with an illness, using the autobiography of Morrie Schwartz who died of ALS to craft the message.

MESSAGE FOR A MEMORIAL OR FUNERAL SERVICE ___________________________ I’ve been in a funk for a couple of weeks now. But I think I’m coming out of it now. Strange that I could say that on the occasion for which we have come together here. It all started a couple of weeks ago as I anticipated ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8, Philippians 1:20-21

Denomination: Methodist

Funeral Service For Frances Simpson

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006

A funeral message from Romans 8:18-39. Frances had a muscular disease that first took away her voice and then her strength.

Funeral Service for Frances Simpson 4/1/2006 - Express condolences and appreciation. - Today is April Fools Day and how I wish this was all a joke but it is not. We come here to mourn the death of Frances Dorsett Simpson. No, that is a joke; we come here to celebrate the life of Frances Simpson ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Funeral Sermon For Kenneth Moore

Contributed by Shannon Lewis on Apr 3, 2007

This is a simple funeral sermon preached for a man that came to know the Lord very late in life.

Funeral Sermon for Kenneth Moore By Shannon Lewis Living Springs Assembly of God Bandera, Texas www.lsagbandera.com Ecclesiastes: 3:1-8 On behalf of the family of Kenneth Moore I want to welcome and thank you for coming and being part of this memorial service. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 1For ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Funeral Sermon: The Lord Is With Us

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 17, 2007

A funeral sermon based on Psalm 23

The hymn that Muriel requested today is a hymn based on Psalm 23. You would have heard this song on numerous occasions, especially when people are facing difficult situations and times… Because it is a Psalm that during times of difficulty reminds us that God is always with us… And this is not so ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Funeral Sermon For Lucille Austin

Contributed by Doug Koehler on Mar 10, 2009

This funeral message speaks upon how the hymns we sing today can bless us for years to come, even as Christ’s promise to prepare a place for us can provide us comfort upto our last day.

I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way? ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Funeral Service For Elderly Man

Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jan 31, 2010

funeral for relative with Alzheimer Disease.

Friends, we have gathered here to praise God and to witness to our faith as we celebrate the life of Jerry Venable. We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss. May God grants us grace that in pain we find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection. When we think of Jerry Venable, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1

Denomination: United Methodist

Ken Davis's Funeral Service

Contributed by Arthur Howard on Aug 16, 2008

This is a funeral service.

Ken Davis’s Funeral Service Play I can Only Imagine just before I speak. My relationship with Ken started when Ken and Wanda started coming to our church. From the very beginning I could see Ken had a love for children. When a need arose in the children ministry he would help in some way from ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Funeral Message For Leola Williams

Contributed by Danny Janes on Dec 7, 2012

Funeral message for a 91 year old Christian lady who had demonstrated amazing resilience in how many times she had defied the doctor's predictions of her demise. She was also a lady who loved to be outdoors in the sunshine. I had never used an object le

FUNERAL MESSAGE for Leola Williams We have a long-held tradition here at Liberty – that I’m sure isn’t anything unique to our church. every Mother’s Day Sunday, we take a moment to recognize and honor the mother with the most children present. And also – the oldest ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Jesus Wept - Funeral Sermon

Contributed by Robert Glass on Jun 8, 2011

A short but poignant funeral sermon taken from John 11:35, Jesus wept.

Shall we pray? I thank you all for coming. We often gather together at different times. We gather for weddings. We gather for births. We gather for anniversaries. We gather for Funerals. It is this that we gather for today. He was a man with a long life, a good wife and a large family. It is ...read more

Scripture: John 11:35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Funeral For Elderly Christian Woman

Contributed by Steve Keeler on May 9, 2010

While we can't prevent the losses in our life, we are able to find the strength in the Lord to get us through them.

Good evening, we've come together this evening to praise God, to be a witness of our Christian faith, and to celebrate and honor the life of ________________. Scripture: Psalm 23: A Psalm of David. "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

C. L. Meredith Funeral

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on May 27, 2021

This is the sermon I preached at my father-in-law's funeral.

C. L. Meredith Funeral Introduction Memory is a gift God has given to us. Over the past few days, we all have chosen to remember this great man. We have reflected on our lives with him. We have cried. We may have recounted some of his legendary fishing stories. We have laughed. We have thought ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:8

Denomination: Pentecostal