[MINISTER]
 	WE ARE JOINED HERE ON THIS DAY TO GIVE THANKS
 	FOR THE LIFE OF %%CUSTOMER1A%% %%CUSTOMER1B%%,
 	WHOSE SHORT STAY OF %%YEARS%% YEARS WAS A JOY TO US ALL.  

 	DEATH IS PART OF THE CYCLE OF LIFE.  DEATH IS REQUIRED AND DEATH
 	IS SAD.  IT TEARS AT OUR HEART WHEN IT HAPPENS, BUT WITHOUT IT,
 	THERE COULD BE NOTHING NEW.  NO NEW GENES, NO NEW SPECIES, NO NEW
 	PERSPECTIVES IN THE WORLD.  WITHOUT DEATH, THERE COULD BE NO MORE
  	BIRTH.  DEATH IS THE PRICE WE PAY FOR MAKING LIFE WORK.

 	 AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE PRICE, WE STRUGGLE AGAINST IT WITH ALL OUR
 	 MIGHT.  WE GUARD OURSELVES, AND LIVE IN RESISTANCE TO THIS NATURAL
 	 STATE. 

 	 WHEN IT DOES COME, SUCH AS NOW, THERE IS FOR SOME, A
 	 QUESTION OF FAITH, OF THE FAIRNESS OF THE WORLD, WHICH EVENTUALLY
 	 GIVES WAY TO ACCEPTANCE THAT DEATH IS PART OF THE GREATER PLAN
 	 FOR THE UNIVERSE.

 	 THIS ACCEPTANCE DOESN'T USUALLY COME EASY OR
 	 QUICKLY, BUT WHEN IT DOES, IT CAN STRENGTHEN US.  TO LOVE LIFE AND
 	 TO TRUST SO COMPLETELY IN THE WAYS OF THE UNIVERSE AND OF GOD, EVEN
 	 IN THIS FINAL ACT, IS FORTIFYING.

 	 WE HAVE COME HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE PASSAGE THAT %%CUSTOMER1A%%
 	 HAS MADE INTO THE GREATER WHOLENESS, AND INTO THE LOVING ARMS OF GOD.

(INSERT PERSONAL ANTECDOTE HERE, IF ANY)
(REQUEST FOR OTHERS WITH ANTECDOTES TO COME FORWARD)

================================ RELOCATE TO CEMETARY ================================

(MINISTER STANDS AT HEAD OF GRAVE)
NOW THIS I SAY, BRETHREN, THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD; NEITHER DOES CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION.

BEHOLD, I SHOW YOU A MYSTERY: WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED
IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMPET; 
FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE,
AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED.

FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL
MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY.

SO WHEN THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON IMMORTALITY, THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT TO PASS THE SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN...

DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY ... O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING?
...O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?

THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN; AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW.
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE YE STEADFAST, AND UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS,
ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD,

FORASMUCH YOU KNOW THAT YOUR LABOUR IS NOT IN VAIN, IN THE LORD
(1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-58).

(WORDS OF GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL)

MY FRIENDS: WHEREAS, DEATH HAS ONCE MORE INVADED OUR RANKS
AND REMOVED FROM THE WALK OF LIFE, OUR BELOVED,
THEIR SOUL HAVING DEPARTED TO DWELL IN 
"THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY FROM WHOSE BOURN, NO TRAVELER RETURNS,
IT HAS BECOME OUR SAD DUTY TO COMMIT %%CUSTOMER1A%%'S BODY TO THE GRAVE.
EARTH TO EARTH, ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST
AND OUR INSPIRING PRIVILEGE TO COMMEND %%CUSTOMER1A%%'S SOUL TO OUR MAKER, FATHER, AND REDEEMER, IN THE CONFIDENT HOPE OF THE COMING -AGAIN- OF
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY FROM THE GRAVE, AND THE JOYOUS LIFE RESERVED FOR THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT IN THE REALMS OF GLORY.

[PAUSE FOR CANOPY ASSEMBLY, OR DECORATIONS OF FLOWERS TO BE PLACED]

[BENEDICTION]
THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR THOUGHTS, IN CHRIST JESUS. . . . NOW UNTO OUR GOD AND FATHER BE THE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN
(PHILIPPIANS 4:7, 20)
