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Sunday, September 22 , 2013
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Prayer Litany - based on Psalm 79:1-9====
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====Opening Prayer====
  
Leader: O Lord, you are the God of our salvation.
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====First Scripture Reading====
We have no hope without you:
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''Psalm 25''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
'''People: Hear us when we call to you.'''
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=We Hear God's Word=
  
Leader:  O Lord, you are the compassionate God
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
who cared for our ancestors and our parents:
 
  
'''People: Come now to us to save us, we pray..'''
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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.
  
Leader: O Lord, you are the Changeless God
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
whom we honor and revere:
 
  
'''People: We come this day to worship you, O God,
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
because we trust in your merciful grace.
 
 
 
Amen.'''
 
 
 
~ written by Joan Stott, and posted on The Timeless Psalms.http://www.thetimelesspsalms.net/
 
 
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
  
====Hymn Based on Old Testament Scripture====
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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.
''kum ba yah Psalm 79 ''
 
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====New Testament Scripture====
 
''Luke 16:1-13''
 
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====Hymn based on Old Testament Scripture====
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====Gospel Reading====
''Jeremiah 8:18-9:1- Jeremiah calls to God for healing. This song “Balm in Gilead” answers his call.''
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''Luke 3:1-20''
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=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===
 
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God We’ve come into your presence
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to pray together and listen to your wisdom.  
 
 
 
Please help us to hear you speaking in our lives.  
 
 
 
Help us to give you the glory,
 
 
 
help us to serve, support and encourage each other
 
 
 
as we go about our lives this week.  
 
 
 
Amen
 
 
 
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  

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