Service of Re-Dedication
Published on Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Reverend Keith Phipps Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, Reverend Brenda Jones of Woodhouse Close Church, Reverend Canon Neville Vine St Andrews & St Anne’s, Fr Jonathan Rose Parish Priest of Bishop Auckland and St Helen’s
Following recent extensive refurbishments of their premises at Fylands House, Tindale Crescent, The Cooperative Funeralcare held a re-dedication service of their private Rooms of Remembrance on Tuesday 22nd June.
The service was opened by Divisional Manager Phil Hoggarth who welcomed the Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Lesley Zair, ministers from local churches and representatives from The Butterwick Hospice and
Bishop Auckland General Hospital amongst others, and thanked everyone for attending.
He then introduced Regional Sector Manager Kevin McAlister, who began the formal ceremony by petitioning the ministers to dedicate the rooms of remembrance in God’s name.
The Reverend Canon Neville Vine said the opening prayer followed by a reading from Revelations by funeral director Christine Dowson. Father Jonathan Rose then read the Sentence of Dedication. All the
guests and staff then said The Lord’s Prayer and a prayer in remembrance of the departed and the bereaved was said by the Reverend Keith Phipps.
Finally, all the ministers joined together to give a blessing.
This article originally appeared in Issue No. 34. Read or download The Bishop Press Issue No. 34 (PDF).
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