Remembrance
Sunday
12 November 2017
The Gathering
of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Rise Up, O Saints of God’ Songs
for a Gospel People #47
The Greeting
Blessed are you, Author of creation,
for all the saints who went before us,
who have spoken to our hearts and touched us with your
fire.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, Word of redemption,
for all the saints who live beside us,
whose weaknesses and strengths are woven with our own.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, Spirit of wisdom,
for all the saints who live beyond us,
who challenge us to change the world with them.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, holy and undivided Trinity, one God.
The Hymn of Praise
‘Let There Be Peace on Earth’ Songs
for a Gospel People #128
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
O God,
it is
your will to hold both earth and heaven
in a
single peace.
Let the
design of your great love
shine on
the waste of our wraths and sorrows,
and give
peace to your Church,
peace
among nations,
peace in
our homes
and
peace in our hearts;
through your
Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
The
Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from the
prophet Micah (4.1-5).
4.1 In days to come the
mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above
the hills. Peoples shall stream to it, 2
and many nations shall come and say: “Come,
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may
walk in his paths.” For out of Zion
shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem. 3 He shall
judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far
away; 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 any more; 4 but they shall all sit under their own vines
and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth
of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
5 For all the peoples
walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 85.8-13 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain (sung twice): Holy
One, help us to listen and follow your teachings.
I will listen to
what God says.
You surely speak of well-being for loving and
loyal people,
who do not turn
again to foolish ways.
Your saving help is near for those who revere
you,
that your glory may dwell in our land.
Refrain: Holy
One, help us to listen and follow your teachings.
Faithful love and truth
have met together;
true justice and well-being have kissed each
other.
Truth springs from
the earth;
true justice looks down from heaven.
Holy One, you will
indeed grant prosperity
and our land will
yield her harvests.
True justice goes before you
and prepares a pathway for your footsteps.
Refrain: Holy
One, help us to listen and follow your teachings.
The Second Reading
A reading the Letter
to the Ephesians (2.13-18).
2.13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been
brought near by the blood of Christ. 14
For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has
broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. 15 He has abolished the law with
its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new
humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might
reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to
death that hostility through it. 17
So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who
were near; 18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit
to the Father.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #708 (sung twice)
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (5.38-48).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
5.38 [Jesus said,] “You
have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist
an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you
on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40 and if anyone wants to
sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well; 41 and if
anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. 42 Give to everyone who begs from
you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.
43 “You have heard that
it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be
children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on
the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. 46 For if you love those who love
you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your
brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.”
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #708 (sung twice)
The Homily
The Apostles’ Creed
Let us confess the faith of our baptism.
I
believe in God,
the
Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
I
believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.
He was
conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born
of the Virgin Mary.
He
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried.
He
descended to the dead.
On the
third day he rose again.
He
ascended into heaven
and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will
come again to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy
catholic Church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and the
life everlasting. Amen.
The Prayers of
the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
Moment of Silence with ‘Last Post’
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of
Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy
Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘We Are Called to Follow Jesus’ Songs
for a Gospel People #18
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God of unfailing light,
in your
realm of glory
the poor
are blessed,
the
hungry filled,
and
every tear is wiped away.
Strengthened
by this vision,
may we
who offer these gifts
follow
in the way of holiness
that you
Son made known in life and death. Amen.
The Thanksgiving at the Table
The Lord be with you.
And also
with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift
them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is
right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, gracious God,
creator of heaven and earth;
in the multitude of your saints
you have surrounded us
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
that we, rejoicing in their fellowship,
may run with patience the race that is set before
us,
and together with them receive the crown of glory
that never fades away.
Therefore with angels and archangels
and with all who have served you in every age,
we raise our voices to proclaim the glory of your
name.
Holy,
holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna
in the highest.
Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
We
give thanks to you, Lord our God,
for
the goodness and love
you
have made known to us in creation;
in
calling Israel to be your people;
in
your Word spoken through the prophets;
and
above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.
For
in these last days you sent him
to
be incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
to
be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world.
In
him, you have delivered us from evil,
and
made us worthy to stand before you.
In
him, you have brought us out of error into truth,
out
of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
On
the night he was handed over
to
suffering and death, a death he freely accepted,
our
Lord Jesus Christ took bread;
and
when he had given thanks to you,
he
broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
and
said, “ Take, eat: this is my body which
is given for you.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.”
After
supper he took the cup of wine;
and
when he had given thanks,
he
gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you:
this
is my blood of the new covenant,
which
is shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever
you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Therefore,
holy and gracious God, according to his command,
we remember his
death,
we proclaim his
resurrection,
we await his coming
in glory;
and
we offer our sacrifice
of
praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all;
presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.
We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts,
so
that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ
and
his blood of the new covenant.
Unite
us to your Son in his sacrifice,
so
that we, made acceptable in him,
may
be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ,
and
make them new, and bring us to that city of light
where
you dwell with all your sons and daughters;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation,
the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;
by
whom, and with whom, and in whom,
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours,
almighty
Father, now and for ever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour
taught us, let us pray,
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
The Breaking of the Bread
Creator of all,
you gave us golden fields of wheat,
whose many grains we have gathered
and made into this one bread.
So may
your Church be gathered
from the
ends of the earth
into
your kingdom.
This are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘O God of Love, O Power of Peace’ Songs
for a Gospel People #109
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Stewardship Moment
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Bread of life,
you
taught us to put away bitterness and anger,
and with
tender-hearted kindness
to share
the fruit of our labour with the needy.
Strengthen
us by your grace,
so that
in communion with you,
we may
forgive one another
and live
in love as Christ loved us. Amen.
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us,
can do infinitely more
than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Closing Hymn
‘Walls That Divide’
Songs for a Gospel People #32
Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to
God.
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