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I spent much of Sunday with my partner. A beautiful, mild and sunny day spent in the northern boreal forest is ideal medicine for our souls. We were unable to get to the spot we planned on - the trail was WAY too muddy to attempt, even with a good vehicle with good tyres. Substituted with time at a friend's acreage 'in the middle of nowhere' that also happens to have 'a river running through it'. The river was running at Spring levels after lots of rain - it was rushing along, dancing over the rocks and singing water music. Sparkling sunshine brightened the tops of the wavelets - just gorgeous. Along the bank I spotted some confused willows opening the sweet fuzzy buds that are typical in the spring.

Today I have a dental appointment which will probably not be as enjoyable.
 
BetteTheRed said:
We're doing our Remembrance Day service next Sunday, which means I will have my yearly lie-in. It's one I almost never attend. I can't get my head around a 'right' way for a church to commemorate this without slipping into "just war" territory.
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Ours will be this Sunday too. I wish I could stay home, but I'm committed to do Children's Time. I struggle every year to find a way to talk about Remembrance Day that doesn't leave me feeling icky.
 
You know what you might talk about, Hilary? How extraordinarily YOUNG many of those soldiers were. My dad lied about his age to sign up; he was 17. Much younger than their parents are today, probably the same age as some kids in the youth group. Young Spencer, who plays our drums, is the age my dad was when he went to war, and lived through it for six whole years; he was 20 when a sniper's bullet caught his best friend in the head right next to him. Look at the dates on those rows of white crosses. Bits of kids in their late teens, early twenties. Canon fodder, wasted lives, think what they might have contributed. A cure for cancer here, a major breakthrough in the neurology of mental illness there.
 
BetteTheRed said:
We're doing our Remembrance Day service next Sunday, which means I will have my yearly lie-in. It's one I almost never attend. I can't get my head around a 'right' way for a church to commemorate this without slipping into "just war" territory.
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Would the right way be to honour those that died or were damaged ~ Name them~ remember them and then stop.
 
I have been wondering about this. I remember that my Dad who never participated in

much always wore a poppy and always went to the cenotaph on Nov.11.

He had a bad back and as I grew older, I wonder ,if it was the only way for him

to participate and remember those who could nd did go to fight.
 
i think it possible for a church to honour the war dead. They rose to the challenge of their country. They aided in what was a war that they wanted to help with

History gives perspective. But at the time, they stepped forward to help

Now? How many people would step forward to help in any effort at all. Not 10% of the population. No matter what the event


So i think we can remember the sacrifice made by thousands to help
 
Lastpointe said:
i think it possible for a church to honour the war dead. They rose to the challenge of their country. They aided in what was a war that they wanted to help with

History gives perspective. But at the time, they stepped forward to help

Now? How many people would step forward to help in any effort at all. Not 10% of the population. No matter what the event


So i think we can remember the sacrifice made by thousands to help
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I agree - we should remember those who fought, even as we pray for peace.
 
Hilary- there are stories you can tell-during both world wars there was a moment on Christmas day where shared humanity was more important than fighting. The soldiers germans and Allies put down their weapons and sang christmas carols. To resume the war new troops had to be sent in.
 
No solid ideas yet... but I know that the old testament reading is Isaiah 65:17-25 which has some good stand-alone verses. I wonder if I can find some contrast to the weeping and anguish of war to the type of life we should each be leading as a result of the sacrifices made.
 
Hilary said:
Ours will be this Sunday too. I wish I could stay home, but I'm committed to do Children's Time. I struggle every year to find a way to talk about Remembrance Day that doesn't leave me feeling icky.
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Remembrance Sunday is one of the easiest CT of the year. I ask what I am wearing on my stole, why we wear a poppy, and what we remember, and talk about praying for peace. Same basic outline every year.

NO need to get too fancy about it.
 
We had a great church service this past Sunday. It was the Fellowship Day of Prayer, so we prayed for various aspects of the Fellowship. At the request of our Senior Pastor, I prayed aloud for the Fellowship chaplains. It was also a good service because it saw the debut of our new Worship Team, and the Pastor gave an excellent message from John 14.
 
Hilary said:
No solid ideas yet... but I know that the old testament reading is Isaiah 65:17-25 which has some good stand-alone verses. I wonder if I can find some contrast to the weeping and anguish of war to the type of life we should each be leading as a result of the sacrifices made.
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(an off topic aside - I do like your Movember atavar Hilary!)
 
GordW said:
Remembrance Sunday is one of the easiest CT of the year. I ask what I am wearing on my stole, why we wear a poppy, and what we remember, and talk about praying for peace. Same basic outline every year.
NO need to get too fancy about it.
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I guess the difference is that I don't wear a poppy and prefer not to remember.
 
so how did it go Hilary?
Our remembering took place in the prayers and songs today. We prayed for those affected by wars in the past and present. We prayed for those in current service and those in past service. We prayed for civilians and politicians. We prayed for peace.

It was also communion and the sermon was not on remembrance but on prayer.
I found it an uplifting and comforting service.
 
We did our annual Memorial Hymn sing and our new minister put some interesting off the top comments in between the songs ... a grand jamb session ... with the san witching ...

On CBC today someone noted that Freud once said that you shouldn't say anything to people that wasn't new or Nous as something to be thought about ... many authorities would discount this as discourteous to their conserving stand ... it causes and emotional flip ... conversion of ergs?
 
I had a panic moment when i couldn't find an important document so had to leave to go find it.

Found it (and Church was good before that)
 
I focused on the idea of remembering. I brought a scarf pin of my Granny's and talked about how wearing it was my way of remembering her and the reasons that I miss her. I wore a ring that belonged to a great-grandmother with the crest of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and talked about the ways that it reminded me of people volunteering to help others during hard times. And as I chatted, I affixed a poppy (handmade by my sister) to my sweater and commented on the fact that it is a reminder of the end of the war - the time when people were happy to stop fighting, to return to their families, to rebuild their lives, to reestablish peace.
All important things to remember during this season of remembrance.

Thanks for asking, @Tabitha.
 
Worship was really nice today. Attended the Remembrance Sunday service of a different Baptist church in my area (of a different denomination than mine). A friend and former professor of mine was preaching and he invited me to come and give a short testimony. The church's building was quite lovely, and people were warm and friendly. They had wonderful music - piano, violin and guitar. My testimony went well and many people thanked me for it following the service.
 
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