Welcome to our service of
Remembrance and Holy Communion
Before the service begins, you may wish to prepare some bread and wine, or any other simple elements you have to hand, in readiness for the celebration of Holy Communion.
Please follow the worship sections in sequence below, clicking the black audio bars and video screens to share in the messages, readings, hymns and prayers. Feel free to take time to pause between any of the sections for reflection. If you prefer to omit Holy Communion section, just scroll down to the next hymn.
✽ OUR OPENING HYMN
O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
Click the video screen below to play the hymn.The lyrics will be displayed on screen as the music plays so that you may join in and sing if you wish.
✽ ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
Armistice Day has been observed across the nations every year since 1919 with a two-minute silence at 11am on November 11th. Our preacher gives us insights into this important moment, helping and guiding us in preparation for the private prayers we shall offer with gratitude and thanks during the two minutes silence.
IF YOU ARE ABLE, YOU MAY WANT TO STAND. CLICK THE AUDIO TO BEGIN.
✽ OUR SECOND HYMN
The hymn-writer likens our life in this world to a journey across a “tempestuous sea”, but points out
“…yet we possess every blessing if God be our Father.” Click the video screen to play. Sing or listen.
✽ “Remember when…?”
Recalling the past
✽ 1st BIBLE READING
If you would like to follow the passage as it is read to you, the text is shown beneath the audio bar below.
Matthew, chapter 26, verses 26-30
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
27 Then He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
✽ HOLY COMMUNION
We come now to a central part of our worship in this remembrance service
If you would prefer to omit this part of the service, please scroll down to the next hymn.
To lead us towards the Act of Holy Communion, our speaker reminds us of that first ‘Lord’s Supper’ …a new experience for the disciples.
Our speaker will now guide us through the taking of the sacraments. Have bread and wine or any simple substitutes ready as the elements are taken near the beginning of this audio. The Act of Holy Communion concludes with a short prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer.
✽ HYMN
✽ 2nd BIBLE READING
2 Peter, chapter 1, verses 3 - 15
As before, you may follow the bible text as it is read to you, The passage is show below the audio bar.
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4 Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, 14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
✽ MESSAGE
Our preacher looks at Peter’s letters, which speak of God’s authority through the scriptures and, in turn, encourage us to grow our faith beyond belief to become a dynamic part of Christian living.
✽ FINAL HYMN
“Here is love, vast as the ocean”
✽ closing prayer
Thank you for joining us in this special “Remembrance” service of praise, prayer and thanksgiving and the celebration of Holy Communion.
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