28 Oct Remembrance – Order of Service

 

Sunday 8th November 2026

10.40 am

 

Join us this Remembrance Sunday, as we gather at the Walton War Memorial (beside Cappadocia) to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom.

 

10.40 am Service & Act of Remembrance
11.00 am Two Minute Silence
11.15 am Parade begins

 

Ashley School choir, along with Heathside Choir and
Walton Voices will sing Bridge Over Troubled Water and We’ll Meet Again

 

(please join in with the words in bold type)

 

WELCOME by Rev Jonny Blair

 

HYMN

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.

 

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear,

The hour I first believed!

 

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come;

‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,

And grace will lead me home.

 

The Lord has promised good to me,

His word my hope secures;

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures.

 

Yes, when this heart and flesh shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil

A life of joy and peace.

 

When we’ve been there a thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

Than when we first begun.

 

READING 

 

from James 4: 1-7 read by Mrs J Ratcliff from Ashley School

James, Jesus’ brother and leader of the Church in Jerusalem, writes:  What causes fights and quarrels among you?

Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?
You desire but do not have, so you kill.  You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight.

You do not have because you do not ask God.
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? But he gives us more grace.
That is why Scripture says:

‘God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.’

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

 

SERMON Rev Simon Martin

 

HYMN

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:

 

Chorus:

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!

 

When through the woods and forest glades I wander

And 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;

 

Chorus

 

And 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:

 

Chorus

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation

And take me home; what joy shall fill my heart!

Then shall I bow in humble adoration

And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!

 

Chorus

 

PRAYERS for our town, nation and world

After each prayer, please join in with the following response

 

Leader: Lord, in your mercy

All: Hear our prayer

 

As our Saviour taught us, so we pray

 

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we

forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

 

REMEMBERING

An older person (OP) says: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn

 

A younger person (YP) replies: At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them

 

Together, we all say We will remember them

 

THE LAST POST

 

TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE

 

THE REVEILLE

 

THE LAYING OF WREATHS – Commentary by Rev Caroline Merrick

 

COMMITMENT

OP: When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.

Leader: Let us commit ourselves to responsible living and faithful service.

YP: Will you strive for all that makes for peace?

All: We will

OP: Will you seek to heal the wounds of war?

All: We will

YP: Will you work for a just future for all humanity?

All: We will

 

Merciful God, we offer to you the fears in us that have not yet been cast out by love: may we accept the hope you have placed in the hearts of all people, and live lives of justice, courage and mercy; through Jesus Christ. Amen

 

NATIONAL ANTHEM

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.

 

BLESSING

 

The parade marches from outside Ashley School, round the War memorial, down New Zealand Avenue, through the Heart Shopping Centre and is dismissed on the High Street before Churchfield Road.

 

Free refreshments are served in Walton Baptist Church, Winchester Road

 

Thank you to the Love Walton ‘Greening Walton’ group who have tended the War Memorial throughout the year.

 

Thank you to everyone who has made this service & Act of Remembrance possible. Special thanks to Joanna Gordon, Melvyn Mills, the AV Team, Ashley School, Heathside Walton and Walton Voices.