Outline of a service in solidarity with those affected by suicide
Read the main article about the development of this service.
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- Instrumental music: “Largo” from Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G Minor, by George Frideric Handel
- Clergy welcome
- Opening address
- Choral music: “O Thou that Art the Light,” by Gabriel Jackson
Lost
- Laying a rock (action and words)
- Testimony
- Choral music: The Lamb, by John Tavener
- Poem
- Sung solo music: “Dido’s Lament” from Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell
- Silent reflection
- Choral music: “Agnus Dei” from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, by Karl Jenkins
The Valley
- Lighting a candle (action and words)
- Testimony
- Solo contemporary song
- Testimony
Found
- Placing a rose
- Testimony
- Choral and instrumental music: Gabriel’s Oboe, by Ennio Morricone, arranged by Craig Stella John
- Clergy address
- Hymn: “Be Still My Soul”
- Choral music: Cantique de Jean Racine, by Gabriel Fauré
This article appears in the February 27, 2019 issue.