{"id":2353,"date":"2016-12-13T09:49:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T09:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.williamhpainter.co.uk\/william-h-painter-remembers-lost-loved-ones-christmas.html"},"modified":"2020-01-28T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:36:14","slug":"william-h-painter-remembers-lost-loved-ones-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/branchstage2.funeralpartners.co.uk\/williamhpainter\/william-h-painter-remembers-lost-loved-ones-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"William H Painter remembers lost loved ones at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday 4 December the team at William H Painter in Yardley organised a Service of Remembrance at St Edburgha&#8217;s Church, bringing together individuals and families that have lost a loved one or are missing a special someone at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Reverend Bill Sands provided some comforting words, hymns and prayers at the Christmas Memorial Service and members of the congregation were invited to say the name of the person they had come to remember and light a candle in their honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Altar-St-Edburgha-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6725\" srcset=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Altar-St-Edburgha-1.jpg 1000w, \/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Altar-St-Edburgha-1-300x196.jpg 300w, \/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Altar-St-Edburgha-1-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Altar- St Edburgha\u2019s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Refreshments were served afterwards and everyone who attended was given a candle which said \u201cForever in our Hearts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community Relations Coordinator Gemma Freeman said: \u201cChristmas can be a difficult time of year and it means so much to us to be able to organise this event to provide comfort to those who are grieving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/branchstage2.funeralpartners.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/12\/st-edburghas-memorial-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6731\" srcset=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/12\/st-edburghas-memorial-team.jpg 1000w, \/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/12\/st-edburghas-memorial-team-300x200.jpg 300w, \/app\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/12\/st-edburghas-memorial-team-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>L-R Area Development Manager -Iain Askew-Calvert, Funeral Arranger-Toni Lonsdale, Community Relations Coordinator-Gemma Freeman, Funeral Arranger-Emma Welch, Funeral Arranger-Deborah Jay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome who came to the service have experienced bereavement during this past year and for others many Christmases have passed since they lost their loved one \u2013 but the loss feels just the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA big thank you to everyone that attended and those involved in making the service possible \u2013 in particular St Edburgha\u2019s Church namely Reverend Bill Sands, Parish Administrator Joan Wall, the choir and organist, plus Robert Jones for photography and Robert Wall who was a tremendous help on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William H Painter Funeral Directors has seven branches located at Chelmsley Wood, Yardley, Castle Bromwich, Kingstanding, Kings Heath, Solihull or Sutton Coldfield, to find out more information on the funeral services offered please call 0121 706 1291.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday 4 December the team at William H Painter in Yardley organised a Service of Remembrance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-activities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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