Funerals | Memorials

St. Peter’s can support and guide you spiritually through the loss of a loved one. We carefully plan funerals and memorial services–not only for parishioners–but for any who seek our services. The Rector will help make the service meaningful for each family. St. Peter’s also offers interment in The Garth, the memorial garden in our courtyard. Please call or email the Parish Office for information. More information, including scriptures, may be found in our Planning Guide.

From the Book of Common Prayer
The liturgy for the dead is an Easter liturgy. It finds all meaning in the resurrection. Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we too, shall be raised.
The liturgy, therefore, is characterized by joy, in the certainty that “neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This joy, however, does not make human grief unchristian. The very love we have for each other in Christ brings deep sorrow when we are parted by death. Jesus himself wept at the grave of his friend. So, while we rejoice that one we love has entered into the nearer presence of our Lord, we sorrow in sympathy with those who mourn.         —Book of Common Prayer, page 507