It’s usually featured in the show for a couple of the segments.
But I agree it’s a disgrace the funeral can’t happen there. They must be able to fit a 2-3 hour service into their schedule.
We exist as a theme park fantasy land for visitors; all can be bought.
It’s very sad to see this
Church stopping a religious funeral for filming of a tv show.
Surprising piss bad PR for a media outfit.
Was she part of the congregation? If so this is disgraceful.
If she wasn’t, meh, can’t really complain if the church doesn’t prioritise her family- she clearly wasn’t that attached to the place.
Sounds like this is on the church, not the TV show.
People that use the word ‘disgrace’ on social media are absolute CRINGE.
You’ll be using the word ‘entitled’ next.
Made contact on the 13th and was offered a funeral slot on the 1st?
I had a family member die on the 22nd December and the funeral was on the 10th January due to availability over Christmas.
It’s not ideal, but I don’t think it’s an impossible delay to work around.
Profit over people from the church, shoddy.
Was she a regular attendee of the church services and member of the congregation? If not much as I hate religion I don’t think I can agree the church is wrong here.
I don’t know if that church actually has a graveyard or crematorium. Is it just the service you want them to handle it are they actually doing the funeral/cremation? If it’s just the service that’s not something I expect them to do if they are already booked up.
Churches are empty most of the time and are expensive to maintain especially cause they are often very old protected buildings.
Being used as a filming location will keep this church in repair for years as opposed to tiny tickles of money for the odd funeral or wedding.
I appreciate this situation sucks for this one person, but if they really care they should join the PCC or whatever sort of committee of locals that are active keeping this building open at all.
This has already been fixed and the funeral is happening
I totally understand their grievance, but holding off a funeral for 2 weeks would be okay. If you think about it, they will be getting paid a lot of money for the use, prolonging the life of a rural church. Which I’m sure your mum would have wanted from being there her whole life.
Looking at local coverage, it seems to be more of a community hall run by local volunteers than a formal church these days.
In any event, the production company have since offered access on the 27th, which the family have welcomed.
We waited about the same time to bury my dad because he had the audacity to die 2 weeks before Christmas. They could have given us new years though but we waited until early January. Not that this makes it right but sometimes it happens and there isn’t anything you can do?
Church is booked out for a couple of weeks, what exactly is the big deal?
This isn’t a disgrace, most churches sit empty 90% of the time and still cost money to maintain and employee church staff. Accommodating a booking for a TV show is probably helping keep the church from being closed due to economic reality.
Canny even fucking die now without corporations having their way.
Honestly as someone who works in the burial business 2 – 3 weeks is average length of wait time for most places. There’s nothing disgraceful about this, id doubt it’s even down to the filming nearby.
Shocking 🙁
I live in the same area, and even some of my usual dog walking spots have been closed off for filming..
OP – how much money have you given to the church in the past 5 years?
The last 3 funerals I’ve been to have been a 3 or 4 week delay after death for a cremation, so I don’t think this is that outrageous?
Not to be too blunt here, but its not as if her mother is going anywhere, so if having her funeral in that specific church meant so much to her, I’m sure she won’t mind chilling for a couple weeks before the big day
Unfortunate situation, but the church needs funds too…
That’s a completely normal delay for a funeral. The entitlement of some people knows no bounds.
Can you enter her as a contestant
That’s shocking. These religious places are meant to be the backbone of communities. Many people have strong feelings, forge a community and the religious community only exists because of its community and need for it. The religious community is dwindling and people are leaving, the church wonders why and then tells someone they can’t use it for its intended functions thus alienating people and creating bad press.
Priorities 🤡
What a weapon, that isn’t long at all. My dad died in the first week of December in a regular small town and the crematorium weren’t ready until 2 Jan.
Filming in or around it, as the post says. And no, not a disgrace. They’re not being denied, it’s just not on a timescale that suits them. Happens all the time. They’re just entitled.
All funerals I’ve attended in Edinburgh have been a 3 week wait.. might be because there’s only two crematoriums in the whole city however. I’d always thought this was average time between death and funeral.
2 weeks seems fine, especially for a church venue.
That’s a normal timescale for funerals these days. How quick did you think it would happen?
I might come across like a right cold bastard – but… no I don’t think it’s a disgrace.
The church is busy. That’s bad luck.
Didn’t realise that everybody had a *right* to a funeral in a church of their choice, at short notice.
Curious how many sundays they’ve actually turned up and sat in a pew, and how much they’ve put in the donations box, if they’re genuinely so committed to that church.
It’s slightly on the long side but doesn’t seem that unreasonable a wait for a funeral.
A family member died on May 9th last year, but the funeral was not until June 23rd
That seems a completely acceptable and normal wait time for a funeral.
I don’t see the problem at all. It’s certainly not a disgrace.
I work for a well known funeral company in a big city in England. Anything from 3-5 weeks is a normal delay in this city. This has been the same for at least the last 5 years, although it was often longer during COVID. Saying it is normal doesn’t mean it’s right and the length of delays is something many people across the industry are trying to reduce. The delay is in nobody’s interest.
The church needs the money because nobody goes to church unless it’s for funerals.
> What are they possibly doing with the church.
Filming in it. Obviously.
And I dunno, it’s pretty entitled to paint the venue you want to use being booked by someone else as some kind of moral outrage. It’s sad for the family, and it would have been nice if the church had thought about this and made provisions for locals, but it’s not a disgrace…it’s just unfortunate.
Seems they have channeled their grief into entitlement. It’s a pretty standard amount of time to wait.
Maybe if more people in Ardross attended and donated to the church regularly (as opposed to only showing up at weddings and funerals) it wouldn’t have to be rented out for filming to keep the lights on?
That’s not an attempt at evangelism by the way, it’s the simple economic reality of the situation churches are in: they either find new sources of income (like filming) or they go bust and become pubs or student flats.
The end point of following this logic is saying that it’s unethical for anything to ever inconvenience you. What if the church had instead been closed for repairs? What if an abnormally high number of people happened to die in the area and created a waiting list? What if the church decided to stop doing funeral services?
It’s 2 weeks wait, and a dead person has all the time in the world.
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>What are they possibly doing with the church.
It’s usually featured in the show for a couple of the segments.
But I agree it’s a disgrace the funeral can’t happen there. They must be able to fit a 2-3 hour service into their schedule.
We exist as a theme park fantasy land for visitors; all can be bought.
It’s very sad to see this
Church stopping a religious funeral for filming of a tv show.
Surprising piss bad PR for a media outfit.
Was she part of the congregation? If so this is disgraceful.
If she wasn’t, meh, can’t really complain if the church doesn’t prioritise her family- she clearly wasn’t that attached to the place.
Sounds like this is on the church, not the TV show.
People that use the word ‘disgrace’ on social media are absolute CRINGE.
You’ll be using the word ‘entitled’ next.
Made contact on the 13th and was offered a funeral slot on the 1st?
I had a family member die on the 22nd December and the funeral was on the 10th January due to availability over Christmas.
It’s not ideal, but I don’t think it’s an impossible delay to work around.
Profit over people from the church, shoddy.
Was she a regular attendee of the church services and member of the congregation? If not much as I hate religion I don’t think I can agree the church is wrong here.
I don’t know if that church actually has a graveyard or crematorium. Is it just the service you want them to handle it are they actually doing the funeral/cremation? If it’s just the service that’s not something I expect them to do if they are already booked up.
Churches are empty most of the time and are expensive to maintain especially cause they are often very old protected buildings.
Being used as a filming location will keep this church in repair for years as opposed to tiny tickles of money for the odd funeral or wedding.
I appreciate this situation sucks for this one person, but if they really care they should join the PCC or whatever sort of committee of locals that are active keeping this building open at all.
This has already been fixed and the funeral is happening
https://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/kindness-from-ardross-ark-and-the-traitors-fulfil-final-f-385056/
This has now been resolved, thankfully, and this lady’s funeral will go ahead. Not that it should have ever been blocked in the first place.
https://preview.redd.it/ax0ghoz7pp7f1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ab1ceeab282eea955fd8b09d9cb881b5ddd48e4
I totally understand their grievance, but holding off a funeral for 2 weeks would be okay. If you think about it, they will be getting paid a lot of money for the use, prolonging the life of a rural church. Which I’m sure your mum would have wanted from being there her whole life.
Looking at local coverage, it seems to be more of a community hall run by local volunteers than a formal church these days.
In any event, the production company have since offered access on the 27th, which the family have welcomed.
https://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/kindness-from-ardross-ark-and-the-traitors-fulfil-final-f-385056/
We waited about the same time to bury my dad because he had the audacity to die 2 weeks before Christmas. They could have given us new years though but we waited until early January. Not that this makes it right but sometimes it happens and there isn’t anything you can do?
Church is booked out for a couple of weeks, what exactly is the big deal?
This isn’t a disgrace, most churches sit empty 90% of the time and still cost money to maintain and employee church staff. Accommodating a booking for a TV show is probably helping keep the church from being closed due to economic reality.
Canny even fucking die now without corporations having their way.
Honestly as someone who works in the burial business 2 – 3 weeks is average length of wait time for most places. There’s nothing disgraceful about this, id doubt it’s even down to the filming nearby.
Shocking 🙁
I live in the same area, and even some of my usual dog walking spots have been closed off for filming..
OP – how much money have you given to the church in the past 5 years?
The last 3 funerals I’ve been to have been a 3 or 4 week delay after death for a cremation, so I don’t think this is that outrageous?
Not to be too blunt here, but its not as if her mother is going anywhere, so if having her funeral in that specific church meant so much to her, I’m sure she won’t mind chilling for a couple weeks before the big day
Unfortunate situation, but the church needs funds too…
That’s a completely normal delay for a funeral. The entitlement of some people knows no bounds.
Can you enter her as a contestant
That’s shocking. These religious places are meant to be the backbone of communities. Many people have strong feelings, forge a community and the religious community only exists because of its community and need for it. The religious community is dwindling and people are leaving, the church wonders why and then tells someone they can’t use it for its intended functions thus alienating people and creating bad press.
Priorities 🤡
What a weapon, that isn’t long at all. My dad died in the first week of December in a regular small town and the crematorium weren’t ready until 2 Jan.
Filming in or around it, as the post says. And no, not a disgrace. They’re not being denied, it’s just not on a timescale that suits them. Happens all the time. They’re just entitled.
All funerals I’ve attended in Edinburgh have been a 3 week wait.. might be because there’s only two crematoriums in the whole city however. I’d always thought this was average time between death and funeral.
2 weeks seems fine, especially for a church venue.
That’s a normal timescale for funerals these days. How quick did you think it would happen?
I might come across like a right cold bastard – but… no I don’t think it’s a disgrace.
The church is busy. That’s bad luck.
Didn’t realise that everybody had a *right* to a funeral in a church of their choice, at short notice.
Curious how many sundays they’ve actually turned up and sat in a pew, and how much they’ve put in the donations box, if they’re genuinely so committed to that church.
It’s slightly on the long side but doesn’t seem that unreasonable a wait for a funeral.
A family member died on May 9th last year, but the funeral was not until June 23rd
That seems a completely acceptable and normal wait time for a funeral.
I don’t see the problem at all. It’s certainly not a disgrace.
I work for a well known funeral company in a big city in England. Anything from 3-5 weeks is a normal delay in this city. This has been the same for at least the last 5 years, although it was often longer during COVID. Saying it is normal doesn’t mean it’s right and the length of delays is something many people across the industry are trying to reduce. The delay is in nobody’s interest.
The church needs the money because nobody goes to church unless it’s for funerals.
> What are they possibly doing with the church.
Filming in it. Obviously.
And I dunno, it’s pretty entitled to paint the venue you want to use being booked by someone else as some kind of moral outrage. It’s sad for the family, and it would have been nice if the church had thought about this and made provisions for locals, but it’s not a disgrace…it’s just unfortunate.
Seems they have channeled their grief into entitlement. It’s a pretty standard amount of time to wait.
Maybe if more people in Ardross attended and donated to the church regularly (as opposed to only showing up at weddings and funerals) it wouldn’t have to be rented out for filming to keep the lights on?
That’s not an attempt at evangelism by the way, it’s the simple economic reality of the situation churches are in: they either find new sources of income (like filming) or they go bust and become pubs or student flats.
The end point of following this logic is saying that it’s unethical for anything to ever inconvenience you. What if the church had instead been closed for repairs? What if an abnormally high number of people happened to die in the area and created a waiting list? What if the church decided to stop doing funeral services?
It’s 2 weeks wait, and a dead person has all the time in the world.
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