Sunday 8th November is Remembrance Sunday,when we remember the dead from two world wars, and those lost in conflicts since 1945. This year, the Ecumenical Service on Remembrance Sunday is held at St George starting at 10.00 am, and moving to the cenotaph at 10.45 am to read the names of the fallen, and sound the last post.

On Wednesday 11th November, a shorter service will take place at the cenotaph at Christ Church, Pill starting at 10.45 am

Our Readings are:

Wisdom Chapter 6 verses 12-16 Wisdom is radiant and unfading.

1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 verses 13-18 The resurrection and the coming of the Lord.

Father of all, remember your holy promise,
and look with love on all your people, living and departed.
On this day we especially ask that you would hold forever
all who have suffered during war, those who returned scarred by warfare,
those who waited anxiously at home,
and those who returned wounded, and disillusioned;
those who mourned, and those communities that were diminished and suffered loss.
Remember too those who acted with kindly compassion,
those who bravely risked their own lives for their comrades,
and those who in the aftermath of war, worked tirelessly for a more peaceful world.
And as you remember them, remember us, O Lord;
grant us peace in our time and a longing for the day when people of every language, race, and nation will be brought into the unity of Christ’s kingdom.
This we ask in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.