WORSHIP service NOVEMBER 6 2022
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT rOWNTREE MEMORIAL UNITED CHURCH
Poppy painting by James Traquair
Reflection:
"Sharing Their Stories"
Rev. Wendy Noble
Below
is a shortened version of the live Sunday service,
which had more
music and prayers and a social time before and after.
INTROIT:
A GI's Reflection (The Lost Ones).
Adapted from I Dream of You by M. Kroll and Don Justin. 1942.
James Traquair, tenor, and
Norman Abbott, piano. Public
Domain.
WE
GATHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE:
--Acknowledgement of the
Territory:
Land is sacred and holy. Community is sacred and holy. Land and
community are inextricably linked. We all know what it is like to go
home, that such an idea is tied to place and people. We also know that
home can mean more than one thing to us, with different feelings
attached to each place that we call home. This land has been home to
Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. It is also home to many
others, but for less time. Treaties were signed between the ancient
dwellers on this land and the more recently arrived peoples. These
treaties define both rights and responsibilities for all who live here.
We give thanks for the peaceful sharing of this land, the traditional
land of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa Nations), the Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois and Oneida Nations), the Lenape (Delaware People), the
Attawandaron (Neutral Nation or Algonquin people) and the Wendat (Huron
People), as well as other Indigenous peoples who preceded them. We
promise to abide by the responsibilities laid out in the treaties, which
guide the relationship between all dwellers on this land. We
acknowledge that we are treaty people, as we live, work, play and
worship on this land.
--Sharing the Light of Christ
--Call to Worship, Opening Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
--In Flanders Field by John McCrae. Read
by Val Hodgins.
WE HEAR GOD'S WORD: Scripture
Psalm 98
Romans 8:
select verses
John: 15:9-17
Ministry
of Music:
Ministry of Music:
Hymn to Freedom by Oscar
Peterson. Sung by the combined church choirs and
accompanied by Ryan
Baxter, piano.
WE HEAR GOD'S WORD:
Reflection: "Sharing Their Stories"
WE RESPOND IN LOVE:
--Prayers of the
People
--Prayer of Dedication
WE WALK IN GOD'S WAY:
--Blessing
and Commissioning
POSTLUDE: Piper
Fraser Gibson.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING AUDIO FILES ONE AT A
TIME
TO HEAR
THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THE SERVICE