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Sunday, December 7, 2025
  
Sunday, February 7, 2021
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2nd Sunday in Advent
 
 
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Sentences====
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====Opening Prayer====
  
Leader: Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre.
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
'''People: He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.'''
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Reader 1: Today we light two candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
Leader: He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
'''People:  His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;'''
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Reader 3: We seek God's peace in this time of stress.
 
 
Leader:  but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
 
 
 
'''ALL:  Praise the Lord!'''
 
  
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
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[The first and second purple Advent Candles are lighted]
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Old Testament Scripture Reading====
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====Opening Song====
''Isaiah 40: 28-31 ; 41:10-13''
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"Prince of Peace"
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfUSiAKnz0E Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
 
 
====New Testament Scripture Reflection====
 
''1 Corinthians 9:16-23''
 
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====First Scripture Reading====
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''Isaiah 11:1-10''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2011%3A1-10&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
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====Second Scripture Reading====
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''Matthew 3:1-12''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203%3A1-12&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
 
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"Let There Be Peace"
(Offered by a member of the community)
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=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
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====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
 
====Gathering Song====
 
''Be Thou My Vision - David Arkenstone''
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMttnek4868 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
====Welcome & Gathering Prayer====
 
 
=Peregrinatio=
 
 
====Song of the Journey====
 
''The King of Love My Shepherd Is''
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyBgL5CmEY Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
=Into the Mystery of God's Word (Labyrinth)=
 
 
====Lectio (reading)====
 
 
*Psalm 66:20:  "Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me."
 
 
====Meditatio (reflecting)====
 
 
====Oratio (responding)====
 
*We lift up our prayers
 
*The Lord's Prayer
 
 
====Contemplatio (resting)====
 
 
=Hearth and Hospitality=
 
 
====Closing Song====
 
''The Lord Is My Shepherd - Iona''
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j24igqYDzg Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
====Circling Prayer====
 

Latest revision as of 16:55, 7 December 2025

Sunday, December 7, 2025

2nd Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light two 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: We seek God's peace in this time of stress.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.

[The first and second purple Advent Candles are lighted]

We Hear God's Word

Opening Song

"Prince of Peace"

First Scripture Reading

Isaiah 11:1-10

Second Scripture Reading

Matthew 3:1-12

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

"Let There Be Peace"

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation