All Saints (Nov 1 or the first Sunday in November) is a day of remembrance for the saints, with the NT meaning of all Christian people of every time and place. We celebrate the communion of the saints as we remember the dead, both of the Church universal and the local congregations. For this reason, the names of persons in the congregation who have died during the past year may be solemnly read as a Response to the Word.

HYMNS

For All The Saints
Rejoice in God’s Saints
Ye Servants of God
Christ Loves the Church
The Church of Christ, in Every Age
O Church of God, United
Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
See the Morning Sun Arising
This Is the Feast of Victory
Marching to Zion
Come, We Who Love the Lord
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Maker, In Whom We Live
Canticle of Remembrance
Christ the Victorious
Forward Through the Ages
Shall We Gather at the River

GREETING
Grace to you and peace from God
who is, and was, and is to come. AMEN..
And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead, and ruler of kings on earth. AMEN.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. AMEN.

PRAYER
We bless your honly name, O God,
for all your servants who, having finished their course,
now rest from their labors.
Give us grace to follow the example
of their steadfastness and faithfulness,
to your honor and glory;
through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

ALL SAINTS' DAY
Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one
communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son
Christ our Lord. Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed
Saints in all virtues and godly living, that we may come to
those unspeakable joys, whkh thou hast prepared for them
that unfeignedly love thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Lesson. Revelation 7.2-12 GospeL- Matthew 5.1-12

Eternal God, make us this day to remember the unseen
cloud of witnesses who compass us about:
Those who in every age and generation
witnessed to their faith in life and in death;
Those who by their courage and their sacrifice
won for us the freedom and the liberty we enjoy;
Those who served their fellow men
at the cost of pain, of persecution and of death;
Those for whom all the trumpets sounded
as they passed over to the other side;
Those whom we have loved and who have gone to be
with you,
and whose names are written on our hearts.
Help us to walk worthily of those in whose unseen presence
Iife is lived. Help us to have in our lives
Their courage in danger;
Their steadfastness in trial;
Their perseverance in difficulty;
Their loyalty when loyalty is costly;
Their love which nothing can change-;
Their joy which nothing can take away.
So grant to us in your good time to share with them the
blessedness of your nearer presence, that we also May come
to that life.
where ail the questions are answered;
where ail the tears are wiped away:
Where we shall meet again, never to be separated from
them, those whom we have loved and lost awhile'.
Where we shall be for ever with our Lord.
So grant to us in this life never to forget those who have
gone before, so that in the life to come we may share their
blessedness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Source
-Prayers for the Christian Year, William Barclay, Harper Chapelbooks, 1964

Litany of the Saints
God the Father in heaven: Have merrcy on- us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world: Have merrcy on us.
God the Holy Spirit: Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God: Have mercy on us.

For all the following, the response is "Pray for us"
Mary and Joseph:
Peter and Paul:
Thomas and Andrew:
James and John:
Matthew, Mark and Luke:
Mary and Martha and Mary Magdalene:
Bamabas and Timothy:

Stephen, the first of the martyrs:
Polycarp and Ignatius:
Justin and Hippolytus:
Agnes, Perpetua and Felicity:
Lawrence and Cyprian:
Thomas Becket and Thomas More:
Jan Hus and William Tyndale:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King:
Camillo Torres and Janani Luwum:
Ambrose and Jerome:
Leo and Gregory:
Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo:
Basil of Caesarea and John Chrysostom:
Martin of Tours and Nicolas of Myra:
Catherine, Monica and Elizabeth of Hungary:
Columba and David:
Patrick and Brigid:
Cyril and Methodius:
Augustine of Canterbury and Boniface:
Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier:
John Carroll and Samuel Seabury:
Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury:
Roger Williams and Alexander Campbell:
William Carey and Adoniram Judson:
David Livingstone and Albert Schweitzer:
Antony, Benedict and Scholastica:
Francis, Clare and Dominic:
Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Aquinas:
Theresa of Avila and John of the Cross:
Martin de Porres and Jean-Baptiste Vianney:
Martin Luther and John Calvin:
Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley:
George Fox and John Bunyan:
John and Charles Wesley:
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards:
Nathan Soderblom and John XXIII:

Durer, Michelangelo and Palestrina:
John Donne and George Herbert:
Isaac Watts and T.S. Eliot:
Philip Nicolai and Paul Gerhardt:
Catherine Winkworth and John Mason Neale:

Bach, Schutz and Handel:
Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Seton:

Dag Hammarskjold and C.S. Lewis:

All holy men and women:
All our brothers and sisters who now rest in the Lord-.

Prayer
We remember with thanksgiving and praise, 0 Lord, all of your faithful
servants who throughout the long centuries have witnessed to your Name: the mighty and the lowly, great leaders and humble men and women, those whohave served you amid prosperity and those who in the day of trouble havenot failed, those in foreign places and those in this land. Father of us all, Amen

Source:
The Wideness of God's Mercy, Vol.1, Jeffery W. Rowthorn, Seabury Press, 1985

ALL SAINTS'
Holy Communion
Opening the Book of Remembrances
THE PRELUDE: THE BELL:
THE WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

THE CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS:
P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son (+), and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
P: Let us confess our sins before God and in each other's presence.  We
live in fear of death.
C: Forgive us, O God, for not seeing that death, as well as life, is in
your hands.
P: Because we see death as the end, we often live as though we have no
future, surrendering ourselves to cynicism and despair.
C: Forgive us, O God, and remind us that Christ was raised from the dead,
the first fruits of those who have died in the faith.
P: We have a narrow vision of being your people.
C: Forgive us, O God, and open our eyes to the unity of your whole church
and all her saints spanning time and space.
P: We try to escape the responsibilities of today.
C: Forgive us, O God, for our lack of faith and our irresponsibility.
P: The resurrection of God's Son is our living hope.  God's Spirit forgives
and renews us in hope. Whether we live or whether we die we are the Lord's.
We live in this hope.  Amen.
C: We live forgiven under God.  Amen!  Alleluia!

THE ENTRANCE HYMN:  "For All Your Saints, ..." LBW 176
*  THE CALL TO WORSHIP:
P: "I am the resurrection and the life," says the Lord.
C: "Whoever believes in me, though dead, shall have eternal life."
P: We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses both here and in the heavens.
Praise the Lord.
C: The Lord's name be praised.  Alleluia.

THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SAINTS:

THE HYMN:  "For All The Saints"  (vs. 1, 2, 3) LBW 174

P: The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God & the communion of
the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C: And also with you.
P: When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into His death.
We were buried, therefore, with Him by Baptism unto death, so that as
Christ was raised from he dead by the glory of the Father, we too might
live a new life.
C: For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall
certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.
P: Almighty God, those who die in the Lord still live with you in joy and
blessedness.  We give you thanks for the grace you have bestowed upon your
saints who have finished their life in faith and now rest from their
labors.  Amen.
These saints of St. Mark's, who have joined the Church Triumphant, are
remembered as the bell tolls the joy of Jesus' triumph over death:  Nettie
Emma Broders; Muriel Lorraine Nelson; Marie Anna (Mary) Koops; Albert Henry
Doerr, Lloyd James Fritz Hammer; Lorraine Alice Hubenthal; Elnora Ida
Lemke.
When we were baptized into Christ Jesus, we were baptized into His death
so that as He was raised from the dead, we too might live a new life.
C: For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall
certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  Amen.

THE HYMN:  "For All The Saints"  (vs. 4, 5) LBW 174

P: When we were Baptized into Jesus Christ, we were born anew to a living Hope.
C: By water and the Word we were united to the Church, the community of
saints on earth.
P: God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we give you thanks for freeing
your sons and daughters from the power of sin and for raising us up to new
life.  Bless the saints of St. Mark's as we seek to live in the light of
your grace, and bring us to the full joy of your salvation in Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Bless these saints who have been added to your earthly community at St.
Mark's by the waters of Baptism:  Aaron Jason Millikan; Mariah Elizabeth
Fehringer; Candice Megan McDowell; Britani Irene McDowell; Justin Keith
McDowell; Katelyn Kathleen Miller; Derek Charles Sellers; Chad Robert
Sellers; and Krystal LaRee Sellers.
When we were baptized into Christ Jesus, we were baptized into His death
so that as He was raised from the dead, we too might live a new life.
C: For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall
certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.
P: The Lord be with you
C: And also with you!!
P: Let us pray.  Gracious Lord,
C: through water and the Spirit you have made us your own.  As you brought
us to new life, daily increase in us the gifts of your grace:  the spirit
of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in your presence.
Grant us your grace so that we can follow in faith where you have led the
way, so that at length we may fall asleep peacefully in you and wake into
your likeness; to you, the author and giver of all life, be all honor and
glory now and forever.  Amen.
P: When we were baptized into Jesus Christ, we were born anew to a living Hope.
C: By water and the Word we were united to the Church, the community of
saints on earth.