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Sunday, September 29, 2013
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
Time of the Church 14
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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:  Prepare the Way of the Lord====
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====First Scripture Reading====
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/PrepareTheWay.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]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
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=We Hear God's Word=
Prepare the way of the Lord
 
Prepare the way of the Lord
 
And all people will see the
 
Salvation of our God
 
  
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/PrepareTheWay.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
=We Hear God's Word=
 
  
====Psalm 150====
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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.
Praise God in his holy place,
 
sing praise in the mighty heavens.
 
Sing praise for God’s powerful deeds,
 
praise God’s surpassing greatness.
 
 
Sing praise with sound of trumpet,
 
sing praise with lute and harp.
 
Sing praise with timbrel and dance,
 
sing praise with strings and pipes.
 
 
Sing praise with resounding cymbals,
 
sing praise with clashing of cymbals.
 
Let everything that lives and that breathes
 
give praise to the Lord. Alleluia!
 
  
====Song: Alleluia! (Slava Tiebie Boze)====
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
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Alleluia!  Alleluia! Alleluia!
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
Alleluia!  Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Slava tiebie Boze (Glory to thee, O God)
 
Slava tiebie Boze (Glory to thee, O God)
 
Slava tiebie Boze (Glory to thee, O God)
 
Alleluia!  Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Alleluia!  Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
  
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7M5QinPSFc 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: The Kingdom of God====
 
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/TheKingdomofGod.mp3</mp3>
 
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/TheKingdomofGod.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
 
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The Kingdom of God is justice and peace
 
And joy in the holy spirit
 
Come, Lord, and open in us
 
The gates of 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