THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH, NIGERIA, ANDONI AUTONOMOUS SUB FIELD RIVERS STATE

ORDER OF DAY VIGIL/ FUNERAL SERVICE IN HONOUR OF

LATE MADAM MARIAH IKOWA @THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH,IBOTIREM ASSEMBLYATABA AREADATE: SATURDAT 22ND NOVEMBER 2014VENUE: C.P.S. IBOTIREM FIELDTIME: 9:00 AM PROMPTSUNDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2014= THANKSGIVING SERVICEVENUE: TAC IBOTIREM ASSEMBLYTIME: 10:00 AM PROMPT

OFFICIATING MINISTERS1.APOSTLE Z. S.WARIGBANI FILED

SUPERINTENDENT2.APOSTLE C. J. JOSHUA ------FIELD SECRETARY3.PASTOR I. T. ANDREW4.PASTOR N. N. JAPHET5.PASTOR N. N. ZEBULON---AREA SUPERVISOR6.PASTOR U. P. JACKSON-----HOST I

7.PASTOR B. WANDER -------HOST IIAND OTHER ANOINTED MEN OF GOD

PART A: ORDER OF DAY VIGIL1.Opening prayer and choruses by Elder T.

Robert2.Opening hymn : SS&S No. 902 ( My hope is

built on nothing less)3.Anthem by the host choir TAC Ibotirem and

worship by Pastor N. N. Japhet4.General greeting by the secretary R. Rogers5.Choruses by brother u. Ezekiel6.Anthem by Ataba, Ebormung and Unyeada

Assembly choirs7.Choruses for offering by worker G. Ambrose8.Special dance by all sisters9.Anthem by invited churches10. Group song by the bereaved families11. Activities if any12. Music! Music!! Music!!!13. Congregation moves to see the corpse

lying in stateOPENING HYMN SS&S NO. 902

1.My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus name

CHORUS:On Christ, the solid rock, I stand

All other ground I sinking sandAll other ground is sinking sand

2.When darkness hide his lovely faceI rest on His unchanging grace In every high and stormy galeMy anchor holds within the vail

3.His oath, His covenant , His blood Support me in the whelming floodWhen all around my soul gives way

He then is all my hope and stay4.When he shall come with trumpet sound

May then in his be found Dressed in His righteousness aloneFaultless to stand before the throne

SERVICE @ THE HOME OF THE BEREAVED 1.PRAYER2.ANNOUNCEMENT

PROCESSIONAL HYMN TO THE CHURCHSS&S 726 (PEACE PERFECT PEACE)

1.Peace! perfect peace! in this dark and world and sin?

The blood of Jesus whispers peace within2.Peace! perfect peace! by thronging duties

prest?To do the will of Jesus, this is rest.

3. Peace! perfect peace! with sorrows surging round?On Jesus’ bosom naught but calm is found.

4. Peace! perfect peace! with loved ones far away?In Jesus’ keeping we are safe, and they

5.Peace! perfect peace! our future all unknown?Jesus we know, and He is on the throne.

6.Peace! perfect peace! death shadowing us and ours?Jesus has vanquished death and all its power

7. It is enough; earth’s struggles soon shall cease,And Jesus’s calls us to heaven’s perfect peace

PART TWOFUNERAL SERVICE1.Opening prayer and choruses by WKR. W. B.

warder2.Congregational hymn 543 ( precious

Promise)3.Worship by Pastor N. N. Zebulon4.Anthem by Ibotirem District Choir

5.Bible reading : 1st Thessalonians 4: 13-186.Testimony by the church7. Biography by the family8.Sermon by Pastor U. P. Jackson9.Sympathizers offering by the congregation10. Prayer for (a) The departed soul

(b) The church (c) The Families

11. Announcement 12. PROCESSIONAL HYMN 102 TO THE GRAVESIDE (MAN OF SORROW)

1. “Man of sorrow,” what a name For the son of God, who came

Ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

2. Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood; Sealed my pardon with His blood Hallelujah! What a Saviour

3. Guilty, vile, and helpless we; Spotless Lamb of God was he: “Full atonement!’’- can it be? Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

4.“Lifted up” was he to die,“It is finished!” was His cry;Now in heaven exalted high:

Hallelujah! What a Saviour!5.When he comes, our glorious King,

All His ransomed home to bring,Then a new this song we’ll sing:Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

11. HYMN IN THE CHURCH SS&S 543 (PRECIOUS PROMISE)

1.Precious promise God hath givenTo the weary passer-byOn the way from earth to heaven, “I will guide thee with Mine eye”CHORUS:“I will guide thee, I will guide thee, I will guide thee with Mine eye; On the way from earth to heaven, I will guide thee with Mine eye”

2.When temptations almost win thee,And thy trusted watchers fly,Let this promise ring within thee:“ I will guide thee with Mine eye”

3.When the secret hopes have perishedIn the grave of years gone by,Let this promise still be cherished,“I will guide thee with Mine eye”

4.When the shades of life are falling,

And the hour has come to die, Hear the trusty Leader calling, “I will guide thee with mine eye”

12. BIBLE READING: 1 THESS 4: 13-18Verse 13. But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others who have no hopeVerse 14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who sleep with JesusVerse 15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means prevent them who are asleep.Verse 16. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first.Verse 17. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord.Verse 18. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

PART THREE

AT THE GRAVE SIDE1.Prayer2.Hymn SS&S No. 1028 ( On the resurrection

morning)3.Anthem by the Choir4.The word5.Interment by the superintendent6.Prayer and benediction

HYMN AT THE GRAVESIDE SS&S NO. 1028( ON THE RESURRESTION MORNING)1.On the resurrection morning,

Soul and body meet again;No more sorrow, no more weeping,No more pain.

2.Here a while they must be parted,And the flesh its Sabbath keep;Waiting in a holy stillness,Wrapped in sleep.

3.For a space the tried bodyWaits in peace the morning’s dawn, When there breaks the last and brightest Easter morn.

4.On the happy Easter morningAll the graves their dead restore Father, sister, child and motherMeet once more

5.Soul and body reunited; Thenceforth nothing shall divide;Waking up in Christ’s own likeness,Satisfied