Welcome to our Remembrance Day Service

We are in Muir Memorial Church for the Service which will start at 10.45 and be live streamed at

(1) Mure Memorial Parish Church – YouTube

Order of Worship

Call to Worship

This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? ² Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord

Hymn CH4 17 / CMP 660 (Psalm 23) The lord is my Shepherd

The Poppy
Why are they selling poppies, Mummy?
Selling poppies in town today.
The poppies, child, are flowers of love.
For the men who marched away.
But why have they chosen a poppy, Mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because my child, men fought and died in the fields where the poppies grow.
But why are the poppies so red, Mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood, my child.
The blood that our soldiers shed.
The heart of the poppy is black, Mummy.
Why does it have to be black?
Black, my child, is the symbol of grief.
For the men who never came back.
But why, Mummy are you crying so?
Your tears are giving you pain.
My tears are my fears for you, my child.
For the world is forgetting again…. Author unknown
The battle of Vimy Ridge – a personal story

The Act of Remembrance
The Tryst
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.

Silence – 2 mins

Kohima Epitaph
‘When you go home tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today.’

Prayer and Lord’s prayer

All age talk

Hymn CH4 624 / CMP 329 In Christ there is no east or west

Readings
Psalm 95 (Good News)

A Song of Praise

Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
“Don’t be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”

Luke 21 v 5 – 19 (Good News)

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple
Some of the disciples were talking about the Temple, how beautiful it looked with its fine stones and the gifts offered to God. Jesus said,
All this you see—the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; everyone will be thrown down.”
Troubles and Persecutions
“Teacher,” they asked, “when will this be? And what will happen in order to show that the time has come for it to take place?”
Jesus said, “Watch out; don’t be fooled. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t follow them.
Don’t be afraid when you hear of wars and revolutions; such things must happen first, but they do not mean that the end is near.
He went on to say, “Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another.
There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky.
Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.
This will be your chance to tell the Good News.
 Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves,
because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.
You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; and some of you will be put to death.
Everyone will hate you because of me.
But not a single hair from your heads will be lost.
Stand firm, and you will save yourselves.

Hymn CH4 160 / CMP 560 Praise my soul the King of Heaven
Sermon
Hymn (CH4 555) CMP 31 Amazing Grace
Intercessory Prayer
Hymn CH4 161 / CMP 489 Oh God our help in ages past
Benediction
National Anthem