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>Title: 'Joyful' farewell for leader of Jesus Army >Website: Northampton Chronicle and Echo >www.northamptonchron.co.uk >Date: 1/06/2009 >Link : <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/39Joyful39 >-farewell-for-leader-of.5319610.jp">Joyful farewell >for leader of Jesus Army</a> > ><b>'Joyful' farewell for leader of Jesus Army</b> > >More than 2,000 people congregated at the Jesus Centre >in Northampton to see the thanksgiving funeral for >Jesus Army leader Noel Stanton erupt into song. >Mick Haines, who will now step into the leader's >shoes, led the ceremony in the town centre on >Saturday, where the nine religious songs Mr Stanton >chose before his death were sung in the order he >specified. > >Screens were set up around the centre displaying the >celebrations, tributes and readings as the number of >people attending was too large for the room to hold. > >Mr Haines told the congregation: "Noel would want this >to be a joyful occasion of celebration, so it's a >praising atmosphere. > >"His heart was to the people of Northampton. This is a >very significant day for the history of Northampton >and the history of the Jesus Army." > >He said Mr Stanton was "very keen" to hold the >thanksgiving service at the Jesus Centre so that >anyone who wanted to come to the funeral could do so. > >As the gathering sang the songs chosen by their >leader, they clapped their hands, stamped their feet >and sang louder as the songs went on. > >A video showing footage of Mr Stanton baptising people >and giving speeches throughout his career, including >his final speech at the Jesus Centre before he stepped >down in April, was projected onto the screens, after >which there was a standing ovation lasting nearly a >minute. > >The ceremony was followed by a procession led with the >hearse carrying Mr Stanton's coffin, which travelled >around Northampton town centre, towards Kislingbury >and to Bugbrooke, where they laid his body to rest at >the Jesus Army graveyard. > >John Campbell, chairman of the Jesus Army charitable >trust, said a remembrance book had been put together >for people to pay tribute to Mr Stanton. > >He said: "One of the things about it is the whole >range of people, old people, young people, educated >people, people who are not so well educated. > >"Noel would want his legacy to be people, and all the >things they have said."
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