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