Virtual ANZAC service 2020

In lieu of the traditional ANZAC Service at Island Bay School, leaders of the churches of Island Bay prepared a video presentation. We were all in lock-down due to ‘Covid’ 19 requirements.

Watch the full service here

At 10am on April 25th 2020 we invited the community to gather at their homes to remember those who gave their lives for our country, to reflect on and commemorate ANZAC Day. Here are the service elements.

ANZAC Message: Joe Green, Lay Pastoral Leader, Catholic Church of Wellington South

Prayer: Steven Goulstone, Wellington South Baptist Church

Ode: Molly, St Hilda’s Anglican Church

“The Last Post” bugle call and “Reveille”: Rev Nathan Parry, Island Bay Presbyterian Church.

Plus:

Text version of “For the Fallen”, which includes the very famous fourth stanza.

A reflection:  Joe Green, Lay Pastoral Leader, Catholic Church of Wellington South

 

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