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Sunday, December 30, 2012
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
Christmas 2
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Call to Worship: The Bells of Taize====
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====Opening Prayer====
<mp3>http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3</mp3>
 
*[http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
  
====Opening Song:  In the Lord, I'll Be Ever Thankful====
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====First Scripture Reading====
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3</mp3>
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''Psalm 25''
 
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NKgjE-Zw0</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NKgjE-Zw0 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
In the Lord, I'll be ever thankful
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
In the Lord, I will rejoice
 
Look to God, do not be afraid
 
Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!
 
Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!
 
 
 
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Psalm 138====
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart,
 
you have heard the words of my mouth.
 
In the presence of the angels I will bless you.
 
I will adore before your holy temple.
 
 
I thank you for your faithfulness and love
 
which excel all we ever knew of you.
 
On the day I called, you answered;
 
you increased the strength of my soul.
 
 
All the rulers on earth shall thank you
 
when they hear the words of your mouth.
 
They shall sing of the Lord’s ways:
 
“How great is the glory of the Lord.”
 
 
The Lord is high yet looks on the lowly
 
and the haughty God knows from afar.
 
Though I walk in the midst of affliction
 
you give me life and frustrate my foes.
 
 
You stretch out your hand and save me,
 
your hand will do all things for me
 
Your love, O Lord, is eternal,
 
discard not the work of your hands.
 
  
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Reader 1: Today we light three candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
====Song: Nada Te Turbe====
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
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Nada te turbe
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
Nada te espanta
 
Quien a Dios tiene
 
Nada le falta
 
 
Nada te turbe
 
Nada te espanta
 
Solo Dios basta
 
  
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go1-BoDD7CI Click here to watch video on YouTube]
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, and JOY, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
  
====John 15:9-13====
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====Gospel Reading====
Jesus said: As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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''Luke 3:1-20''
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdRd6XGptQ</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdRd6XGptQ Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
 
====A Time of Silence====
 
This time is the heart of the Taize service -- please use it to meditate or reflect silently on all the prayers that have been voiced, as well as those that remain unvoiced.
 
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====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.
 
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.
  
 
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===Closing Prayer===
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9KLA4qz3A</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9KLA4qz3A Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
====Closing Song: Jesus Remember Me====
 
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/JesusRememberMe.mp3</mp3>
 
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/JesusRememberMe.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
 
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Jesus, remember me
 
When you come into your kingdom
 
Jesus, remember me
 
When you come into your kingdom.
 
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
  
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 17:23, 14 December 2025

Sunday, December 14, 2025

3rd Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

First Scripture Reading

Psalm 25

We Hear God's Word

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light three candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.

Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.

Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, and JOY, bring brightness to your spirits.


Gospel Reading

Luke 3:1-20

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

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation