Parish Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Kent BR5 1QW
Services will be celebrated by visiting priests, as follows:
Sundays
8.00am Said Eucharist in traditional language
10.30am Sung Eucharist and Junior Church
Weekday services will be temporarily reduced to:
Tuesdays
7.30pm Said Eucharist
Wednesdays
9.30am Said Eucharist
Enquiries about Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals should be made to:
Mr. A. E. Burlace,
52, Wood Ride,
Petts Wood, BR5 1PY.
01689 822837
A sacrament is a physical means ordered by God through which we receive His grace (His life and love).
The Sacraments
When a loved one dies, please contact the Church warden so that prayers may be said as part of our daily worship.
A Church of England funeral is a church service which conforms to basic rules. Many families wish to celebrate the departed’s life and this can be achieved within that service.
We ask God to care for the departed and to place them in His hands, ‘the Commendation and Committal’ in the knowledge that there is nothing better we can do.
The funeral service can be a very sad occasion but it is a necessary part of the grieving process and it offers the Christian hope that God loves and cares for each one of us.
All are invited to the All Souls Day service (about 2 Nov) to remember those who have died in Christ and those whose funerals took place at St Francis or with St Francis clergy in the past year.
Arranging a funeral
Most arrangements, including the finances, will be handled by the undertaker. Many people visit the undertaker first, though if you have a priest who you would like to take the service you should contact him as soon as possible.
A Church of England funeral is a church service which conforms to basic rules. Many families wish to celebrate the departed’s life and this can be achieved within that service.
We ask God to care for the departed and to place them in His hands, ‘the Commendation and Committal’ in the knowledge that there is nothing better we can do.
The funeral service can be a very sad occasion but it is a necessary part of the grieving process and it offers the Christian hope that God loves and cares for each one of us.
All are invited to the All Souls Day service (about 2 Nov) to remember those who have died in Christ and those whose funerals took place at St Francis or with St Francis clergy in the past year.
Arranging a funeral
Most arrangements, including the finances, will be handled by the undertaker. Many people visit the undertaker first, though if you have a priest who you would like to take the service you should contact him as soon as possible.
Services may be a funeral or a funeral Eucharist (‘Requiem Mass’), followed by a committal at a crematorium or graveside. Alternatively the full service can take place at either a crematorium or cemetery. The body may be received in the church the night before so that the departed leaves on their final journey having rested in their spiritual home. Ashes may be interred in the grounds of St Francis church. If the departed lived in the parish or an adjoining parish they may have the right to be buried in the churchyard of All Saints, Orpington.
The family and priest meet, preferably about a week before the funeral, to address any questions and discuss what the service might contain. Where service booklets are to be printed we can provide templates which can then be personalised. The family may find it useful to draw up their thoughts about the departed before they meet the priest and to have considered what music they would like. When thinking about music it is important to consider how appropriate it may be – not everything we might like to play will do justice to the service and the departed.
The family and priest meet, preferably about a week before the funeral, to address any questions and discuss what the service might contain. Where service booklets are to be printed we can provide templates which can then be personalised. The family may find it useful to draw up their thoughts about the departed before they meet the priest and to have considered what music they would like. When thinking about music it is important to consider how appropriate it may be – not everything we might like to play will do justice to the service and the departed.
Funeral fee: £210 including the services of the organist.
Service at crematorium only: fee of £99
Burial of ashes in churchyard: A total fee of £155
The above fees include statutory fees quoted in The Church of England Table of Parochial Fees from 1 January 2009.
Service at crematorium only: fee of £99
Burial of ashes in churchyard: A total fee of £155
The above fees include statutory fees quoted in The Church of England Table of Parochial Fees from 1 January 2009.