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Important Rituals and Traditions to Recognize in Christian Funeral Services

As we proceed through life, we ultimately see, attend, or regretfully take part in funerals. These events often cause a tremendous degree of confusion, suffering, and perhaps even a general sense of loss.

You'll find the answers you seek in this four-part series that delves into the customs, burial rites, and etiquette of Singapore's four major religious groups. This last part of the series will look at the specifics of christian funeral services singapore. For more information, keep reading!

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN FUNERAL?

In Singapore, a Christian funeral ceremony might first be confused for a Catholic one. Regarding the afterlife, Christians and Catholics have similar perspectives. They believe that the soul of the deceased goes to either Heaven or Hell.

Similar to Taoism and Buddhism, there are several denominations within the Christian religion. These faiths stipulate how specific rituals and ceremonies must be carried out.

Christian Funeral Traditions

What traditions and practices surround Christian funerals, then? Let's investigate now!

Christian funerals might be held at the void deck, in a funeral home, or in a church. The preacher in charge of these funerals is a Christian. In a typical Christian funeral, friends and family come together to encourage one another during the vigil ceremony, which frequently includes prayers, readings from the Bible, and eulogies. Meals are frequently offered to visitors while calm hymns are playing in the background.

Mass is typically celebrated at Catholic funerals, but not at Christian funerals. Depending on the deceased's religious affiliation, a Christian funeral may or may not include a Mass.

In a normal Christian funeral, the pastor welcomes everyone in attendance with a brief message before leading the first prayer of the ceremony. Hymns, prayer, and a sermon are then performed. During the hymnal session, visitors are invited to join in on the singing. Psalm 23 is a Psalm that is frequently read during Christian funerals, however sermons are typically tailored to the audience.

During the funeral, friends and family are also given the opportunity to say a few words about their deceased loved one. Eulogies are also spoken, and frequently, a video montage honoring the deceased is played.

The priest concludes the service with a last prayer and some consoling words. This service at Direct Funeral Services, which usually lasts between 30 minutes and an hour, is held on the final night of the wake or right before the cremation or burial. The vigil (wake) itself is generally more informal, allowing relatives and friends to talk to one another while the service is typically solemn and formal.

CATHOLIC FUNERAL ETHIC

Do these customs apply to us as mourners attending a wake? What are the expectations of me if I don't practice Christianity? When attending a Christian burial, are there any particular details we should be aware of? Notwithstanding our religion, it is always polite and appropriate for us to become familiar with the traditions as visitors.

Casual attire is fine as long as it is modest and comes in darker colors; a safe option is black or a neutral color. You may not be expected to sing along during the hymnal session if you are a guest, but it is polite of you to stand when others do.

Giving condolence money and sending sympathy stands are two more common ways to convey grief and condolence (whether floral or LED). Be sure to work with a licensed LED wreath provider if you plan to give the grieving family an LED sympathy stand because Singapore's government has lately tightened the regulations governing the exhibition of such stands.

Funerals are also increasingly incorporating wishing trees and remembrance books, where guests can express heartfelt condolences and share funny stories about the deceased.

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Singapore Funeral Services-How To Do And Get Them

How to choose reliable funeral service program

After meeting with the demise of your dear ones or friends you may need and require Singapore funeral services. Today the economy of Singapore is much on hike and inflation. For this reason you have to choose such funeral experts and programs where you can save more money yet the cremation rites of your dear ones will be done well with good quality. You may get more resources for Singapore funeral services on the internet. These are low cost options when you want to do the funeral rites in an effective way. Choosing an affordable funeral program will be more profitable to you in many ways.

What to know about caskets?

Let us talk of casket in Singapore. You may know that caskets are known as coffins at places like USA and the UK. These are boxes inside which you may keep the dead body of your dear ones. In this way you may complete the funeral ceremony in the most effective way. Most caskets are now being made with materials like wood, steel and iron. These materials are very much durable than others thus they will protect these caskets from corrosion. You may buy a casket in Singapore in many price budgets. You may choose casket of cheap material when you have a low cost budget.

What is the benefit of Christian funerals?

Most people in Singapore follow the religion of Christianity. Thus they do Christian funeral and like to follow it for their dear ones. You may also see that these services will save you much money and you will feel much better on the emotional plane. Most Christians have the urge to do funerals well to make visitors impressed. Thus a Christian funeral could be the best option so that you may save more time and efforts. These services can also be ordered online. After landing on the websites of such services you will see many attractive offers thus you may choose anyone of them.

The importance of funerals in Singapore

All funerals in Singapore are now being held at paush places and graveyards. Here you may also see that these services are being offered at a low cost budget. When you approach these funeral programs then you will see that here you can choose any of them according to your money budget. Here you will feel to be at benefit.

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Editor’s note: The following is a guest piece authored by LGBT+ advocacy group Heckin Unicorn on so-called conversion therapy in Singapore. It was not produced by Coconuts Singapore.

Sam embarked on a journey of self-discovery in his 20s. He had been through many abusive relationships, and for reasons he couldn’t quite grasp, he’d always felt that something was missing in his life. Sam wanted to get in tune with his emotions. He wanted to heal.

At 26, Sam flew to Japan to attend a spiritual workshop. The workshop’s exercise was simple, but intense: attendees were paired up, and for 3 hours, each pair had to stare meditatively into each other’s eyes. The poetic beauty in this exercise wasn’t lost to him: staring into the windows of another’s soul would help him get in touch with his own.

Yet for hours, nothing happened.

Then his sensei came over and gently touched his chest, or what spiritual practitioners called the “heart space”. And in a single stroke, Sam’s inner soul broke loose with an explosive force. He started shrieking — so uncontrollably, in fact, that he had to be restrained by several workshop attendees. Anguish, anger, and confusion raced through his mind. It was an excruciating 30 minutes of raw physical reaction, as if years of emotions ripped through his body. Yet it was nothing compared to what was about to hit him in the months to come.

Because in that moment, something clicked into place. Sam suddenly recalled that he was a victim of “conversion therapy” over a decade ago. He finally understood why he’d always felt that something was missing, and why he felt so strongly that he had to heal himself. Deeply repressed and harrowing memories came rushing back like an avalanche.

Sam fought to stay alive over the next 3 months. He suffered from hallucinations, and would cry inconsolably for days on end. He would vomit uncontrollably. His body burned in pain. He wanted to end the suffering. He wanted to end his life. But in between the painful outbreaks, Sam found the strength to fight for his survival. He knew that to live, he had to find out more about what had happened to him. He began researching extensively about “conversion therapy”, and the more he researched, the more he recalled the lost years of his adolescence.

Slowly, his memories fell into place.

Sam went through a lot at a young age. He learnt that he was gay while going through puberty. And through interactions with his closest family members, he learned that it was something he needed to get rid of.

When he came out to his mum at 13, she told him that she expects a grand funeral when she dies. It was her cold, indirect way of telling him that she expects him to bear children and grandchildren for her. When Sam turned to his aunt, she called him derogatory names and told him that people will not accept him if he continues to be gay. The message from his family was clear: turn straight, or else.

So at 15, Sam scoured the internet for answers about his sexuality. In the age of dial-up internet, genuine LGBTQ+ content was hard to come by. The information that he found about STDs scared him — HIV was still called the “gay virus” back then. Sam started getting desperate. He needed to find a way to turn straight.

And then he found a solution — or so he thought.

Sam began attending a “conversion therapy” programme offered by a local church when he was 15. It marketed itself as a counselling service that could help people who were “struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction”, and sounded exactly like what Sam was looking for. Even though he only signed up for their counselling services, he felt compelled to attend their church services as the years went by. His family never knew that he was participating in “conversion therapy” sessions; they were more concerned that he was converting from Taoism to Christianity.

Perhaps the scariest part about the “conversion therapy” programme was how, to 15-year-old Sam, it just felt right. Sam’s 1-on-1 sessions with his counsellor felt like normal counselling sessions. Sure, scripture was quoted a lot in their hour-long sessions, but to Sam — and anyone who desperately wanted to turn straight, for that matter — everything seemed to make sense. Because in a world full of rejection, the programme claimed to provide all the answers.

Sam’s memories about his counselling sessions are hazy, but their core message remains clear in his mind: you’ll go to hell if you’re gay. It was a powerful and terrifying message, and it fueled Sam’s desire to continue with the programme. He didn’t know back then that his sexual desires were innate and perfectly normal, so he confided his feelings with his counsellor and followed everything he was instructed to do. For a long time, everything he heard in his counselling sessions made him feel like turning straight was a real possibility.

Celibacy was a strong mandate of the “conversion therapy” programme. Sam’s counsellor told him many times that he would go to hell unless he stopped masturbating. He told Sam that it was wrong and sinful to have sexual desires. And as an impressionable teenager going through the peak of puberty, Sam absorbed and believed everything his counsellor told him.

Throughout his 4 years in the programme, Sam suppressed his desires and took things to the extreme. He would hold tightly onto his bed frame every night before going to bed to prevent himself from touching his body. It was a physically and mentally exhausting exercise, but Sam managed to push through every night for 6 consecutive months before he succumbed to his desires. He wouldn’t know this until years later, but this extreme psychological conditioning left him with a debilitating inability to touch himself.

In one church session, the pastor discouraged churchgoers from listening to secular music. Only Christian music should be allowed in their lives, the pastor declared. The next week, Sam brought his entire music CD collection to church, and watched it being burnt and destroyed. Sam was so enthralled by the programme’s promises that no physical coercion was required to get him to engage in such extreme activities. To him, listening to everything they say was the only way to not end up in hell.

There were a few reasons that ultimately made Sam leave the programme after 4 years. First of all, nothing worked. Sam knew that he was still gay, and that all he managed to do was to suppress his innate desires and convince himself that he isn’t worthy of love. He was also harassed by a cell group leader, but nothing seemed to be done about it after he raised this up to the church leadership. And in an attempt to negotiate some joy back into his life, Sam asked a church friend if God would accept him if he were to be in a loving gay relationship, but abstained from sex for life. The answer: an unequivocal no.

When Sam left the programme at 19, he wasn’t a changed man — he was broken. He left not because he realised that their teachings harmed his mental health, but because after 4 years of trying, he has resigned to his fate of going to hell.

Sam turns 38 this year. And in the last decade or so, he’s been to hell and back.

After spending thousands of dollars in medical scans, Sam was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. In simple terms, he experiences chronic physical pain induced by his extreme psychological trauma (side note: psychological trauma isn’t the only factor that could induce symptoms of fibromyalgia). These painful outbreaks aren’t just unpredictable, but also incurable. His chest would tighten and he would gasp for air; his face would twitch suddenly and uncontrollably; he would suffer from the inability to speak; he is often fatigued and would suffer from migraines.

Sam also faced considerable financial challenges over the last couple of decades. There were months when Sam was unable to get out of bed. His inner demons would take control, and he would find himself once again fighting for his life. Because of this, Sam had been in and out of jobs. This, coupled with his expensive medical treatment and therapies, set his finances back considerably.

It would be nice if we could end Sam’s story on a positive note. But the truth is that even though Sam is a fierce survivor, his experience with “conversion therapy” still affects him decades after the sessions have ended. Sam isn’t ready to date yet, because he thinks that he carries too much emotional baggage for any relationship to work. He continues to face difficulties fully accepting his sexuality, even though he understands that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. And he continues to sleep with his arms wide apart, because physical contact still makes his body burn in pain.

Let this be clear: “conversion therapy” practices exist in Singapore. Many of these programmes continue to showcase “success” cases without acknowledging, or perhaps understanding, how “conversion therapy” can irreparably damage a person’s psychological and physical wellbeing.

According to the United Nations, any attempt to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity is a form of “conversion therapy”. Many international psychiatric organisations have condemned “conversion therapy” practices because the medical consensus agrees that they not only don’t work, but could cause mental harm to participants (page 115). Taiwan has fully banned “conversion therapy” practices, while Germany has done so for minors. Other countries such as Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and the UK are considering legislation that would make them illegal.

Yet “conversion therapy” remains legal in Singapore. Many teenagers like Sam will continue to enrol in programmes that psychologically condition them to suppress their innate sexuality. Most of them would emerge from the programmes with their sexuality unchanged, but mental health deeply affected. Some of them will kill themselves.

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Steps to Plan a Funeral in Singapore

Introduction

Losing a loved one is an emotional and challenging experience, and planning a funeral can be a daunting task. In Singapore, where cultural diversity is celebrated, funeral customs vary widely. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to plan a funeral in Singapore, providing insights into the cultural nuances that make each farewell unique. Navigating through this process with empathy and understanding is crucial, and our aim is to offer a comprehensive guide that honors the memory of your loved one. Let's embark on this journey together to create a meaningful farewell—Funeral Singapore.

Notify Relevant Authorities

The first step in planning a funeral in Singapore is to inform the relevant authorities. If the death occurs at home, call the Singapore Police Force immediately. For deaths in hospitals, the medical staff will assist in issuing the death certificate. It's essential to obtain this document as it is a prerequisite for many funeral-related procedures.

Engage a Funeral Director

In Singapore, engaging a funeral director is a common practice. These professionals are well-versed in local customs and regulations, making the process more manageable during a difficult time. Funeral directors can assist with paperwork, transportation, and coordination of the funeral service.

Choose a Funeral Service Package

Funeral service providers in Singapore offer a range of packages to suit different preferences and budgets. These packages often include services such as embalming, casket selection, transport arrangements, and venue coordination for the wake and funeral service.

Select a Funeral Venue

Choosing an appropriate venue for the funeral service is a crucial decision. It could be held at a religious institution, funeral parlor, or void deck, depending on the cultural and religious background of the deceased and the family's preferences. Some venues may also provide catering services for the convenience of the mourners.

Arrange for Religious Ceremonies

If the deceased practiced a particular religion, it's essential to coordinate with the relevant religious authorities for any necessary ceremonies. Singapore's multicultural society means that funeral customs can vary widely, including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Taoist traditions.

Coordinate Floral Arrangements

Floral tributes are a common expression of sympathy in Singapore. Coordinate with florists to choose appropriate arrangements that reflect the cultural background and personal preferences of the departed.

Prepare for Cremation or Burial

Decide whether the deceased will be cremated or buried. Singapore has limited space for burials, so cremation is more common. If a burial is preferred, ensure compliance with regulations regarding the choice of burial plot and relevant documentation.

Conclusion

In times of loss, navigating the intricacies of funeral planning can be overwhelming. By following these steps and embracing the cultural diversity that characterizes Singapore, you can create a meaningful and respectful farewell for your loved one. Remember that funeral customs vary, and understanding and respecting these differences contribute to a more compassionate and supportive mourning process. Funeral Singapore is a journey of remembrance, reflection, and ultimately, a celebration of a life well-lived.

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How Does a Traditional Christian Funeral Service Offer Help?

The death of a near one is quite a painful time, and at this time if you have to arrange for a traditional funeral service, it can become very difficult. This is where the help of a traditional Christian funeral service comes into the picture.

The companies offering this service will take on everything pertaining to funeral rites and rituals. Usually, in a traditional Christian funeral, the burial of the loved one is followed by a church service and wake.

Family and friends of the departed soul are usually too bereaved to be able to organise the things mean for the burial, wake, etc. This is where traditional Christian funeral service comes into the picture.

Some enterprising people realised the importance of giving a proper final goodbye to our loved ones. They also realise that the family of the deceased is usually not in a situation to go around organising things.

This is the reason that the companies providing funeral services arrange for everything from the coffin, embalming, and burial and the other services thereafter. The best part is that they are aware of the usual rituals which must be conducted during a proper Christian funeral.

Usually, Christian families prefer to bury the departed soul, but sometimes the person passing away leaves behind a will stating the exact procedure to be carried out. If they prefer to be cremated then the service providers will ensure that the last wishes are carried out verbatim.

Apart from the choice between burial and cremation, there is also a rising trend of leaving behind a message for loved ones. The departed soul during their lives pens down the exact prayer or hymn that they want to be offered at their funeral. The traditional Christian funeral service providers will ensure that all the last wishes of the deceased are carried out verbatim.

They arrange for all the details of the funeral service including the wake etc. Then again, these services are available at very reasonable prices.