Barnett, Gillian Margaret Service Sheet 1998

GILLIAN MARGARET BARNETT
(JILL)
19.9.1949 – 12.10.1998

ST. COLUMBA’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Napier Road, Havelock North

FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER 1998 AT 2.00 P.M.

Celebrant:
MISS JO McGLASHAN

Organist:
MRS. ELIZABETH CURTIS

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.

My soul he doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E’en for his own name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill,
For thou art with me, and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

My table thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.

Reading   Vicky Barnett

Anthem   Iona College Choir

ABIDE WITH ME

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.

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changest not, abide with me,

robertsI 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

Tributes   Joan Murray
Dennis Schaw

Taped Music   “Wind Beneath My Wings” – Bette Midler

LIFE UNBROKEN   Read by – Nicky Oliver

Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect, without the ghost of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was, there is absolutely unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner,
All is well.
Canon Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918

Following the Service you are invited to share Refreshments in the Foyer.

Donations to the H.B. Cancer Society are invited. A box has been placed in the Foyer.

Before leaving the Church the Family would be pleased if you could sign the Register to record your presence here today.

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