Loved ones remembered at annual community service
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Josh Mitchell, a funeral director with Mitchell Family Cremations & Funerals, lights candles in honor of loved ones of people who attended a “Service of Remembrance & Hope” on Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church of Albion.
The service was presented by Mitchell Family Cremations & Funerals and the Albion Ministerium.
About 25 people attended. They wrote names of loved ones who were recognized by lighting candles and also by having those names read out loud during the service.
Gary Simboli, a retired music teacher at Albion, performs, “Mary, Did You Know?” during the service.
The Rev. Dr. Brenda Bierdeman, a minister at the Albion Free Methodist Church, reads scripture from Psalm 61:1-4, and Psalm 62: 1-2. “He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken,” part of the passage states.
Erin Moody sings “Christmas in Heaven” during the service. He lit a candle in honor of his son Brennan, who passed away from a car accident when he was 17 on June 18, 2019.
