November 8, 2026

Peace/Remembrance Sunday

Worship Leader:  Rev. Tracy Kent-Hillis

Lay Reader:  John McDougall

WREATH LAYERS:  RCMP Constable Shaun De Grandpre &

LCol Erin Smith MD, OMM, CD

 

Organ Prelude

Greetings and Announcements

Lighting the Christ Candle

 

HYMN:  “Amazing Grace”   (VU #266)

1. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

 

2. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;

How previous did that grace appear the hour I first believed.

 

3. Through many dangers, toils, and snares; I have already come;

‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

 

4. The Lord has promised good to me, this word my hope secures;

God will my shield and portion be as long as life endures

 

5. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’d first begun.

 

SCRIPTURAL SENTENCES

 

Choral Introit:  “The Darkness Comes”   (TLUS #92)

 

Call To Worship (Responsive)

One:  This is a day of Remembrance.

All:  Remembrance and more.

One:  This is a day of tears.

All:  Tears and more.

One:  This is a day for our country.

All:  Our country and more.

One:  This is a day to remember and cry, for our country and all countries, for our people and all people, for our soldiers and all soldiers.

All:  This is a day for us to recommit ourselves to justice, to recommit ourselves to peace.

One:  This is a day, as is everyday

All:  That we must never forget.

One:  In our remembering and in our living-

All:  Let us worship God.

                          (Rev Richard Bott, modified)

 

PRAYER (Unison)

We gather in Jesus’ name, trusting that coming together in worship matters and that we are stronger when we share this time together.  Open our hearts and minds, O God. Help us to hear your words of grace and truth and to remember that we are loved and never alone.  Be with us in this time of worship. Settle our hearts, renew our spirits and remind us that we belong to you and to one another.  Amen.

 

Anthem:  “In Remembrance”   (E. Daley)

 

Service of Remembrance:  (Please stand as you are able)

In Flanders Fields

Laying of Wreaths

Taps                                       

Two Minutes of Silence 

Reveille

“O Canada”   (VU #524 Vs. 1)

O Canada!  Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command.  With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the True North strong and free!  From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.  God keep our land glorious and free!  O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.  O Canada we stand on guard for thee.

 

“God Save the King”

God save our gracious King, Long live our noble King, God save the King. Send him victorious. Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the King

 

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, forever and ever. Amen. 

 

Hymn:  “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”   (VU #684)

1.  Make me a channel of your peace: where there is hatred, let me bring your love; where there is injury, your healing power, and where there’s doubt, true faith in you:

 

2.  Make me a channel of your peace: where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope; where there is darkness, only light; and where there’s sadness ever joy.  O Spirit, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to live with all my soul.

 

3.  Make me a channel of your peace.  It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving to all that we receive, and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

 

(Children and Teachers leave for Sunday School Classes)

 

We Give Back

 

Invitation for offering

 

Our Offering (Offering plates are available at the back of the Church)

 

Dedication of our Offerings: VU #540

Grant us, God the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free,  that ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully. 

 

OFFERTORY PRAYER (Unison)

We bring our gifts to you, O God. This is the work of our hands and the love of our hearts. Accept these gifts and use them, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. 

 

We Listen

 

Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25

One: For the word of God in Scripture,

For the word of God among us and

For the word of God within us.

All: Thanks be to God

 

Hymn:  “O God Our Help in Ages Past”   (VU #806)

1.  O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home:

 

2.  Under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure, sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure.

 

3.  Before the hills in order stood, or earth received its frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same.

 

4.  A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.

 

5.  Time like an ever-rolling stream soon bears us all away; we fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.

6.  O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home.

 

Message:  “God’s Covenant Promises”

 

Preparation for Prayer:  “Spirit of the Living God”   (VU #376)

1.  Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.  Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.  Melt me, mould me, fill me, use me.  Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. 

 

2.  Spirit of the living God, move among us all; make us one in heart and mind, make us one in love: humble, caring, selfless, sharing.  Spirit of the living God, fill our lives with love!

 

Pastoral Prayer

 

We Go Forth

 

Hymn:  “How Great Thou Art”   (VU #238)

1.  O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!  Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!

 

2.  When through the woods and forest glades I wander, I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!  Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!

 

3.  But when I think that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin.

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!  Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!

 

4.  When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!  Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, “My God, how great thou art!”

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!  Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art!  How great thou art!

 

Benediction

 

Sending Forth:  “Go Forth for God”    (VU#418) Verses 1 and 2

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

be of good courage, armed with heavenly grace,

in God's good Spirit, daily to increase,

till in the kingdom we see face to face.

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

 

Go forth for God, go to the world in love;

strengthen the faint, give courage to the weak;

help the afflicted; richly from above

God's love supplies the grace and power we seek.

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

 

Organ Postlude:  Gavotte (Bach)

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS

Worship Leader for Sunday November 15th:

Rev. Catherine Oxenford-Grant

Lay Reader for Sunday November 15th:

Beatrice Moffitt

 

POWERED BY POTLUCK:  Our next church fellowship will be held next Sunday November 15th following the church service.  Help us stock the buffet line up; bring any dish or dessert to share. Our fellowship is great, but your food makes it better!

 

SONGS FOR PEACE:  You are invited to join Grace United Church in Napanee (corner of Bridge St. W and Robert St.) for an afternoon of beautiful music as they present Songs of Peace, featuring the Frontenac Women’s Chorus this Saturday November 14th at 2:00 pm.  There is no admission, but you are invited to make a donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

 

LIONS BREAKFAST:  The Verona Lions are once again starting their monthly breakfasts this Saturday November 14th from 8:30 am to 11:00 am.  Breakfast is by donation and proceeds from this breakfast will go towards Christmas for Kids.

 

BLUE CHRISTMAS:  Next Wednesday November 18th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Verona Free Methodist Church, they will be holding a Blue Christmas Service.  This time of readings, teaching and songs hopes to help those who are having difficulty facing the holidays.  Please invite anyone you feel may benefit from this time together.  Some will come because they are mourning the death of a loved one.  Some may be far from home.  Some suffer from illness, addiction or estrangement.  Some are lonely, struggling financially, or in conflict with another.  Some come because of the great pain, need, and violence in our world.  For more information please contact the VFMC 613-374-1232

 

30 YEARS OF HOLIDAY HITS:  Please plan to attend the annual Christmas concert presented by the Frontenac Women’s Chorus on Saturday November 28th at 7:00 pm at the Verona Free Methodist Church.  There they will present “Christmas All Time Favourites: Celebrating the most beloved Christmas songs from the last 30 years.  Admission is by donation and an item for the Foodbank.

 

IT’S BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE CHRISTMAS:  It is almost the most wonderful time of the year!  As we prepare our hearts for the season of Advent and celebrations, we invite you to mark your calendars for a spectacular evening of carols and music with the Trinity Church Choir & Friends on Friday December 4th at 7:30 pm.  Bring your family, invite your neighbours and let’s fill the pews with the joy of Christmas music!

 

FOODBANK REQUESTS:  Thank you to everyone who donates on a regular basis to the Foodbank.  It is very much appreciated.

The Verona Satellite Foodbank will be open again this Thursday November 12th at the Verona Free Methodist Church from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, and is looking for donations of the following (and please check expiry dates!):  Peanut Butter, Disposable razors, Bar Soaps, Boxed Scalloped Potatoes, Shampoo and Conditioner, Cake mix and Icing, Jam, Instant Mashed Potatoes, Paper Towels, Knorr Side Dishes (noodles/rice packets), Dish Detergent, Hamburger Helper, Beans (kidney or chick peas – no brown beans please), Ketchup, Mustard, Relish, Salad Dressing, Cheese Whiz, Apple Sauce (in the jar please), and boxes of Jello.