The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s
United Church of Canada
Port Hawkesbury/Port
Hastings, NS
Office: 625-2229, Fax
625-3597, e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca
Blog:
http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/
Minister: Nan Corrigan
D. M.
Minister of Music: Al
Fougere
November 10th,
2013-25th Sunday after Pentecost
Remembrance Sunday
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
*Legion Parade and Colour Party
Congregation please rise
Presentation of
Colours
O Canada VU524
Reading of the
Roll of Honour
Last Post
The Silence
Reveille
The Act of
Remembrance
God Save the
Queen
Greeting one another with the Peace of Christ
One: Blessed are those who make peace;
they shall be called sons and daughters
of God. Matthew 5:9
All: We meet in the name of Christ
and share his peace.
One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your
spirit.
* Introit All Are Welcome,
verse 4
Let us build a
house where hands will reach
beyond the wood and stone
to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
and live the Word they've known.
Here the outcast and the stranger
bear the image of God's face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger:
beyond the wood and stone
to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
and live the Word they've known.
Here the outcast and the stranger
bear the image of God's face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger:
Refrain
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Words and
music: Marty Haugen Copyright © 1994 by GIA Publications, Inc.
7404 S.
Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com.
800-442-1358.
All
rights reserved. Used by permission.
*Call to Worship
The measure of a people’s heart is this:
do we remember the
sacrifices of the past;
do we work for peace in
the present;
do we speak of hope
for the future?
And so we come now before
God
to name as our dream
God’s reign of shalom,
to commit ourselves to
the cause of peace,
and to remember.
Let us worship God.
Written by Rod Sykes, St. Andrew’s U.C., Calgary, Alta Gathering, Summer/Autumn 2010, page 49. Used with permission.
Opening Prayer
Loving God, on this day before
Remembrance Day we recognize the double-edged nature of our
remembering. We acknowledge and lament the ultimate evil of war and
our society's part in adding to the violence of our world. Yet we
remember, with very real gratitude, those who have sacrificed their
health and their lives to resist evil. They struggled as best they
could on behalf of freedom and justice in the face of terrible
tyranny.
Be with us, God, in our
remembering. Strengthen us all to resist evil and to work for peace
with the same commitment and self-sacrifice as those whom we honour
in this week of Remembrance. Amen.
* Hymn God As with Silent
Hearts VU 527
Prayer for Wholeness
One: Forgive us O God...
All: ...and give us your
peace.
Assurance
Hear the vision of the prophets: “and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword
against nation,
neither shall they learn war
anymore.”
Trust the God who longs for peace.
We are forgiven, strengthened,
empowered
to be peacemakers in our world. Thanks be to God. Amen.WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
In today's
reading, the word of God is spoken by the prophet Haggai to the
governor and the high priest and the remnant of the people.
Haggai 2:3-9 God will shake
things up; there will be new splendour.
This is the witness of the Hebrew
people. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 98 Sing a new song
to God. (refrain 2) VU 818
Hymn Make Me a Channel of
Your Peace VU 684
Opening the Word and the Lord's
Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke 1:76-79 …to guide our
feet into the way of peace.
This
is the gospel of Jesus Christ. All:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Reflection
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Flanders Fields Choir
Minute for Mission
Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
May these
gifts be multiplied as we conceive of God’s abundant love and give
birth to the ways of peace, love and justice in our world. Amen.
Prayers of
Thanksgiving and Intercession
One: Hear our prayer...
All:
Be with us, God, in this time of remembering.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn Let There Be Peace on
Earth Printed
* Commissioning and Benediction
One: Let us go in peace to love and
serve God.
All: We rejoice in the power of the
Spirit,
and go to serve God with heart and
soul and strength.
One: Let us go knowing that the
blessing of God,
Creator, Christ and Spirit, is
with us this day and always.
* Choral Amen
