The funeral service conducted by

Pastor Andrew FisherFrom Wellspring Victory Church, Bolnuevo.

OnFriday, 20th November 2009

At11am

In Loving Memory

of

Lesley Read

30th April 1960 ~ 15th November 2009

ORDER OF SERVICE

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF LESLEYNimrod

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WELCOME

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OPENING PRAYER

We have come here today to remember before God our sister Lesley.

To give thanks for her life. To commend her to God our merciful redeemer and

judge; To commit her 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.

READING FROM SCRIPTURE

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.

PRAYERS

All: Lord, we come into your presence to remember Lesley 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 Lesley to be with yourself

where she shall no more be in need. May we find life and peace and

perfect joy with her 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.

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.

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GOSPEL READING

John 5 Vs 24-27

I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eter-

nal 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.

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF LESLEY

Unchained Melody ~ The Righteous Brothers

POEM 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 LESLEYLes Miserables I dreamed a dream

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF LESLEYLes Miserables I dreamed a dream

POEMMemories

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.

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.

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COMMENDATION

Let us commend Lesley 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 Lesley 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 fear

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 sister Lesley to God’s mercy, and we now, commit her 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 MUSICSing Sing Sing

Donations In Memory of Lesley may be given to J.J. Puppies

Service Sheets Designed & Printedby

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