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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
  
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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1st Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Opening Sentences====
  
====Opening Song====
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Leader: The Spirit and the church cry out:
  
'''Deep Peace'''
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'''People: Come, Lord Jesus.'''
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSE6Uyvv1E& Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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Leader:  All those who await his appearance pray:
  
Leader: When the Son of Man comes in his glory, he will sit on his glorious throne.  
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'''People: Come, Lord Jesus.'''
  
'''People: All the nations will be gathered before him,'''
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Leader:  The whole creation pleads:
  
Leader: he will separate the people one from another
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'''People: Come, Lord Jesus.'''
  
'''People: as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.'''
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====Opening Prayer====
  
====Psalm 95:1-7====
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=We Hear God's Word=
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7IryEV4F2c Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 
[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2095:1-7&version=NIV Read passage online at Bible Gateway (NIV)]
 
 
 
====Matthew 25:31-46====
 
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[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:31-46&version=NIV Read passage online at Bible Gateway (NIV)]
 
  
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
Salvadoran martyr Rutilio Grande said, "It is a dangerous thing to be a Christian in our world."
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''Isaiah 2:4''
  
====Prayers for One Another====
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After the appropriate candles for the week are lit, the people respond:
(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
 
  
====The Lord's Prayer====
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''''Let us walk in the light of the Lord.''''
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
 
  
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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====Scripture Reading====
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''2 Peter 3:1-10''
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203:1-10&version=MSG Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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====Advent Meditation====
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Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
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=We Respond in Prayer=
  
for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
Amen.
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====The Lord's Prayer====
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.
  
 
===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
Led by a member of the congregation.
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(Offered by a member of the community)
  
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  
===Passing the Peace of Christ===
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====Passing of the Peace====
(Each person says a line of the blessing, adding the name of someone present at the end of the line.  If there are more than 8 people present, two or more names may be added at the end of a line). 
 
 
 
'''May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''wherever he may send you, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''protect you through the storm, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''at the wonders he has shown you, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
 
  
'''once again into our doors, [name].'''
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Revision as of 18:22, 27 November 2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011

1st Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Sentences

Leader: The Spirit and the church cry out:

People: Come, Lord Jesus.

Leader: All those who await his appearance pray:

People: Come, Lord Jesus.

Leader: The whole creation pleads:

People: Come, Lord Jesus.

Opening Prayer

We Hear God's Word

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Isaiah 2:4

After the appropriate candles for the week are lit, the people respond:

'Let us walk in the light of the Lord.'

Scripture Reading

2 Peter 3:1-10

Advent Meditation

We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Closing Prayer

(Offered by a member of the community)

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation