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Sunday, April 3, 2011
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
  
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Sentences====
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====Opening Song====
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"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhondnra0UU&list=RDQhondnra0UU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
Leader: For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light.
 
         
 
'''People: Live as children of light — for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.'''
 
  
Leader:  Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
'''People:  Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.'''
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4th Advent Sunday
  
Leader:   For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light.  
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Reader 1: Today we light four candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
'''People:   Therefore it says, '''
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
'''All: Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'''
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
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Reader 4: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
  
====Opening Prayer====
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All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.
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[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]
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====First Scripture Reading====
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''Romans 1:1–7''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201%3A1%E2%80%937&version=NLT Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Old Testament Scripture====
 
''Psalm 23''
 
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=NLT Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
 
  
====New Testament Scripture====
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====Gospel Reading====
''John 9:1-20''
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''Matthew 1:18-25''
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A18-25&version=NIV Click here to 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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"Advent Doxology"
(Offered by a member of the community)
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=We Go in Peace=
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
  
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 17:23, 21 December 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Fourth Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Song

"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"


Lighting of the Advent Candles

4th Advent Sunday

Reader 1: Today we light four 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: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.

All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.

[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]


First Scripture Reading

Romans 1:1–7

We Hear God's Word

Gospel Reading

Matthew 1:18-25

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

"Advent Doxology"

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation