REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
York Civic Centre
York Memorial Collegiate Institute, Auditorium
2690 Eglinton Avenue West
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
10:45 a.m.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Hymn: Faith of Our Fathers
Call to Order
Major David Brown, CD
Faith of our fathers! Living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword
O how our hearts beat high with joy
When’er we hear that glorious word!
Faith of our fathers! Holy faith!
We will be true to Thee till death!
March On The Colours
O Canada
Last Post
Two Minutes of Silence
Lament
Reveille
The Act of Remembrance
Rebecca Brijban, Student Council
Vice-President, York Memorial
Collegiate Institute
Zareen Balisson, Student,
York Memorial Collegiate Institute
Faith of our fathers! We will strive
To win all nations unto Thee;
And through the truth that comes
from God,
We all shall then be truly free.
Faith of our fathers! Holy faith!
We will be true to Thee till death!
Faith of our fathers! We will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife
And preach Thee too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life.
Faith of our fathers! Holy faith!
We will be true to Thee till death!
Scripture Lesson
Chaplain Todd Riley
Address
Councillor Frances Nunziata
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
John McCrae
Read by Nicole Huynh, Student Council
President, York Memorial Collegiate
Institute
Hymn: Abide With Me
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide!
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O, abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day,
Earth’s joys grow dim,
its glories pass away,
Change and decay in all around I see,
O Thou Who changest not, abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross
before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom,
and point me to the skies,
Heaven’s morning breaks,
and earth’s vain shadows flee
In life and death, O Lord, abide with me
Prayer
Chaplain Todd Riley
God Save the Queen
March Off The Colours
Ceremony at the Cenotaph
Major David Brown, CD
Dedication of the Wreaths
Chaplain Todd Riley
Laying Of the Wreaths
IN APPRECIATION
The City of Toronto would like to
thank the following:
• Royal Canadian Legion Branches 3,
31, 75, 101, 210, 266/46, 286
• Royal Canadian Legion Ladies’
Auxiliaries 3, 31, 75, 266/46, 286
• Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans in
Canada, York Unit 383 and Ladies
Auxiliary
• Major David Brown, CD
• Chaplain Todd Riley
• John Holoway, Colour Marshal/
Sergeant-at-Arms
• Kim Erickson, CD, Bugler
• David Beecham, CD, Piper
• Suzana Greenaway, Principal, York
Memorial Collegiate Institute
• Nicole Huynh, Student Council
President, York Memorial Collegiate
Institute
• Rebecca Brijban, Student Council
Vice-President, York Memorial
Collegiate Institute
• Zareen Balisson, Student, York
Memorial Collegiate Institute
• York Memorial Collegiate Institute
Concert Band
• Student escorts from York Memorial
Collegiate Institute
Refreshments will be served in the York Civic Centre
at the conclusion of the service.