{"id":1312,"date":"2017-08-24T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T11:05:06","slug":"blog-august-24th-laurie-brokenshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=1312","title":{"rendered":"Blog August 24th Laurie Brokenshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/330px-Laurie_Brokenshire-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/330px-Laurie_Brokenshire-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/330px-Laurie_Brokenshire.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gmDRJpEwEB0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8221; I Love You Lord&#8221; (Laurie Klein) with solo from Emily Shaw and &#8220;Hallelujah Glory, Glory&#8221; (from the musical Risen! ) with solo from Lorraine Marsh. Introductory recitative from Alex Knox.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MYYwjjI_UM8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;My Jesus My Saviour\/Shout to the Lord&#8221; (Darlene Zschech) with solo from Lauren Chappell and introductory recitative from Chloe Brokenshire.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I attended the funeral service of a remarkable man and dear friend, Laurie Brokenshire. He did so very much for so many people and I do ask you to use this link to discover exactly how many lives he touched and in so many different ways.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/<strong>en.wikipedia.org<\/strong>\/wiki\/<strong>Laurie_Brokenshire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Holy Rood Church last Friday was filled to overflowing for his Service of Thanksgiving &#8211; standing room only and many, many, more unable to get into the main church. We heard wonderful tributes and brave words from his family &#8211; wife Ethel, sons Matthew and Phillip and daughters Sarah and Rachel. Also from Rev. Charles Overton, his long standing friend who conducted the Service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I say please click on the link to get a flavour of the amazing life of Laurie but even a Wikipedia account cannot do him any sort of justice, however the following extract does give a flavour of the man:<\/p>\n<p><em>In early 2016, Brokenshire was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GBM\">terminal brain cancer<\/a>, which had overtaken his father some 20 years earlier. His response was immediate and typical &#8211; his family undertook a 30-mile sea swim off Plymouth in aid of various cancer charities, raising over \u00a330,000 in under 3 weeks, and in excess of \u00a345,000 overall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The featured video clips show Laurie, who also had a great bass voice, singing at Holy Rood in a Risen! concert. He was playing the part of Cleopas. Even from these short clips I think you will be able to see how much he loved Jesus. His funeral service was as evangelical as it comes and I do pray that it has encouraged those present to attend the forthcoming September Alpha courses.<\/p>\n<p>Laurie, you are going to be sadly missed but we can be assured that you are now receiving all the rewards of heaven for being \u201cA good and faithful servant.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; I Love You Lord&#8221; (Laurie Klein) with solo from Emily Shaw and &#8220;Hallelujah Glory, Glory&#8221; (from the musical Risen! ) with solo from Lorraine Marsh. Introductory recitative from Alex Knox. &#8220;My Jesus My Saviour\/Shout to the Lord&#8221; (Darlene Zschech) with solo from Lauren Chappell and introductory recitative from Chloe Brokenshire. 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