In Loving Memory of John Gilbert Ackroyd

31st January 1937 - 25th January 2021

Service at
The Isle of Wight Crematorium
16th February 2021 at 3pm

Entrance Music
When the Saints Go Marching In - Bill Haley & the Comets

Welcome & Opening Words
Independent Celebrant Caroline Ash

John: A Retrospect of an Incredible Life

Reflection Music
Epilogue (Ha'ina Mai Kapuana) - Pierre Grill & Lisa Leung

Reading
This body is not me.
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries
I have never been born,
and I have never died.
Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous True Mind.
Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.
So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.  

Farewell to John

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
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
Forever and ever
Amen

Closing Words

Recessional Music
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Eric Clapton

Kind Donations in memory of John to
Tools for Self Reliance
via his much loved page
https://johnackroyd.muchloved.com/