Reflection for the Season of Remembrance
We all know the rhyme ‘Remember, remember the fifth of November’ perhaps you still enjoy a good bonfire and fireworks. In my family tradition we add home - made treacle toffee, some years hard and brittle, a hammer needed to break it up! In other years a spoon is needed as it turns out runny and sticky, but always delicious and treacly.
There is a date on which to observe a Remembrance before the fifth, the annual Remembering Our Loved Ones service this year is to be held at Ruskington Church on November 2nd at 3 pm. This service is welcomed by people who have been bereaved, whether their loss is recent or of some time ago. Love remains, so to it is right to give thanks to God for love received and given and for the memory of times shared with those from whom we are separated by death. It is a healing and reassuring time for reflection and prayer.
This year Remembrance Sunday follows closely on November 9th when, gathered in church or around a War Memorial we give thanks to God for all who served in the two world wars and in recent conflicts. The reading of the names of those who lost their lives in the service of their country is especially poignant. Prayers for peace in our time and in our lives an important inclusion.
Remembrance is at the heart of the Gospel message, a central theme in Christian Worship. Jesus, during The Last Supper shared a meal and the bread and wine of The Passover with His disciples. Jesus used the words
‘Do this in Remembrance of me’ Thus instituting the Communion service where Christians give thanks for the love of God in all that Jesus has done for us through His death, resurrection and through the gift of His Holy Spirit.
As we receive the wafer and wine we offer our ‘souls and bodies’ to Jesus for His service. Remembering that Jesus is The Prince of Peace, pray for peace in the world and a personal willingness to receive peace from God and to seek to live peacefully with others in all aspects of our lives.
May God bless you. Rev Rosemary.

If you have ever wondered which Bible Passages you could be reading throughout the week check out our 'Your Bible Is Not Just For Sunday' a weekly recommendation this week we are looking closer at Caring for God's Earth . To find out what readings are recommended check out the attachment and be inspired by God's word.

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We invite you to join us for Worship, we offer a service every Sunday except the 5th Sunday of the month.
2nd November 9.30am - Morning Praise
2nd November 3pm - Remember our Loved Ones
9th November 10.00am - Morning Praise with an act of Remembrance
16th November 9.30am - Morning Praise
23rd November 9.30am - Holy Communion - Christ is King
28th November 7pm - Holy communion - St Andrew's Day

There will be 3 Remembrance Services around the Benefice this year
Please join us at any of our services
9.30am All Saints Church Ruskington
10.00am St Andrew's Church Leasingham
10.00am St Andrew's Church Cranwell

Come and join us as we start our Advent celebrations with a Benefice Service of Holy Communion