http://kstp.com/news/email-details-prince-funeral-minnetonka-jehovahs-witness-kindom-hall-police-traffic-crowd-control/4136002/?cat=1

Katherine Johnson & Nate Leding
Updated: 05/12/2016 10:11 PM
Created: 05/12/2016 4:24 PM

An email obtained by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS details plans concerning a funeral for Prince this weekend.

Minnetonka Police Chief Jeff Sebenaler confirmed with KSTP’s Katherine Johnson that Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall at 13001 Lake Street Extension asked the department to help with traffic and crowd control.

According to the email sent by Sebenaler on Tuesday to police staff, the funeral is scheduled to take place at the church at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday

The email states that the event is to be private and is invite only.

The police department is expecting 300-500 guests, according to the email.

The police chief’s email states that 30-50 of the guests are considered “high profile”.

[Edited 5/12/16 20:42pm]

violectrica said:

I knew it would be private . Ugh yes we are all unworthy of grief.

I hope Manuela Testolini and Eric Benet among others don't try and bogart to into the funeral ceremony. My heart goes out to Larry, Tina and Latia Graham whom Prince loved like his own family. Larry must have never planned on outliving his "Baby Brother" who he counseled as an elder statesman, showing Prince a spiritual path that Prince gravitated to on his own. In a way, I'm happy the funeral will be private. Prince was a human being that was someone's brother or uncle and the immediate family and friends should grieve away from the cameras. Plenty of time for public memorials in the future.

bashraka said:

violectrica said:

I knew it would be private . Ugh yes we are all unworthy of grief.

Are they really not going to include the fans in a memorial? Just doesn't seem right.

I thought JW didn't have funerals.

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Jacytoon said:

I thought JW didn't have funerals.

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YES THEY DO!!!! They have Memorials and Funerals!!

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-no3-2016-may/when-a-loved-one-dies/

Jacytoon said:

RiotPaisley said:

Jacytoon said:

I thought JW didn't have funerals.

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According to the web they are only 15-30 minutes and usually take place a week after. I thought they already had this service the Saturday after he passed and was the reason it happened so fast and that Prince didn't want a big deal about it. Larry Grahm was there. What is this? They need police to organize traffic. Sounds like they are getting ready for a circus... They announce online so all the media will be there? Will they have a sermon or whatever about how their beliefs may be part to blame for what killed him? Is this a direct response to the thing in LA? This is crazy.

They usually have a Biblical talk about death an also expressing the hope of the Resurrection back on earth into a righteous new system, unlike the present one all of mankind lives in now!! They also include in with the sermon about the person and how he/she lived and what he/she was like and did in his/her life!! They open and close with Prayer and also include an appropiate song from their own songbook, but then they also attend to the familys wishes on how a funeral or memorial should be conducted, as long as there are no pagan Satanic rituals involved!!

More than likely this will be a memorial rather than a funeral as there will be no body or coffin present!!

Given how private Prince was and how seriously Kingdom Hall takes the focus of worship of Jehovah during ceremonies, I hope most people respect and honor Prince's memory for his chosen faith and not sensationalize his funeral-TMZ and tabloids are a given that they won't. Although, I disagree with many tenets of the faith itself, Prince found comfort in the faith and I respect his commitment to it during his life because I know the amount of missionary work from proselytizing and bible study required to be on and given his nature as a celebrity had to have been challenging. After Sunday, it will be final acceptance that Prince Rogers Nelson made his transition from Earth to the afterlife.

In the article in the OP, it mentions a lot of "High Profile" guests who are going to attend, they would most likely include the Minnesota State Governor, Mark Dayton, the Mayors of both Minneapolis and St. Paul(not sure who they are now) and probably a few Senators or Representatives like Al Franken, etc.!! Thats my asumption of this, anyway!!

This could be a very prestigious event, something of which the JWs are very much unaccustomed for!!

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