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Funeral Fees

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roisin · 20/05/2011 20:51

If you are an active member of your church and have been for nearly 40 years, would your church/vicar charge you a funeral fee for an immediate member of the family?

If so, how much?

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MaryBS · 21/05/2011 10:01

If Church of England, I would expect so, yes. They don't get any of the fee, the diocese does. Table of fees here:

fees

taylor74 · 21/05/2011 10:52

Yes they will charge not sure how much though

BlackandGold · 21/05/2011 10:53

Yes, surely everyone has to pay burial/cremation charges.

shelscrape · 21/05/2011 10:55

fees apply to everyone whether you are a regular church goer or not. the chirch of england fees for all services are all on their website.

deemented · 21/05/2011 11:00

Well, i'm not a regular church goer at all, in fact i told him i didn't even believe in God and our local vicar didn't charge us for my sons funeraal - we only had to pay for the plot. He waived all the other fees.

MaryBS · 21/05/2011 12:17

Our vicar did something similar, dee, for a bereaved family whose baby had died, but its not normal practice.

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roisin · 21/05/2011 12:48

dh is a minister of religion and he never charges people with close connections to the church for funerals or weddings. Blimey, he'd be out on his ear if he did!

This is a fee for the service/minister - ie on top of the cremation fee or whatever.

Apparently in the Methodist church the minister can pocket the fee if they choose to.

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nickelbabe · 21/05/2011 12:54

it is likely that they'll waive the vicar's fee, and the service fee, but there are charges that the diocesse makes that that they cannot waive.

unless they're in ainterregnum, in which case the church keeps the diocese fees, so they might waive those too.

nickelbabe · 21/05/2011 12:55

(our wedding fees were waived because DH has been in the church for 43 years- as choirboy, then organist for the last 17)

meditrina · 21/05/2011 12:57

All fees are usually waived for infants.

The fee for the service can be waived at the Parish's discretion. The burial and certificate fee may have to be charged if the committal is in the church's graveyard.

shelscrape · 22/05/2011 12:15

Our vicar charged everyone no matter what .... said it was fair to all and I can see his point. so, I think what everyone has said illustrates that it varies from parish to parish

sarahtigh · 22/05/2011 21:04

C of E is different as state church they have to bury /marry anyone who lives in parish boundaries but in a large parish the vicar could easily be doing 3-4 funerals a week
my minister says its 15 hours altogether with service,discussions re hymsn pastoral visits to immediate family but he would never begrudge it as part of his job and calling which is what he is paid for and so never any charge for those on communion roll. or regular attenders, I think there was a charge for people who wanted funeral there but never attended to cover costs of opening church getting it heated, directing people who were unfamilar with church locking up after

most churches chapels would not charge long standing regular attenders the ministers fee but would probably charge for their relatives if the relative did not attend ( may back exception for partner/child but not parents sisters etc)

some fees can not be waived

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