Garden Room 07/11/2024 West Hall Remembrance Service
West Hall, West Byfleet
Welcome & Gathering
We are here to worship Almighty God, whose purposes are good; whose power sustains the world he has made; who loves us, though we have failed in his service; who gave Jesus Christ for the life of the world; who by his Holy Spirit leads us in his way. As we give thanks for his great works, we remember those who have lived and died in his service and in the service of others; we pray for all who suffer through war and are in need; we ask for his help and blessing that we may do his will, and that the whole world may acknowledge him as Lord and King.
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Sung by congregation accompanied by The Feltonfleet Preparatory School Choir - HYMN
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven! To his feet thy tribute bring; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should sing? Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise the everlasting King! Praise him for his grace and favour to our fathers in distress; Praise him still the same for ever, low to chide, and swift to bless.
Father-like, he tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows; in his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes.
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Widely as his mercy flows!
Angels, help us to adore him; ye behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him; dwellers all in time and space. Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise with us the God of grace!
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Glorious in his faithfulness!
Words: H F Lyte (1793-1847), based on Psalm 103 Tune: Praise, my soul; John Goss (1800-80)
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Readings from Scripture A reading from Romans 8.31-39
31. What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32. He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? 33. Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. 35 . Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 . As it is written,
‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’
37. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39. nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thanks be to God Performed by the Harpist.- Cassandra’s Dream by Christina Tourin
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Sung by congregation accompanied by The Feltonfleet Preparatory School Choir - HYMN
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love: the love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test, that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; the love that never falters, the love that pays the price, the love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice. And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago, most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know; we may not count her armies, we may not see her King; her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering; and soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase, and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace.
Words: Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918) Tune: Thaxted; Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
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Readings from Scripture A reading from John 15-9-17
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 12. ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14. You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
Thanks be to God
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Prayers of Thanksgiving
We offer to almighty God our thanksgiving for the many blessings with which he has enriched our lives. For the King and his family, and all who under him bear the responsibility of government: Thanks be to God For those who serve in the Armed Forces of the Crown on sea and land and in the air: Thanks be to God For doctors, nurses, chaplains, and all who minister to those in need or distress: Thanks be to God For the unity of our people within the Commonwealth: Thanks be to God For the sacrifices made, especially in two world wars, whereby our peace has been preserved: Thanks be to God For the Royal British Legion: Thanks be to God
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Praying together
Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict, and ask that God may give us peace: for the service men and women who have died in the violence of war, each one remembered by and known to God; may God give peace. God give us peace For those who love them in death as in life, offering the distress of our grief and the sadness of our loss; may god give us peace God give us peace . For all members of the armed forces who are in danger this day, remembering family, friends and all who pray for their safe return; may god give us peace God give us peace . For civilian women, children and men whose lives are disfigured by war or terror, calling to mind in penitence the anger and hatreds of humanity; may God give peace. God give us peace For peacemakers and peacekeepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free; may God give peace. God give us peace For all who bear the burden and privilege of leadership, political, military and religious; asking for gifts of wisdom and resolve in the search for reconciliation and peace; may God give peace. God give us peace
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Merciful God, we offer to you the fears in us that have not yet been cast out by love: may we accept the hope you have placed in the hearts of all people, and live lives of justice, courage and mercy; through Jesus Christ our risen redeemer. Amen. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Act of Commitment Let us commit ourselves to responsible living and faithful service. Will you strive for all that makes for peace? We will. Will you seek to heal the wounds of war? We will. Will you work for a just future for all humanity? We will. O God of truth and justice, We hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those whose names we will never know. Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world, and grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm. As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life and hope, now and for ever. Amen.
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. Silence The Kohima Epitaph When you go home, tell them of us and say, ‘For your tomorrow, we gave our today’.
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A Commemoration
Let us remember before God, and commend to his sure keeping those who have died for their country in war; in the First and Second World Wars and in other conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries, or through terrorist violence; civilians who died; those who were bereaved, or wounded, or disabled; those whom we knew, and whose memory we treasure; and all who have lived and died in the service of the peoples of the world.
Last Post. Performed by Trumpeter Ed Smith
Followed by 2 minutes silence.
Reveille. Performed by The Harpist - The Nightingale by Deborah Henson-Conant Outgoing song by The Feltonfleet Preparatory School, Choir. “Seeds” by Astrid Jorgenson
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Rated June 2019
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