Welcome to the Funeral and Faith Forum
a catalytic thought center for best practices at the crossing of faith and death, designed for spiritual directors, and dedicated to maintaining and promoting the vital role of spirituality and faith in the funeral service by providing certificated programs of study, the responsible development of the funeral liturgy as healing space, and continuing education through constructive discussion, workshops, colloquies, and symposia focused on reconnecting society and culture with spirituality and faith.
Curriculum Overview
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Our programs of study encompass virtually everything you need to know about designing and conducting funeral and memorial services. Here you will find proven methods and insight on:
- Why funerals are done the way they are.
- Current and up-and-coming trends in funerals.
- How to prepare for the service in order to be everything you need to be for the families entrusted to your care.
- The subtleties of vocal inflection in the service itself.
- Maintaining the image of the funeral home through which the service is being conducted.
- How and when to blend different faiths and traditions to ensure that the wishes of all survivors are accommodated, and the tradition of the decedent is preserved.
In short, we provide the vital details needed in order to provide the funeral service as a truly spiritually healing moment; details most likely not covered in any other educational or training setting, yet which are absolutely essential to the success of the funeral service as a truly spiritually healing moment.
- Our courses of study are self-paced, with videos, pdf, charts, readings, and discussions.
- Gauge your progress with milestones along the way.
- Undergird your confidence through the practical knowledge you gain.
- Explore the bevy of resources included with each lesson.
- Apply what you learn through exercises, projects, and reflection.
- Give yourself and other the gift of self-care.
- Deepen your spiritual understanding of death and the funeral.
- Discern your calling into this unique and spiritually enriching niche by enrolling in our introduction to spiritually-focused Funeral Conducting.
- Round out your gaps in education, training, and confidence by taking one of our detailed courses.
- Achieve your certificate of completion in our Spiritually-focused Funeral Conducting Program by bundling the required courses of study and successfully completing them.
In all, this is a program of deep spiritual formation in an often neglected, yet absolutely needed realm of life. Answer your call into this, and offer inestimable blessing to all who seek you to walk with them through this darkest of valleys in search of hope to come into the bright light of life renewed in the spirit.
Join us today.
We believe we have developed the finest experience possible to bring you into full-functioning with all those who come to rely on you to shepherd them through all the parts of their lives, including death, and we look forward to sharing this journey with you.
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