A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals and Other Occasions - by Aubrey Malphurs & Keith Willhite & Dennis Hillman (Paperback)

About the Book

"Weddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform. Written with the needs of the busy pastor in mind, this popular and newly updated handbook includes everything necessary to conduct a variety of weddings and funerals, along with other common events such as Communion, baptisms, dedications, and ordinations" -- Page [4] of cover.

Book Synopsis

Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastor

Weddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform. Written with the needs of the busy pastor in mind, this popular and newly updated handbook includes everything necessary to conduct a variety of weddings and funerals, along with other common events such as Communion, baptisms, dedications, and ordinations.

Helpful aids for weddings include services, vow renewals, messages, prayers, guidelines for vows, information on marriage laws, and, new in this edition, a service and message for second marriages. Guidance for funerals covers orders of service, quotations and reflections, and eulogies for a variety of circumstances, incorporating those with evangelistic appeal, untimely deaths, and suicide. New to this edition are funerals for service members, victims of violence, accidental deaths, cancer, and community tragedies.

Additional new resources include blessing services for a home or special event and guidance for speaking at fraternal organizations.

Pastors of all denominations will benefit from the services, advice, and resources in this sought-after handbook.

Review Quotes

"As a pastor, I know how important it is to find contemporary ideas that aren't stale or hackneyed or outdated. I love the breadth of this book and I appreciate the wide range of suggestions. Ministers of all ages and backgrounds will find it indispensable. Aubrey Malphurs and Keith Willhite have performed a service to the whole body of Christ. If you are in the ministry, buy this book and keep it handy because you'll need it sooner or later."--Ray Pritchard "Senior Pastor, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois" (7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM)

"Weddings and funerals provide some of the most significant opportunities for ministry in the life of any pastor and ones for which we are usually the most poorly prepared. I highly recommend this resource as a tool for pastors everywhere to fulfill their calling with greater effectiveness and with spiritual accuracy."--Chip Ingram "President, Walk Thru the Bible, Teaching Pastor, Living on the Edge" (7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM)