Morning Service Sunday 12 November 2023

Welcome and Intimations

Prayer and 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.

Hearing the Names of the Fallen

CH4 712 What Shall We Pray for Those Who Died

1. What shall we pray for those who died
   those on whose death our lives relied?
   Silenced by war but not denied,
   God give them peace.
   

2. What shall we pray for those who mourn
   friendships and love, their fruit unborn?
   Though years have passed, hearts still are torn;
   God give them peace.
   

3. What shall we pray for those who live
   tied to the past they can’t forgive,
   haunted by terrors they relive?
   God give them peace.
   

4. What shall we pray for those who know
   nothing of war, and cannot show
   grief or regret for friend or foe?
   God give them peace.
   

5. What shall we pray for those who fear
   war, in some guise, may reappear
   looking attractive and sincere?
   God give them peace.
   

6. God give us peace and, more than this,
   show us the path where justice is;
   and let us never be remiss
   working for peace that lasts.
   

WGRG / The Iona Community

1. Psalm 78:1-7
2. Amos 5:18-24

Meditation

CH4 710 I Have a Dream

1. “I have a dream”, a man once said,
   “where all is perfect peace;
   where men and women, black and white,
   stand hand in hand, and all unite
   in freedom and in love.”
   

2. But in this world of bitter strife
   the dream can often fade;
   reality seems dark as night,
   we catch but glimpses of the light
   Christ sheds on humankind.
   

3. Fierce persecution, war, and hate
   are raging everywhere;
   God calls us now to pay the price
   through struggles and through sacrifice
   of standing for the right.
   

4. So dream the dreams and sing the songs,
   but never be content:
   for thoughts and words don’t ease the pain:
   unless there’s action, all is vain;
   faith proves itself in deeds.
   

5. Lord, give us vision, make us strong,
   help us to do your will;
   don’t let us rest until we see
   your love throughout humanity
   uniting us in peace.
   

Pamela J. Pettitt

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 528 Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

1. Make me a channel of Your peace.
   Where there is hatred
   let me bring Your love;
   where there is injury, Your pardon, Lord;
   and where there’s doubt, true faith in You.
   

   O Master, grant that I may never seek
   so much to be consoled as to console;
   to be understood as to understand;
   to be loved, as to love with all my soul.
   

2. Make me a channel of Your peace.
   Where there’s despair in life let me bring hope;
   where there is darkness, only light;
   and where there’s sadness, ever joy.
   

   O Master, grant that I may never seek
   so much to be consoled as to console;
   to be understood as to understand;
   to be loved, as to love with all my soul.
   

3. Make me a channel of Your peace.
   It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
   in giving to all men that we receive;
   and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.
   

1967, OCP Publications

The National Anthem

Blessing