Humanist Service
I recently attended a funeral which had a Humanist service. No funeral is a happy event but it was a very moving occasion with laughter and tears. I decided a long time ago that I would have a Humanist service and was thinking about which three pieces
of music I would want. Any ideas?
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J9, I've recently been to one, it was about the persons life & celebration of it. Yes it was quite uplifting. I was lucky to have known the person closely & added to His life story. His Wife chose His music, I'd heard Him whistle & sing the tunes. It was
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, My Wife and I chose the music for her 'humanist' cremation.VERY sad times ,but as has been said over the past posts on the subject,nicer for freinds and family.IMO.Christmas was hard ,but i chose to go away and spend our memories together/alone.After 43 Christmases together ,it WAS hard ,but with a new year and new options ,i'm sure ,as everybody say's ,"it gets easier" Solo's helped in the early days too." Colleen ,thank you for being you "
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I want no fuss, would rather noone attend.
Once I'm dead, thats it, all done - gone!
Put me in a big cardboard box, wheel me out from the back of a couriers transit van on a pallet truck - no expense - jobs a guden!
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Mine will be "The Final Countdown* by Europe for the same reasons as mentioned by Nuggy
Music to be played at the end of the service
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I want no fuss, would rather noone attend.
Once I'm dead, thats it, all done - gone!
Put me in a big cardboard box, wheel me out from the back of a couriers transit van on a pallet truck - no expense - jobs a guden!
Write your comments here...Totally agree. But if anyone does attend I want "whiter shade of pale" by Joe Cocker, and Albatross by Fleetwood Mac.
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Ooooo! I want a big 'bash' when I go!
Welsh choir, Welsh hymns and Queen singing me out! My husband says that I will have to have a 5 hour time slot in the Crem. to fit in all the music I want! And definitely no flowers in the shape of 'Mum' or 'Gran' I hate those! AND... a Welsh minister just in case there is a God! 
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Ooooo! I want a big 'bash' when I go!
Welsh choir, Welsh hymns and Queen singing me out! My husband says that I will have
to have a 5 hour time slot in the Crem. to fit in all the music I want! And definitely no flowers in the shape of 'Mum' or 'Gran'
I hate those! AND... a Welsh minister just in case there is a God! Taffy, you agnostics are all the same
Her Maj will be well gone before you Girl0 -
Ooooo! I want a big 'bash' when I go!
Welsh choir, Welsh hymns and Queen singing me out! My husband says that I will have
to have a 5 hour time slot in the Crem. to fit in all the music I want! And definitely no flowers in the shape of 'Mum' or 'Gran'
I hate those! AND... a Welsh minister just in case there is a God! Taffy, you agnostics are all the same
Her Maj will be well gone before you GirlI am a Welsh chapel girl Rocky! AND I still say my prayers but I wouldn't argue with the non-believers as none of us REALLY know do we?
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Ooooo! I want a big 'bash' when I go!
Welsh choir, Welsh hymns and Queen singing me out! My husband says that I will have
to have a 5 hour time slot in the Crem. to fit in all the music I want! And definitely no flowers in the shape of 'Mum' or 'Gran'
I hate those! AND... a Welsh minister just in case there is a God! Taffy, you agnostics are all the same
Her Maj will be well gone before you GirlI am a Welsh chapel girl Rocky! AND I still say my prayers but I wouldn't argue with the non-believers as none of us REALLY know do we?
I do, for £220 I'll let you know too
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All in favour of whichever service, nonservice, celebration the people wanted -- as long as it is agreed beforehand !
As for the final music, well for Brian it's just got to be the "Countdown Clock" by Alan Hawkshaw ==> tick tick tick tick TOCK and POOOF !
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Christian burial/cremation services can be lovely too. We've attended a lot recently, both Humanist and Church Services.
We went to one recently, where there were no hymns, only one prayer (the Lords Prayer) and the normal 'statutory bit by the vicar. There were eulogies by family, including grandchildren, and she chose all the music herself. Albatross was one piece, whilst
everyone 'sat quietly and thought about the person', the second was when we were asked to share our memories with others, and laugh or cry as we felt fit (I can't remember what that piece was, but something funny) and the third was Time to Say Goodbye
by Kathleen Jenkins. The lady concerned was a lovely quiet lady aged 93!My Mum-in-law's coffin was just strewn with spring daffodils, randomly over the whole coffin. Early daffodils were a flower she absolutely loved - and she too hated funeral flowers. She made us promise no wreaths, or card tributes on the coffin, so we
just bought about twenty bunches of spring daffodils, and laid them on ourselves!Everyone said how lovely it was and 'How Molly would have loved to see it.
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I see Rocky2 is following CC in his pricing amendments.
As for funeral music, I've arranged it for my BIL for over the past few days
Entry: Ombra Mai Fu (Xerxes) - Handel
Quiet meditation: Piano Sonata No 14 (Moonlight) Adagio - Beethoven
Exit: Canon in D - PachelbelThere is apparently a glitch though as I've had an EMail from the Funeral Directors so it looks as though I'll need to pick another piece for one of them.
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,Colleens last music was " The Final Countdown" CLASSIC !!0
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Ooooo! I want a big 'bash' when I go!
Welsh choir, Welsh hymns and Queen singing me out! My husband says that I will have
to have a 5 hour time slot in the Crem. to fit in all the music I want! And definitely no flowers in the shape of 'Mum' or 'Gran'
I hate those! AND... a Welsh minister just in case there is a God! Taffy, you agnostics are all the same
Her Maj will be well gone before you GirlI am a Welsh chapel girl Rocky! AND I still say my prayers but I wouldn't argue with the non-believers as none of us REALLY know do we?
Yes!
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Being of a Quaker belief, I would prefer no funeral service as such where my body is present. I would suggest a meeting of folk where they can come together and for them to 'contribute' in anyway they wish. MrsSF knows my beloved music, poetry etc. and maybe she would choose that. It's about how they wish to celebrate, morn, remember, not how I want them to. Any 'funeral arrangements' are a very personal belief and others, I respect, may wish for other forms of remembrance.
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Mickysf, I hope you and your Lady have committed your wishes to paper and somebody else has that paper
As much as I hate to raise such thoughts, it is quite possible for you both to be, say, involved in a fatal accident etcetera.
Still hoping you both well out last me !! And I have a few ( Very Few ) quid in the box under the bed so I aint going for a long time .
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A Humanist funeral for me and then 'planted' in a Natural burial plot. Music... after some deliberation, I think I'll have Pink Floyd's "Great gig in the sky".
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It really is a good idea to have it all in writing! My mother didn't want a funeral and made me and my sister promise we wouldn't attend as she knew there had to be one - this was really hard to stick to as it meant we didn't have any real closure - so
my children have been told it's their choice. My father was quite a pianist and so there was a medley of his favourite music played before the service which ranged from Finlandia - to Donald and Swan - with Gershwin and so on in between - it was lovely to
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Had BIL's funeral this morning. Delivering the eulogy before a couple of dozen people was more stressful than preaching a sermon to a congregation of 150.
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Had BIL's funeral this morning. Delivering the eulogy before a couple of dozen people was more stressful than preaching a sermon to a congregation of 150.
know what you mean. Spoke at my fathers funeral, really difficult putting thoughts into words. Although did the same for a 100 year old friend, at the request of the family, that strangely was much easier. (Mrs SteveL)
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