#TO BUILD A HOME SONG FOR A FUNERAL FULL#
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When I Get Where I’m Going -Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton Compilation albums for funerals Wind Beneath My Wings (from the film Beaches) It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday – Boys II Menīridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel just to name a few Shed a Little Light, Oh Lord (So that we can see) – James Taylor This is just So Beautiful – Jenny & Tyler (actually a Christian song but suitable for a mixed audience) Morning Has Broken “Secular” songs for a funeral Still, Still with Thee, When Purple Morning Breaketh Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne and Thy Kingly Crown I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from The Messiah (Handel)

Great is Thy Faithfulness ( backing track) O to See the Dawn – Stuart Townend Traditional hymns for a funeral How He Loves – John Mark McMillan ( backing track) Loved Before the Dawn of Time (Salvation Song) – Stuart Townendįaithful One – Brian Doerksen ( backing track)

There is a Hope – Stuart Townend & Mark Edwards

#TO BUILD A HOME SONG FOR A FUNERAL FULL#

Jesus Died My Soul to Save – Pocket Full of Rocks Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer – Keith Getty & Margaret Becker When It’s All Been Said and Done – Robin Markīeneath the Waters (I Will Rise) – HillsongĪmazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) – Chris Tomlin ( backing track) You Never Let Go – Matt Redman ( backing track)ĭo Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (also a poem) You Hold Me Now – Hillsong ( backing track) When All Around is Fading (Whole World In His Hands) – Tim Hughes ( backing track) When Silence Falls/When the Tears Fall – Tim Hughes How Deep The Father’s Love For Us ( backing track) How Can I Keep from Singing – Chris Tomlin ( backing track) Go Rest High on that Mountain – Vince Gill In Christ Alone – Stuart Townend ( backing track) I Will Rise – Chris Tomlin (apparently written for his grandfather) ( backing track) I Can Only Imagine – Bert Millard/Mercy Me (backing track)īlessed Be Your Name – Matt and Beth Redman ( backing track) Contemporary Christian songs for a funeral We have an ever expanding repertoire of backing tracks (with on-screen lyrics if you require them) over at Worship Backing Band if you are in need of accompaniment. Many of these songs you will have sung before but the words will take on new meaning when you consider them for a service of remembrance. The lyrics of songs become so much more poignant when remembering the life of a loved one.

#TO BUILD A HOME SONG FOR A FUNERAL FREE#

Please feel free to add your own ideas into the comments. I may have miscategorised the odd one as I’ve made some assumptions on artists I wasn’t familiar with. We’ve been asked the same question again, this time for a memorial service where there will be many people of different faiths so what follows is a compilation of hymns and Christian songs as well as so-called “secular” songs that have appropriate lyrics. Over the intervening years, that article has consistently been one of the most popular on the website and has attracted comments such as “This has been the biggest help of all looking through 4 pages of trying to find the best ideas for funeral music”. What followed was a really interesting “crowd sourced” list. Suitable songs for a funeral or memorial serviceĪ few years ago we were asked to suggest some songs for a funeral.

To build a home song for a funeral