In Loving Memory of

Carol Elizabeth Pellett 29th September 1946 ~ 21st June 2010

The funeral service conducted

By Pastor Andrew Fisher

From Wellspring Victory Church, Bolnuevo

Thursday 24th June 2010

at 11am

ORDER OF SERVICE

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF CAROL Sting ~ Fields of Gold

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WELCOME

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OPENING PRAYER

We have come here today To remember before God our sister Carol To give thanks for her life To commend her to God our merciful redeemer and judge; To commit her 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.

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.

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 giv-en 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 Carol 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 Carol to be with yourself where she shall no more be in need. May we find life and peace and perfect joy with her 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.

MUSIC IN MEMORY OF CAROL Dirty Dancing ~ Time of My Life

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POEM You can shed tears that she is gone

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 that 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.

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF CAROLAndrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman ~ Time To Say Goodbye

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE & MUSIC IN MEMORY OF CAROL Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman ~ Time To Say Goodbye

POEM I’m Free

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free,

I’m following the path God has laid you see. I took His hand when I heard him call.

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, to play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that peace at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss. Oh yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full, I savored much,

Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief. Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your hearts and peace to thee. God wanted me now; He set me free.

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 Carol 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 Carol 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 sister Carol to God’s mercy, and we now, commit her 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

Alan Jackson ~ Good Time

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Donations In Memory of Carol

may be given for MABS

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The family would like to invite you

back to Mariano’s Restaurant

Service Sheets Designed & Printed by

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