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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 (Pentecost)
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
  
[[Dedication Service for New Building]]
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1st Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Call to Worship====
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====Opening Prayer====
Leader: God's Spirit joins with our spirits to declare that we are children of God. Alleluia!
 
  
'''People: Alleluia!'''
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
Leader: Come Spirit of wisdom, and teach us to value the highest gifts.
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Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
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Reader 2: We place our hope in God.
  
Leader: Come, Spirit of understanding, and show us all things in the light of eternity.
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Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.
  
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
Leader: Come, Spirit of counsel, and guide us along the straight and narrow path to our heavenly home.
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
 
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
 
 
 
Leader: Come, Spirit of might, and strengthen us against every evil spirit and interest which would separate us from you.
 
 
 
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
 
 
 
Leader:  Come Spirit of knowledge, and teach us the shortness of life and the length of eternity.
 
 
 
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
 
 
 
Leader: Come, Spirit of godliness, and stir up our minds and hearts to love and serve the Lord our God all our days.
 
 
 
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
 
 
 
Leader: Come, Spirit of fear of the Lord, and make us tremble with awe and reverence before your divine majesty.
 
 
 
'''People: Come, Holy Spirit.'''
 
 
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
Come, Holy Spirit!
 
Rain upon our dry and dusty lives.
 
Wash away our sin
 
and heal our wounded spirits.
 
Kindle within us the fire of your love
 
to burn away our apathy.
 
With your warmth bend our rigidity,
 
and guide our wandering feet.
 
Amen.
 
 
 
====Special Music====
 
Live piano music by Miriam Forsythe
 
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Opening Song====
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*David Crowder, "Come Awake"
  
 
====Scripture Reading====
 
====Scripture Reading====
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''Jeremiah 33:14-16''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2033:14-16 Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
Acts 2:1-13 (NRSV)
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====Advent Meditation====
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202:1-13&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at biblegateway.net]
 
 
 
====Pentecos Re-Enactment Activities====
 
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
(Offered by a member of the community)
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Christmas Doxology
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=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=

Latest revision as of 17:23, 30 November 2025

Sunday, November 30th, 2025

1st Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.

Reader 2: We place our hope in God.

Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.

We Hear God's Word

Opening Song

Scripture Reading

Jeremiah 33:14-16

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

Christmas Doxology

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation