A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of
Nicholas John Steel Traina
24 September 1997

3:30 p.m.

Organ Prelude
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Sung by Sasha Lazard

The service begins on page 491 in the red Book of Common Prayer
Opening Sentences (p. 491)
The Prayer (p. 493)

The Liturgy of the Word
The First Reading - Isaiah 41:10
Psalm 23
Sung by the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys
The Second Reading - Matthew 19:13-15
A Word from Beatrix
Read by Beatrix Lazard Traina Seidenberg
Hymn 671 - Amazing Grace
(Found in the blue hymn book; sung by all, standing)
Eulogy
Max Leavitt
"I'm All Alone"
Composed and sung by Nicholas Traina
A Word from Todd
Read by Todd Traina
A Letter from Danielle Traina
Read by Trevor Traina
"The Wind Beneath my Wings"
Sung by Val Diamond
Dedicated to Nick by his Mom

Closing Prayers
Organ Postlude, "Ode to Joy"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Officiant: The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, Bishop of California
Organist: Dr. John Fenstermaker, Canon Organist

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