Unity Village Chapel holds you and your family in prayer as you make memorial arrangements.
If you need to arrange for a memorial after office hours Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, please contact the Unity Security team at 816-251-3355 and they will locate one of our ministers.
General Information:
Please complete the following Memorial Request Form to provide the information required to schedule the memorial; these can be returned via post mail or email. Unity Village Chapel works directly with the Unity Village Headquarters to secure the location and schedule accordingly. The chapels on Unity Village grounds are generally reserved for an hour before the Service and 30 minutes after to ensure there is time for you and your family to set-up and time to gather flowers and other items from the service. Unity Village Chapel can arrange for a minister to officiate the service or you can provide your own.
Memorial Ceremony:
The standard ceremony is performed as below. If you have any speial requests (change of reading, change in order of service, family participation, presentation of military honors, etc.) please note on the request form.
Welcome & Invocation Service Reading (I Am There by James Dillet Freeman) Service Music (provided by family)* Eulogy & Message Personal Memories & Tributes Service Video or Additional Music (provided by family)** Benediction (Prayer for Protection)
*Music - If you wish to include music as part of the service, please provide the CD and/or digital selections 3 days prior to the service so we can ensure that it works correctly with our equipment. For live music, you will need to make arrangements for those services directly and the musicians will need to provide their own instruments. You are welcome to use whomever you would like. The following is a list of Chapel musicians for your convenience:
Group ensemble, based on availability: $450 per hour. Contact: Joe CartrightSinger/Guitarists: $100 per hour standard honorariumJoe Cartwright (pianist) joecartwrightmusic@gmail.com ($150 per hour)Steve Epley (vocals/guitar) steve.epley@outlook.com 816-286-8969Linda Chubbuck or Green Spirit Group
songs@lindachubbuck.comRev. Erin McCabe (vocals/guitar)816-251-3590 (Love Offering range $75-200)John Loux (vocals/guitar)JohnLouxmusic@gmail.com 816-550-8845Karl Jensen (vocals/guitar)offers his service for gratis (no fee)Cheri Jamison (vocals)Cherisinger@gmail.com 323-632-6717
**Slideshows and/or Videos - If you wish to include a slideshow and/or video as part of the service, please provide the completed products 3 days prior to the service so we can ensure they work correctly with our equipment. For large services (over 300) or any booked in the Activity Center, it may be necessary to make a separate contract with one of the Unity Village technicians to run the sound/video equipment. The Unity Multimedia Manager, Lane Turner, is available for $100 per hour. Please contact him directly at 816-251-2750 to schedule if needed.
Honararium:
Customary honorarium for ministerial services offering range is $150 to $500. Please give as you feel guided and make the check payable diretly to the minister. Rev. Erin McCabe, Rev. Diana Kennedy, Rev. Maryanne Jones, and other assigned ministers are available.
A separate love offering is also customary to the Chapel for hosting the service and/or reception area. This offering can be remitted as a separate check payable to Unity Village Chapel or electronically at www.unityvillagechapel.org/give. Contributions may be made in memory of deceased and are tax-deductible. A receipt of this honorarium will be mailed to the contributor within a week of the memorial service.
Please note that nobody will ever be denied a memorial service due to their inability to remit honorariums.
Reception:
If you wish to hold the reception after the memorial service in the UVC CommUnity Center, please coordinate with the Chapel office for scheduling. The Sisters of Myrtle Fillmore are available to provide assistance with set-up, obtaining refreshments, and clean-up upon request. You are also welcome to hold a reception independently from the assistance fo the Chapel for an additional love offering with the understanding that it must be cleaned and returned to original condition upon conclusion.
Checklist for Requestor:
For your convenience, please utilize this lits to prepare for the memorial ceremony:
*Remitted completed memoria request form to Chapel
*Confirmation of date, time, and location with Chapel
*Remit copy of eulogy or online link to Chapel as soon as possible
*Remit photograph of deceased to Chapel as soon as possible
*Music, slideshow, and/or videos provided to Chapel 3 days prior to service
*Prepare honorarium for ministerial services
*Prepare tax deductible memorial honorarium to Unity Village Chapel
-possible additional items-
*Hired musicians directly and informed them to bring their own instruments, guitar stand, and 1/4 inch cable, if applicable
*Communicated musician information, song choices, and instruments utilized to Chapel
*Hired technical support assistance
*Coordinated arrangements for reception following service
*Designated attendee(s) to take flowers and photos to car or CommUnity Center for reception
*Designated attendee(s) to lead people to the CommUnity Center for reception
*Prepare honorariium to Unity Village Chapel for use of CommUnity Center
Thank you for providing the following information:
Please upload available documents here (obituary, photo, etc.)
