In Loving Memory of

Sheena Aldous 5th May 1971 ~ 8th August 2011

The funeral service conducted

By Pastor Andrew Fisher

From Wellspring Victory Church, Bolnuevo

on Saturday, 13th August 2011

At 12noon

ORDER OF SERVICE

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF SHEENA Thank You For The Memories

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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 Sheena’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 Sheena reminds us that our sharing in one another's lives brings both support and pain. Our being parted from her reminds us of our own mortality ......And that your love is enduring. We thank you that our love for Sheena 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 Sheena’s footprints from the shore, but not our love for her nor the influence of her 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.

PRAYERS

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

~ 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

POEM What is a Mum?

A mum is one of life's best gifts,

Someone to treasure all life through,

She'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,

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

Someone on whose love you can depend.

A mum always has your best interests at heart,

She's someone so dear and so good,

She's a blessing, she's a gift,

She's a treasure like no other,

She's someone that is truly wonderful.

Wherever you go, and whatever you do,

A mum’s love will always see you through,

A mum 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.

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MUSIC IN MEMORY OF SHEENA

READING FROM SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 13

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a

resounding gong or a clanging cymbal If I have the gift of prophecy and can

fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move

mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor

and give over my body to hardship that I may boast but do not have love, I gain

nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is

not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily

angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices

with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always

perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease;

where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will

pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when

completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like

a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I

put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a

mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know

fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and

love. But the greatest of these is love.

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE AND MUSIC IN MEMORY OF SHEENA

A PERSONAL TRIBUTE AND MUSIC IN MEMORY OF SHEENA

POEM

You Never Said You Were Leaving

You never said "I'm leaving"

You never said goodbye

You were gone before we knew it,

And only God knew why

A million times we needed you,

A million times we cried

If Love alone could have saved you,

You never would have died

In Life we loved you dearly

In death we love you still

In my heart you hold a place,

That no one could ever fill

It broke our heart to lose you,

But you didn't go alone

For part of me went with you,

The day God took you home.

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 Sheena 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 Sheena 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 sister Sheena to God’s mercy, 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 IN MEMORY OF SHEENA

Donations In Memory of Sheena may be given to MABS

All are welcome back to Hakuna Matata, La Manchica

Service Sheets Designed & Printed by

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