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Sunday, November 21, 2010
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
  
33nd 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 Sentences====
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====Opening Prayer====
  
Leader: Jesus Christ is the light of the world
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
'''People: the light no darkness can overcome.'''
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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: Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening
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Reader 2: We place our hope in God.
  
'''People: and the day is almost over'''
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Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.
  
Leader: Let your light scatter the darkness
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
'''People:  and illumine your church.'''
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Opening Song====
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*David Crowder, "Come Awake"
  
====Old Testament Scripture====
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====Scripture Reading====
''Ecclesiastes 3''
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''Jeremiah 33:14-16''
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w</embedvideo>
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CEvRozAfI 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]
  
====New Testament Scripture====
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====Advent Meditation====
''Based on John 12: 20-36''
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE</embedvideo>
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2012&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
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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