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Topic: Ray Durand’s Memorial Service
Time: Nov 25, 2023 10:45 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Raymond J Durand. – Celebration of life
1956 — 2023
November 25, 2023
Prelude (Ken Olsson, Music Minister)
(Selections from Ray Durand’s Playlist)
Gathering Words – Pastor Bill Watson, Grafton Community Church
“Praise be to the God and Creator of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:2-4)
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:35 & 37-39)
*Hymn #53 “Morning Has Broken” ©
1 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!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from Heaven,
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning,
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God’s re-creation of the new day!
*Psalm 23
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff-- they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.
Scripture:
John 14: 1-7
[And Jesus Said to his Disciples:] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
And you know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
If you know me, you will know [our God] also. From now on you do know him.”
*Hymn #61 “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
Refrain:
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful: in love God made them all.
1 Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colors, and made their tiny wings.
2 The purple-headed mountain, the river running by,
the sunset and the morning that brightens up the sky.
3 The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden, God made them every one.
Poem by Lenora McWhorter
“Say Yes to Life”
Reflections on a Life:
Ray Durand
Special Music (Ken Olsson, Music Minister)
To Where You Are (Richard Marx/Linda Thompson)
(Soloist David Naughton)
Blessing of Ashes
*The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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.
Benediction
Postlude (Ken Olsson, Music Minister)
(Selections from Ray Durand’s Playlist)
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