A service of thanksgiving for a life's task faithfully discharged Rosa Harris Sanders Creque, August 27, 2009, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Augusta, Georgia, the Reverend Dr. J. Andrew Menger, the Reverend Enoch Ward, the Reverend Seymore Harrison

Rosa H arris Sanders Creque
Retired Educator
Rosa Harris Sanders Creque, age 87, formerly of Steiner Avenue, entered into rest on Saturday, August 22, 2009, at Thomas Personal Care Home. Mrs. Sanders Creque was born in Augusta, Georgia, to the late Jackson and Addie Harris and was a lifelong Augusta resident. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and furthered her education at Paine College where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Education. She 'continued her studies at Columbia University in New York.
Mrs. Sanders Creque taught for over 30 years in Richmond County Schools. She was a music educator whose vision and caring touched the lives of many Augusta youth. In addition to being an educator, Mrs. Sanders Creque enjoyed working with young people. There were many students with whom she showed an interest and worked to mentor their musical talents. She was very active in the local musical community and shared her musical talents with many churches in the Augusta area. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church where she served as music director for many years.
She is preceded in death by brothers Jackson Harris, Ignatius Harris, and Jerry E. Harris, and sisters Mattie Barker, Lena Dorsey, Maggie Harris, and Eloise Lindsay. Left to cherish her memory are two sons, Marion Timothy (Clarice) Sanders, Jr. and Ignatius Harris (Victoria) Sanders, Sr. of Augusta, Georgia; one sister Madora Beard of Atlanta, Georgia; seven grandchildren, Sandra Jane Cox, Nicole Ellen Jones, Apral Monique Williams, Oliver Gamal Sanders, Rose Elizabeth Sanders, and Latson Etheridge Sanders; four great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Acknowledgments
We, the family of Mrs. Rosa Harris Sanders Creque, wish to express our most sincere thanks. Your prayers, condolences, phone calls, and visits have been greatly appreciated. We will gladly make personal acknowledgments at a later date. God bless each and every one of you.
Special Acknowledgments
We will forever be grateful for the loving care provided by Miss Inez Thomas and her staff at Thomas Personal Care Home.

Reading
Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame! The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, And you are stay'd for. There; my blessing with thee! And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment O f each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!
Lord Polonius, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

A S ervice of Thanknseivim for a L ife's T ask
Faithfully Discharged
Rosa Harris Sanders Creque
August 27, 2 0 0 9
Ckurck of St. Mary tke Virgin Augusta, Georgia

A Service of Tkanksgiving

Rosa Harris Sanders Creque

August 2*7, 2009

11:00 AM

The liturgy for the dead is an Easter liturgy. It finds all its meaning in the resurrection. Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we, too, shall be raised. The liturgy, therefore, is characterized by joy, in the certainty that "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor thmgs present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. "

This joy, however, does not make human grief unchristian. The very love we have for each other in Christ brings deep sorrow when we are parted by death. Jesus himself wept at the grave of his friend. So, while we rejoice that one we love has entered into the nearer presence of our Lord, we sorrow in sympathy with those who mourn.

PROCESSION

Hymn 181 LEVAS Hymnal

Amazing Grace

OPENING SENTENCES

The Book, of Common Prayer page 491

THE COLLECT

BCP page 493

The people sit.

T ke Liturgy of tke W ord

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON

II Timothy 4:6-8

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

After each Lesson, the Reader says

People

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

THE PSALTER

To be read in unison.

Psalm 23

The LO R D 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 L O R D for ever.

THE GOSPEL LESSON

John 14:1-6

Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take

you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

SOLO

Lord's Prayer

Petula Williams

THE HOMILY

The Reverend Enoch Ward

SOLO

If I Can Help Somebody

Latson E. Sanders

REFLECTIONS

Phoebi Ali, Edythe Dimond Aundra Clark, Roger Williams

THE APOSTLES' CREED

Officiant In the assurance of eternal life given at Baptism, let us proclaim our faith and say,

Officiant and People

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and bom of the Virgin M ary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

THE PRAYERS

For our sister Rosa, let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, "I am Resurrection and I am Life."

Lord, you consoled Martha and Mary in their distress; draw near to us who mourn for Rosa, and dry the tears of those who weep.

People

Hear us, Lord.

You wept at the grave of Lazarus, your friend; comfort us in our sorrow. Hear us, Lord.

You raised the dead to life; give to our sister eternal life. Hear us, Lord.

You promised paradise to the thief who repented; bring our sister to the joys of heaven.
Hear us, Lord.

Our sister was washed in Baptism and anointed with the Holy Spirit; give her fellowship with all your saints.
Hear us, Lord.

She was nourished with your Body and Blood; grant her a place at the table in your heavenly kingdom.
Hear us, Lord.

Comfort us in our sorrows at the death of our sister; let our faith be our consolation, and eternal life our hope.

THE COMMENDATION

The Officiant and other ministers take their places at the body.

Officiant People

Give rest, O Christ, to your servant with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.

You only are immortal, the creator and maker of mankind; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and to earth shall we return. For so did you ordain when you created me, saying, "You are dust, and to dust you shall return." All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Give rest, O Christ, to your servant with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.

Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant Rosa. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. A men.

Officiant Let us go forth in the name of Christ.

People

Thanks be to God.

PROCESSION

Hymn 184 LEVAS Hymnal

Blessed Assurance

Tke Reverend Dr. J. Andrew Meng er
Priest in Charge, Church of St. Mary the Virgin Celebrant

Tke Reverend Enock Ward
Pastor, First Metropolitan Baptist Church Preacher

Edytke Dimond
Crucifer

Tke Reverend Seymore Harrison
Lector

Oliver G. Sanders Ignatius H. Sanders, Jr.

Latson E. Sanders

Olin A Dorsey, Jr.

Alarie C. Gresham

Wayne King

Pallbearers