Children's Liturgy Sunday November 9th 2008.
Children's
Liturgy Sunday November 9th 2008.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY. |
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It is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those
who sacrificed their lives during wars, for our freedom.
People chose the poppy as a symbol, because masses of poppies flowered
in the fields in Flanders after the First World War, reminding everyone
of all the millions of soldiers who had been killed in that area. Poppy
seeds germinate (start to grow) after the earth is disturbed and the big
guns had blasted the ground into a sea of mud during years.
We made decorated crosses and wrote prayers for those killed and those
left behind, and prayers for peace. |
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carried our prayer lantern, decorated with poppies, and the large cross,
decorated with one enormous poppy, into church. |
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Beneath
the Crosses.
In Flanders fields the cold winds blow
And on the grounds the poppies grow,
But why must all the people go
Beneath the crosses, row on row?
Some may think that the wars are past, but they are not
For many people still are bombed, killed, and fought.
A child cries in the night
Another missile comes in sight.
Yet we remember only the soldiers who died,
Not the men, women and children who had cried.
Some believe that it's just the troops that need our care-
No, it's the people affected everywhere.
Remember the past, and change the present;
End the pain and make things pleasant.
Bring the soldiers home from afar
And make peace and end the war.
Glitterbuggy, Canada. |
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