Thursday, 6 November 2008

At the going down of the sun...

Please join us for our Remembrance Day service this coming Sunday at 10am. (9th November).
It will be a beautiful occasion, with a silence at 11am, and in some senses chimes in with the theme of bringing the dead before God as we have done at All Saints and All Souls.

At our All Souls service, the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, 130 people were present, remembering over 400 people, who were special to them. It was deeply moving as people came to light candles and the sight of the candles burning into the night, long after people had left the church, will remain will me for a long time.

Of course, at Remembrance Day, we especially remember those who have died in war, and this year, we'll be remembering what it was like to live through the Second World War through an interview with one of our parishioners, Bud, who was evacuated out of London when he was a boy.

Fr Robert