Jesus said to her,
‘I am the resurrection and the life.
Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live...
- John 11:25 [New Revised Standard Version]
‘I am the resurrection and the life.
Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live...
- John 11:25 [New Revised Standard Version]
A Conversation from our Sunday 8am community...
1) Don’t avoid grief, but do things to mark the grieving, otherwise your bottled up grief may be more difficult later on...
2) Grieving well allows for the whole person to be remembered, not just the situation when the person died...
3) counselling may be helpful and grief counsellors have strategies to help you understand what is going on...
4) the ‘stages of grief’ don’t actually come in a particular order - there are many characteristics to grieving and they can come whenever and in whatever order - we know this from experience...
5) Jesus said, "Remember me" before he died. Remembering is part of being able to move forward, integrating our experiences and making sense of the part our past plays in our futures.
6) Funerals replace weddings when you get old - try not to miss your own! [from our oldest member!]
2) Grieving well allows for the whole person to be remembered, not just the situation when the person died...
3) counselling may be helpful and grief counsellors have strategies to help you understand what is going on...
4) the ‘stages of grief’ don’t actually come in a particular order - there are many characteristics to grieving and they can come whenever and in whatever order - we know this from experience...
5) Jesus said, "Remember me" before he died. Remembering is part of being able to move forward, integrating our experiences and making sense of the part our past plays in our futures.
6) Funerals replace weddings when you get old - try not to miss your own! [from our oldest member!]
Robert James Moran (Bob)
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1st September 1937 - 29th January 2026
A service to celebrate the life of Bob was held at Magnolia Chapel of Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium on Thursday, 5th February at 2pm. |
Ernest 'Bob' Davis
23rd October 1939 - 8th November 2025
A funeral service for Bob was held at Eastwood Uniting Church on Friday, 14th November at 11am. |
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May Julia Faichney
May died peacefully on Wednesday 13th September just over a week short of her 104th birthday.
A service celebrating her life was held at Eastwood Uniting Church on Wednesday 20th September at 2pm.
Order of Service
Link for the service recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbx1IY4OQk
Lynton Jones
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A service giving thanks and celebrating the life of Lynton was held at Eastwood Uniting Church Wednesday 2nd August at 1.00pm
Order of Service Link for the service recording: https://youtu.be/lr6MLcBG1PM |
Amy Isabella Welham
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A Thanksgiving service for Amy was held on Tuesday 4th July at 1.30 pm in the East Chapel of Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Order of Service |
Margot McDowell Doust AM
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A service giving thanks and celebrating the life of Margot was held at the church on Monday 29th May. A recording of the service is available below. Order of Service Link for the service recording: https://youtu.be/6Wq9VgiUUOw |
Helen Margaret Shepherd (née Davidson)
Died peacefully 3rd February 2023 in Greenwich Hospital. She was 98 years old, but her doctor was adamant that she did not look it until her final decline from last November. Her hearing remained strong and she was a regular participant in "zoom church".
Helen was a very active member of Eastwood Uniting Church. She and Lindsay had been married in the congregation and were huge contributors to church life before his death. They lived in Central St, Eastwood, and more recently, Helen was in Alan Walker Village, where she lived for over 20 years and provided a Sydney-base for her beloved nieces and nephews and their families.
The eulogy penned by her sister, Dorothy, is available to read in PDF - here.
Her private funeral service was held at Northern Suburbs on Tuesday 7th February 2023.
Helen was a very active member of Eastwood Uniting Church. She and Lindsay had been married in the congregation and were huge contributors to church life before his death. They lived in Central St, Eastwood, and more recently, Helen was in Alan Walker Village, where she lived for over 20 years and provided a Sydney-base for her beloved nieces and nephews and their families.
The eulogy penned by her sister, Dorothy, is available to read in PDF - here.
Her private funeral service was held at Northern Suburbs on Tuesday 7th February 2023.
Suzanne Valerie Howes
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Died peacefully 8th November in Greenwich Hospital.
Sadly missed by husband of 57 years, Phillip, daughter Melinda, son Jonathan, brothers Michael and Stephen, by grandchildren Jordan, Zoe, Stephanie, Asher, Emma, Saul and Lilly and by the extended family. Suzanne’s funeral was held on Monday 14th November at Eastwood Uniting Church, Lakeside Road. A recording of the full service is available here: https://vimeo.com/770893985 Some photo memories are available here: https://vimeo.com/770909267 |
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Christopher Owens
17 January 1945 - 11 September 2022
A funeral service for Chris was held in the Camelia Chapel, Macquarie Park Crematorium, at 9.30am on Monday 19th September, 2022.
The recording is available at the link: https://streaming.naoca.com.au/e/7f77168b-f7da-497c-94bd-92d1fc41825c (passcode: 4495)
A Thanksgiving service was held at Eastwood Uniting Church at 11am on Monday 19th September, 2022.
The recording is available at the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owamL6rWOCU
The recording is available at the link: https://streaming.naoca.com.au/e/7f77168b-f7da-497c-94bd-92d1fc41825c (passcode: 4495)
A Thanksgiving service was held at Eastwood Uniting Church at 11am on Monday 19th September, 2022.
The recording is available at the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owamL6rWOCU
Carolyn Hilda Batey
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Donald Lansbury Dillon
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Mele Mosiane Kula Mokofisi
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[Laurence] Basil Clucas
May 1919 - 27 May 2022
Some members of Eastwood UC will remember Laurence Basil Clucas, known as Basil. Just three weeks short of his 103rd birthday, Basil passed away peacefully on Friday 27th May 2022 in Shalom, Marsfield, where he had been a resident for the past three years (and very well cared for).
Basil and Marge built a home in Eastwood in 1949, bringing their two small daughters, and soon afterwards, the first of their two sons was born. Rosalie, Barbara, John and Paul each joined their parents into the life of Eastwood Methodist Church. When the church at Denistone East was built, closer to their home, Basil became one of the founding trustees and Marge taught Sunday School. In 1958 they moved into the home in Cocos Avenue which was sold only last year. They rejoined Eastwood Methodist Church, where Rosalie, Barbara and John married friends they’d met throught the MYF (Paul had moved to Melbourne). They also taught Sunday School, together with Marge. Rosalie and Barbara and their husbands were Foundation Members of the Musical Society.
Tennis kept him fit for most of his life, enjoying Saturday afternoons with several members of the Eastwood Congregation. He joined other men in driving shut-ins from Weemala on monthly Saturday morning outings and was a foundation board member of the Eastwood Christian Community Aid.
He and Marge often welcomed children from Dalmar Children’s Home to their family home for school holidays. Their hospitality was renowned. On many Sunday evenings the young people would gather after Church, and this was often at the Clucas home.
Following the death of Marge in 1983, Basil married long time family friend, Audrey Franklin, nee Best. Sadly, Audrey died after only two years of marriage. A long time companion has been Judy Small.
Although Basil has been unable to attend Worship at Eastwood for some time, he was always very interested in this Congregation.
[from son John Clucas and daughter Barbara Lyle]
Basil and Marge built a home in Eastwood in 1949, bringing their two small daughters, and soon afterwards, the first of their two sons was born. Rosalie, Barbara, John and Paul each joined their parents into the life of Eastwood Methodist Church. When the church at Denistone East was built, closer to their home, Basil became one of the founding trustees and Marge taught Sunday School. In 1958 they moved into the home in Cocos Avenue which was sold only last year. They rejoined Eastwood Methodist Church, where Rosalie, Barbara and John married friends they’d met throught the MYF (Paul had moved to Melbourne). They also taught Sunday School, together with Marge. Rosalie and Barbara and their husbands were Foundation Members of the Musical Society.
Tennis kept him fit for most of his life, enjoying Saturday afternoons with several members of the Eastwood Congregation. He joined other men in driving shut-ins from Weemala on monthly Saturday morning outings and was a foundation board member of the Eastwood Christian Community Aid.
He and Marge often welcomed children from Dalmar Children’s Home to their family home for school holidays. Their hospitality was renowned. On many Sunday evenings the young people would gather after Church, and this was often at the Clucas home.
Following the death of Marge in 1983, Basil married long time family friend, Audrey Franklin, nee Best. Sadly, Audrey died after only two years of marriage. A long time companion has been Judy Small.
Although Basil has been unable to attend Worship at Eastwood for some time, he was always very interested in this Congregation.
[from son John Clucas and daughter Barbara Lyle]
A celebration of Basil's life was held in the Palm Chapel at Macquarie Park Crematorium at 11:30am on Friday 10th June, 2022.
Chris (Douglas) Dixon
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Kevin Chew
24 July 1935 - 26 February 2022
A service for Kevin was held at Macquarie Park Crematorium in the Magnolia Chapel
at 2.00pm on Tuesday March 8, 2022.
at 2.00pm on Tuesday March 8, 2022.
June Tooke
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Yvonne van Ede
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Marking the End of Life
At Eastwood Uniting Church we hold the Christian conviction that while death is the end of mortal life,
it marks a new beginning in our relationship with God.
We are also here to share the sorrow of those who mourn, and to offer them our love and support.
The Christian recognition of death is a part of the Church’s offering of the whole of life to God. The Funeral Service is a time:
Normally, the Minister will meet with the Next of Kin to discuss Service arrangements, including inclusion of Eulogies/Tributes, Prayers, Hymns and Readings/Poems. Photographs are welcome. Funerals normally take a few days to arrange, but may take place some weeks after death, particularly where it is difficult to gather people together.
Eastwood Uniting Church offers several pastoral services:
Note to Funeral Directors:
it marks a new beginning in our relationship with God.
We are also here to share the sorrow of those who mourn, and to offer them our love and support.
The Christian recognition of death is a part of the Church’s offering of the whole of life to God. The Funeral Service is a time:
- to worship God, celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that witness to the faithfulness of God in life and death;
- to give thanks for a specific person’s life and mourn that person’s death;
- to dispose reverently of the body.
Normally, the Minister will meet with the Next of Kin to discuss Service arrangements, including inclusion of Eulogies/Tributes, Prayers, Hymns and Readings/Poems. Photographs are welcome. Funerals normally take a few days to arrange, but may take place some weeks after death, particularly where it is difficult to gather people together.
Eastwood Uniting Church offers several pastoral services:
- Celebration of Life or Memorial Service
- Funeral (with Commendation of the Deceased Person's spirit into God's care and Committal of their body to burial or cremation)
- Disposal of Ashes (where the ashes are placed, buried, or scattered)
- Dedication of Memorial (Some families dedicate a plaque, a seat or a tree, planted in memory of their loved one)
- All Saints' Service - 30th November annually
- Blue Christmas - for those who may be missing someone during the Advent-Christmas season
- Other culturally-specific traditions are also catered for (e.g. Fijian tradition of marking 100 days of mourning)
Note to Funeral Directors:
- Civic Recognitions and additional Rites may take place after the formal service is concluded after consultation with the Minister
- A memorial table may be used for the placing of memorabilia or flags or other symbols.