Anzac Day Service
Thursday 25 April 2024 – 10.00am
Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall
15 May Road, Mt Roskill
Introduction and Welcome
God Save the King
Led by Auckland City Brass Band – All sing
God Save our Gracious King!
Long Live our Noble King!
God Save the King!
Send him victorious, happy, and glorious Long to reign over us, God Save the King!
Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past
Led by Band – All sing
Oh God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home
Time like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away
They fly forgotten, as a dream, Dies at the opening day
Oh God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come
Be thou our guide while troubles last, And our eternal home
Ella Kumar, Puketāpapa Local Board ChairpersonScripture Reading
Calum Bint, Head Boy, Lynfield College, (Old Testament Isaiah chapter 2 verses 1-4).
Grace Collins, Head Girl, Marcellin College, (Gospel of Matthew chapter 5 verses 1-6).
Dzidzor Nanedo, Deputy Head Boy of Mt Roskill Grammar School (Gospel of Matthew chapter 5 verses 7-12).
Opening Prayer
Reverend Paul Allen-Baines
Pastor, Three Kings Congregational Church
Address
Ella Kumar, Puketāpapa Local Board Chairperson
Hymn: Abide with Me
Led by Band – All sing
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless Oh abide with me
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away Change and decay in all around I see O Thou who changest not, abide with me
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
Heaven’s morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee In life, in death, O Lord, Abide with me!
Last Post
Bugler Stephen Bemelman, Auckland City Brass Band
The Ode
Barry Bryan, JP
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
All – "We will remember them"
One minute's silence will now be observed.
Reveille
Bugler Stephen Bemelman, Auckland City Brass Band
Laying of the Wreaths
Invitation to lay wreaths outside at the Cenotaph
National Anthem
Led by Band – All sing
E Ihowā Atua
O ngā iwi mātou rā
Āta whakarangona
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai
Kia tau tō atawhai
Manaakitia mai Aotearoa
God of Nations at Thy feet
In the bonds of love, we meet
Hear our voices we entreat
God defend our free land
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war
Make her praises heard afar
God defend New Zealand Blessing
Reverend Paul Allen-Baines
Service Dismissal
Puketāpapa Local Board thanks everyone for making the service possible.