We are here to support bereaved families to arrange a funeral service or burial of ashes for your departed loved one.

If you would like to hold a funeral in St. Guthlac’s Church, these are arranged through a Funeral Director who will organise a convenient date for this to take place. Following this, the minister taking the service will be in touch with your directly to discuss and plan the details of the service with you to mark your loved one’s life.

Immediately following a funeral service at the Church, we usually go to Market Deeping cemetery for the burial or to one of the local crematoriums, which again you will have arranged in advance with the Funeral Director.

We are also available to say some appropriate words and prayers at a burial of ashes of your loved one, which again is best arranged through a Funeral Director.

We understand this is a difficult time for many and we seek to sensitively support you through this and offer an appropriate, personal and fitting service for your loved one.

Bereavement Café

We run a monthly bereavement café with W & P Legal, which meets in the Green School on the first Thursday of the month, to support people through loss. It's a warm, welcoming place for you to be with others who understand. There's no pressure to talk, you can come to share or to listen. You're welcome to join us. For more details, please see the 'Groups & Activities' page.

Memorial Book

St. Guthlac’s Memorial Book is a special way to remember and honour those who have passed away. The book is kept in the Church throughout the year as a visible sign of our ongoing remembrance. Each name is beautifully written beneath the date of the person’s passing, and on the anniversary of that date their name can be seen on display in the Memorial Book at Church. Visitors are always welcome to spend time in the Church, and many find the Memorial Book offers a quiet space for reflection and prayer.

We invite families to consider whether they would like their loved one to be included in the Memorial Book. We update this about once a year and there is a small fee of around £40 which covers the cost of the book being sent to a professional calligrapher, who carefully inscribes each name before the book is returned to the Church. If you would like a loved one who is no longer with us to be remembered in our Memorial Book, please do contact us.