We meet in the name of Christ, who died and was raised by the glory of God the Father. Grace and mercy be with you all.
[And also with you.]

We have come here today to remember before God our dear brother/sister N; to give thanks for his/her life; to commend him/her to God his/her merciful redeemer and judge; to commit his/her body to be buried/cremated, and to comfort one another in our grief; in the hope that is ours through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Therefore we welcome you into this house of prayer, that here today you may know the peace of Christ in communion with all God's faithful servants.

Minister God of all consolation, whose Son Jesus Christ was moved to tears at the grave of Lazarus his friend: look with compassion on us your children in our loss; give to our troubled hearts the light of hope, and strengthen in us the gift of faith, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

As children of a loving heavenly Father, let us seek the forgiveness of God, for he is full of gentleness and compassion.

Call to remembrance, O Lord, your compassion, and your loving kindness,
for they have been from of old.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Remember not my sins nor my transgressions;
but according to your mercy think on me.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

O keep my life, and deliver me,
put me not to shame, for I have put my trust in you.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

May God our Father forgive us our sins,
and bring us to the eternal joy of his kingdom
where dust and ashes have no dominion. Amen.

A READING FROM THE OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT may be read

A PSALM is used.

A READING FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT (which may be a Gospel Reading) is read

A SERMON may be preached

An authorised CREED or an authorised AFFIRMATION OF FAITH may be said

Merciful Father, Lord of life, you have made us in your image to reflect your truth and light:
we give you thanks for N, for the grace and mercy he/she received from you, for all that was good in his/her life, for the memories we treasure today. [Especially we thank you...]
Silence
Lord of life,

All in your mercy hear us.

You promised eternal life to those who believe.
Remember for good, Lord, this your servant as we also remember him/her and give him/her back to you.
Bring him/her and all who rest in Christ
into the fullness of your kingdom where sins have been forgiven and death is no more.
Silence
Lord of life,

All in your mercy hear us.

Your mighty power brings good out of evil
and life out of death.
Look in mercy on (... and) all who mourn.
Give them patient faith in times of darkness.
Strengthen them with the knowledge of your love. Silence
Lord of life,

All in your mercy hear us.

You are tender towards your children
and your mercy is over all your works.
Heal the memories of hurt and failure.
Give us the wisdom and grace to use aright the time that is left to us on earth,
to turn to Christ and follow in his steps in the way that leads to everlasting life.
Silence
Lord of life,

All in your mercy hear us.

Merciful Father, entrusting into your hands all that you have made and rejoicing in our communion with all your faithful people, we make our prayers through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Jesus says: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives give I unto you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
The peace of the Lord be always with you

All and also with you.

Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

President The Lord be with you or The Lord is here.

All and also with you. His Spirit is with us.

President Lift up your hearts.

All We lift them to the Lord.

President Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All It is right to give our thanks and praise.

THE LORD'S PRAYER

Every time we eat this bread and drink this cup:

All we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

President Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper.

All Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.

President Gracious God,
we thank you that in your great love you have fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ and have given us a foretaste of your heavenly banquet: grant that this sacrament may be to us a comfort in affliction and a pledge of our inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor crying, but fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

All Heavenly Father, in your Son Jesus Christ
you have given us a true faith and a sure hope. Strengthen this faith and hope in us all our days, that we may live as those who believe in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins and the resurrection to eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us commend N to the mercy of God our Maker and Redeemer.

God our creator and redeemer, by your power Christ conquered death and entered into glory. Confident of his victory and claiming his promises, we entrust N to your merciful keeping in the name of Jesus our Lord, who died and is alive
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

or Go forth from this world:
in the love of God the Father
who created you,
in the mercy of Jesus Christ
who redeemed you,
in the power of the Holy Spirit
who strengthens you.
May the heavenly host sustain you
and the company of heaven enfold you.
In communion with all the faithful,
may you dwell this day in peace. Amen.

or Into your hands O merciful Saviour, we commend your servant N
Acknowledge, we pray, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Enfold him/her in the arms of your mercy, in the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and in the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.

Either* Man born of woman has but a short time to live.
Like a flower we blossom and then wither; like a shadow we flee and never stay.
In the midst of life we are in death; to whom can we turn for help,
but to you, Lord, who are justly angered by our sins?

Lord God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal, holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us from the bitter pains of eternal death. You know the secrets of our hearts; in your mercy, hear our prayer; forgive us our sins, and at our last hour let us not fall away from you.

*or those born of woman have but a short time to live.

Or The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness. As a father cares for his children, so does the Lord care for those who fear him. For he himself knows of what we are made; he remembers that we are but dust. Our days are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field. When the wind goes over it, it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endures for ever on those who fear him, and his righteousness on children's children.

We have entrusted our brother/sister to God's merciful keeping, and we now commit his/her body to the ground:
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust:
in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died, was buried, and rose again for us. To him be glory for ever. Amen.

in a crematorium, if the Committal is to follow at the Burial of the Ashes
We have entrusted our brother/sister to God's merciful keeping, and we now give his/her body to the flames, in preparation for his/her burial, and looking for the fullness of the resurrection when Christ shall gather all his saints to reign with him in glory for ever. Amen.

in a crematorium, if the Committal is to lake place then
We have entrusted our brother/sister to God's merciful keeping,
and we now commit his/her body to be cremated:
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who died, was buried, and rose again for us. To him be glory for ever. Amen

THE LORD'S PRAYER

God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in mine eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be at mine end, and at my departing. Amen.

May God give to you and to all those whom you love his comfort and his peace, his light and his joy, in this world and the next; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always. Amen.