Farewell !!!

WIFE | MOTHER | GRANDMOTHER | DAUGHTER | SISTER | AUNT | FRIEND

God’s Precious Gift

A P P R E C I AT I O N

The OKUBOYEJO and YUSUF families

wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone
for the overwhelming love and immense
contributions towards the funeral rites
of our wife, Mother, Grandmother,
daughter, sister and Aunt,
AP. IYABODE ALAKE OKUBOYEJO
.
We cannot express enough our deep appreciation
for honoring her with your presence.
It is our prayer that the joy of the lord will
continually strengthen you and
His Grace be with us all.
Thank you for sacrificing your time.
We wish you a safe journey back to your
various homes and pray that
God will bless you abundantly.

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BURIAL SERVICE AP. (MRS.) IYABO ALAKE
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A.K.A (SANGIRI LA GIRI) 1963 - 2018
 ORDER OF

Burial Service
of our

Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Daughter,

Sister and Aunt.

AP. (MRS.) IYABO ALAKE

OKUBOYEJO
A.K.A (SANGIRI LA GIRI) 1963 - 2018

BY:
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD
REDEMPTION HOUSE, LP 53 HQTRS.
23/25 NURU ONIWO STREET, AGUDA,
SURULERE, LAGOS

ON
THURSDAY 7TH. FEBRUARY, 2018.

BY:
10:00 AM

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 Order of Service 1. PRAISE AND WORSHIP

1. Praise and worship 2. RECEPTION OF THE BODY

2. Reception of the body
3. Hymn 1: Blessed Assurance (The Congregation to please stand and face the direction from where the
body is being brought while the Clergy meets the body)
4. Prayer
5. Bible Reading: - 1 Thess. 4:13-18, rev. 4:13-20
Clergy
6. Special Number; “With faith in Jesus Christ we receive the body of our Sister AP. IYABODE ALAKE
7. Hymn 2: Will Your Anchor Hold in the storm of life OKUBOYEJO for burial . Let us pray with confidence in God, the Giver of Life that
8. Sermon and Announcement He will raise her to perfection in the company of saints.
9. Prayer
10. Payment of Last respect with Hymn 3: In Christ Alone Silence
11. Hymn 4: It is well with my soul Heavenly Father, you have power over death and you have given us victory through
12. Procession to the grave the resurrection of Your Son Jesus Christ; May your Holy spirit remind us daily of our
inheritance in Your heavenly kingdom, so that we may not be overcome by the world
and miss our fellowship with You in heaven but keep our faith constant in Your
ORDER OF INTERMENT SERVICE Daughter, who is the Resurrection and Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour

13. Hymn 5: Abide with me 3. HYMN 1

14. Prayer
15. Exhortation BLESSED ASSURANCE
16. Interment
17. Dismissal Hymn; - Shall We Gather at the River 1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
OFFICIATING MINISTERS Born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

Pastor B.A. Ajayeoba Refrain: This is my story, this is my song,

Pastor Paul Obembe Praising my Savior all the day long;
Pastor Bode Daramola This is my story, this is my song,
Pastor Samuel Odimayo Praising my Savior all the day long.
Pastor Deji Alao-Peters
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Pastor Funsho Odugbemi visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
A/P Patrick Elem angels descending bring from above
Deacon Adeyemi Ayodele echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Refrain: This is my story, this is my song,

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3. Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
Refrain: This is my story, this is my song,
4. PRAYER
5. BIBLE READING:
1 Thess. 4:13-18, Rev. 4:13-20
6. SPECIAL NUMBER
7. HYMN 2:
WILL YOUR ANCHOR HOLD IN THE STORM OF LIFE
1. Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift, and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift or firm remain?
Refrain: We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.
2. It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,
For ’tis well secured by the Savior’s hand;
And the cables passed from His heart to mine,
Can defy the blast, through strength divine. Refrain:
3. It will firmly hold in the straits of fear,
When the breakers have told the reef is near;
Though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow,
Not an angry wave shall our bark o’erflow. Refrain:
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4. It will surely hold in the floods of death,
When the waters cold chill our latest breath;
On the rising tide it can never fail,
While our hopes abide within the veil. Refrain:
5. When our eyes behold, through the gathering night
The city of gold, our harbour bright
We shall anchor fast by the heavenly shore,
With the storm all past for evermore. Refrain:
8. SERMON AND ANNOUNCEMENT
9. PRAYER
10. PAYMENT OF LAST RESPECT WITH HYMN 3
IN CHRIST ALONE
1. “In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
2. In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev’ry sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.
3. There in the ground His body lay, 4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hen to live!
Light of the world by darkness slain; If Jordan above me shall roll
Then bursting forth in glorious day, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Up from the grave He rose again! Thou wilt whisper thy peace to my soul
And as He stands in victory,
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me; 5. For the Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait
For I am His and He is mine The sky, not the grave, is our goal
Bought with the precious blood of Christ. Oh, triumph of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope! Blessed rest of my soul
4. No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath, 12. PROCESSION TO THE GRAVE
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.”

11. HYMN 4:

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Refrain: It is well with my soul,

it is well, it is well with my soul.

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
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 Order of Interment Service 8.
13. HYMN 5:
ABIDE WITH ME
1. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
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The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
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Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
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2. 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.
3. Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word;
But as Thou dwell’st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.
4 Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea—
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.
5 Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.
6. I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
7. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
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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.
PRAYER
EXHORTATION
INTERMENT
(At the graveside)
Man that is born of woman if of few days on earth and full of trouble. He grows and
is hewed down as the flower of the grass. He passes away like a shadow without
staying in a place.
In the midst of Life, we stay in death. From whom shall we seek help but from you
our Lord who is justified to be annoyed because of our sins? Lord God Most High,
Almighty God, Holy Saviour and Most
Merciful, do not put us in painful agony of everlasting death. Lord, you know the
secret things of our heart. Do not be deaf unto our prayers. Most Holy God, Holy
Saviour and Most Merciful God, spare us. You are the Most Righteous Judge. Do
not allow us fall away from you because of death
(After the body has been lowered)
As it pleases the Almighty God in His great mercy to receive the soul of this dear
sister AP. IYABODE ALAKE OKUBOYEJO who has left this place and of a fact,
without doubting the hope of resurrection into life everlasting through our Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall transform our poor bodies into His own likeness which is
glorious, according to the mighty works by which He could subdue all
principalities by Himself.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their
labours; and their works do follow them.
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Biography
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER

1. Shall we gather at the river Who find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above
Where bright angel feet have trod; rubies Proverb 31:10
With its crystal tide for ever
Flowing by the throne of God AP (MRS) IYABODE ALAKE OKUBOYEJO (NEE YUSUF)
was born on 24th October, 1963 to the family of Late Mutairu
Atanda Yusuf and Late Kikelomo Ayinke Yusuf (Nee
Refrain: Yes we'll gather at the river Bodunrin) both from Abeokuta, Ogun State. The first
The beautiful, the beautiful river; surviving child of the family, she attended Lagos Street African
Church School Ebute-Metta for her Primary education from
Gather with the saint's at the river 1971- 1977. Iyabo started her secondary education at Nigeria
That flows by the throne of God. People High School (Nigerpeco) and completed her secondary
education at Baptist Secondary School Kosofe, Lagos.
2. On the margin of the river,
She worked briefly with Reproductions Nigeria Limited and PZ
Guided by our shepherd King before proceeding to Dele Industrial training Centre to study a
We will walk and worship ever Diploma Course in Hotel and Catering Management
His dear footsteps following September 1982-1984 from 1985-1989 she worked with
Yetkem Hot Take away Foods as a supervisor. She later started
her own business LY Catering Services at Ilasamaja and later
3. But before we gain the river on diversified her business to I.Y Collections, an International
Lay we every burden down business woman travelling to various countries i.e. Dubai,
Jesus, here from sin deliver; London etc, to bring in goods for sale.
Those whom there Thy grace will crown She later on engage in Haulage business and sales of landed
properties and lately one of the major distributor of Cascade
4. Soon we'll reach the crystal river Table Water in Ota.
Soon our pilgrimage will cease,
CHRISTIAN LIFE
Soon our golden harp strings quiver, She started her Christian life as a chorister at Kosofe Baptist
With the melody of peace Church and also a member of St. Paul Anglican Church
Breadfruit, Lagos. Her passion for the things of God led her to
The Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1994 at 54, Ogunlana Drive now Lagos province 53 Nuru Oniwo Street, Aguda.
Having gone through all the required training of the church she was ordained as a Deaconess in August 2009 and as an
Assistant Pastor in August 2015.

RCCG Christ Life Assembly - Parish Pastor 2011-2014

RCCG Chapel of Transformation - Parish Pastor 2014-Dec. 2018

A staunch member of Redeemed Volunteer at the Redemption Camp and for a very long time Welfare Coordinator LP53.

lyabode was married to Mr. Tolulope Okuboyejo and survived by children and grandchildren.

Adieu AP (Mrs) Iyabode Okuboyejo!

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