FUNERALS
Make the most of every opportunity

Funerals are a great opportunity to share the love of God tactfully and carefully. 

Helpful verses:

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

 
John 10: 27 – 28

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

 
John 14: 2-3

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

 
John 11:25 – 26

I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.

 
1 Thessalonians 4:14- 17

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 

Collated by Julie Young 2018

(after her father passed on)

Idea for sharing about God at a funeral

“Uncle Stu was like God. He was always welcoming, caring, always there. Uncle Stu really and truly believed that God was real and lived his life accordingly. I suggest that each person here reflect on how Uncle Stu lived his life and his total belief in God, and think about whether you want to have a relationship with God so you too can say, “See you later Uncle Stu.””

Added to resource by Julie Young after her uncle passed on in 2020