I Sing a Song of the Saints of God...

Today is All Saints Day, where we honor and remember those people who have lived a holy, Godly life, and shown their love of Christ to others. The words to a hymn I like explains who and what are the Saints that we honor on this day...

I sing a song of the saints of God,
patient and brave and true,
who toiled and fought and lived and died
for the Lord they loved and knew.
And one was a doctor, and one was a queen,
and one was a shepherdess on the green;
they were all of them saints of God, and I mean,
God helping, to be one too.

They loved their Lord so dear, so dear,
and his love made them strong;
and they followed the right for Jesus' sake
the whole of their good lives long.
And one was a soldier, and one was a priest,
and one was slain by a fierce wild beast;
and there's not any reason, no, not the least,
why I shouldn't be one too.



At our Church we encourage people to come to Church on All Saints Sunday dressed as a saint of their choosing, the Sunday School students also dress-up, having learned of various saints in class.
Those costumed Saints are then part of the processional into Church at the beginning of the service, and at the sermon time are called forward to give a brief explanation of who their Saint is.

Some of the "Saints" who were part of our service included: a former Archbishop of Canturbury, St. Rose of Lima; a Guardian Angel; St. Mary - mother of Jesus; St. Augustine; St. John Newton (Amazing Grace hymn writer); St. Charlotte Elliott, (Just As I Am Without One Plea hymn writer).
St. Catherine of Bologna, St. Luke the Evangelist & St. Michael the Archangel, who are all Patron Saints of Artists, were represented by me. Others not pictured represented Saint & King Wenceslas and St. Dorothy.


It was a busy morning, we also celebrated and welcomed into the household of God through the sacrament of Holy Baptism, JoAnne & Alannah! God bless them both in the start of their new life in Christ!