OFFICIATING MINISTERS
-Rev Kengwa Godfred- Presbyterial Secretary Ngie
-Rev Achekwa Geofrey- Presbyterial Treasurer Ngie
-Rev Che Stephen
-Rev Mbonda Joel
-Rev Njibamum Godwin
ORDER OF SERVICE
MIN: In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
CONGR: Amen
MIN: The grace and peace of God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
CONGR: And also with you.
MIN: Jesus Christ says to his father in heaven:” father, I desire that they also whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which you have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world.”
THE RESPONSORY PSALMS (Psalms 65)
MIN: O God, it is right for us to praise you in Zion and keep our promises to you, because you answer prayers.
CONGR: People everywhere will come to you on account of their sins.
MIN: Our faults defeat us, but you forgive them. Happy are those whom you choose, whom you bring to live in your sanctuary.
CONGR: We shall be satisfied with the good things of your house, the blessings of your sacred temple.
MIN: you answer us by giving us victory and you do wonderful things to save us. People all over the world and across the distant seas trust in you.
CONGR: You set the mountain in place by your strength, showing your mighty power.
MIN: You calm the roar of the seas and the noise of the waves; you calm the uproar of the peoples. The whole world stand in awe of the great things that you have done.
CONGR: Your deeds brings shouts of joy from one end of the earth to the other.
SONG BY CWF
EULOGIES: Biography, Family head, Daughter or son, Wife, C M F, Congregational chairperson
song: CHB 516. CH 701
Song: CHB 282, CH 578
MIN: Let us pray.
Almighty God our heavenly, by the death of your dear son you have destroyed sin and death, and by his resurrection you have brought reconciliation and eternal life, that, free from the fear of death, we can live in your kingdom. Grant that, believing this firmly in our hearts, we may participate in the joyful resurrection of your faithful people; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord.
CONGR: Amen
SONG BY HCA FOR FUNERAL OFFERINGS
SONG BY CWF FOR FAMILY THANKSGIVING
Announcements
THE COMMENDATION
MIN: Let us now commend our brother, father, husband, uncle, and friend pa Nwaboh Victor Njenwei into the hands of God, our Maker and Redeemer:
O God, our heavenly Father, by your mighty power you gave us life, and in your great love you have given us new life in Jesus Christ. We commend our brother, father, husband uncle and friend Pa Nwaboh Victor Njenwei, to your merciful keeping; and pray that, in your infinite love and mercy, you will bring him, with your whole church, living and departed in the Lord Jesus, to a joyful resurrection and the fulfilment of his eternal kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who died, and rose again to save us, and is now alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory for ever and ever.
CONGR: Amen.
The departure
MIN: Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace,
CONGR: According to your Word;
MIN: For my eyes have seen your salvation, CONGR: Which you have prepared in the sight of every people;
MIN: The light to enlighten the nations
CONGR: And the glory of your people Israel.
MIN: Glory be to the father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
CONGR: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
MIN: Let us now in hope of a joyful resurrection bring our departed brother, father, husband and uncle to his resting place; for there is no permanent home for us here on earth, but we are looking for the one in the life to come.
AT THE GRAVE
MIN: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
CONGR: Who made heaven and earth.
The Opening sentence
MIN: The Lord brings to life and takes it; he brings down to the place of the dead and raises up.
The committal
MIN: Let us pray.
Almighty and God. your Son Christ was laid and did rest in a grave and thereby you sanctified the grave to be’ a bed of hope for your people. Bless we, pray, this grave to be a resting place for the body of our departed brother, who we believe is at rest in Jesus Christ, your Son, Our Lord.
CONGR: Amen.
Song by CMF while the coffin is lowered into the grave
MIN, As it has pleased the Almighty God to call from this life and to take to himself our brother, father husband uncle and friend Nwaboh Victor Njenwei, we therefore commit him to the ground from which he was made, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life and looking to the infinite mercy of God in Jesus Christ, our judge, who died, was buried, and rose again for us, and now is alive, and who will make new our earthly bodies according to his mighty power.
Thus says the Lord, who created you out of the ground:
You are dust,
And to dust you shall return.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord;
CONGR: And let perpetual light shine upon him.
MIN: May he and all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
CONGR: Amen.
MIN: Peace be with you from God + the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
CONGR: Amen
The lesson of resurrection Hope.
MIN: Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death. Where is your sting? Thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The prayer
MIN: Lord, have mercy upon us
CONGR: Lord, have mercy upon us
MIN: Christ, have mercy upon us.
CONGR: Christ, have mercy upon us.
MIN: Lord, have mercy upon us.
CONGR: Lord have mercy upon us.
MIN: let us pray
Our Lord Jesus Christ, we praise you, for you have destroyed the power of death and have brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. We trust in you, as you have won victory over death and given us hope which sees beyond the grave. Unite us with yourself, so that not even death shall be able to separate us from your love. Help us to live in you and to die in you. Lead us through the darkness of death to the light of the life to come, you, who live and reign with the Father, and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
CONGR: Amen.
MIN: Following our Lord’s teaching, let us say with faith and trust:
CONGR: Our Father…
The Benediction
MIN: The Lord be with you.
CONGR: And also with you.
MIN: Let us bless the Lord.
CONGR: Thanks be to God.
MIN: Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His Will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight.
Unto God’s gracious mercy and protection we commit you: May Almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
CONGR: Amen, Amen, Amen.
SONGS
CHB 516, CH 701
1) What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and grief to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
2) Have we trials and temptations?
Is the trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged:
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful?
Who will all our problem share?
Jesus knows our every weakness:
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
3) Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care?
Jesus only is our refuge:
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer; In his arm He’ll take and shield thee; Thou wilt find a solace there
CHB 282, CH 578.
1) Whither pilgrims, are you going, Going each with staff in hand? We are going on a journey,
Going at our king’s command;
Over hills and plain and valleys, We are going to his palace, Going to the better land.
2) Fear ye not the way so lonely, You a little feeble band?
No; for friends unseen are near us,
Holy angels round us stand;
Christ, our leader, walks beside us;
He will guard, and he will guide us, Guide us to that better land.
3) Tell us, pilgrims what you hope for In that far-off better land.
Spotless robes and crowns of glory,
From a saviour’s loving hands;
We shall drink of life’s clear river, We shall dwell with God for ever, In that bright and better land.
4) Pilgrims, may we travel with you To that bright and better land?
Come and welcome, come and welcome.
Welcome to our pilgrim band.
Come, O come, and do not leave us;
Christ is waiting to receive us In that bright and better land.
