Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church believes the resurrection is a central doctrine to Christianity and that it shapes our attitudes and responses to death.  In life and death, we belong to Christ and so with believers everywhere we affirm with tears and joy the hope of the gospel.

We believe that we do not grieve in isolation but are sustained by the power of the Spirit and the community of faith.  Since it is difficult to make decisions under emotional stress, we are encouraging members to discuss and pre-plan the arrangements that are necessary at the time of death.  These include decisions about the Christian options of burial, cremation, or donation for medical purposes.  Plans should provide arrangements which are simple, and bear witness to resurrection hope, and in which the Christian community is central. (Book of Order, 4.10001 & 4.10004)

Since we baptize, marry, worship and gather for fellowship in the name of the God who gives us life, it is appropriate that members of this community of faith have their services at the church.  Doing so enables us to see that death is a natural part of life and, that for Christians, death does not have the final word.