SUGGESTED MUSIC FOR FUNERALS

ENTRANCE HYMN (ALSO SEE CHOICES FROM RECESSIONAL MUSIC)

COME AS YOU ARE

HERE I AM LORD

AMAZING GRACE

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW

GATHER US IN

GLORY AND PRAISE TO OUR GOD

COME TO THE WATER

WE REMEMBER

THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS MAY FALL

BE NOT AFRAID

JESUS COME TO US

WE ARE COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY

ON EAGLES WINGS

EAGLES WINGS

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PSALM:

THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD. (CRIMMOND) TRADITIONAL

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD AND I WANT TO FOLLOW. (B. BONNIWELL)

ISAIAH 49 (I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, MY PEOPLE)

LIKE A SHEPHERD

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COMMUNION AND THANKSGIVING HYMNS

GALILEE SONG ( SO I LEAVE MY BOATS BEHIND, LEAVE THEM ON FAMILIAR SHORES)

ALL I ASK OF YOU IS FOREVER TO REMEMBER ME AS LOVING YOU

ONE BREAD ONE BODY

ONLY A SHADOW

I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY

BLEST ARE THEY

IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

THE LORD IS THE GOD OF MY SALVATION (FORMERLY, YAHWEH IS THE GOD OF MY SALVATION)

I’LL BE ALWAYS LOVING YOU

Lord, I know YOU ARE NEAR. (formerly ‘YAHWEH, I KNOW YOU ARE NEAR’).

JESUS REMEMBER ME (TAIZE)

EYE HAS NOT SEEN

WE WALK BY FAITH

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RECESSIONAL SONG:

BLEST BE THE LORD

HOW GREAT THOU ART

GALILEE SONG

CITY OF GOD

MORNING HAS BROKEN

CREATE A NEW HEART, HOLY GOD

STRONG AND CONSTANT

Please see below for the full words of some favourite hymns: ….

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SUGGESTED HYMNS FOR A FUNERAL

(SAMPLE SUGGESTIONS ONLY )

ENTRANCE HYMN:

You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You shall wander far in safety, though you do not know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands and all will understand. You shall see the face of God and live.

Be not afraid. I go before you always. Come, follow me, and I will give you rest.

If you pass through raging waters in the sea you shall not drown. If you walk amid the burning flames, you shall not be harmed. If you stand before the pow'r of hell and death is at your side, know that I am with you through it all.

Blessed are your poor, for the Kingdom shall be theirs. Blest are you who weep and mourn, for one day you will laugh. And if wicked tongues insult and hate you all because of me, blessed, blessed are you!

OR ALTERNATIVELY

AMAZING GRACE. BY JOHN NEWTON AND JOHN REES. (1807, 1831)

Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed!

Through many dangers toils and snares, I have already come; ‘tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, than when we’d first begun.

Or alternatively:

Strong and Constant. By Frank Andersen. © Chavalier Bookshop. Used With Permission, Word Of Life International- License No 1948E

I will be Yahweh who walks with you! You will be always within my hand! Take your heart and give it all to me! Strong and constant is my love! Strong and constant is my love!

Should you wander far away from me, I will search for you in ev-’ry land! Should you call, then you will truly know: Strong and constant is my love! Strong and constant is my love!

When you know sorrow within your life, I will come I will embrace your heart! Through your pain you will discover me! Strong and constant is my love! Strong and constant is my love!

Responsorial PSALM:

Psalm 23 Sung. CRIMOND. Trad. Scottish Psalter, (1650)

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 in death’s dark vale,

Yet will I fear no 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 dos’t 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.

OR ALTERNATIVELY:

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD (AND I WANT TO FOLLOW).

The Lord is my Shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever he leads me, wherever he goes. Over the mountains, the waters and by-ways, valleys and highways he’s waiting for me.

I want to go to meet him there, to lay myself down in his love. The Lord is my shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever he leads me, wherever he goes.

And while on the journey to where we are going, he promised to be there to help us along. And over the mountains we’ll walk on together, to know all the wonders he’s given to me

THANKSGIVING HYMN / REFLECTION HYMN

You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord, who abide in his shadow for life, say to the Lord my refuge, my rock in whom I trust.

And he will raise you up on eagles wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of his hand.

The snare of the fowler will never capture you, and famine will bring you no fear. Under his wings your refuge, his faithfulness your shield.

You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day; though thousands fall about you, near you it shall not come.

For to his angels he’s given a command to guard you in all of your ways; upon their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

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Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon Lord, and where there’s doubt true faith in you.

Make me a channel of your peace. Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, only light. And where there’s sadness, ever joy.

O, Master grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console. To be understood, as to understand. To be loved as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving of ourselves that we receive, and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

Chorus (Response)

I have carried you on eagle’s wings!

I will care for you in all your years!

My heart is full of peace

You have been within my life!

Your guiding hand has always covered me!

I am full of confidence in You!

Never need I be afraid!

No matter how uncertain things may be!

Sometimes thru’ me, sometimes in spite of me

You seem to find your purpose in my life!

I know failure in my life,

the weakness so central to my heart!

When I have strayed or fallen in my life,

You gently set me on my feet again!

Father, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me. You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will stand. I give all my life to you, help me Father to be true!.

Jesus, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me. You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will stand. I give all my life to you, help me, Jesus, to be true!.

Spirit, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me. You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will stand. I give all my life to you, help me, Spirit, to be true!

RECESSIONAL:

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the works thy hands have made,

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed, /R.

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee,

How great thou art, how great thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee,

How great thou art, how great thou art!

When the through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;

When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze; /R

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation

And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!

Then I shall bow in humble adoration

And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!. /R.

Or alternatively:

I the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin, my hand will save. I who made the stars at night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them? whom shall I send?

Antiphon : Here I am Lord, Is it I lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.

I the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn away. I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone. I will speak my word to them whom shall I send? (Antiphon)

I the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame. I will set a feast for them. My hand will save. Finest bread I will provide, till their hearts be satisfied, I will give my life to them, whom shall I send? (Antiphon)