In Loving Memory

of

Brian James Moore15th March 1940 ~ 5th February 2010

The funeral service conducted

on

Thursday, 11th February 2010

at 4pm

ORDER OF SERVICE

MUSIC IN MEMORY OF BRIANRussell Watson ~ The Prayer

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WELCOME

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OPENING PRAYER

We have come here today to remember before God our brother Brian. To give thanks for his life. To commend him to God our merciful redeemer and judge;To commit his body to be cremated, and to comfort one another in our grief.

God of all consolation, your Son Jesus Christ was moved to tears at the grave of Lazarus his friend. Look with compassion on your children in their loss, give to troubled hearts the light of hope and strengthen in us the gift of faith, in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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GOSPEL READINGJohn 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.

READING FROM SCRIPTURERomans 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.

HYMNMorning Has Broken

Morning has broken, like the first morning.

Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.

Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,

Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven.

Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.

Praise for the sweetnes of the wet garden,

Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.

Born of the one light Eden saw play.

Praise with elation, praise every morning;

God's recreation of the new day.

Morning has broken, like the first morning.

Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.

Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,

Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

PRAYERS

All: Lord, we come into your presence to remember Brian 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 Brian 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

All: God of mercy, we acknowledge that we are all sinners. We turn

from the wrong that we have thought and said and done, and are

mindful of all that we have failed to do. For the sake of Jesus, who

died for us, forgive us for all that is past, and help us to live each

day in the light of Christ our Lord.

Amen.

READING FROM SCRIPTURE

Psalm 23The 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.

POEM What is a Dad?

A dad is one of life's best gifts,

Someone to treasure all life through,

He's caring and loving,

Thoughtful and true,

Someone who is always a special part of your life,

Someone who holds a prime place in your heart,

He's a mentor, a confident and also a friend,

Someone on whose love you can depend.

A dad always has your best interests at heart,

He's someone so dear and so good,

He's a blessing, he's a gift,

He's a treasure like no other,

He's someone that is truly wonderful.

Wherever you go, and whatever you do,

A dad’s love will always see you through,

A dad is truly invaluable,

Indispensable and unforgettable.

I wouldn't want anyone but you,

And that's why I'm so grateful,

that life picked you for me.

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF BRIAN

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF BRIAN

POEMYou Never Said I’m Leaving

You never said "I'm leaving"

You never said goodbye

You were gone before I knew it,

And only God knew why

A million times I needed you,

A million times I cried

If Love alone could have saved you,

You never would have died

In Life I loved you dearly

In death I love you still

In my heart you hold a place,

That no one could ever fill

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you didn't go alone

For part of me went with you,

The day God took you home.

HYMNLove divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heaven to earth come down;Fix in us thy humble dwelling;All thy faithful mercies crown!Jesu, Thou art all compassion,Pure unbounded love Thou art;

Visit us with Thy salvation;Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit,Into every troubled breast!Let us all in Thee inherit;

Let us find thy promised rest.Take away the love of sinning;

Alpha and Omega be;End of faith, as its Beginning,

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty to deliver,Let us all Thy life receive;

Graciously return and never,Never more Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing,Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,Glory in Thy precious love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;Pure and spotless let us be.

Let us see Thy great salvationPerfectly restored in Thee;

Changed from glory unto glory,Till in heaven we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

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 Brian 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 Brian 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 fear 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 fear him and his righteousness upon their children's children.

We have entrusted our brother Brian 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 MUSICAbide With Me

Donations In Brian's memory may be given to The Diabetic Society

Service Sheets Designed & Printedby

The English Funeral Director, Tony Smith. Tel: 650 631 719