All Souls Day
The Gathering Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you All and also with you Hymn Introductory Sentence For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thes 4:14 Silence Blessed be God All Blessed be God’s reign forever. Amen. Call to confession God has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of his glory in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. As we acknowledge our human frailty, we call to mind our sins of word, deed and omission, and confess them before God our Father. Silence Confession You raise the dead to life in the Spirit: Lord, have mercy....