Funerals

Having been told at the end of August by the Rector in Highley that the CIH would be taking the next funeral that came in, it was not until the beginning of October that he was to be given the opportunity - and then two came in at once.

Carefully wrapping these around the very busy harvest weekend, the CIH lead a church funeral service and churchyard burial of a man on the Friday followed by a cremation service on the Monday.

Nervously, the CIH prepared for the first service by visiting the family, writing a tribute, choosing the reading and preparing a sermon. The service went according to plan and the family seemed pleased with the sensitivity offered by the CIH.

The second service should have been a bit less nerve-wracking but the visit to the family came before the first funeral had taken place so the CIH felt he was still working in the dark a little. Also, being at the crematorium, the funeral service could be no more than twenty minutes in length. Once again, everything went according to plan and the family were genuinely pleased with the service that the CIH put together.