( CNN ) -- Saturday 's funeral for legendary pop singer Whitney Houston is expected to be made available for television and web streaming from the New Jersey church where she grew up , Houston 's publicist said Wednesday . The services , to be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark , will be in a much smaller , more intimate setting than the concert halls and arenas Houston packed during her heyday . In every sense , she will be going home . Publicists and entertainers by Wednesday had confirmed nearly a dozen celebrities and personalities will be in some of the 1,500 coveted , `` invitation-only '' seats . Actor Kevin Costner , who starred with Houston in the movie `` The Bodyguard , '' will speak , and singers Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin -- Houston 's godmother -- will perform , according to a source with knowledge of the funeral plans . Gospel singer and pastor Marvin L. Winans , a longtime friend of the Houston family , will give the eulogy at New Hope Baptist Church . Winans officiated at Houston 's 1992 marriage to R & B singer Bobby Brown . Asked why no public memorial service was planned , Winans told CNN 's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night the family did n't `` want to have a parade . '' `` I do n't think knowing Cissy ( Houston 's mother ) and the Houston family ... it was a matter of public or private as it was this is my daughter , this is my sister , this is my mother , this is my friend and we want to do this with dignity . '' The family 's thinking , Winans told `` AC360 , '' is `` we loved her when she was Nippy ( a nickname ) in New Jersey . The world loves her because of her voice . But if Nippy could not sing , the Houston family would love her . '' Although the family is not commenting on Houston 's burial location , her death certificate filed Wednesday in Los Angeles lists it as Fairview Cemetery in Westfield , New Jersey . A message left by CNN with the cemetery office was not immediately returned . Others confirmed on the guest list are Chaka Khan , Bebe & CeCe Winans , songwriter Diane Warren , the Rev . Jesse Jackson , pop singer Darlene Love , Bishop T.D . Jakes , Antonio `` L.A. '' Reid , Ray J and Brandy . Houston 's cousin , singer Dionne Warwick , was in New Jersey helping the family with funeral arrangements , Warwick 's publicist said . Chaka Khan was a close friend of Houston . Reid produced many of Houston 's songs and Jakes co-produced Houston 's last film , `` Sparkle , '' which is scheduled to be released this summer . Houston and Jakes are listed as producers . Ray J , a hip-hop artist , and Houston dated off and on after she was divorced from Brown . Jackson and the Winans music family have been very close friends of the Houstons . Composer-singer Valerie Simpson of the duo Ashford & Simpson told CNN 's Susan Candiotti she will attend the funeral . `` She was like family , '' Simpson said of Houston , `` somebody who I watched from the time she was young . '' Simpson , who with her late partner Nick Ashford wrote `` I 'm Every Woman , '' said Houston `` took it to such heights . I remember that on the video , she was pregnant and never looked more beautiful . '' Houston and Brown had a daughter , Bobbi Christina Brown , who is now 18 . Houston , 48 , was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday , hours before she was to attend a pre-Grammys bash at the Beverly Hills , California , hotel . Speculation has grown over the cause of her death , which has not been determined pending the outcome of toxicology tests that could take weeks . The entertainer 's trials and tribulations should not be the focus now , Simpson said . `` Those are not her records , those are not her music . '' CNN 's Jennifer Wolfe , Denise Quan and K.J . Matthews contributed to this report .
NEW : Actor Kevin Bacon will speak at the funeral , a source says . NEW : Source : Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin will perform at the funeral . Death certificate says burial will be at cemetery in Westfield , New Jersey . Funeral will be available for TV , web streaming .