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Related: About this forum5 Adventist Churches Offer Free Funerals After Orlando Mass Shooting
POSTED JUNE 21, 2016
By Kimberly Luste Maran, North American Division
Less than 36 hours after the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, the Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church in the nearby city of Apopka announced on Facebook that it would host, free of charge, funeral services for those killed.
The post said the church is extending their availability for FREE funeral services for any LGBT victims of the #thePulse shooting. The church also offered to stream the services live on the Internet for family and friends who could not attend.
A short time after the Forest Lake announcement appeared, four additional Adventist churches declared that they also would host funeral services for free: the Forest City Spanish church (Altamonte Springs), Altamonte Springs Church (Altamonte Springs), Florida Hospital Church (Orlando), and Orlando Central church (Orlando).
Several families have expressed interest in the free funerals for their loved ones, who were among the 49 people killed in the June 12 shooting, but none had accepted the offer as of June 21 ...
http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story4122-5-adventist-churches-offer-free-funerals-after-orlando-mass-shooting
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)for churches to charge for funeral services? I have never heard of this before. I would bet some of the victims families need money for the mortician/crematory, it would be nice to see those fees paid. But free funerals? Hmmm....
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Not much but the chior is paid for all services they do.
edhopper
(33,604 posts)But so many funerals, it is heartbreaking thinking about it.