The church funeral Lesson 62 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 A Christian funeral gives thanks to God for a person's life, comforts the people who are sad and commits the person to God's care; the body lies in the coffin at the front, and the person cannot feel or see anything any more. 2 The vicar speaks in very formal, old words, such as «to remember before God our brother Peter, to give thanks for his life and commend him to God», because a funeral is solemn, and some of these words have been said for hundreds of years. 3 People show sadness in different ways: some cry, some cry later, some laugh at the funny stories, and a four-year-old may ask loudly about McDonald's; all of it can belong at a funeral. 5 At a Christian funeral the person's body is in the coffin; the body has stopped working and cannot feel anything. 6 Christians believe the person, their soul, is with God, and they hope for resurrection. 7 The resurrection is the Christian belief that, because Jesus rose from the dead at Easter, those who trust God will be raised to new life with him. 8 «I am the resurrection and the life» are words of Jesus from John's Gospel, often said at the start of a funeral. 9 The Church of England uses funeral words from the Book of Common Prayer and Common Worship; to «commend» someone to God means to entrust them to God's care. 10 Funerals often include poems, readings and funny stories about the person's life; laughing together can be a way of loving them. 11 Hymns are songs to God; at funerals they give comfort and hope; «The Lord's my shepherd», based on Psalm 23, is often sung. 13 Many people wear dark clothes to a funeral; it is a custom that shows respect and sadness. 14 Pallbearers carry the coffin; they may be family, friends or people who work for the funeral director. 15 Children can choose whether to go to a funeral, after a grown-up explains what will happen. 16 Guests of other faiths or none can stand or sit quietly during prayers to show respect. 17 People grieve differently; not crying does not mean not caring. ← previous When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and donext → Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave↑ back to Religion ethics This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/62-the-church-funeral/