April Jones funeral: hundreds join family to pay tribute to murdered five year-old Emeli Sande's Read All About It played on loudspeakers outside the church, while the inside was decorated with pink floral arrangements. April parent's Paul and Coral and siblings Jazmin and Harley stood at the front of the church for the moving service, which included prayers, psalms, readings and hymns, but no eulogies. Coral and Paul Jones, the parents of April Jones and her brother Harley, arrive at St Peter's Church, Machynlleth (PA) The Rev Kathleen Rogers said: "We know that there are no words we can say at this moment to express what we are feeling. No words can alleviate our sorrow or take away our pain. She told the congregation they had come together to remember April, celebrate her short life, grieve together and say goodbye to her. "It's a bittersweet moment," she said. Our hopes and dreams have changed because April has been taken from us. But you know, we come also with a sense of thanksgiving for the many ways that April touched our lives and those with whom she came into contact... She touched us all and we think and feel differently because of the difference she made to us. Prayers were said for schoolgirl - for the memories she left of times of "laughter," of "mischief" and times of "inquisitiveness" - as well as for her family and those who had helped them through what Rev Rogers described as their "darkest of days." She extended thanks to everyone from Mr and Mrs Jones for their support over the last 12 months. Donations made at April's funeral will be used to sponsor a five-year-old girl in a village in Uganda in what Rev Rogers said was "an attempt to see some good out of this tragedy." The service included Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd, and hymns including Memories Sad And Beautiful and a Welsh hymn. The funeral service came five days before the first anniversary of April's murder and 10 days after an inquest released her remains to her family. The family of April Jones and mourners follow her coffin out of St Peter's Church, Machynlleth, after her funeral service (PA) Mourners filled the church and then the graveyard outside, forming a sea of pink lining the path. Among the crowds were members of the mountain rescue team who helped search for April. April Jones's killer Mark Bridger Her disappearance last October sparked one of the biggest missing person searches in UK history Bridger, a former slaughterhouse worker who lived locally, was jailed for life in May for abducting, sexually abusing and murdering her.