10:50am - Parish Eucharist with Act of Remembrance (Common Worship), followed by Refreshments in the Institute
Officiant and Preacher: The Reverend Alan Middleton
***Please note the earlier start time of 10:50am; this will ensure that everyone is seated in church in readiness for the two-minute silence at 11:00am. The final part of this service will take place at the war memorial in the churchyard.***
6:00pm - Said Evening Prayer with Hymns (Book of Common Prayer)
Officiant: The Rector
'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.'
From 'For the Fallen', Laurence Binyon, 1869-1943
The Lord shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
A Reading for Remembrance Sunday: Micah 4:3, New Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition
O Almighty God, grant, we beseech thee, that we who here do honour to the memory of those who have died in the service of their country and of the Crown, may be so inspired by the spirit of their love and fortitude that, forgetting all selfish and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory and to the service of mankind through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A Collect for Remembrance Sunday
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
A Poem for Remembrance Sunday: 'In Flanders Fields', John McCrae, 1872-1918