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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
  
22th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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1st Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
Opening music/video
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====Opening Prayer====
 
 
 
 
====Opening Sentences (fr0m Psalm 96, NLT)====
 
  
Leader:  Sing a new song to the Lord!  Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
People:   Sing to the Lord; praise his name.  Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
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Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
Leader: Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.  Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
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Reader 2: We place our hope in God.
  
People: Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!  He is to be feared above all gods.
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Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.
  
Leader: The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.
 
 
ALL:      Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.
 
 
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Old Testament Scripture====
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====Opening Song====
"Micah 6:6-8"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc</embedvideo>
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%206:6-8&version=NLT Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_yBlnSUalE Watch at YouTube.com]
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*David Crowder, "Come Awake"
  
====New Testament Scripture====
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====Scripture Reading====
"Colossians 3:1-17"
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''Jeremiah 33:14-16''
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%203:1-17&version=MSG Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2033:14-16 Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
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====Advent Meditation====
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
 
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Christmas Doxology
(Offered by a member of the community)
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruTamMeEvM&list=RDjruTamMeEvM</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruTamMeEvM&list=RDjruTamMeEvM Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=

Latest revision as of 17:23, 30 November 2025

Sunday, November 30th, 2025

1st Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.

Reader 2: We place our hope in God.

Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.

We Hear God's Word

Opening Song

Scripture Reading

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Advent Meditation

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

Christmas Doxology

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation