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cover 2012_cover 2005c 07/08/2012 12:14 Page 6 NatioNal Police MeMorial Day Sunday 30th September 2012 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 1 1 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 2 2 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 3 Service for National Police Memorial Day Sunday 30th September 2012 3.00pm 3 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 4 The Police Dependants’ Trust (PDT) The Police Dependants’ Trust exists to assist in cases of need: dependants of police officers or former police officers who die or have died as a result of an injury received in the execution of duty; and police officers or former police officers who are, or have been incapacitated as a result of an injury received in the execution of duty. The Trust was set up following the murder by armed criminals of three police officers at Shepherds Bush in 1966. The late Sir William Butlin, at the time anonymously, gave £100,000 for the establishment of a trust to help in cases where police officers were killed or injured on duty. Public reaction to the crime was such that the fund soon increased to more than £1⁄4 million. The Police Dependants’ Trust was formally constituted by the signing of the Trust Deed on 21 December 1966 and registration with the Charity Commission in January 1967. The Trust is honoured with the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen. Shortly after the formal establishment of the Trust, an appeal was launched to raise £1 million to ensure sufficient income to help existing and future beneficiaries. The appeal was successful but growing demands on the trust make it necessary to continue building up the Trust's resources to provide for future requirements. CONTACT DETAILS Chairman – Mr Terry Spence QPM Police Dependants’ Trust Office 3 Mount Mews High Street Hampton Middlesex TW12 2SH T: 0208 941 6907 F: 0208 979 4323 E: [email protected] W: www.pdtrust.org The Police Dependants’ Trust will kindly provide refreshments following the service. 4 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 5 The British Police Symphony Orchestra will play a selection of music prior to the commencement of the Service. At 2.55pm, the Acting Dean greets Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York at the West Door and escort them to their seats in the Nave. The Acting Dean welcomes the congregation. Please stand. Processional Hymn 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet thy tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should sing? Praise him! Praise him! Praise the everlasting King. 2 Praise him for his grace and favour to our fathers in distress; praise him still the same for ever, slow to chide, and swift to bless. Praise him! Praise him! Glorious in his faithfulness. 3 Father-like, he tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows; in his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes. Praise him! Praise him! Widely as his mercy flows. 4 Angels, help us to adore him; ye behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him; dwellers all in time and space. Praise him! Praise him! Praise with us the God of grace. Words: After Psalm 103, H F Lyte 1793-1847 Tune: Praise my soul, John Goss 1800-80 Please remain standing. 5 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 6 The Bidding The Reverend Canon David Wilbraham, National Police Chaplain, National Association of Chaplains to the Police and Force Chaplain, Thames Valley Police, says; We meet here today to remember before God the men and women of our police service who laid down their lives in the service of their country, to honour them and give thanks for their sacrifice. We also hold before God their families, friends and colleagues; all who are bereaved and mourn the loss of their loved ones. Jesus said to his disciples, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ Almighty God, worthy of our praise and the service of our lives, comfort us as we mourn the loss of loved ones who have laid down their lives in the cause of justice. Dispel the darkness of grief with the light of your love. Strengthen us with the grace of your Holy Spirit that we may continue to strive for the cause of right, and that, following the good example of those who served you and are now at rest, we may at last enter into the fullness of your eternal glory. Amen. Confident that neither life nor death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, let us pray as he taught us: 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. 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. Please sit. 6 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 7 Psalm 15 The Minster choir sings: 1 Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour: and hath not slandered his neighbour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes: and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not: though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury: nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. First Reading Derek Barnett, Chief Superintendent, President, Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales reads: ‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’ He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6.6-8 Your word, O Lord, is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path. Please stand. 7 memorial brochure 12_memorial brochure 05 07/09/2012 13:56 Page 8 Magnificat The Minster choir sings: My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his hand-maiden. For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Words: Luke 1.46-55 Music: Bryan Kelly 1934- Please sit. Second Reading Ian Learmonth QPM, Chief Constable, Kent Police, reads: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.