Resources
Pamphlets and Booklets
Books available for borrowing
Popular music choices
Hymns
Other resources
Pamphlets and Booklets
We have a wide selection of pamphlets and booklets, many of which have been written to assist in coping with a loss and grief. These are readily available at our office or can easily be mailed out to you at your request.
Titles include:
- A Finney Funeral: Guidance and support in your time of need
- Sharing Memories - Why a funeral is important.
- You can cry at my funeral
- It's alright to cry
- What do I do when someone dies?
- Easing the Burden - a practical guide o the funeral process and procedures
- Time to grieve
- Flying solo Living with your loss
- Grief after suicide What do we tell the children?
- When children hurt
- Helping yourself heal when your Partner dies
- When a Parent dies
- Helping yourself heal when your Child dies
- When a Baby dies
- Helping your family cope when a pet dies
Books Available for Borrowing
These titles include:
- Funerals to Celebrate Life
- Selected Verses in Time of Grief
- When Love gets Tough - The Nursing Home Decision
- Stop Suicide - Words to Hang on to
- Will I Survive this Pain?
- The Grieving Reaction
- Permission to Grieve
- Grief is a Family Affair
- Working with Grief & Loss
- The Gift of Significance - Walking with People through Loss
- When a Loved One Dies - Meditation or the Journey through Grief
- Knowing Why Changes Nothing
- In My Own Way - The Bereavement Journal
- Hope for Bereaved - A Handbook written by Bereaved People
- Helping Children Grieve
- Talking about Death - A Dialogue between Parent and Child
Children's Books include:
- Beginnings and Endings with Lifetimes in Between
- Tom's Story
- Remembering Grandad
- Meggie's Magic
- The Kite and Caitlin
Popular Music Choices
- The Lord is My Shepard
- How Great Thou Art
- Morning Has Broken
- The King of Love Love Divine
- Immortal, Invisible
- Now Thank We All Our God
- Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
- Praise My Soul
- The Day Thou Gavest
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Amazing Grace Abide With Me
- All Things Bright And Beautiful
- For Those In Peril on the Sea
- Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
- In the Garden
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Rock of Ages
- The Gallille Song
- Thine Be the Glory
- Here I am Lord
Hymns
- Be Still, my Soul; The Lord is on my side
- Fare well. We come to send you on your way
- All I ask of You
- We will rise again
Ideas for Music and Songs
- Sarah Brightman - Time to Say Goodbye
- James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
- Jim Reeves - I Love You Because
- Elton John - Candle in the Wind; Circle of Life
- Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence; Bridge of Troubled Water
- Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On; Fly
- Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You; Sailing
- Bryan Adams - Right Here Waiting For You
- Sarah McLachlan - In the Arms of an Angel
- Robbie Willaims - Angels
- Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
- Sting - Field of Gold
- Richard Clayderman - From a Distance
- Charlottte Church - When at Night I Go To Sleep; Pie Jesu
- Joshua Kaddison - Beautiful In My Eyes
- Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
- Bob Dylan - Forever Young, Blowing in the Wind
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
- Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
- Beatles - Let It Be
- Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
- Frank Sinatra - My Way
- REM - Everybody Hurts
- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
- Gerry & the Pacemakers - You'll Never Be Alone
- Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
- Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again; Now is the Hours
- Barbara Streisand - Memory
- Hayley Westenra - Heaven; Hine e Hine
- Sir Howard Morrison - How Great Thou Art
- Murray Grindlay - Southern Man
- Daniel O'Donnell - Danny Boy
- Jim Reeves - Adios Amigo
- Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
- Foster and Allen - One Day at a Time
- Michael Crawford - The Music of the Night
- Jud Arthur - You'll Never Walk Alone
- James Galway - Essential Flute
- Classical: Vivaldi; Bach; Strauss; Handel; Mozart; Puccini; Beethoven; Pachelbel
Other Resources
Other Booklets available include:
- Verses for Newspaper Notices
- Memorialisation Information
- Centrelink's "Needing help after someone has died?" - A guide to your options and our services
- A variety of pamphlets supplied by councelling and support services
- Lists of charities and their donation envelopes
- A List of organisations that may need to be contacted following a death