COMMENDATION & FINAL PRAYERS BLESSING
THE ABBEY CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS PERSHORE
MUSIC ON EXIT Gavolle Suit in D Major - J S Bach
Stuart’s family thank you all for being here today and for the many cards and messages of sympathy received. You are warmly invited to join the family for refreshments after the service at St Andrews Centre, Pershore Donations in Stu’s memory are invited for 7th Pershore (The Avonvales Scout Group) and Parkinson’s UK. These may be left in the collection box as you leave or sent to E Hill & Son Funeral Directors, Pershore. WR10 1HZ.
A Service of Celebration for the Life of
STUART JAMES HEAP 22nd February 1944 - 21st June 2015 Thursday 9th July 2015 3:30pm
ENTRANCE MUSIC Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY PRAYERS The Reverend Alma Organ
HYMN 1.
Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah! 2. Someone's scouting, Lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah! Someone's scouting, Lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah. Someone's scouting, Lord, Kum ba yah! O Lord, Kum ba yah O Lord, Kum ba yah
3. Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! 4. Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! O Lord, Kum ba yah O Lord, Kum ba yah
READINGS He is Gone read by Katharine Fell You can shed tears that he is gone Or you can smile because he has lived You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left Your heart can be empty because you can't see him Or you can be full of the love that you shared You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday You can remember him and only that he is gone Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
PRAYERS Including The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be 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 that 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
SCOUTING SONG 1. I love to go a-wandering, Along the mountain track, And as I go, I love to sing, My knapsack on my back. Chorus: Val-deri, Val-dera, Val-deri, Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Val-deri, Val-dera. 2. I love to wander by the stream That dances in the sun, So joyously it calls to me, "Come! Join my happy song!"
3. I wave my hat to all I meet, And they wave back to me, And blackbirds call so loud and sweet From ev'ry green wood tree.
4. High overhead, the skylarks wing, They never rest at home But just like me, they love to sing, As o'er the world we roam.
5. Oh, may I go a-wandering Until the day I die! Oh, may I always laugh and sing, Beneath God's clear blue sky!
A LETTER & TRIBUTE FROM AVONVALE SCOUTS by Roger Davies
The Day God Called You Home read by Jan Jan Wilson
MUSICAL TRIBUTE
God looked around his garden and found an empty space; He then looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face. He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest; God's garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best. He knew you were in pain, He knew you might never Get well upon this earth again. He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb, so He closed your weary eyelids and whispered 'Peace be thine.' It broke our hearts to lose you, But you never went alone, for part of us went with you, The day God called you home.
By James Rowberry
READING Ecclesiastes 3: 1 - 8
ADDRESS SCOUTING SONG There are beavers, beavers, behaving like little divas! In the store’s, in the store’s There are beavers, beavers, behaving like little divas, in the quartermaster’s store. Chorus: My eyes are dim I can-not see. I have not got my specs with me. I have not got my specs with me. There are cubs, cubs, playing with golf clubs! In the store’s, in the store’s There are cubs, cubs, playing with golf clubs, in the quartermaster’s store. There are scouts, scouts, eating Brussel sprouts! In the store’s in the store’s There are scouts, scouts, eating Brussel sprouts, in the quartermaster’s store. There are leaders, leaders, standing round the heaters! In the store’s, in the store’s There are leaders, leaders, standing round the heaters, in the quartermaster’s store.
When I am Gone read by Douglas & Helen Young
POEMS Read by Oliver and Charlotte Rowberry
HYMN All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. 1. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wings:
2. The purple-headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset and the morning, That brightens up the sky:
All things…
All things…
3. The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden, He made them every one:
4. He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God almighty, Who has made all things well:
All things…
All things…
TRIBUTE