Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2020

Live stream Morning Worship
led by the Revd Lucy Brierley

This Service, broadcast live from the Church, can be found via Facebook – www.facebook.com/wokingurc – or the front page of the Church’s website – www.wokingurc.org.uk   The Service will be available to see for several weeks as well.  If you would like some help to access either of them please email – office@wokingurc.org.uk .

This order of Service has been prepared so that you may fully participate at home and the sound of praise may ring across the town and many other parts of the world!

Although this Service is being live streamed from the Church there will not be a congregation at the moment.  The Services will also be recorded and if you would like an mp3 (audio) file sent by a Dropbox link by email every week please send a message to the Church office (as above).   CDs (Sermon and Readings only) and DVDs will also be available and can be delivered or posted to you. Please email office@wokingurc.org.uk or if you are unable to email telephone Dave Tuson on 07817 007780.

Welcome and Notices 

Call to Worship

God, Father and Mother of all the human race,
God who lives within every human being, in every child, woman and man,
God, broken by the world’s divisiness,
Hurt by our woundedness,
Dying in every battlefield.
Vulnerable, Holy God.

We offer to you ourselves as we come together to worship
And we ask you to transform us from within,
To heal our hurts and hates,
And to lead us to ways of peace and growth.
Amen

Hymn – Be still for the presence of the Lord

Hymn – O God beyond all praising (Tune Thaxted)

Prayers and the Lord’s Prayer

Family Time

Sign of the week

Hymn – Peace is flowing like a river

Bible Readings –

Isaiah 58 v1-14
Luke 10 v25-37

Hymn – Our God, our help in ages past (R&S 705)

Act of Remembrance

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

We will remember them

Two minutes silence

When you go home tell them of us and say,
for your tomorrow we gave our today.

Prayer said together:
Ever-living God we remember those whom you have
gathered from the storm of war into the peace of
your presence;
may that same peace calm our fears,
bring justice to all peoples
and establish harmony among the nations,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Sermon

Hymn – Make me a channel of you peace (R&S 629)

Prayers for others

Hymn—Lord for the years (R&S 603)

Blessing and The Grace

NEWS AND NOTICES

After the Service today –  …an opportunity to ‘meet’ each other via Zoom while you have your refreshments.  Follow the link on the Church’s website or Facebook page.
…at the same time an invitation to share in prayers led by David Tuson, Church & Community Worker.  There will be an opportunity to pray out loud or silently for anything which is on your heart.  Follow the link on the Church’s website or Facebook page or use the login – https://zoom.us/j/93577271257

If you would like to give to the Church this can be done through two different links on the front page of the Church’s website or Facebook page – Cafonline and Givt (a new method launched last month).  Regular giving can also be set up by these methods or by bank standing order.

Worship being led elsewhere.  Depending on local arrangements, two of the Church’s Lay Preachers are leading worship this morning – Vivien Gerhold for Trinity Methodist Church, Woking and Sydney Shore for Maidenhead URC

Prayers are very important, particularly at this time of  isolation.  If you would like to request a prayer or volunteer to commit to praying regularly at home, and receive a prayer list please email Morwenna at  office@wokingurc.org.uk

If you would like to listen to another Service…..the URC is sending one out at 10 am each Sunday morning which can be accessed at any time afterwards.  Just go to –  https://devotions.urc.org.uk  – and you can also be signed up for the daily email which gives a Bible reading, a commentary and a prayer.

Monday  – The Girls’ Brigade and Boys’ Brigade Zoom meetings  Age groups meeting at various times starting from 6pm until 8pm.
There is an invitation to all children and young people to share in this.  Parents – just send an email to:  girlsbrigade@wokingurc.org.uk  or boysbrigade@wokingurc.org.uk and you will be sent a pro forma consent email to complete and return.  On returning this you will be sent the ZOOM meeting room information for the relevant group together with some guidelines for the meeting.

Tuesday – 10 am – Prayers for the Church’s work with children and young people.  An invitation to pray with Leonie Fisher, Children & Youth Worker for about half an hour.  Just follow the link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/73876320050?pwd=MzNWaS8ySGJMNElNSnVyV2dHZSsvQT09
Meeting ID: 738 7632 0050   Passcode: WURCyouth

Wednesday – 11 am to 12 noon at the Church. Gifts for the York Road Project currently welcomed – fresh fruit and vegetables including potatoes, bottled water, cooking sauces, snacks, crisps and pot noodles or similar.  There is also a need for deodorants/ antiperspirants, shaving foam and razors, mens underwear (small & medium in size), PPE / hygiene products (anti-bacterials, gloves, masks & handwash) and the following clothing: men’s shoes (sizes: 7-11), – men’s and women’s jumpers & jackets, thermals (small / medium), hats, gloves & scarfs (unisex).

Thursday – 10 am – Prayers for help and healing. 
A short Service as close as possible to the weekly gathering for prayers which was held at the Church.
10.30 am Social Time Chat Everyone welcome at either or both. 
To share in either via Zoom the link is: https://Zoom.us/j/95986431118.   Should you need it, the meeting ID is 959-8643-1118.

Friday – copy for the next newsletter should reach the editor, Kate Gray on magazine@wokingurc.org.uk

The Church Administrator, Morwenna Jones, is on leave until Monday 15th November.  For urgent enquiries please contact Keith Bradley, Church     Secretary

Next live stream Worship occasions:
Wednesday 11th November – 7 pm Pause for Prayer
Sunday 15th November- 10.30 am Morning Worship led by the Minister – Jesus sends out the 12.