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The Benefits of a Funeral Service.


Funerals have been an integral part of the grieving process throughout human history, aiding us in transitioning from life before death to life after death. The visual representation below depicts the profound impact and advantages of a funeral, serving as a catalyst for initiating the healing journey.


  • Transcendence: Ultimately, a funeral service allows us to embrace the awe-inspiring aspects of both life and death.
  • Meaning: By honoring the life that was lived, a funeral service not only acknowledges its significance but also helps us find purpose and meaning in our continued existence, even amidst profound loss.
  • Expression: A funeral service provides a platform for us to openly express our innermost thoughts and emotions about the life and passing of our loved one.
  • Support: Bringing together individuals who care about each other, a funeral service creates an atmosphere of love and support, fostering a sense of unity and solace.
  • Recall: Encouraging us to remember and commemorate the person who has passed, a funeral service gives us the opportunity to share our unique memories with others, cultivating a sense of hope for the future.
  • Reality: Acknowledging the harsh reality that someone dear to us is no longer with us, a funeral service serves as a crucial step towards accepting and processing our loss.

The Importance of Funeral Ceremony Rituals.

Rituals are symbolic experiences that help us, together with our families and friends, express our deepest thoughts and feelings about life’s most important events. For example, birthday parties honor the passing of another year in life. Weddings publicly affirm the private love shared by two people.


What do all rituals have in common?


Rituals Unite Us

Typically, public events, families, friends, church members, villages, even nations create and enact rituals. It’s a way of providing a support system for common beliefs and values.


Rituals Help Us Feel at Ease

Most rituals follow an established, specific procedure. The details will change, but the general pattern remains recognizable. The predictability of rituals helps participants feel at ease.


Rituals Help Us Express Our Feelings

The symbol of ritual provides a means to express our beliefs and feelings when language alone will not do those beliefs and feelings justice. 


Like all rituals, the funeral ritual, is a public, traditional and symbolic means of expressing our beliefs, thoughts and feelings about the death of someone loved.

A Memorial Service Will Help You To...

Although each person's grief journey is unique, all individuals who are grieving have specific needs that must be fulfilled in order to facilitate healing. While these needs are listed as numbers one through six below, they should not be viewed as a linear progression towards healing. Instead, it is common to move back and forth between these needs, and potentially even work on multiple needs simultaneously.

A group of people are hugging each other in front of a blue sky.
Acknowledge the reality of death
A man is covering his face with his hands and the number two is on the bottom.
Move toward the pain of the loss
A table with a picture frame and a number three on it.
Continue the relationship through memories
The number four is surrounded by trees and grass in a park.
Develop a new self-identity
A woman is sitting in a field of tall grass next to a sunflower.
Search for meaning
A man and a woman are holding hands in front of a number six.
Continue to receive support from others
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