Sunday, November 10, 2024
Order of Service
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Be watchful,
stand firm in your faith,
be courageous and strong.
Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Prelude & Fughetta in e J.S.Bach
Call to Worship and Prayer of Approach
Friends in Christ, on this Remembrance Sunday
we remember the past, grasp the present, and look to the future.
On this day when long ago the guns fell silent,
we come before God, seeking peace.
On this day of hope in the face of anguish and terror,
we come before God, praying with all our hearts:
Dear God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
open the eyes of all hearts to commit to a kinder path through the disagreements in this world.
Praying so, we confess our sin against you, creation, neighbour and self.
Forgive and reconcile us to be people of compassion, tolerance and care.
May we catch a vision of how all people can beautifully live together, and make it real, living as you created us to live.
Loving God, steadfast and sure, looking to Jesus, make us channels of your peace. Amen.
325 Eternal Father, strong to save
Declaration of Forgiveness
The Act of Remembrance
Opening Words: We Remember
Remembrance Day
a poem by Julia Mederak (John Sweeney Catholic School, Kitchener)
Decades ago, in a far away land,
footprints were made in the dirt and the sand.
Soldiers had left them as they marched and they ran
towards untold dangers their weapons in hand.
They fought far from home, left loved ones behind,
their families were worried with no peace of mind.
They fought to protect us, our freedoms to keep;
explosions and gunfire kept them from sleep.
We will always remember for what they have done;
the sacrifices given, the battles they’ve won,
the hardships they’ve suffered, the lives that were lost;
the grief of their families was at too high a cost.
We celebrate Remembrance Day, we honour the vet;
our heads bowed in silence, lest we forget.
330 O God our help in ages past
Prayer
In Flanders Fields
Choral Setting by E. Daley
Words by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The Reading of Names
They were bound by suffering for the pursuit of a higher good
The Tryst
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
we will remember them.
We will remember them.
Kohima Poem
When you go home tell them of us and say,
for your tomorrow, we gave our today.
John Maxwell Edmonds 1875-1958
(Kohima, India April 4 to June 22, 1944)
The Piper’s Lament
Last Post
Two Minutes of Silence
Reveille
O Canada
Prayer for Illumination
Like a true friend, Lord, you have not withheld the wisdom of your word. Like a true friend, Lord, you have given us the nourishment and strength for the living of these days. (Luke 11). Be with us now, that in receiving your Word we may follow it in righteousness, truth and love. Amen.
Haggai1:15b-2:9
John 15:9-17
Sermon: Shoulder to Shoulder
”take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you.” Haggai 2:4
324 Great is they faithfulness
Call for Offering
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Offertory - Adagio G.F. Handel
Trumpeter: Christina Kuepfer
Doxology
79 Come Together
Prayer of Dedication
Anthem: Thou art God
L. Bourne
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
794 Abide with me
Benediction
Postlude - “Eventide” arr. F.E.W. Gingrich
Piper: Henry Muth
We gather on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. We are also on lands that are part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum. We live and work, worship, learn and meet on lands that are the traditional territory of many different Indigenous Peoples who were here before the establishment of European colonies.
