Service of Remembrance

SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE Sunday 8 November 2020, 10.45am

ORDER OF SERVICE WELCOME by the Headmaster CALL TO WORSHIP ACT OF PENITENCE based on Coventry Cathedral’s Litany of Reconciliation Chaplain:

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Gracious God, as we stand here today to remember the horrors of war, past and present, the killing and the grief, the wounding and the destruction, the suffering of innocent and guilty, the cries of men, women and children, we acknowledge that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Forgive the evil in us that makes war possible - the hatred which divides nation from nation, race from race, class from class.

Forgive us, O God. The covetous desires of people and nations to possess what is not their own.

Forgive us, O God. The greed which exploits human labour and lays waste the earth.

Forgive us, O God. Our envy of the welfare and happiness of others.

Forgive us, O God. Our indifference to the plight of the homeless and the refugee.

Forgive us, O God. The pride which leads to trust in ourselves and not in God. Forgive us, O God.

Chaplain:

Response:

Empower us to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as you in Jesus Christ forgive us.

For his name's sake we ask this.

Amen.

POEM Rupert Brooke, The Dead Read by Sgt Charlotte Tracy, Army Section ACT OF REMEMBRANCE Wg Cdr Kevin Bage RAFAC, Contingent Commander: They shall not grow 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.

All: We will remember them.

THE SILENCE LAST POST (during which the CCF Banner is lowered out of respect to the dead) WREATH LAYING REVEILLE (Begins once the wreaths are laid. The CCF Banner is swiftly raised to symbolise the life which has been obtained because of the sacrifice of those whom we have honoured) KOHIMA POEM Wg Cdr Kevin Bage RAFAC, Contingent Commander: When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

PRAYER

HYMN: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (led by the Lower Sixth Chamber Choir) Our God, our help in ages past Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.

Beneath the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure.

A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.

BIBLE READINGS Psalm 46 read by Wing Commander Kevin Bage RAFAC, Contingent Commander, Caterham School CCF Micah 6vv.6-8, read by Clive Furness, OCA President REMEMBRANCE DAY MESSAGE Revd Nicola Furley-Smith ANTHEM Weep O Mine Eyes, by John Bennet Sung by L6th Chamber Choir PRAYER: Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer.

ACT OF COMMITMENT Chaplain: Let us pledge ourselves anew to the service of God and all humanity: All:

Almighty and merciful God, we pledge ourselves to serve you and all people, to establish justice and peace, to feed the hungry and heal the broken, to welcome the refugee and the stranger, to console the bereaved, to bring hope to those in need so that all may rejoice in the glorious freedom of the children of God. 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.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (led by the Lower Sixth Chamber Choir) God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen!

Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen.

THE BLESSING Banner Party: Cpl Caius Ramsden-Board Cpl Josh Benjamin Cpl Mariella Atterbury Bugler: Grace Godfrey Guard of Honour Commander: Capt Mathew Owen Guard of Honour: Cpl Oliver Brand Cpl Emma Davies Cpl Megan Denton Cpl Ed Smith Remembrance Parade Commander: Flt Lt James Arrol-Barker Remembrance Parade: Cpl Caius Ramsden-Board Cpl Fraser Bailey Cpl Josh Benjamin Cpl Oliver Brand Cpl Emma Davies Cpl Conor Greer Cpl Matthew Martin Cpl Katie McGurrin Cpl Matthew Sharpe

Cpl Mariella Atterbury Cpl Ananya Saraf Cpl Ben Latty-Dennison Cpl Laurence McLaughlin Cpl Megan Denton Cpl Andrew Steedman Cpl Ed Smith Cpl Arthur Bott