THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH OF
ST. MARK’S UNITED CHURCH
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Remembrance Sunday – November 8, 2020
Minister: Pastor Keith Wiseman, DLM
Pianist: Adam Cooke
WE GATHER IN COMMUNITY AND APPROACH GOD
Musical Prelude:
Introit: ‘O God, Our Help in Ages past’ VU #806
Lighting of The Christ Candle:
Welcome:
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 declare hope for the future?
And so, we come now before God to name our dream of a better world and commit ourselves to the cause of peace.
Let us remember, and worship God.
Hymn: ‘Make Me a Channel of Your Peace’ VU #684
Prayer of Approach, Confession and Words of Assurance:
WE LISTEN FOR GOD'S WORD
Prayer of Illumination: ‘Break Now the Bread of Life’ VU #501
A Reading from the Hebrew Scriptures: Joshua 24: -3a, 14-25
A Response Reading from The Psalms: Psalm 78: 1-7
One: Give heed to my teaching, O my people,
turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
All: I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will reveal the hidden meanings of things in the past.
One: What we have heard and known,
what our parents have told us,
we will not hide from their grandchildren,
All: but declare to the next generation,
the testimony that you gave to Jacob
and the law you appointed in Israel,
which you commanded them to teach their children,
One: that the next generation might know them,
Children yet unborn,
And these in turn should arise, and tell their children,
All: that they should put their trust in you,
and not forget your great deeds,
but keep all your commandments.
ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
Reading of the HONOUR ROLL
Poem “In Flander’s Fields”
“We shall remember them.”
A Reading from the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Matthew 25: 1-13
WE RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD
Sermon: “Stories From Generation To Generation” Pastor Keith
Hymn: ‘Spirit of the Living God’ VU #376
Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer:
THE WORK OF CHURCH AND COMMUNITY
Minute For Mission:
Dedication of Offering:
SENDING FORTH
Closing Hymn: ‘May the God of Hope’ VU #424
Commissioning:
Benediction:
May the blessing of God be ours as we leave today. May we use the blessing of peace to calm our troubled spirits and our troubled world. Thanks be to God! ‘
