REVD PETER GUILDFORD NORTH<\/b><\/p>\n
Revd Roger Hesketh took the funeral of the\u00a0Revd Peter Guilford North at St John’s Launceston on Thursday 21 February 2013.\u00a0 Roger writes:<\/p>\n
Peter will be deeply missed by his wife Joan and family.<\/p>\n
Peter was a faithful servant of Christ serving for years as a lay reader before being ordained after his retirement as a Mining Engineer at Mt Lyell on the West Coast.<\/p>\n
For the past decade and a half Peter\u2019s ministry, very often complimented by Joan\u2019s keyboard skills, has radiated out from Launceston taking services from St Helens to Queenstown, from Georgetown to Ross and seemingly most country churches and Nursing Homes in between.\u00a0\u00a0Peter was always cheerfully willing to help out with a service wherever he might be asked.<\/p>\n
A heart attack and a two year battle with cancer did not daunt his spirit nor his tireless service, it was not at all uncommon for him to take a couple of services in the Fingal Valley or the Northern midlands and then turn up as a member of the congregation at the evening service at St Johns.\u00a0 Just a few days before his passing he was agreeing to take an Ash Wednesday service at a local nursing home, only to be headed off by the wiser head of Joan as she realised what was happening.<\/p>\n
Peter\u2019s family chose the very apt words of St Paul for his funeral service, \u201cI have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.\u00a0 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.\u201d (2 Timothy 4:7-8).<\/p>\n
Well done good and faithful servant\u2026enter into the joy of your master.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REVD PETER GUILDFORD NORTH Revd Roger Hesketh took the funeral of the\u00a0Revd Peter Guilford North at St John’s Launceston on Thursday 21 February 2013.\u00a0 Roger writes: Peter will be deeply missed by his wife Joan and family. Peter was a … Continue reading