When? 2nd Sunday in November
StF+ has published a number of hymns that add to, and complement, those already in Singing the Faith:
- Once crimson poppies bloomed (Andrew Pratt)
- We stand for brave and selfless friends (Gareth Hill)
- Lord we recall your words (Andrew Brown)
- We shall not forget (Andrew Murphy and Matt Allen)
If you are celebrating Holy Communion on Remembrance Sunday, you may wish to use Dominic Grant’s hymn, Poppies to remember, with its thought-provoking reference to red, white and purple poppies.
As a reminder that violence still breaks out painfully and menacingly, and that peaceful relations are still to be prayed for, you may also wish to consider Vince Gilbert’s We shall make peace (to the tune “Finlandia”).
Resources from Armed Forces Chaplains
Methodist Armed Forces Chaplains' experience has been drawn upon to create a resource to assist worship leaders to mark Remembrance well. The additional content in this resource can be used selectively to supplement existing liturgies for Remembrance Sunday.
As well as the Remembrance Resource, a selection of short videos have been made by chaplains for use in a Service of Remembrance.
All available at Resources for Methodists
For younger people
The BBC website has a wide range of resources focussing on World War One, designed for use with young people in different age groups.
Excellent resources originally featured on the Woodlands Junior website are now available on Mandy Barrow’s Project Britain site – including Laurence Binyon’s poem, For the fallen.
Service orders and prayers
Remembrance Sunday Worship Material produced by the Baptist Peace Fellowship whose members ally themselves “with those who seek nonviolent means to confront and overcome injustice”. (Download as a PDF) One member of the Fellowship, Norman Kember, became internationally known in 2005 when taken hostage while volunteering with a delegation of Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq.
John Miller’s Silent Heroes, available from Saint Andrew Press or Amazon. Each Remembrance Sunday, for twenty years, John Miller interviewed an older member of his Church of Scotland congregation in Castlemilk about their experiences of the Second World War. These humane, honest inteviews, all collected here, were a way, says John, of connecting experiences of the past with the boys and girls of the uniformed organisations gathered together for this service.
Remembering Conflict – singing for peace
Hymns and war – conflicting views
Remembering conscientious objectors