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Types of Funeral Services and Ceremonies

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ACOLYTE
An altar attendant
ALTER
An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or at which religious rites are performed; the table from which Holy Communion is served and prayers are offered.
BENEDICTION
A ritual blessing offered at the conclusion of a service
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
The text containing recitations, prayers and prescribed orders of worship in the Episcopal Church
CHANCEL
The area around the altar of the church, usually enclosing the clergy and other officials.
CRUCIFER
One who carries the processional cross in an ecclesiastical procession.
ECCLESIASTICAL
Referring to the church or clergy.
ECUMENICAL
An epithet applied to a council regarded as representing the whole of Christendom.
EPISTLE SIDE
The right side of the church (as the congregation faces the alter), from which readings and prayers are often proclaimed.
EUCHARIST-CENTERED WORSHIP
(Liturgical worship) The prescribed order or form of worship used by some churches in which the Eucharist or Holy Communion is the centered element.
EXTREME UNCTION
In the Episcopal faith, the use of oil, holy water or hands to bless those who are in danger of losing life.
GOSPEL SIDE
The left side of the church (as the congregation faces the altar), from which sermons are preached.
NARTHEX
The entryway to the church.
NAVE
The main body of the church where seating is provided.
NON-LITURGICAL WORSHIP
(Scripture-Centered Worship) A form or order of worship having the scriptures as the central element, with the actual order of worship determined by the local congregation or clergy.
PALL
A symbolic cloth covering placed on the casket representing both the righteousness of Christ bestowed at one's baptism and the equality of all men before god.
PAROCHIAL
Belonging to a parish; restricted to a parish; limited in range or scope.
PROTESTANT
Any Western Christian who is not adherent to the Roman Catholic Church.
RUBRICS
Printed or stated directions regarding church practices and procedures as approved by religious leadership.
SANCTUARY
Liturgically, the part of the church containing the alter (or, if there are several altars, the high alter); commonly, a holy or sacred place devoted to the worship of any deity; historically, a place of refuge.
TRANSEPTS
The wings of the main part of the church, which may serve as small chapels for baptisms, weddings and even small funeral services.
VESTMENTS
Ritual garments of the clergy.
AMISH
A conservative family-based group of Christians who broke away from the Mennonite community in 1720; sect noted for their strong family and community ties and separation from secular pursuits.
JACOB AMMAN
Anabaptist minister who broke away from the Swiss Brethren movement in 1693 over matters pertaining to excommunication; main writer and namesake for the Amish communities.
MENNO SIMONS
Ordained Roman Catholic Priest (1515), who converted to the Anabaptist cause and was baptized by immersion circa 1536; considered the namesake of the Mennonite movement.
RADICAL REFORMATION
16th century movement among German-speaking Christians which sought complete separation from Roman Catholicism's practices and doctrine.
SWISS BRETHREN
First major group of Anabaptists which formed in Zurich in 1525; origin of many groups which hold to "believer's baptism".
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