Metropolitan United Church
London Ontario, Canada
Sunday November 8, 2026
Remembrance Day Sunday
Organ Prelude: Chant du paix – Jean LanglaisOrganist: Dominik Kawa
Processional Maple Leaf ForeverPiper: John MacKenzie
London Police Pipes and Drums
Flag-bearer processes with Piper & Minister & Choir
Call to Worship and Words of Remembrance
We meet in the presence of God
and commit ourselves to work
in penitence and faith
for reconciliation between the nations,
that all people may, together,
live in freedom, justice and peace.
We pray for all
who in bereavement, disability and pain
continue to suffer the consequences of
fighting and terror.
We remember with thanksgiving and sorrow
those whose lives,
in world wars and conflicts past and present,
have been given and taken away.
The 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,
All: We will remember them.
From Laurence Binyon's poem, For the Fallen, 1914
The Last PostTrumpeter: James Callowhill
Moment of Silence
LamentDark IslandPiper: John MacKenzie
Rouse or Reveille
The National AnthemO CanadaVU#524
One verse
Hymn- VU#256 - O God Beyond all PraisingThaxted
Opening Prayer
Welcome
Circle Time
Anthem – How They So Softly Rest – Healey Willan
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Responsive Reading – Psalm 70 VU#788
Call for the Offering
Offertory Prayer
O Lord, giver of life and source of freedom
We know that all we have received is from your hand.
You call us to be stewards of your abundance,
the caretakers of all you have entrusted to us
Help us to always use your gifts wisely
and teach us to share them generously.
May our faithful stewardships bear witness
to the love of Jesus Christ in our lives. Amen.
Doxology (VU#541)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Hymn - VU#523 – O God Of All The Many Lands
In Flanders’ FieldsRick Wood
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lt. Col. John McCrae
Prayers of the People & 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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever, and ever. Amen.
Anthem – Hymn To The New Age – Lee Hoiby
Scripture Reading – Ephesians 2:11-22
11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Message: The Importance of Remembrance
Rev. Dr. David McMaster
Hymn- VU#659 - Eternal Father, Strong To SaveMelita
(multi-Service wording – Robert Nelsen Spencer, 1937)
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.
O Christ, the Lord of hill and plain
O'er which our traffic runs amain
By mountain pass or valley low;
Wherever, Lord, thy brethren go,
Protect them by thy guarding hand
From every peril on the land.
O Spirit, whom the Father sent
To spread abroad the firmament;
O Wind of heaven, by thy might
Save all who dare the eagle's flight,
And keep them by thy watchful care
From every peril in the air.
O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them whereso'er they go,
Thus, evermore shall rise to thee
Glad praise from air and land and sea.
Commissioning & Benediction
Chorale Amen
RecessionalHighland CathedralRoëver/Korb
Pipes & Organ
Piper, Colours & Minister recess
Musical Postlude: March from the Battle of Britain – William Walton
