Here’s
an opening call to worship for Memorial Day / Remembrance Day from Lisa
Frenz. It is part of A Worship Service of Remembrance and Healing. To see the entire service, click on the
link below.
Memorial Day Call to Worship
We
come before God, not to glorify war,
but
to honor and celebrate those
who
walked into the chaos and evil that is war:
those
who were civilians and those who were military;
those
who braved the censure of society
and
those who gave of themselves for that society;
those
who survived and those who did not;
those
who were friends and those who were enemies.
None
who have waded through evil, death and sorrow
are
untouched in body, mind or spirit;
they
are beloved of God.
We
all were affected and changed by
(Military
Action/Armed Conflict/the Vietnam War/
the Korean
Conflict/the Gulf War/etc.),
and
all are in need of reflection, renewal, comfort and healing.
~
written by Lisa Frenz, in A Worship Service
of Remembrance and Healing (2003). To
see the whole worship order, go here: https://sites.google.com/site/lisasliturgies/home/miscellaneous-themes/remembrance-healing-2003
If
used in worship, please provide the following attribution: “From
A Worship Service of Remembrance and Healing, conceived and written by Lisa
Frenz 2003 Copyright: Public Domain.”
