Michael Ridley ‘Mike’

Thursday 8th April 2021 at 1.15 pm

Church of St Mary’s in the Lace Market, Nottinghamfollowed by cremation at Wilford Hill Crematorium

Service conducted by Reverend Tom Gillum

9th June 1948 - 25th March 2021

A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of

Order of ServiceEntrance Music

Miserere by Gregorio Allegri

The Sentences

Introduction and Opening Prayer

Hymn Lord Of All Hopefulness

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,

be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,

be there at our labours, and give us, we pray,your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,

be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,

be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Jan Struther (1901-1953)

Tribute and Memories of Mike

Poemread by Diana Copestake

As smoke in the breezeI will goAlmost unnoticedButWhen I have goneReserve a place -Small -In your memory for me Visit it now and thenAnd raise a smileNo tears The keys to this placeAre many - The dusk song of a blackbirdRooftop callingOr the first spring sightOf swallows slicing the air The wind rippling long summer grassOver sloping meadows The haunting call of curlewOver moss and heatherOn hot moor days Sharp green of new formed leavesAgainst a spring blue sky Whichever key you use;Open the memoryAnd smileAnd I will be with you.

M. Ridley - April 2019

Psalm 23The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness

for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me;

Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil;

my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

ReadingJohn, Chapter 14: verses 1-6

read by Chris Hunter

The Address

MusicBetter Is Peace from The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins

The Prayers including The Lord’s PrayerOur 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. And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory,

for ever and ever.Amen.

HymnDear Lord And Father Of Mankind

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways;

re-clothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find,

in deeper reverence praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard, beside the Syrian sea,

the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word

rise up and follow thee.

Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease;

take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess

the beauty of thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desirethy coolness and thy balm;

let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,

O still, small voice of calm.J G Whittier (1807-92) PD

The Prayer of Commendation and Committal

HymnJerusalem

And did those feet in ancient timewalk upon England’s mountains green?

And was the Holy Lamb of Godon England’s pleasant pastures seen?

And did the countenance divineshine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded hereamong these dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!Bring me my arrows of desire!

Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,

till we have built Jerusalemin England’s green and pleasant land.

William Blake (1757-1827)

The Blessing

‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.’Marcus Tullius Cicero

Jane, Tom, Katherine and family would like to thank everyone for your kind messages of support, friendship and sympathy and

for your presence today.

Donations in memory of Mike forProstate Cancer UK

andProstate Cancer Research

may be sealed in the donation envelopeand placed in the box on leaving the service,

left online atwww.lymn.co.uk/obituaries

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