Here is a thoughtful
call to worship for November 11 (Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day,
Poppy Day). It was written by Roddy Hamilton and posted on the New
Kilpatrick Parish Church website (see link below).
Call to Worship: Can
you hear it?
Can you hear it…
...it is the silence
that holds all our
stories
the hurt for which
there are no words
the pain that cannot be
expressed
from war
...it is the silence
that shares the ache of
the past
and knows the deep cost
of conflict
that always costs too
much
yet there always seems
more to give
...it is the silence of
a God
who has no words left
for a love that has
nothing left to give
yet will give even that
may we gather
in the clutch
of such a silence
for it is in this
silence
and no other
we hold together
the perplexing truth of
poppy fields
and our honest turmoil
of emotion
Here we gather in
remembrance
~ written by Roddy
Hamilton, and posted on the New Kilpatrick Parish Church website. https://www.nkchurch.org.uk/original-liturgy
