funeral Archives

Preparing for the last goodbye

Posted March 10th, 2021

More congregations are learning about ways to prepare for death and dying — spiritually, practically, financially and emotionally.

Rural Realities: Opioids on Main Street U.S.A.

Posted April 17th, 2019

Annalie Korengel was having a horrific week. Five funerals in seven days can push any pastor to the brink of physical and spiritual exhaustion. But for the pastor of Unionville Presbyterian Church in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, standing almost daily at the gravesides of young people who had overdosed on opioids pushed her into an indescribable hell.

Eugene ‘Freedom’ Blackwell remembered as community builder and activist

Posted September 13th, 2016

Family and friends of the Rev. Eugene “Freedom” Blackwell took to the streets of Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood for a freedom procession from the local high school to the House of Manna worshiping community where funeral services were held for Blackwell.