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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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=We Gather in God's Name=
  
=Gathering By the Old Tree=
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====Opening Prayer====
  
====Gathering Song====
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====First Scripture Reading====
''Be Thou My Vision - David Arkenstone''
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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]
  
====Welcome & Gathering Prayer====
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=We Hear God's Word=
  
=Peregrinatio=
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
====Song of the Journey====
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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.
''The King of Love My Shepherd Is''
 
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=Into the Mystery of God's Word (Labyrinth)=
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
====Lectio (reading)====
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
*Psalm 66:20:  "Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me."
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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.
  
====Meditatio (reflecting)====
 
  
====Oratio (responding)====
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====Gospel Reading====
*We lift up our prayers
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''Luke 3:1-20''
*The Lord's Prayer
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====Contemplatio (resting)====
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=We Respond in Prayer=
  
=Hearth and Hospitality=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
====Closing Song====
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====The Lord's Prayer====
''The Lord Is My Shepherd - Iona''
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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.
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====Circling Prayer====
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===Closing Prayer===
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=We Go in Peace=
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====Passing of the Peace====
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====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