Note: Pg #s refer to the BAS
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5.3
Processional Hymn: #576 For the Healing of the Nations
For the healing of the nations,
God, we pray with one accord;
for a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords;
To a life of love in action
help us rise and pledge our word.
Lead us forward into freedom;
from despair your world release,
that, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
fear will die and hope increase.
All that kills abundant living,
let it from the earth be banned;
pride of status, race, or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice
may we hallow life's brief span,
may we hallow life's brief span.
You, Creator God, have written
your great name on humankind;
for our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind,
that by our response and service
earth its destiny may find,
earth its destiny may find.
Welcome & Acknowledgment of Land
Call to Worship
We gather in the name of the God of peace and reconciliation.
We come seeking the peace that only God can give.
In this place, let us lay down our burdens of fear and division.
We come to be renewed in hope and strengthened in love.
Together, let us commit to the work of justice, to the building of community, and to the pursuit of peace.
We come to worship God, the source of all peace and justice.
Let us open our hearts to God’s presence and listen for His voice among us. Amen
(Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland)
Hymn: VU 524 Oh Canada
One: The Lord is our refuge and strength: All: O come let us worship
A Prayer of Remembrance
Almighty and eternal God,
from whose love in Christ we cannot be parted,
either by death or life: hear our prayers and thanksgivings
for all whom we remember this day; fulfil in them the purpose of your love; and bring us all, with them, to your eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Recital of “In Flanders Field” (read by Mary Pragnell)
Act of Remembrance: They shall grow not 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
Last Post (Yolanda Lehton)
Reveille
Commitment to Remember: They were young, as we are young. They served, giving freely of themselves. To them, we pledge, amid the winds of time, to carry their torch and never forget. We will remember them. We will remember them
The Gathering of the Community (Service begins on p. 185)
Glory to God p. 186
Kyrie Eleison p. 186
Collect Almighty God, you call us to remember those who have given their lives in service of others. Grant that we may honor their sacrifice by working for peace and justice in our own time. Through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
The Proclamation of the Word (Led by Shirley Jodrey)
Hebrew Scripture: RUTH 3:1-5, 4:13-17
PSALM 127 R: Happy are they who fear the Lord.
The Epistle: HEBREWS 9:24-28
Gospel Hymn: #572 Let there be Light (vs 1-3)
Let there be light,
let there be understanding,
let all the nations gather,
let them be face to face.
Open our lips,
open our minds to ponder,
open the door of concord
opening into grace.
Perish the sword,
perish the angry judgment,
perish the bombs and hunger,
perish the fight for gain.
The Gospel: MARK 12:38-44
Gospel Hymn: #572 Let there be Light (vs 4-6)
Hallow our love,
hallow the deaths of martyrs,
hallow their holy freedom,
hallowed be your name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy Spirit turn to language,
thy people speak together,
thy Spirit never fade.
Let there be light,
open our hearts to wonder,
perish the way of terror,
hallow the world God made.
Homily:
Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed p. 189 (please stand as able)
Prayers of the People (Led by Nancy Booth)
Confession and Absolution p. 191
The Peace p. 192
Offertory Hymn: # 455 Dear God Compassionate and Kind
Dear God, compassionate and kind,
forgive our foolish ways.
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word,
rise up and follow thee!
O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity
interpreted by love!
Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm.
Prayer over the Gifts God of all blessings, we bring our gifts to you as an act of worship and remembrance. Just as those who have served have given of themselves for the sake of others, may our offerings be used to bring peace, hope, and justice to your world. Accept these gifts and use them for your glory and the good of your people. In Jesus' name, we pray Amen
The Celebration of the Eucharist (Eucharistic Prayer #3, p. 198)
The Lord’s Prayer (sung) p. 211
The Breaking of the Bread (prayer # 2) p. 212
Agnes Dei (sung) O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us… Grant us Thy peace.
¬The Communion (all are welcome to receive communion, or to come up to the altar for a blessing)
Communion Hymn: Make me A Channel of your Peace (The Prayer of St. Francis)
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there's doubt, true faith in you
Refrain:
Oh, master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness ever joy
Refrain
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life
Prayer after Communion: Living God, in the eucharist you fill us with new hope. May the power of your love, which we have known in word and sacrament, continue your saving work among us, and bring us to the joy you promise. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Doxology (Old 100th): Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise him all creatures here below! Praise him above ye heavenly
hosts! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen
The Blessing
God Save the King
Closing Hymn: # 575 Let Streams of Living Justice
Let streams of living justice
flow down upon the earth.
Give freedom’s light to captives;
let all the poor have worth.
The hungry’s hands are pleading;
the workers claim their rights,
The mourners long for laughter,
the blinded seek for sight.
Make liberty a beacon,
strike down the iron power.
Abolish ancient vengeance.
Proclaim your people’s hour.
For healing of the nations,
for peace that will not end.
For love that makes us lovers,
God grant us grace to mend.
Weave our varied gifts together:
knit our lives as they are spun.
On your loom of time enrol us
till our thread of life is run.
O great Weaver of our fabric,
bind church and world in one.
Dye our texture with your radiance,
light our colours with your sun.
Your city’s built for music:
we are the stones you seek.
Your harmony is language.
We are the words you speak.
Our faith we find in service,
our hope in other’s dreams.
Our love in hand of neighbour.
Our homeland brightly gleams.
Inscribe our hearts with justice,
your way – the path untried:
Your truth – the heart of stranger,
your life – the Crucified.
The Dismissal p. 215
