The time of bereavement is not the time to make many of the decision which survivors must face. An earlier preparation of a will is the first step to relieve such anxiety and anguish. Advance purchase of burial sites is another important step. Contact the National Won Jeon Shrine in Washington for information about advance purchase of a burial site. (contact: williamselig@aol.com).
Headstone. The member's family selects the type of headstone, given the guidelines of the cemetery. Some cemeteries do not allow raised headstones. Information to be inscribed on it: name of individual, dates of birth and ascension, blessing group, church logo.
If True Father bestowed a title like "Reverend" or "martyr," that should be included. The family may also request a special message from an elder blessed couple. This can be inscribed on the headstone, usually on a side.
Sample inscription for marker:
Thomas
Edward Wojcik
2075 Blessing
July 3, 1946 - September 28, 2001
The True Love Couple
Model of Seung Hwa & Won Jeon program:
Cover:
In
Celebration of the Life of
(name)
"Joyful
Ascension & Returning Home"
(Seung Hwa & Won Jeon Ceremonies)
date
Washington Family Church
Services
and Interment at:
Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
3401 Bladensburg Rd.
Brentwood, MD 20722
Inside cover:
Seung Hwa Ceremony
Officiating:
Hymn:
Invocation:
Biography:
Musical Offering:
Seung Hwa Address:
Testimony:
Hymn:
Flower Offering
Hymn:
Benediction:
Won Jeon Ceremony
Officiating:
Hymn:
Invocation:
Won Jeon Address:
Flower Offering
Invocation
Three Cheers of Mansei:
Page 2-3 can be biography, or lyrics. Songs may be downloaded from: www.familyfed.org
Back cover:
Seung
Hwa
(Peaceful Ascension)
A
Seung Hwa Ceremony is actually comparable to a wedding, when men and women
get married. It's not a sorrowful occasion at all. It's like an insect
coming out of its cocoon, getting rid of a shackle and becoming a new
body and a new existence, a new entity. That's exactly the same kind of
process.
In our way of life and tradition, spirit
world and physical world are one, and by our living up to that kind of
idea, we bring the two worlds together into one.
In the secular world, death signifies the
end of the life. However in our world, death is like a rebirth or a new
birth into another world. For this reason, we should not make those occasions
gloomy or sad or feel discouraged.
If we here on earth become very mournful
or gloomy, it is like pulling the person who is going up to the heavens
down to the earth.
Sun
Myung Moon
January 7, 1984
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Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident. I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
II Corinthian 5:6-9
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