[Instrumental music]
“How Great Thou Art”
Invocation
Pastor- “Please join me in a prayer, Thank you Lord for who you are and that we can all gather here today to celebrate the life of John Doe. Thank you God for the life that you gave John and for the opportunity for us to commune today to mourn his death, but to also celebrate that he is with you in heaven.”
Welcome
Pastor- “Thank you all for coming to John Doe’s celebration of life. I know his family appreciates all the love and care you have showed them in the last few months. Today we have gathered together to celebrate John and to recognize that he was a child and a servant of God, who loved the Lord with all of his heart.”
Opening Scripture
Pastor- “If you can all turn to in your bibles …show more content…
We have been married for 53 years. What we had was not a perfect marriage but as people say… John and I were perfect for each other and we were! With our union, we gave life to four beautiful children. John was a disciplinarian. He was strict but not stiff and he loved our kids so much. Our kids loved him tremendously because John never feared showing his emotions towards them, towards me or to just about anyone he loved. He was indeed affectionate and was not a man of few words at all! John had lots to say for just about anything. Anyone who ever had the chance to talk to him would say he indeed had many things in his mind. I guess you can say John was “opinionated”. I still remember one conversation I had with him. We were talking about our kids. About how we wanted to see all of them grow up. He had many dreams for them. Back then, we only had three children, Mark, Casey, and Louis. John was a proud father. He was the type of father who would flaunt his kids to his friends and his friends loved our kids too of course. John dreamt big. He wanted our kids to grow up wise, God fearing, respectful and successful people. I am proud to say, John achieved that. We brought up five wonderful
“How Great Thou Art”
Invocation
Pastor- “Please join me in a prayer, Thank you Lord for who you are and that we can all gather here today to celebrate the life of John Doe. Thank you God for the life that you gave John and for the opportunity for us to commune today to mourn his death, but to also celebrate that he is with you in heaven.”
Welcome
Pastor- “Thank you all for coming to John Doe’s celebration of life. I know his family appreciates all the love and care you have showed them in the last few months. Today we have gathered together to celebrate John and to recognize that he was a child and a servant of God, who loved the Lord with all of his heart.”
Opening Scripture
Pastor- “If you can all turn to in your bibles …show more content…
We have been married for 53 years. What we had was not a perfect marriage but as people say… John and I were perfect for each other and we were! With our union, we gave life to four beautiful children. John was a disciplinarian. He was strict but not stiff and he loved our kids so much. Our kids loved him tremendously because John never feared showing his emotions towards them, towards me or to just about anyone he loved. He was indeed affectionate and was not a man of few words at all! John had lots to say for just about anything. Anyone who ever had the chance to talk to him would say he indeed had many things in his mind. I guess you can say John was “opinionated”. I still remember one conversation I had with him. We were talking about our kids. About how we wanted to see all of them grow up. He had many dreams for them. Back then, we only had three children, Mark, Casey, and Louis. John was a proud father. He was the type of father who would flaunt his kids to his friends and his friends loved our kids too of course. John dreamt big. He wanted our kids to grow up wise, God fearing, respectful and successful people. I am proud to say, John achieved that. We brought up five wonderful