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Sunday, August 8, 2021
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Opening Prayer====
  
====First Reading====
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====First Scripture Reading====
"Psalm 139"
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''Psalm 25''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+139&version=NRSV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
====Second Reading====
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=We Hear God's Word=
"Mark 4:35-41"
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj0cVBYKaEg click here to watch at youtube.com]
 
*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4:35-41&version=NRSV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
 
  
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
=We Respond in Prayer=
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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.
  
====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
  
====The Lord's Prayer====
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
 
  
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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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.
  
Give us this day our daily bread,
 
  
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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====Gospel Reading====
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''Luke 3:1-20''
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Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
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=We Respond in Prayer=
  
for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
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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.
  
Amen.
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====The Lord's Prayer====
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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.
  
===Closing Prayer Song===
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===Closing Prayer===
"Doxology (on African Kalimba)"
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=We Go in Peace=
  
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====Passing of the Peace====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6muzH-QIzg Click here to watch at youtube.com]
 
  
=We Go in 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