Virtual Memorial Guide
  • Welcome to your guide
  • Table of contents
  • Checklist
  • Grief
    • A word on grief
    • Practices for grieving
  • Step by Step Guide
    • 1. Consider purpose & tone
    • 2. Define roles
    • 3. Choose a format
    • 4. Set up your tech
    • 5. Send invitations
    • 6. Consider the elements
    • 7. Design your program
    • 8. Customize slides
    • 9. Record facilitation notes
    • 10. Rehearse the program
    • 11. Day of Hosting
  • Memorial Elements Library
    • Opening
      • Arrival
      • Formal start & invocation
      • Orientation
    • Memorial
      • Music
      • Readings
      • Eulogies
      • Slideshow or video
      • Group activity
    • Closing
      • Letting go ceremony
      • Closing reflection
    • Post-service gathering
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  1. Memorial Elements Library

Opening

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People arrive, and settle in. The host brings the attendees into an appropriate frame of mind, and introduces the rest of the program.

Elements (in suggested order)

people arrive in the online conference room and prepare for the memorial

formal opening of the memorial, naming the honoree, and invoking G-d, a divine presence, or a positive force to create a transition into a sacred space & time

welcoming everybody (especially the family of the deceased), describing the program, and setting expectations around conduct and technology

Arrival:
Formal Start & Invocation:
Orientation: