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In Loving Memory of
Robert (Bob) Trevor Ransome 4th July 1934 ~ 17th August 2011
The funeral service conducted
By Pastor Andrew Fisher
Saturday, 20th August 2011
At 12noon
ORDER OF SERVICE
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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF BOB Louis Armstrong ~ When The Saints Go Marching In
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WELCOME
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OPENING PRAYER
The death of someone we love and care about, is like the death of part of us. No one else will ever call out from within us quite the same responses, the same feelings or actions or ideas. Their death is an ending of one part of a story. Lord as we look back over Bob’s life. We ask that what we have received, what we can appropriate, and continue on in our own lives, we will, and what must be laid to rest, we will lay those things down . Our love for Bob reminds us that our sharing in one another's lives brings both support and pain. Our being parted from him reminds us of our own mortality ......And that your love is enduring. We thank you that our love for Bob draws us together and gives us a new appreciation of one another, and of the beauty and fragility of relationships, which mirror your grace and goodness to us. Lord, time's tide may wash Bob’s footprints from the shore, but not our love for him nor the influence of his life upon our own. Nor the ways in which they will ever be a sign for us, of those things which really matter - which are eternal. Hear this prayer for your love's sake.
AMEN.
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.
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PRAYERS
All: Lord, we come into your presence to remember Bob 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 Bob 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
POEM
Miss me, but let me go
When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free
Miss me a little - but not too long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me - but let me go
For this is a journey that we must all take
And each must go alone
It's all a part of the Master's plan
A step on the road to home
When you are lonely, and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me - but let me go
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
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF BOBChris Barber ~ The Old Rugged Cross
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF BOB Chris Barber ~ The Old Rugged Cross
POEM
When a man walks away and look behind
He sees the faces of the people he has left behind
When a man walks away and turns
He sees the love in their eyes
When a man walks away and turns again
He sees the memories he has left behind in their faces
And when the man walks away
Turns again for the final time
He takes with him that he will always
Be remembered and loved.
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 Bob 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 Bob 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 love him. and his righteousness upon
their children's children.
We have entrusted our brother Bob 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 Dave Clarke 5 ~ Glad All Over
Donations In Memory of Bob may be given to MABS
The family would like to invite you back to their home follow the service
Service Sheets Designed & Printed by
The English Funeral Director, Tony Smith. Tel: 650 631 719