Homegoing Service Celebration

A Homegoing Service or Homegoing Celebration is a religious-based funeral or memorial in which friends and family celebrate the deceased "going home" to heaven or glory, to be with the Lord.  The service is based on death being a time of rejoicing because the person is going on to a better place. It is usually held in a church, and is often very similar to a traditional church funeral service.  The homegoing service usually contains a combination following elements:

• Musical prelude

• Processional

• Prayers

• Songs (Hymns of Comfort)

• Funeral Readings (Scripture, Poem, Prayer, Old Testament, and New Testament) Acknowledgements

• Reading of Cards & Condolences

• Reading of Resolutions

• Obituary Reading

• Eulogy or Tribute

• Final Viewing

• Benediction

• Recessional, and Interment or Committal

(The Homegoing Celebration also has the traditional funeral elements, such as pall bearers and  flower bearers)

"Heavenly Cross" Homegoing Service Program

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These services usually have choirs and lots of singing (often sings the deceased's favorite hymns and songs), and often a sermon is preached, in addition to a eulogy or tribute. Funeral programs or other keepsakes are distributed and contain a full tribute to the deceased person's life.  These funeral or homegoing programs contain the order of service that outlines the services of the day, as well as provides an obituary and often has photo collages and a pictograph of the person's life.