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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Call to Worship====
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====Opening Song====
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Leader: Christ the Lord is risen
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"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"
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'''People: He is risen indeed.'''
 
  
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Leader: Let trumpets sound and angels sing:
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
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'''People: Rejoice, for Christ is risen indeed!'''
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4th Advent Sunday
  
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====Opening Prayer====
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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.
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
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Reader 4: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
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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.
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[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]
  
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
  
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====Old Testament Scripture====
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====First Scripture Reading====
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Psalm 33:1-4
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''Romans 1:1–7''
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====New Testament Scripture====
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=We Hear God's Word=
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Ephesians 2:1-10 (NRSV)
 
  
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You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.
 
  
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But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.  
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====Gospel Reading====
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''Matthew 1:18-25''
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
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===Closing Prayer===
 
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(Offered by a member of the community)
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"Advent Doxology"
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=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  

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

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