On Sunday, November 2 at 9.30 am there will be a Service of Remembrance St John's. This will be an opportunity to give thanks for the lives of loved ones who have died. The service will include a ceremony for lighting candles and prayer.
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This Sunday has been chosen because it is the Sunday closest to Halloween. Did you know that Halloween is a Christian festival?
Many Christian Churches celebrate All Saints' Day on the 1st November. All Saints' Day is traditionally called All Hallows Day. The 31st October is therefore called Hallows Eve, usually shortened to Halloween. These are days on which we remember the dead and pray for those who have departed from this life.
The death of a loved on is one of the most confronting and challenging experience that most of us will ever have. It changes our lives for ever, and the process of grieving is a long one.
Soon after the death there is a funeral service when we can publicly acknowledge our grief, and afterwards there is often the possibility to visit the grave or tell stories about the person we have lost.
But the sense of loss continues. Even many years after the death, some people find it helpful to attend a service of remembrance, where they can light a candle and reflect.
At the service on Sunday the names of people buried from St John's in the past three years will be read out, and any other names you would like to add.
If you would like to add a name to the list we will read out in the prayers, please contact the Anglican Church on 6385 3065.
The service is open to everyone. You don't have to be Anglican, or even Christian. Please come. God bless you Reverend Pauline Dare