The service was attended by 485 Squadron of the Air Training Corps with many of their families and friends as well as other local people and church members.We heard words of peace, reactions to war by the young people and the reading of the names on the war memorial which hangs in our church.As a symbol of prayer for peace a cross of mud was filled with poppies to recreate the fields of FlandersIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields. John McCrae 1915Some pictures from the event can be seen in the Gallery
There are ten figures sat in our pews which will be there for most of November as a reminder of those who died in the First World War. They have been donated by the organisation There but not there. You can find out more by following this link https://www.therebutnotthere.org.uk/The organisation highlights for us the importance of the Armed Forces Covenant and our mutual commitment between the nation and the armed services. https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk/They shall grow not old as we who are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember themWe will remember them
