Thank You Message for a Pastor, Priest or Celebrant

After a funeral

1. 1 Thank you for my father’s service. You got his name right, and his life, and it mattered more than you know.
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2. 2 Thank you for the care you took. You met him once and you described him as though you had known him for years.
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3. 3 Thank you for the visit beforehand. That hour is the reason the day was bearable.
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4. 4 Thank you for making a very hard day feel manageable.
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After a wedding or a christening

1. 5 Thank you for a beautiful service, and for calming everyone down beforehand.
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2. 6 Thank you for the preparation sessions. They were more useful than we expected and we say that as sceptics.
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3. 7 Thank you for making it feel like ours.
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For pastoral care

1. 8 Thank you for visiting Mum every week for two years. She looked forward to it and so did we.
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2. 9 Thank you for your support of this family through a difficult year.
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3. 10 Thank you for being there without ever making it a condition.
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For a celebrant at a non-religious service

1. 11 Thank you for a service that was completely his and had nothing borrowed in it.
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2. 12 Thank you for listening to us for two hours and then writing exactly the right thing.
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3. 13 Thank you for the ceremony. Several people have asked us who you were.
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