STMARY’SCHURCH,SHALFORD

ServiceofRemembrance&Thanksgiving

PauseReflectRemember

Sunday8thNovember2020

Only via St Mary’s Youtube channel just go to St Mary’s website and find links to the service there….

www.stmarysshalford.com

Welcome….in peace let us remember Today we remember and give our thanks for those who served and serve in the armed forces; those who have lived and died in service to their country

and in the service of others; and those left behind. We pray for all who suffer through war and are in need. We remember the fallen from all conflicts, and remember by name today the men and women of Shalford and Peasmarsh

who did not return home from the First and Second World Wars. We pray for peace.

With thanks to

Colonel Euan Houstoun OBE Grenadier Guards and Captain Dominic Smith, Royal Tank Regiment, for joining in leading the service today.

Thanks to all those who have generously helped us to remember today: Lt Col Robin Godwin-Austen DL for reading the gospel

Edward Smith for reflections on Shalford and the Battle of Arras 1917 Dominic Smith for In Flander’s Fields

Yvonne Lewis from Sunrise residential home in Peasmarsh, for her reflections James Dinan, Guildford Air Cadet for leading prayers

Victoria and Rob Lowe for leading prayers Cáitlin O’Sullivan, 1st Shalford Brownies, for a sermon

Tizzy Turner for recording The Last Post & Reveille from university in Oxford Jan Barklem, David & Jenny Davies, Katrina Jenkins of St Mary’s choir

Liz Van Eykenhof, St Mary’s music director and organist Dave, Sally and others in St Mary’s Bell-ringing tower

Shalford, Peasmarsh & Chilworth Parish Council for all their preparations for today’s service of remembrance.

On Sunday 8th after the 2 Minutes Silence at 11am at Shalford War

Memorial, the following will lay wreaths in the Act of Remembrance (broadcast live we hope on St Mary’s Facebook)

The Armed Forces 1914-45 – Euan Houstoun The Armed Forces 1946-2020 – Dominic Smith

The Civic Parish Council of Shalford & Peasmarsh – Nigel Keane 1st Shalford Guides & Brownies – Aly Varcoe-cocks

1st Shalford Scouts, Cubs & Beavers – Cameron Hallam Shalford WI – Shirley Williams

St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church – Ian Johnson

Welcome Opening Music: Nimrod by Edward Elgar

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.

God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46.1

Hymn: O God, our help in ages past The Act of Commitment

Let us commit ourselves anew to responsible living and faithful service, 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:

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 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

The Gospel Reading – read by Lt Col Robin Godwin-Austen Matthew 5:1-16 - ‘The Beatitudes’

Sermon – Cáitlin O’Sullivan, 1st Shalford Brownies Reflections: Reflections on Shalford and the Battle of Arras 1917 – Edward Smith Yvonne Lewis Reflects on War Years, from Sunrise Peasmarsh In Flander’s Fields – Dominic Smith Hymn: O valiant hearts Pause, Reflect, Remember – The British Army Sermon: Colonel Euan Houstoun Hymn: O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder

Prayers – led by James Dinan, Guildford Air Cadet, and Victoria and Rob Lowe.

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

For those who love them in death as in life, May God give 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 peace

For all women, children and men throughout the world whose lives are hurt by war or terror, May God give peace, For peace-makers and peace-keepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free; May God give 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

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. 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 for ever and ever. Amen Hymn: Eternal Father, strong to save

THE ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

The names of service men & women from this parish of Shalford & Peasmarsh who have died in past conflicts are read by Colonel Euan Houstoun (for WWI) and Captain Dominic Smith (for WWII)

The Exhortation: 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. The beginning of the two minute silence is signaled by the tolling of the bell and the playing of The Last Post 11am: The Two Minutes Silence. The Reveille is sounded. Laying of the wreaths – further wreaths will be laid by representatives in person at the war memorial on Remembrance Sunday just after 11am

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

The Kohima Epitaph:

When you go home tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today The Blessing God grant to the living grace, to the departed rest, to the Church, the Queen, the Commonwealth, and all people, unity, peace and concord, and to us and all God’s servants, life everlasting. And the blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with you all and remain with you always. Amen The National Anthem

They still go – The Royal British Legion

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Our order of service today is mostly taken from the ecumenical group of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, with the Royal British Legion

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