1. A special time to remember those who have died in the wars…
Armistice Day
A special time to remember those who have died in the wars…

2. Armistice Day
Today the poppy is worn on Armistice Day, the 11th day of the 11th month and in a few minutes time it will be the eleventh hour. We will ring the bell for our 2 minute silence and join in with millions of others across the country. This silence is a chance to remember and honour all those who have died fighting for our country in the armed services.
In doing so, they have given up all their tomorrows so we might enjoy our todays…

3. The Silence…

4. Response : We will remember them
Act of Remembrance
‘They shall not grow 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.’
Response : We will remember them

5. From a memorial in far east

6. (Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ)
What did Jesus say?
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint John (Glory to you Lord)
‘My commandment is this. Love one another just as I have loved you. The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to lay down his life for them.’
The Gospel of the Lord
(Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ)

7. Armistice Day Facts
In 1918 at the 11th hour or the 11th month a peace treaty was signed to end the first world war
That war killed over 20 million people and last 5 years
In 1939 WW II began and lasted 6 years killing 72 million people
Since then there have been countless smaller wars involving British soldiers, sailors and pilots. In fact 160,000 people have died since WWII.

8. Where is this?

9. Does anyone know what this special place is?

10. The National Memorial Arboretum is the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance; a spiritually uplifting place which honours the fallen, recognises service and sacrifice, and fosters pride in our country. It is a living and lasting memorial.

11. It has 150 acres of planted trees and shrubs with beautiful memorials to remember those who have been killed on duty or as a result of terrorism from the end of the Second World War to the current conflict in Afghanistan.

12. Inside the main memorial

13. 160,000 people have died since the end of WWII

14. Each name has been carved into stone

15. One of the many beautiful sculptures

16. Some with a very personal touch…

17. One of the many memorials in the gardens

18. All very different like these…

19. What faith did these soldiers have?

20. Inside the chapel

21. Who is this a carving of?

22. A prayer on the outside of the chapel

23. Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred,
let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord, and where there’s doubt,
true faith in you.

24. Make me a channel of your peace. Where there’s despair in life
let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, only light,
and where there’s sadness, ever joy.

25. O Master, grant that I may never seek,
so much to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love, with all my soul

26. Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
in giving to all men that we receive,
and in dying
that we’re born to eternal life.