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Raheem Hussain 11w3 A funeral service takes place with the embalmed or cremated remains of the deceased present. Such services are usually held at a church, at the grave, or at the funeral home. When the service is conducted in a church, it is usually requested that caskets remain closed. A Christian funeral has more to do with celebrating what has happened to the spirit, rather than burying a body. A Christian funeral should not be focused on the body of the person who died. The focus is on the life that was lived. The service begins with the priest or other minister reading aloud such reassuring sentences from the scriptures as: 'I am the resurrection and the life,' saith the Lord; 'he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die,' and: 'I...

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