In Loving Memory of Sarah Frances Cheeseman 14th January 1966-26th December 2014 Life isn t about waiting for the storm to pass It s about learning to dance in the rain. Friday 9th January 2015 at 3.00 pm United Reformed Church, Weybridge
Order of Service
MUSIC Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Sky WELCOME Rev d Dana Delap HYMN Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide: When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter s power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death s sting? where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me. Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies; Heaven s morning breaks, and earth s vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. by Henry Francis Lyte OPENING PRAYERS
POEM This Day In Paradise by Stewart Henderson read by Carol Henderson This day in Paradise new feet are treading through high halls of gold This day in Paradise new legs are striding over jewelled fields in which the diamond is considered ordinary This day in Paradise new eyes have glimpsed the deep fire ready to flame the stale earth pure This day in Paradise new blood the rose-red juice that gushed at Golgotha now ripples and races down the pure veins of a recently arrived beloved This day in Paradise a new heart pounds in praise a new body shaped by sacrifice This day in Paradise the daunting dart of death has no point no place, and no meaning
And whilst we mourn and weep through these human hours this day in Paradise the blazing embrace between Saviour and child goes on and on and on This Day in Paradise copyright 1988 by Stewart Henderson and please not to be reproduced without the author s permission. READINGS Finally Home by Don Wyrtzen and L. E. Singer read by Amanda Phillips Think of stepping on shore and finding it heaven; taking hold of a hand and finding it God s; breathing new air and finding it celestial; feeling invigorated and finding it immortality; of passing through a tempest to a new and unknown ground; of waking up well and happy and finding it home. But, as it is written, What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived the things God has prepared for those who love him these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2: verse 9
TRIBUTE by Paul Cheeseman We stand to say together: PSALM 121 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.
TRIBUTE by Alison Jackson FINAL WORDS from The Last Battle by C S Lewis read by Stephen Cheeseman TRIBUTE by Debbie Jones READINGS from Psalms 61, 62 and 63, read by family members
HYMN 10,000 Reasons The sun comes up, it s a new day dawning, It s time to sing Your song again; Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me, Let me be singing when the evening comes: Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name. Sing like never before, O my soul, I ll worship Your holy name. You re rich in love, and You re slow to anger, Your name is great, and Your heart is kind. For all Your goodness I will keep on singing, Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find: Bless the Lord... And on that day when my strength is failing, The end draws near and my time has come, Still my soul will sing Your praise unending, Ten thousand years and then forevermore: Bless the Lord... By Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman, Lyrics EMI Music Publishing
ADDRESS Rev d Paddy Beresford SONG Be Still by Ann Beresford sung by Ann Beresford PRAYERS OF THANKS, AND FOR THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS Led by Yaarbari Uebari, Pastor of Wey Christian Fellowship 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 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.
HYMN 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.
POEM She is Gone by David Harkins read by Kay Pearson You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she ll come back or you can open your eyes and see all she s left. Your heart can be empty because you can t see her or you can be full of the love 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 her and only that she s gone. Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back or you can do what she d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. COMMENDATION AND COMMITTAL BLESSING MUSIC Galloping Home by Denis King, 1972
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