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Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
  
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Prayer====
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====Opening Song====
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"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"
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Dear God,
 
  
We come here to our fortress, to our rock and our refuge.
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
We bring you our cares and concerns.
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4th Advent Sunday
  
We pray for our friends, our families and for the world.
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Reader 1: Today we light four candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
Please incline you ear to us and help us find peace and comfort in you.
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
Amen
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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Reader 4: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
  
====Responsive Scripture Reading====
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All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.
''Jeremiah 1:4, 8 and Psalm 71:1-6''
 
  
Leader: The Word of the Lord came to me saying,  
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[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.
 
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you.”
 
  
'''People:''' In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
 
  
Leader: In your righteousness, deliver me and rescue me. Incline your ear to me and save me.
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====First Scripture Reading====
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''Romans 1:1–7''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201%3A1%E2%80%937&version=NLT Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
'''People:''' Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
 
Leader: Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
 
 
 
'''People:''' For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, my refuge even from my youth.
 
 
 
Leader: Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who delivered me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.
 
 
 
'''People:''' In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
 
 
 
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
 
 
 
'''People:''' Thanks be to God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''''A Mighty Fortress'''''
 
 
 
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2071:1-6&version=NIV Click here to read the Psalm 71:1-6 passage at BibleGateway.com]
 
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2080&version=NRSV Click here to read the Jeremiah 1:4-10 passage at BibleGateway.com]
 
  
====Second Scripture Reading====
 
''Luke 13:10-17''
 
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====Gospel Reading====
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''Matthew 1:18-25''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A18-25&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  
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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.
 
 
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===
Dear God,
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"Advent Doxology"
 
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Please bless our mothers and our fathers,
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=We Go in Peace=
Our teachers and healers,
 
 
 
Our friends and lovers,
 
 
 
Our children and theirs.
 
 
 
Please bless our countries and every country,
 
 
 
And forgive us our violence and pain.
 
  
We surrender the world to you.
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====Passing of the Peace====
  
Amen
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 17:23, 21 December 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Fourth Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Song

"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"


Lighting of the Advent Candles

4th Advent Sunday

Reader 1: Today we light four 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: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.

All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.

[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]


First Scripture Reading

Romans 1:1–7

We Hear God's Word

Gospel Reading

Matthew 1:18-25

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

"Advent Doxology"

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation