Celebrating The Life Of

Norman’s family would like to thank you for being with them today and for the kind thoughts and support received.

Following the service, please feel free to place a sprig of rosemary on his casket as your personal farewell. The hearse will then depart for the Kapiti Crematorium.

Please join the family in the Rita King Cottage opposite the Church for light refreshments and more sharing of memories.

Donations in Norman’s memory to the Wellington Free Ambulance may be left in the box provided in the Church Foyer. Thank you.

Norman Casey Roberts

18 June 1920 – 20 August 2016

Crossing The Bar

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew

from out the boundless deep

Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

When I embark.

For, though from out our bourne

of time and place

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face,

When I have crossed the bar

Gathering Music “Concierto de Aranjuez” (Narciso Yepes) Welcome and Words of Introduction

Hymn

THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD

The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.

He makes me down to lie

in pastures green; he leadeth me

the quiet waters by.

Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,

yet will I fear no ill:

for thou art with me; and thy rod

and staff me comfort still.

Goodness and mercy all my life

shall surely follow me,

and in God’s house for evermore,

my dwelling place shall be.

Reading

John 14: 1-3, 27

Crossing The Bar (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Tributes from Norman’s Family

A Photographic Reflection

Accompanied by “Dancing Cheek to Cheek”

(Fred Astaire)

Hymn

PRAISE, MY SOUL,

THE KING OF HEAVEN.

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven,

To his feet thy tribute bring;

Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,

Who like me his praise should sing?

Alleluia, Alleluia,

Praise the everlasting King.

Praise him for his grace and favour

To our fathers in distress;

Praise him still the same as ever,

Slow to chide, and swift to bless:

Alleluia, Alleluia,

Glorious in his faithfulness.

Father-like, he tends and spares us,

Well our feeble frame he knows;

In his hands he gently bears us,

Rescues us from all our foes:

Alleluia, Alleluia,

Widely as his mercy flows.

Prayers and The Lord’s Prayer

Blessing and Committal

Recessional

“Climb Every Mountain” (from “The Sound Of Music”, acted by Peggy Wood, dubbed by Margery McKay)

St Mark’s Anglican Church, Raumati Beach, Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 11am Officiant: Reverend Barbara Bonifant Organist: Peter Averi