Funeral Hymns
How many hymns?
For a service in Church two or three hymns are normally chosen and for a service at a crematorium it is usually one or two. Where there are very few mourners, you may prefer to have the hymn read by a single voice or together.
Do I need an order of service?
The answer to this depends on the hymns you chose. Providing the words of all the hymns chosen are in the Church or Crematorium hymnbooks (depending where the service is being held and indicated by "Church" or "Crematorium" next to the title) it is not necessary. However, if you choose other hymns then an order of service will be needed. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have observed any copyright obligations for words you reproduce. Many hymns have alternative tunes, and if you want a specific one, you should inform the Priest-in-Charge.
Some suggestions
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide (Crematorium and Church)
All people that on earth do dwell (Church)
All things bright and beautiful (Crematorium and Church)
Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Crematorium and Church)
Amazing grace how sweet the sound (Crematorium)
Be Thou my vision (Church)
Be still my soul; the Lord is on your side (Crematorium)
Blest are the pure in heart (Crematorium and Church)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Crematorium and Church)
Eternal Father, strong to save (Crematorium and Church)
For all the saints who from their labours rest (Crematorium and Church)
For the beauty of the earth (Church)
God be in my head (Crematorium and Church)
God be with you till we meet again
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (Crematorium)
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Crematorium and Church)
He who would valiant be
How great thou art (O Lord, my God)
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (Crematorium and Church)
I heard the voice of Jesus say (Crematorium and Church)
I the Lord of sea and sky
Immortal, invisible, God only wise (Crematorium and Church)
In heavenly love abiding (Crematorium)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (Crematorium and Church)
Jesu, lover of my soul (Crematorium and Church)
Just as I am, without one plea (Crematorium and Church)
Lead us heavenly Father lead us (Crematorium and Church)
Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy (Crematorium and Church)
Love divine, all loves excelling (Crematorium and Church)
Love's redeeming work is done (Crematorium and Church)
Make me a channel of your peace (Crematorium)
Morning has broken, like the first morning (Crematorium)
My song is love unknown (Church)
Nearer my God to Thee
Now thank we all our God (Crematorium and Church)
O God, our help in ages past (Crematorium and Church)
O Jesus, I have promised (Crematorium and Church)
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder (Crematorium)
O love that wilt not let me go (Crematorium)
O praise ye the Lord (Church)
On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross (Crematorium)
Onward Christian soldiers (Church)
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? (Crematorium)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Crematorium and Church))
Praise to the Lord (Church)
Rock of ages cleft for me (Crematorium and Church)
The day Thou gavest Lord is ended (Crematorium and Church)
The king of love my shepherd is (Crematorium and Church)
The Lord’s my shepherd (Crematorium and Church)
The strife is o'er the battle won (Crematorium and Church)
There is a green hill far away (Crematorium and Church)
There is a redeemer (Crematorium)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son(Crematorium and Church)
To God be the glory (Crematorium)
What a friend we have in Jesus (Crematorium)
When I survey the wondrous cross (Crematorium and Church)
