Remembrance Day is observed each year on November 11. For years when November 11 does not fall on a Sunday, Remembrance Sunday is celebrated by most congregations on the preceding Sunday.
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- On This Day of Remembrance (20.88 KB) (Word): Prayers for worship, Remembrance Sunday
- Remembrance Sunday 2019 (37.29 KB) (Word): A worship service for the Sunday before November 11 written by United Church of Canada military chaplains.
- Remembrance Sunday 2021 (33.31 KB) (Word): A worship service for the Sunday before November 11 written by United Church of Canada military chaplains.
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What I Am Remembering
For Remembrance Day, military chaplain and United Church minister Capt. (Rev.) Linda Tomlinson-Seebach reflects on the cost of war and peace.
Chaplain among those Lost in Normandy 75 Years Ago
Two Canadian Armed Forces chaplains remember United Church minister, the Rev. William Alfred Seaman, who served as a chaplain during World War II and is among those who lost their lives in Normandy 75 years ago.
What Do We Celebrate on Remembrance Day?
Across the United Church, there are many approaches to marking Remembrance Day. In contributing a new selection of prayers for use in a Remembrance Sunday service, my hope was to address the wide variety of needs of different church congregations.
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