"Funeral Frames" - Design a book cover for a book to help pastors prepare for funerals

Funeral Frames: Stories to Capture a Life Well Lived

Richard E. Zajac

Richard Zajac lives alone in Buffalo, NY, a celibate priest. He earned his BA in Philosophy and Master of Divinity from St. John Vianney Seminary in New York. He has served as Deacon, Associate Pastor, and Staff Chaplain in the past, but he is currently the president of the Parochial Baseball League, as well as a Board of Directors member for the Catholic Medical Partners and Amherst Meals on Wheels Inc. In his free time, Zajac enjoys reading, watching sports, and coaching baseball.

When one of our brothers or sisters leaves this world in death, we as Christians know that they have simply stepped into a new life with Jesus Christ. However, those of us who are left on Earth may need some further consolation until it is our time to join them and our Heavenly Father. Richard Zajac wrote this book, Funeral Frames: Stories to Capture a Well Lived Life, as a resource to grievers, that these stories may point them towards the soothing resurrection of their loved ones in Christ. When reflecting back on a person’s life, it is imperative that the words of a friend not only comfort the family members, but also pay respect to the life that had been lived. However, it is doubly important to not be repetitive with illustrations, especially when the congregants come to multiple funerals for their church family. After meeting with the deceased’s family and learning the type of person that they were, Zajac encourages priests, ministers, rabbis, deacons, or anyone entrusted by the family to eulogize, to search through the illustrations for one that accurately depicts the impact that the deceased had on the world and on those they were forced to leave behind.

Pastors preparing to officiate at a funeral for a member of their congregation or someone else in their community

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Should be a design that is comforting. soothing, consoling and providing solace to someone who is grieving or perhaps images showing a person comforting others. Be advised that we have a subscription to LightStock which designers can use as a source for stock images.

Cartoons, contemporary depictions of Jesus as a Caucasian