Service notes for 8/11/20

Our benefice online Remembrance Sunday service will be live at 10:50am at facebook.com/malloyd and afterwards on the Warbleton Parish Church Facebook page and You Tube Channel. 

Order of Service

 

God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble.

 

We meet in the presence of God.

We commit ourselves to work

in penitence and faith

for reconciliation between the nations,

that all people may, together,

live in freedom, justice and peace.

 

We pray for all

who in bereavement, disability and pain

continue to suffer the consequences of fighting and terror.

 

We remember with thanksgiving and sorrow

those whose lives,

in world wars and conflicts past and present,

have been given and taken away.

 

The names of the Fallen are read.

 

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.

 

When you go home

tell them of us and say,

for your tomorrow

we gave our today.

 

The Last Post

 

Silence

 

Reveille

 

Ever-living God,

we remember those whom you have gathered from the storm of war

into the peace of your presence;

may that same peace calm our fears,

bring justice to all peoples

and establish harmony among the nations,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

 

Let us confess to God the sins and shortcomings of the world;

its pride, its selfishness, its greed;

its evil divisions and hatreds.

Let us confess our share in what is wrong,

and our failure to seek and establish that peace

which God wills for his children.

 

Most merciful God,

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

we confess that we have sinned

in thought, word and deed.

We have not loved you with our whole heart.

We have not loved our neighbours as ourselves.

In your mercy

forgive what we have been,

help us to amend what we are,

and direct what we shall be;

that we may do justly,

love mercy,

and walk humbly with you, our God.

Amen.

 

Almighty God,

who forgives all who truly repent,

have mercy upon you,

pardon and deliver you from all your sins,

confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,

and keep you in life eternal;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

 

Hymn: O God Our Help in Ages Past

 

Bible Readings:

 

Revelation 21vv1-7

 

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

John 15vv9-17

 

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

Sermon

 

Hymn: Eternal Father, Strong to Save

 

Creed

 

We affirm our faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God:

 

Though he was divine,

he did not cling to equality with God,

but made himself nothing.

Taking the form of a slave,

he was born in human likeness.

He humbled himself

and was obedient to death,

even the death of the cross.

Therefore God has raised him on high,

and given him the name above every name:

that at the name of Jesus

every knee should bow,

and every voice proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

 

Intercessions

 

The Collect

 

Almighty Father,

whose will is to restore all things

in your beloved Son, the King of all:

govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,

and bring the families of the nations,

divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,

to be subject to his just and gentle rule;

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Prayer

 

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, forever and ever. Amen

 

An Act of Commitment

 

Let us pledge ourselves anew to the service of God

and our fellow men and women:

that we may help, encourage and comfort others,

and support those working for the relief of the needy

and for the peace and welfare of the nations.

 

Lord God our Father,

we pledge ourselves to serve you and all humankind,

in the cause of peace,

for the relief of want and suffering,

and for the praise of your name.

Guide us by your Spirit;

give us wisdom;

give us courage;

give us hope;

and keep us faithful now and always.

Amen.

 

The National Anthem

 

The Blessing