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In Loving Memory of
David George Guntrip 24th September 1947 ~ 1st November 2010
The funeral service conducted
By Pastor Andrew Fisher
From Wellspring Victory Church, Bolnuevo
Friday 5th November 2010 at 11am
ORDER OF SERVICE
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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF DAVE Queen ~ These Are The Days of Our Lives
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WELCOME
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OPENING PRAYER
We have come here today
To remember before God our brother Dave
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 Dave 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 Dave 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
PEOM
Remember Me
To the living, I am gone
To the sorrowful, I will never return
To the angry, I was cheated
But to the happy, I am at peace
And to the faithful, I have never left
I cannot speak, but I can listen
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard
So as you stand upon the shore
Gazing at the beautiful sea, remember me
As you look in awe at a mighty forest
And in its grand majesty, remember me
Remember me in your hearts,
In your thoughts, and the memories of the
Times we loved, the times we cried,
the battle we fought and the times we laughed
For if you always think of me,
I will never have gone.
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF DAVELionel Richie ~ Goodbye
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF DAVE Lionel Richie ~ Goodbye
POEM
I’m Free
Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free I’m following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way I found that peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss Oh yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee God wanted me now; He set me free.
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 Dave 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 Dave 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 fear him. and his righteousness upon
their children's children.
We have entrusted our brother Dave 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.
EXIT MUSIC Traveling Wilburys ~ Handle With Care
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Donations In Memory of Dave may be given in lieu of flowers.
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The family would like to invite you back to Don Ricardo’s Restaurant following the service
Service Sheets Designed & Printed by
The English Funeral Director, Tony Smith. Tel: 650 631 719