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People attend funerals for three primary reasons:

1. To remember the life of the deceased.
2. To comfort the people that are grieving.
3. To give hope and cling to what is true.

These three things are also the goals of funeral services. When the goals are accomplished, the results are Memorials to Remember. Few schools, colleges, or seminaries adequately prepare students to participate in or conduct services for the deceased. Author Bill Fix has taught several people how to plan, prepare and conduct funeral services. Pastor Bill has taught in a classroom setting and has now written this book as a resource for accomplishing Memorials to Remember.
This method is not the Liturgical funeral that is required by many houses of faith that have predetermined scriptures, songs, gestures, and methodology.

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