Death in the church

[Sweet Pea]

Originally Posted by Margies3

It also depends on the church itself. In our case, we have a congregation of younger people. So it's not a hardship for us to make a dish for a funeral dinner or to help serve and clean up for one. But my friend attends the Methodist church that we used to be a part of. That congregation has dwindled down to only a small handful of people. And 99% of them are over 70! So it's much harder for them to do a funeral dinner.

In their case, they offer salad and desserts. That's it. If the family wants something more they have to bring it in themselves.

And in our case, we don't actually "charge" for the dinner. Like I said, we will tell the family what our costs were and they usually want to reimburse that. But it is not required. In the case of the Methodist Church, they charge a specific amount, even tho all of the food is donated. To each their own I guess!

I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around "charging" a grieving family in my church for food donated to be used as a meal for them..... ???? I agree with a previous poster - I don't think we should feel obligated - but it is our responsibility to minister to those in grief - and feeding them is a way of ministering... JMHO

BTW Margie........ how is Justin doing? He has been so much on my mind. (Don't mean to hijack the thread - I just thought of it.)