The Peace Columbarium - What Is It?
Peace Lutheran Church, Galion, Ohio
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symbol of God's spirit and peace. It is structure,
ashes of the Christian dead.
2. Why should I choose Peace's columbarium for
myself or my family? Historically, Christians have laid the dead to rest in
churchyards where they can be remembered and their remains safe guarded.
The columarium is in keeping with this tradition, to honor the memory of the
deceased, and to provide a tranquil, familiar final resting place for parishioners
and their loved ones.
3. Why should I choose Peace's Columbarium for myself or my family?
Historically, Christians have laid the dead to rest in churchyards where they can
be remembered and their remains safe guarded. The columbarium is in keeping
with this tradition, to honor the memory of the deceased, and to
provide a tranquil, familiar final resting place forparishioners and their loved
ones.
4. What will it look like and where will it be? The columbarium will be
located as an attractive wall with a stained glass Resurrection window
located in the center. Each niche will be approximately 8" x 8" x 12"within Peace
Lutheran Church Columbarium, and will be large enough to contain one urn.
5. Who is eligible to reserve a niche? Parishioners of Peace Lutheran
Church who are current or former regular active members and
contributors of record at Peace Lutheran Church may acquire a niche.
Due to space limitations, direct connection with the Church is desirable.
6. Who is eligible for interment here? Parishioners eligible to purchase
a niche subscription (see above) and their designees in the Rules and
Procedures adopted by the Church Council are eligible for inurnment.
7. How much does a niche subscription cost? The price of the niche
is $600.00 for active communicant members.
8. What's the advantage to obtaining a niche subscription now, if I won't
need it for many years? By reserving a niche now you are taking a
considerable concern off your shoulders and those of your family,
having already provided for the disposal of his or her earthly remains..
Also, a niche reservation now assures its availability in the future. It
also assures the intent of the deceased.
9. Will there be extra costs at inurnment? Yes. An additional sum will
be assessed any time the niche is opened following the inurnment
service. The sum covers the costs of engraving on the face plate (with
name, birth and death dates) and opening and closing the niche. It will
not cover the cost of cremation nor the purchase of an urn or other
receptacle for cremains; these arrangements are to be made
separately through the funeral home of the subscriber's choice.
for burial or interment someplace else? If you discover that you do not
need the niche after you have purchased it, you must offer it first to
Peace Lutheran Church at your original purchased price. Then you may
offer it to other eligible parishioners.
11. There are a limited number of niches. How will Peace Lutheran
Church accommodate future generations who wish to be interred here?
In the experience of other columbaria in the area, this problem seems
to be more theoretical than real. Over the years, many parishioners will
decide to be buried or interred in family plots elsewhere. In the event
that demand is higher than expected, Peace Lutheran Church has room
to expand capacity in other parts of the property, without disturbing
current uses.
12. What about the funeral? At Peace Lutheran Church we treat the
cremains exactly as we do a casket for the funeral worship service. The
service may be in the sanctuary or a private inurnment in the Chapel of
the Resurrection, where the Peace Lutheran Columbarium is located. A
special pall (parament covers the cremains box) that is used.
Like other worship service the service is planned in co-operation with
the family and the deceased wishes, and in keeping with church
practices.
13. Will mourners have access to the columbarium outside of regular
church hours? (eg. on Saturdays or evenings?) No. For security
reasons, the Church will be closed, unless there are worship services,
and the normal church hours Monday-Friday which are published.
14. Will mourners be allowed to leave flowers or other forms of
memorial at the foot of the columbarium? No flowers, plants, or other
decorations shall be placed in the columbarium area, except as
authorized by the Church. The use of fraternal seals, professional
designations, or similar inscriptions is expressly prohibited. The
church may remove and dispose of any unauthorized items found in the
columbarium area.
15. The columbarium is administered during the construction and
afterward under the guidance of The Resource and Outreach Ministry
Team and Church Council.
16. Why doesn't the church convey an estate or tenancy in real estate
with a niche? It is not the intent of the church to convey or encumber
the title of the church property to all of the niche holders or heirs on a
subordinate agreement.
ashes of the Christian dead.
2. Why should I choose Peace's columbarium for
myself or my family? Historically, Christians have laid the dead to rest in
churchyards where they can be remembered and their remains safe guarded.
The columarium is in keeping with this tradition, to honor the memory of the
deceased, and to provide a tranquil, familiar final resting place for parishioners
and their loved ones.
3. Why should I choose Peace's Columbarium for myself or my family?
Historically, Christians have laid the dead to rest in churchyards where they can
be remembered and their remains safe guarded. The columbarium is in keeping
with this tradition, to honor the memory of the deceased, and to
provide a tranquil, familiar final resting place forparishioners and their loved
ones.
4. What will it look like and where will it be? The columbarium will be
located as an attractive wall with a stained glass Resurrection window
located in the center. Each niche will be approximately 8" x 8" x 12"within Peace
Lutheran Church Columbarium, and will be large enough to contain one urn.
5. Who is eligible to reserve a niche? Parishioners of Peace Lutheran
Church who are current or former regular active members and
contributors of record at Peace Lutheran Church may acquire a niche.
Due to space limitations, direct connection with the Church is desirable.
6. Who is eligible for interment here? Parishioners eligible to purchase
a niche subscription (see above) and their designees in the Rules and
Procedures adopted by the Church Council are eligible for inurnment.
7. How much does a niche subscription cost? The price of the niche
is $600.00 for active communicant members.
8. What's the advantage to obtaining a niche subscription now, if I won't
need it for many years? By reserving a niche now you are taking a
considerable concern off your shoulders and those of your family,
having already provided for the disposal of his or her earthly remains..
Also, a niche reservation now assures its availability in the future. It
also assures the intent of the deceased.
9. Will there be extra costs at inurnment? Yes. An additional sum will
be assessed any time the niche is opened following the inurnment
service. The sum covers the costs of engraving on the face plate (with
name, birth and death dates) and opening and closing the niche. It will
not cover the cost of cremation nor the purchase of an urn or other
receptacle for cremains; these arrangements are to be made
separately through the funeral home of the subscriber's choice.
for burial or interment someplace else? If you discover that you do not
need the niche after you have purchased it, you must offer it first to
Peace Lutheran Church at your original purchased price. Then you may
offer it to other eligible parishioners.
11. There are a limited number of niches. How will Peace Lutheran
Church accommodate future generations who wish to be interred here?
In the experience of other columbaria in the area, this problem seems
to be more theoretical than real. Over the years, many parishioners will
decide to be buried or interred in family plots elsewhere. In the event
that demand is higher than expected, Peace Lutheran Church has room
to expand capacity in other parts of the property, without disturbing
current uses.
12. What about the funeral? At Peace Lutheran Church we treat the
cremains exactly as we do a casket for the funeral worship service. The
service may be in the sanctuary or a private inurnment in the Chapel of
the Resurrection, where the Peace Lutheran Columbarium is located. A
special pall (parament covers the cremains box) that is used.
Like other worship service the service is planned in co-operation with
the family and the deceased wishes, and in keeping with church
practices.
13. Will mourners have access to the columbarium outside of regular
church hours? (eg. on Saturdays or evenings?) No. For security
reasons, the Church will be closed, unless there are worship services,
and the normal church hours Monday-Friday which are published.
14. Will mourners be allowed to leave flowers or other forms of
memorial at the foot of the columbarium? No flowers, plants, or other
decorations shall be placed in the columbarium area, except as
authorized by the Church. The use of fraternal seals, professional
designations, or similar inscriptions is expressly prohibited. The
church may remove and dispose of any unauthorized items found in the
columbarium area.
15. The columbarium is administered during the construction and
afterward under the guidance of The Resource and Outreach Ministry
Team and Church Council.
16. Why doesn't the church convey an estate or tenancy in real estate
with a niche? It is not the intent of the church to convey or encumber
the title of the church property to all of the niche holders or heirs on a
subordinate agreement.
