In Loving Memory of

Alan Stuart 8th May 1934 ~ 21st February 2011

The funeral service conducted by

Pastor Andrew Fisher on

Friday, 25th February 2011 At 11am

ORDER OF SERVICE

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ALAN Frank Sinatra ~ My Way

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WELCOME

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OPENING PRAYER

We have come here today

To remember before God our brother Alan

To give thanks for his life.

To commend him to God our merciful redeemer and judge;

To commit his body to be cremated,

And to comfort one another in our grief.

God of all consolation,

your Son Jesus Christ was moved to tears

at the grave of Lazarus his friend.

Look with compassion on your children in their loss,

give to troubled hearts the light of hope

and strengthen in us the gift of faith,

in Jesus Christ our Lord.

GOSPEL READING John 5 Vs 24-27

I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.

PRAYERS

All: Lord, we come into your presence to remember Alan and to seek your comfort, for we know that nothing can separate us from your love and that you support us in our sorrow. We are sure that the souls of the righteous are with you and that nothing can harm them. Although they have died they are in peace. Give us your strength to rejoice that you have taken Alan to be with yourself where he shall no more be in need. May we find life and peace and perfect joy with him in your presence; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen All: God of mercy, we acknowledge that we are all sinners. We turn from the wrong that we have thought and said and done, and are mindful of all that we have failed to do. For the sake of Jesus, who died for us, forgive us for all that is past, and help us to live each day in the light of Christ our Lord. Amen.

GOSPEL READING

Romans 8 Vs 38-39

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,

neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,

nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of

God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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READING FROM SCRIPTURE Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

he leadeth me beside the still waters

He restoreth my soul:

he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;

thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou

anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

AMEN

POEM

Memories

They say memories are golden

well maybe that is true.

I never wanted memories,

I only wanted you.

A million times I needed you,

a million times I cried.

If love alone could have saved you

you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,

In death I love you still.

In my heart you hold a place

no one could ever fill.

If tears could build a stairway

and heartache make a lane,

I'd walk the path to heaven

and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken,

and nothing seems the same.

But as God calls us one by one,

the chain will link again.

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ALAN

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ALAN

THE LORDS PRAYER

All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name;

thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into

temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the

power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

COMMENDATION

Let us commend Alan to the mercy of God, Our maker and redeemer. God our

creator and redeemer, by your power Christ conquered death and entered into

glory. Confident of his victory and claiming his promises, we entrust Alan to

your mercy in the name of Jesus our Lord, who died and is alive and reigns with

you, now and forever.

Amen.

COMMITTAL

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great goodness. As

a father is tender towards his children, so is the Lord tender to those that love him.

For he knows of what we are made; he remembers that we are but dust. Our days

are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field; when the wind goes over it,

it is gone and its place will know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord

endures for ever and ever towards those that love him. and his righteousness upon

their children's children.

We have entrusted our brother Alan to God’s mercy, and we now, commit his body

to be cremated: earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust: in the sure and certain

hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, who will

transform our frail bodies that they may be conformed to his glorious body, who

died, was buried, and rose again for us. To him be glory for ever.

Amen.

THE BLESSING

May God give you his comfort and his peace, his light and his joy, in this world

and the next; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the

Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always.

Amen.

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EXIT MUSIC Monty Python ~ Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

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Donations In Memory of Alan may be given to J.J. Puppies & Noah's Ark

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The family would like to invite you back to The Market Tavern

24th December 1998

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The English Funeral Director, Tony Smith. Tel: 650 631 719