tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34916748.post2444233035431606645..comments2023-10-28T09:42:03.219-05:00Comments on Growing Where I'm Planted: Shameless Solicitation of Ideas....Irishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036519649244011605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34916748.post-33393666172190213852007-10-09T14:27:00.000-05:002007-10-09T14:27:00.000-05:00a funeral home in our area does a service every De...a funeral home in our area does a service every Dec. and on a rotating basis area clergy preach; read lessons etc... but during the service they have a power point very tastefully done... photos of each person with their name; dob-dod at the bottom of the screen and thsoe photos are interspersed with photos of landscapes & serene scenes with scripture veres... all set to soft background music. if memory serves the veterans were shown in a 'section' together during the presentation...<BR/><BR/>might be more work than you're looking for but it was very tastefully done.Hot Cup Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125425492709186198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34916748.post-65948653441849745802007-10-08T16:04:00.000-05:002007-10-08T16:04:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminder about the Mary Oliver poem...Thanks for the reminder about the Mary Oliver poems, Songbird! I don't know "Abide With Me." I'll have to look it up.<BR/><BR/>That's a fantastic poem, MC. Thank you, I may use it!Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036519649244011605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34916748.post-10547351046102819432007-10-08T15:32:00.000-05:002007-10-08T15:32:00.000-05:00This is one of my favorite poems around death that...This is one of my favorite poems around death that I've used in a couple of key services. I found it in the book <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Prayers-Blessings-Affirmations-Celebrate/dp/006251377X" REL="nofollow">Life Prayers</A> which actually has lots of great stuff in it. I think the poem is anonymous. <BR/><BR/>When I die if you need to weep<BR/>Cry for your brother or sister<BR/>Walking the street beside you<BR/>And when you need me put your arms around anyone <BR/>And give them what you need to give me. <BR/><BR/>I want to leave you something<BR/>Something better than words or sounds.<BR/><BR/>Look for me in the people I’ve known or loved<BR/>And if you cannot give me away<BR/>At least let me live on in your eyes and not on your mind. <BR/><BR/>You can love me most by letting hands touch hands<BR/>By letting bodies touch bodies<BR/>And by letting go of children that need to be free.<BR/><BR/>Love doesn’t die, people do<BR/>So when all that’s left of me is love<BR/>Give me away.more cows than peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848597902402114593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34916748.post-87167230000014603912007-10-08T12:22:00.000-05:002007-10-08T12:22:00.000-05:00There are a couple of Mary Oliver poems I love and...There are a couple of Mary Oliver poems I love and have used in funerals or simply read in church when a beloved member died, as our own remembrance. They are <A HREF="http://www.breakoutofthebox.com/blackwaterwoods.htm" REL="nofollow">In Blackwater Woods</A> and <A HREF="http://www.globalideasbank.org/LA/LA-2.HTML" REL="nofollow">When Death Comes</A>.<BR/>As far as hymns or songs, I don't think you can go wrong with "Abide With Me."<BR/>I'll be planning a similar service for an interdenominational group in early December, thanks for starting me thinking!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.com