The London Nautical School Centenary Thanksgiving Service 1915-2015 Southwark Cathedral Tuesday 22nd September 2015 at 2pm
LNS, a brief history... The London Nautical School was formed as a direct consequence of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The board of trade enquiry recommended the necessity of introducing several nautical training schools to improve seamanship. The London Nautical School is the only one of those training schools that remains with a nautical and maritime ethos. The original location was in Rotherhithe as an annex of the Rotherhithe New Road School in 1915 led by the then Headmaster Commander Archibald Walter Buckle (Royal Navy) who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery in World War One. In 1937 the school gained its own site in Silwood Street Surry Quays, and became known as The London Nautical School. In 1965 we moved to Broadwall, Waterloo, and then to our present location in Stamford Street, Waterloo. In 1987, the ILEA proposed the amalgamation of the school with two other local schools. This led to a successful campaign to achieve independence through Grant Maintained Status and LNS was one of the first schools to become grant maintained in 1990. The school became a Sports College in 2003 enabling us to develop our strong sporting, nautical, and maritime curriculums.
Order of Service The foundation and beginnings of the school. Before the service, the Rev'd Canon Michael Rawson, Sub Dean, welcomes the congregation. Please stand when the organ plays the Voluntary Processional Organ Voluntary - (All STAND) Introduction to the Service - Miss M. Lucking HYMN - (ALL STAND) Eternal Father, strong to save Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm doth bind the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. O Saviour, whose almighty word the winds and waves submissive heard, who walkedst on the foaming deep, and calm amid its rage didst sleep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. O sacred Spirit, who didst brood upon the chaos dark and rude, who bad st its angry tumult cease, and gavest, light and life and peace; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. O Trinity of love and power! our brethren shield in danger's hour; from rock and tempest, fire and foe, protect them wheresoe'er they go; and ever let there rise to thee glad hymns of praise from land and sea. READING - The Convergence of the Twain: Lines on the Loss of the Titanic, Thomas Hardy Read by Samuel Hanson
The growth of the school and today. ADDRESS - Mr N. McGregor Head Teacher CHOIR Shenandoah Arranged by Althouse HYMN - (All STAND) Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us o'er the world's tempestuous sea; guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, for we have no help but thee; yet possessing every blessing if our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us; all our weakness thou dost know; thou didst tread this earth before us, thou didst feel its keenest woe; lone and dreary, faint and weary, through the desert thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending, fill our hearts with heavenly joy; love with every passion blending, pleasure that can never cloy; Thus provided, pardoned, guided, nothing can our peace destroy. READING - Memories of LNS Read by Mr R. Lenthall, Chair of Governors READING - Extract from Moby Dick, Herman Melville Read by Alberto Lopez MUSIC Waltz in C sharp Minor, Chopin By Barnaby Mackay-Howse
The future of the school. SCRIPTURE READING - Matthew 14:22-33 Read by Mr R. Price POETRY - The Ocean by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Blend Ademi School Captain HYMN - (All STAND) Be Thou My Vision Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart, be all else but naught to me, save that thou art, be thou my best thought in the day and the night, both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word, be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord, be thou my great Father, and I thy true son, be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one. Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight, be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might, be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower, O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power. Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise, be thou mine inheritance now and always, be thou and thou only the first in my heart, O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art. High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright Sun, O grant me its joys after victory is won, great heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all. READING - Extract from The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway Read by Frazer Vary POEM - The City in the Sea, Edgar Allen Poe Read by Warren Sparkes SOLO - I d Rather Be Sailing, William Finn Sung by Jamal Simon
Prayers - ALL Almighty God, source of all gifts and graces; we thank you for our school; we pray for your blessing, that it may be a place of sound learning and steadfast joy; that together we may grow in faith, hope and love. Amen. The Lord s Prayer - ALL 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 them 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. CHOIR - Down in the River to Pray Arranged by Mennicke BLESSING Sub Dean (ALL STAND) Recessional Organ Voluntary (REMAIN STANDING) LNS: After the Recessional Organ Voluntary please remain quiet and seated until you are asked to move by your teacher. CHOIR conducted by Ms F Schuil William De Freitas, Alexander Fry, Alfie Francis, Jomay Pilaquinga Narvaes, Matthew Searle, Stefano Cataldi, Bevis Samangua, Richard Broadhead, Tobias Sonnex, Yonatan Tsegay, Dewi Bowen, Alistair Kleboe, Barnaby Mackay-Howse, Lethaniel Stacey- Coombe, Michael Mensah, &Marcel Atchoe. COLOUR PARTY Ronnie Francis, Thabit Choudhury, Ian Blackburn & Milo Rothschild-Davies. ORGANIST: Alex Binns, Organ Scholar.
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