November 10, 2019
WELCOME TO ST ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE
GATHERING
Today we remember that an end to hostilities can be called
War can cease
Today we dare to believe that hostilities may not be started
Peace can persist
So may it be Amen
PROCESSIONAL HYMN CH 4 521 ‘Children of God’
Words: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) vs 1,2 & 4.
Music: Intercessor Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
WELCOME
Kia ora tatou.
Kia ora.
PRAYER/HYMN (seated) Ch4 527 ‘Lord, make us servants of your peace’
Words: James Quinn (b 1919) vss 1-4 & 1.
Music: English Traditional Melody arr compilers of Church Hymnary 3rd ed 1973
JESUS PRAYER Jim Cotter paraphrase on card
LIGHTING THE RAINBOW ROOM CANDLE
TIME WITH CHILDREN Susan Jones
BLESSING THE CHILDREN (All stand)
We send you to the Rainbow Room programme to hear stories, ask questions
and have fun together. We bless you. Amen.
PASSING THE PEACE
Feel free to pass the peace with those nearby or move to greet others further away. Passing the peace consists of shaking hands and saying “Peace be with you.” The response is “Peace be with you” or just “And with you.” Or, simply saying “Hello” is a good idea. Also feel free to simply observe if you wish!
THE WORD IN TEXTS John Harper
Hebrew Bible Isaiah 2:4
Gospel Matthew 5: 21-26
Contemporary reading From ‘When were white poppies invented and by
whom?’ by Aiden Milan
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/06/white-poppies-invented-11052299/?ito=cbshare
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Monday, 11 November is Armistice Day, with Remembrance Sunday – always the second Sunday in November – being the day before. In the days and even weeks before these solemn days, people will don poppies to show their support for the Armed Forces. While red poppies are common, the white poppy has been another option available for nearly 100 years. When were white poppies invented? White remembrance poppies were first sold in 1933 by members of the Women’s Co-operative Guild who had mourned the loss of loved ones on World War One. In 1934 the Peace Pledge Union started distributing the white poppy as an alternative commemoration symbol. The use of the white poppy as a symbol for peace began in 1926 by people who were in favour of ending all war.
Imperial War Museum Symon Hill, Campaigns Manager at the Peace Pledge Union, previously wrote for Metro.co.uk: ‘White poppies are not a generic peace symbol. Nor are they a protest against remembrance. Quite the opposite: they are a symbol of remembrance for people who have died or suffered in war. That’s why we wear them on Remembrance Day. ‘White poppies also represent a commitment to peace. This follows from remembering the horrors of war. We never say red poppies glorify war – we know many red poppy wearers share many of our values. ‘Instead, we challenge ways in which remembrance is misused to promote a positive image of war or dodgy claims about what war has supposedly achieved.’ He continued: ‘My white poppy doesn’t mean I’m against remembrance. I wear it precisely because I believe in remembrance so much. Remembering the past means recognising its complexities, asking difficult questions, learning from history. If we don’t learn from the past, we are condemned to repeat it.’
RESPONSE
For the Word in scripture,
for the Word among us,
for the Word within us,
we give thanks.
REFLECTION ‘Poppies red and white; calling an end’ Susan Jones
HYMN HIOS 61 ‘Honour the Dead’
Words © 2005 Shirley Erena Murray. Tune: ANZAC © 2005 Colin Gibson
OFFERING PRAYER
We stand in silence reflecting on all we have, on what we are giving and what we have retained, asking that all be blessed.
Amen
We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table, and those which wing
their way electronically from our banks to the church’s account.
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ST ANDREW’S
People share notices and visitors are welcomed. If you have a notice not already in the order of service, please move to the front row, ready to speak briefly from the lectern.
For the benefit of newcomers, please introduce yourself before you begin.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Sue McRae
CIRCLE OF PRAYER
We think today of the people of Sweden and the Christian Council of Sweden. We remember detainees on Manus and Nauru Islands, yearning that their cases be resolved. In New Zealand, we remember those in Parliament, and today we name Jonathan Young (New Plymouth electorate) and Lawrence Yule (Tukituki electorate). Here in the Central Presbytery, we pray for the leaders and people of Khandallah Presbyterian Church.
PRAYER FOR ST ANDREW’S on card
HYMN ‘It is time, let the white poppies bloom’
Words: 2015 Shirley Murray. Music: © 2015 Colin Gibson Used by permission
BLESSING
SUNG AMEN
THANK YOU Judy Dumbleton
Our musician today
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AUDIO REFLECTIONS
Sunday reflections are usually available on our website.
http://www.standrews.org.nz/category/sunday-gathering
Hymns for Sunday 10 November
Armistice Sunday
Pentecost 22
PROCESSIONAL HYMN CH 4 521 ‘Children of God’
Words: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) vs 1,2 & 4.
Music: Intercessor Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Children of God, reach out to one another!
Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
to worship rightly is to love each other,
each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.
The one whom Jesus loved has truly spoken:
the holier worship which God deigns to bless
restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken,
and feeds the widow and the fatherless.
Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangour
of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease;
love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,
and in its ashes plant the tree of peace.
PRAYER/HYMN (seated) Ch4 527 ‘Lord, make us servants of your peace’
Words: James Quinn (b 1919) vss 1-4 & 1.
Music: English Traditional Melody arr compilers of Church Hymnary 3rd ed 1973
O, make us servants of your peace
where there is hate, may we sow love;
where there is hurt, may we forgive;
where there is strife, may we make one.
Where all is doubt, may we sow faith;
where all is gloom, may we sow hope;
where all is night, may we sow light;
where all is tears, may we sow joy.
Jesus, our friend, may we not seek
to be consoled, but to console,
nor look to understanding hearts,
but look for hearts to understand.
May we not look for love's return,
but seek to love unselfishly,
for in our giving we receive,
and in forgiving are forgiven.
O, make us servants of your peace:
where there is hate, may we sow love;
where there is hurt, may we forgive;
where there is strife, may we make one.
HYMN HIOS 61 ‘Honour the Dead’
Words © 2005 Shirley Erena Murray. Tune: ANZAC © 2005 Colin Gibson
Honour the dead, our country's fighting brave,
Honour our children left in foreign grave,
where poppies blow and sorrow seeds her flowers,
Honour the crosses marked forever ours.
Weep for the places ravaged with our blood,
weep for the young bones buried in the mud,
weep for the powers of violence and greed,
weep for the deals done in the name of need.
Honour the brave whose conscience was their call,
answered no bugle, went against the wall,
suffered in prisons of contempt and shame,
branded as cowards, in our country's name.
Weep for the waste of all that might have been,
weep for the cost that war has made obscene,
weep for the homes that ache with human pain,
weep that we ever sanction war again.
Honour the dream for which our nation bled,
held now in trust to justify the dead,
Honour their vision on this solemn day:
peace known in freedom, peace the only way.
HYMN ‘It is time, let the white poppies bloom’
Words: 2015 Shirley Murray.
Music: © 2015 Colin Gibson Used by permission
It is time! Let the white poppies bloom
and the blood of the past stain no more;
it is time… for the sowing of seed
that will outgrow the jungles of war,
Refrain:
and the soul of the world will be healed,
and the darkness give way to the sun,
and the terror of nuclear night will be gone
in a peace that will never be done!
It is time… that the white poppies grow
through the hatreds and hurts that survive,
it is time… for the tumbling of towers
and the building of trust kept alive: Refrain
It is time: let the white petals float
over countries and cultures and lands;
it is time…that the dreams that were lost
be reclaimed by our hearts and our hands, Refrain
THANK YOU
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