Prelude
Adagio from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue -- J.S. Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata 208 -- J.S. Bach
"Shall We Gather at the River" -- arr. Goldsmith
Air from Water Music -- G.F. Handel
Opening Sentences
I am Resurrection and I am Life, says the Lord. Whoever has faith in me shall have life, even though he die. And everyone who has life, and has committed himself to me in faith shall not die for ever.
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives and that at the last he will stand upon the earth. After my awaking, he will raise me up; and in my body, I shall see God. I myself shall see, and my eyes behold him who is my friend and not a stranger.
For none has life in himself, and none becomes his own master when he dies. For if we have life, we are alive in the Lord, and if we die, we die in the Lord. So, then, whether we live or die, We are the Lord's possession.
Happy from now on are those who die in the Lord! So it is, says the Spirit, for they rest from their labors.
Officiant: The Lord be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Officiant: Let us pray.
O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of your servants James and Charles, and grant them an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
A reading from Ecclesiasticus -- Robert H. Flory, Jr.
All recite together Psalm 121
- I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?
- My help cometh even from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- He will not suffer my foot to be moved, and he that keepeth me will not sleep.
- Behold, he that keepeth Israel, shall neither slumber nor sleep.
- The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
- So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.
- The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
- The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.
A reading from Revelations -- Peter G. Watson
Hymn -- "O God, our help in ages past" -- Saint Anne (with descant)
1 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home:2 Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.3 Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.4 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.6 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guide while life shall last,
And our eternal home.
The Homily -- The Reverend Roger A. Ferlo
All recite together 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. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Officiant:
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. Amen
Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. Amen
Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that thy Holy Spirit, may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. Amen
Grant to thy faithful people, pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind. Amen
Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in your fatherly care, that, casting all their grief on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love. Amen
Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love. Amen
Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting. Amen
Grant us grace to entrust Jim and Chuck to thy never-failing love; receive them into the arms of thy mercy, and remember them according to the favor which thou bearest unto thy people. Amen
Grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service of thy heavenly kingdom. Amen
Grant us, with all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, to have our consummation and bliss in thy eternal and everlasting glory, and, with all thy saints, to receive the crown of life which thou dost promise to all who share in the victory of thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen .
Anthem -- "Brother James's Air" -- Heinz Chapel Choir
Reflections
For Jim: Dr. John W. Braasch and Dr. Peter Safar
For Chuck: Dr. Richard Simmons and Dr. Christopher C. Gates
The Commendation -- Officiant and Congregation as indicated:
Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints,
where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.You only are immortal, the creator and maker of mankind; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and to earth shall we return. For so did you ordain when you created me, saying, "You are dust, and to dust you shall return." All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints,
where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Officiant:
Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servants Jim and Chuck. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, sheep of your own fold, lambs of your own flock, sinners of your own redeeming. Receive them into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.
Scottish Departure
The Watson family will greet you at a reception at the Pittsburgh Golf Club immediately following the service, 5280 Northumberland Street.
Participants in the Service:
Officiants: The Rev. Pamela L. Foster, Senior Associate, Christ
Church, Alexandria, Virginia
The Rev. Roger A. Ferlo, Rector, Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New
York City
Organist: Mr. Steven Anisko, Heinz Chapel
Choir: The Heinz Chapel Choir; Mr. John Goldsmith, Director
Descant for hymn composed for this service by Mark Peters, Graduate Student in Music
Readers: Peter G. Watson and Robert H. Flory, Jr.
Piper: Mr. James McIntosh, MBE