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Funeral Service Archive Index
Christian Funerals
The Christian funeral is a service of worship in which God’s people witness
to their faith in the hope of the Gospel, the communion of saints, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting, and in which also assurance
of God’s love and salvation in Christ is ministered, especially to the Christian
bereaved.
A funeral service at First Presbyterian Church is worship of the living God. The
funeral is God’s way of bringing comfort to the hearts of those who
mourn as
Scripture is read and preached, prayer is offered, praises are sung, grief is
expressed, remembrance is cherished; and it is an occasion in which we, by the
grace of God, bless the name of the One who gives and takes away. The presence
of family and friends around at this time supports
and strengthens the sorrowing
ones. The funeral gives thanks for the life of the one who has passed away and
learns from it valuable lessons.
For a more complete statement of the
church's policy regarding funerals please visit the FPC Church Policy page,
http://www.fpcjackson.org/general/policy/index.htm
These sermon transcripts are provided, with permission of the respective families, so
that Christians may be encouraged in their grief, and reminded of their only
hope in life and death:
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those
who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For
this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive
and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those
who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we
who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with
the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
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Funeral Service |
Date |
Audio |
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Transcription |
| Robert C. Cannada, Sr. |
July 10, 2007 |
55 min |
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“I Saw a New Heaven and
a New Earth”
A ruling
elder. |
| Erskine W. Wells |
October 13, 2003 |
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"Glorification”
A ruling elder. |
| Calvin L. Wells |
August 24, 2003 |
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“Glorying in the Future Hope”
A ruling elder. |
| Joseph M. Wadsworth |
May 26, 2005 |
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"Our Only Comfort
in Life and Death"
A ruling elder. |
| George L. Lemon |
April 13, 2006 |
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"Blessed are the Dead who Die in the Lord"
A ruling elder. |
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Dennis R. Roberts |
February 12, 2005 |
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"Who is Holding Your
Hand?"
A deacon. |
| Ralph Sneed |
December 4, 2006 |
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"Heaven"
A
faithful layman. |
| Mary C. Harper |
March 31, 2005 |
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“The Hope of Glory”
An
elect lady. |
| Frances Hilburn |
January 21, 2005 |
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"Consider it
all Joy"
An elect lady. |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" Dale |
February 26, 2007 |
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Four Blessings in the Valley of
the Shadow
An elect
lady. |
| Jennifer Stephenson |
July 9, 2008 |
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"Tested by Fire, Joy Filled with Glory"
An elect lady. |
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| Houston W. Tohill |
July 22, 2000 |
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“Worshiping God
in Tears and Trusting His Providence"
A Covenant child and
university student, who took his own life. |
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Paul H. Stephenson IV |
March 27, 2006 |
55 min |
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"Jesus Has Overcome The World"
A
Covenant child headed for marriage and ministry, who took his own life. |
| D. Hudson Bradford |
May 23, 2003 |
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"Run to God"
A Covenant child who
took his own life. |
| Michael W. Slater |
September 22, 1997 |
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“I have overcome the world”
An elect infant. |
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| Donald B. Patterson |
December 27, 1998 |
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"To God Be the Glory"
A
former pastor of First Presbyterian Church (1969 - 1983) |
| John Reed Miller |
July 25, 1997 |
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“A Present, Past,
and Future Lived for Christ"
A
former pastor of First Presbyterian Church (1952 - 1968) |
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