1. Remembrance Morning Worship
All Souls Day is about remembering those who have died.
Many Churches hold a memorial service where names of loved ones who have died are read out and candles are lit.
Death is obviously a very sensitive subject–it is important that we incorporate this topic in our worshipping life especially as it affects us all. However—if you feel it is too sensitive for you or your students at this time and you would prefer to look at another topic—please extend any other worships from this week.
All Souls Day (2nd November) Commemoration
Liturgical Colour—Purple 4th November 2014
Bishop Justus Church of England School

2. Gather
The Lord be with you And also with you

3. Receive The Lord is merciful and will not reject us forever.
He may bring us sorrow,
but his love for us is sure and strong.
He takes no pleasure in causing us grief or pain.
Lamentations 3:31-33

4. Engage For those who want to…
Write the names of those who have died and
Who you wish to be remembered
Alternative ideas instead of the commemoration on the following 2 slides…..
Winston’s Wish
Explore the mummy diaries from this fabulous charity’s website
Are there ways to cope well with death and dying?
How would you like to be remembered?
BBC radio 4 Go4it podcast
Lots of excerpts from books can be played from this page—will prompt discussion
Listen to some of the podcast (its long so pick carefully)
Explore the work of Cruse Bereavement Care
Ask the experts—watch this Northern Irish young people’s video to springboard your discussions about what grief is like and how different people experience it
Look at the RD4U Young Person’s pages on the Cruse Website
Read poems young people have written and create your own….
Explore the After Someone dies booklet online for helpful advice and information
All Souls Day traditions—soul cakes
Find out about traditions including a recipe for soul cakes

5. Act of Remembrance based on the poetry of John Donne
Ring a bell or beat a drum (or surface) three times, slowly.
Pause for silence… read
No person is an island, entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.
With thanksgiving, we remember …
Slowly and thoughtfully read
the names of those who have died.
After each person’s name is read, light a candle or keep a silence;
You can also ring the bell or beat the drum once.
The words are old – some may be hard to understand – look through and explain any words needed ahead…
The feelings about death from John Donne written a long time ago are still sentiments we connect to today…
Be sure not to rush, and to allow time for silent reflection. Most importantly it is giving a safe framework for remembering loved ones who have died in a classroom situation…
use this for a bell sound effect if you want to create the bell sound—try the ship bell

6. Each person's death diminishes me, for I am involved in humankind.
Therefore, ask not for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for you.
Ring the bell or beat the drum three more times, slowly.
Then after a brief silence, the reading concludes:
Death: be not proud, though some have called you
mighty and dreadful, yet you are not so,
for those whom you think you can overthrow
die not, poor death — nor yet can you kill me.
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
and death shall be no more; death, you will die.
Readings adapted from “For Whom the Bell Tolls “ and “Death Be Not Proud”
by John Donne,

7. Respond Amen Eternal God, our Maker and Redeemer,
This formal prayer reminds us that as Christians our hope is that
we and our loved ones who have died will be with God in the next life…
Eternal God, our Maker and Redeemer,
grant us, with all the faithful departed,
the sure benefits of your Son's saving passion
and glorious resurrection
that, in the last day,
when you gather up all things in Christ,
we may with them
enjoy the fullness of your promises;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

8. Go Neither death nor life can separate us from the love of God
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Thanks be to God