Welcome
Pastor Rod Wilson
Hymn
Blessed Assurance , Jesus is mine ! Oh , what a foretaste of glory divine ! Heir of salvation , purchase of God , Born of His Spirit , Washed in His blood .
Perfect submission , perfect delight , Visions of rapture now burst on my sight , Angels descending , bring from above Echoes of mercy , whispers of love .
Perfect submission , all is at rest , I in my Saviour am happy and blest , Watching and waiting , looking above , Filled with His goodness , lost in His love .
Pianist Bev Jack
Reading Dean Birznieks – Psalm 139 : 1-18 ( NIV ) I ’ ve found a friend ; Oh such a Friend He loved me ere I knew Him He drew me with the cords of love , And thus He bound me to Him ; And round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can sever ; For I am His , and He is mine , For ever and for ever .
I ’ ve found a friend ; oh such a friend ! He bled , He died to save me ; And not alone the gift of life , But His own self He gave me . Naught that I have my own I call I hold it for the giver : My heart , my strength , my life , my all Are His , and His for ever .
I ’ ve found a friend oh such a friend ! So kind , and true , and tender ! So wise a Counsellor and Guide , So Mighty a Defender ! From Him who loves me now so well What power my soul shall sever ? Shall life , or death , or earth , or hell ? No , I am His for ever .
Eulogy
Pastor Irene Kenyon