What's on? Next Messy Church:  Sunday 14th November 2025 

Services    Toddler group

 Remembrance 

God of Love, 
At this time of Remembrance, help us to remember, now more than ever, 
that all people are members of your family and called to reflect your likeness and light. 
We acknowledge that we find some of those qualities harder to reflect than others. 
As we are mindful of times when our nations have faced division, conflict and war, 
we confess that Christ was not selective about those whom he chose to love, forgive and bless:
 “he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”

As one family, we reflect today on the horrors of the past that continue to haunt humanity and darken our world. 

Lord, where pain still overwhelms, bring healing. 
Where hearts are still breaking, bring comfort. 
Where peoples are still oppressed, bring liberation. 
Where communities are still victimised, bring justice. 
Where children are still brutalised, bring compassion. 
Where lives are still crushed, bring hope. 
Where evil is perpetrated, bring repentance. 
Where war still devastates, bring peace. 
But most of all, 
wherever a single voice cries out in the darkness, 
bring us to one another, 
in the name of the love you bear in your heart for all people, 
all nations and all creation. 
Amen.