ST OLAVE’S AND ST SAVIOUR’S

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

SERVICE OF
COMMEMORATION
AND THANKSGIVING

Thursday 7th May 2020

2pm
1632. St. Olave’s Church with ships moored alongside and
St. Olave’s School adjoining.
(Published by Rombout van den Hoeye, Antwerp.)
 ORDER OF SERVICE

Welcome

Sentence: ‘Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.’ (Psalm 115 verse 1)

Chaplain The Lord be with you

All And also with you.

Chaplain Dear friends, we have come into the presence of God, to thank Him
for the many blessings which our school has received at his hands,
to commemorate before Him the founders and benefactors of our school,
and to dedicate ourselves afresh to His way of Wisdom and Love.

Chaplain O Lord, open our lips

All And our mouths shall proclaim your praise.

Chaplain Let us worship the Lord.

All Praise to His name.

Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Words: Henry Francis Lyte Music: John Goss

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 him! Praise him!
Praise the everlasting King.
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!
Praise him! Praise him!
Widely as his mercy flows.

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!
Praise him! Praise him!
Glorious in his faithfulness.
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 him! Praise him!
Praise with us the God of grace.
 Chaplain As Jesus taught us, so we pray:
All 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.

Chaplain O God, our Father, we thank you for St Olave’s School

and for all who have worked to make it what it is today.
Help us to build on the foundations which have been laid,
so that the fruit of true learning may abound,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All Amen.

The New Testament reading is taken from Acts chapter 13 verses 13-25

Paul and Barnabas Leave Cyprus

13
Paul and those with him sailed from Paphos and came to Perga, in Pamphylia. There John
Mark left them to return to Jerusalem. 14 They continued their trip from Perga and went to
Antioch, a city in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat
down. 15 After the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were read, the leaders of the
synagogue sent a message to Paul and Barnabas: “Brothers, if you have any message that will
encourage the people, please speak.”
16
Paul stood up, raised his hand, and said, “You Israelites and you who worship God, please
listen! 17 The God of the Israelites chose our ancestors. He made the people great during the
time they lived in Egypt, and he brought them out of that country with great power. 18 And he
was patient with them for forty years in the desert. 19 God destroyed seven nations in the land of
Canaan and gave the land to his people. 20 All this happened in about four hundred fifty years.
“After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then the people
asked for a king, so God gave them Saul son of Kish. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin and
was king for forty years. 22 After God took him away, God made David their king. God said
about him: ‘I have found in David son of Jesse the kind of man I want. He will do all I want him
to do.’ 23 So God has brought Jesus, one of David’s descendants, to Israel to be its Saviour, as
he promised. 24 Before Jesus came, John preached to all the people of Israel about a baptism
of changed hearts and lives. 25 When he was finishing his work, he said, ‘Who do you think I
am? I am not the Christ. He is coming later, and I am not worthy to untie his sandals.

This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling

Words: Charles Wesley Music: William Penfro Rowlands
1. Love divine, all loves excelling, 2. Come, almighty to deliver,
Joy of heaven to earth come down, Let us all Thy life receive;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling, Suddenly return, and never,
All thy faithful mercies crown. Never more Thy temples leave.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Thee we would be always blessing,
Pure unbounded love Thou art; Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Visit us with Thy salvation, Pray, and praise Thee, without ceasing,
Enter every trembling heart. Glory in Thy perfect love.
 3. Finish then Thy new creation:
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in Thee,
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

The Gospel reading is taken from John chapter 13 verses 12-20

Serving One Another

12
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and sat down again. He
asked, “Do you understand what I have just done for you? 13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’
and you are right, because that is what I am. 14 If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your
feet, you also should wash each other’s feet. 15 I did this as an example so that you should do
as I have done for you. 16 I tell you the truth, a servant is not greater than his master. A
messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you will be
blessed if you do them. 18 “I am not talking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this
is to bring about what the Scripture said: ‘The man who ate at my table has turned against
me.’ 19 I am telling you this now before it happens so that when it happens, you will believe that
I am he. 20 I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send also accepts me. And whoever
accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.

This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Hymn: Tell Out My Soul

Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith Tune: Woodlands. Walter Greatorex

1.Tell out, my soul, 3.Tell out, my soul,

the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings, give my spirit voice;
Tender to me the promise of His word;
In God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.
The greatness of His might!
Powers and Dominions lay their glory by;
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to
flight,
The hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

2.Tell out, my soul, 4. Tell out, my soul,

The greatness of his name!
Make known His might,
the deeds His arm has done;
His mercy sure, from age to age the same;
His holy name – The Lord, The Mighty One.
The glories of Hs word!
Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure.
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
To children’s children and for evermore!
 The Act of Commemoration:
Headmaster Let us remember before God all those
who by their generosity, devotion and service
have conferred great and lasting benefits upon our School.
May their example serve as an inspiration to us here today
and to those who follow us.

Vice Captain For HENRY LEEKE of Southwark, who in 1560 provided in his Will
for the founding of a Free Grammar School in the parish of St Olave,
and also the sixteen first Governors, who, at their own expense,
obtained from Queen Elizabeth a Charter dated 26th July 1571,

Father in Heaven
All We give you thanks and praise

Captain of For those by whom was founded the Grammar School of the adjacent
School parish of St Saviour, also in Southwark, especially THOMAS CURE,
Chief Mover among the six original Governors of that School;
for these Benefactors, aided by JOHN BINGHAM,
who planned, erected and developed that School, obtained letters patent
of 4th June 1562, and drew up far-seeing Rules for the high purpose
of bringing up youth in faith, learning and high moral standards,

Father in heaven,
All We give you thanks and praise.

Staff Member For all to whom we are indebted for our buildings and their furnishings,
all who have enriched us by gifts of Lands, Houses or other Property,
and all those who have given Books, endowed Lectures,
or founded Exhibitions and Scholarships, especially
RICHARD DOWSETT, VASSAL WEBLYNG, DAME MARGARET OSBORN,
RANDALL CARTER, DOROTHY APPLEBY, WILLIAM HEBERDEN,
ROBERT TYLER, OSCAR GRIDLEY and FREDERICK WILLIAM POTTO HICKS,

Father in heaven,
All We give you thanks and praise.

Vice Captain For past Pupils, Staff and Headteachers

of this ancient and honourable Foundation,
by whose talent, learning and devotion
the welfare of this School has been fostered
for the good of this country and the honour of your Name,

Father in heaven,
All We give you thanks and praise.

Captain of For the Governors of our Foundation, by whom the Free

School Grammar Schools of St Olave and St Saviour have been
fostered through four and a half centuries, especially
JOHN LAMB, WILLIAM BROWKER, THOMAS BULLMAN,
PHILIP HENSLOWE, JOHN MARSHALL, ROBERT HARVARD,
GEORGE MEGGOTT, GILES PILCHER and HUBERT SECRETAN;
for all these Benefactors,
and for many whose names and services have passed unrecorded,
we give you thanks, rejoicing that this day we can express our
thankfulness and perpetuate their Memory.
 Headmaster We pray for the future of our School,
that staff, pupils and all involved in its work
may pursue and preserve for future generations
its ideals, values and scholarship as our Founders intended.

Lord, in your mercy,

All Hear our prayer.

School Prayer: Eternal God,

Help us through our duty to you to love our neighbour, to care for others,
to do our best for and in school, to work for the common good of our
community, and to care for ourselves as we serve you. Amen

Concluding Prayer:

Chaplain Almighty God, our Heavenly Father,

All Guide us with your gracious favour,
and further us with your continual help;
that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you,
we may glorify your holy name,
and by your mercy attain everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn: Jerusalem
Words: William Blake Music: Hubert Parry

1. And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
2. Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.

The Blessing: Go forth into the world in peace;

be of good courage;
hold fast to that which is good;
render to no one evil for evil;
strengthen the fainthearted;
support the weak; help the afflicted;
honour everyone; love and serve the Lord,
rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
And the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be upon you, and remain with you always. Amen.
 For the first time we are not able to meet together for this very special service.
I hope this service order will help you celebrate at home, remembering those who made this
school possible by answering the call from God
May God richly bless you