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Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
  
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Meditation====
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====Opening Song====
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"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"
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On this day in 1973, the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in Chile by a CIA-backed coup.  On the same day in 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the United States Pentagon killed twenty-eight hundred people. 
 
  
[silent reflection]
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
Leader: In God the LORD, whose word I praise
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4th Advent Sunday
  
'''People: In God I trust and will not be afraid.'''
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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.
  
====Opening Song====
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
''Waters of Babylon''
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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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=We Hear God's Word=
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Reader 4: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
  
====Psalm 56:3-7====
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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.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
 
In God, whose word I praise,
 
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
 
what can flesh do to me?
 
 
All day long they seek to injure my cause;
 
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
 
They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps.
 
As they hoped to have my life,
 
so repay them for their crime;
 
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
 
  
Leader: In God the LORD, whose word I praise
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[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]
  
'''People: In God I trust and will not be afraid.'''
 
  
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====First Scripture Reading====
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''Romans 1:1–7''
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====Hosea 2:14-23====
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=We Hear God's Word=
Therefore, I will now persuade her,
 
and bring her into the wilderness,
 
and speak tenderly to her.
 
 
From there I will give her her vineyards,
 
and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
 
 
There she shall respond as in the days of her youth,
 
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
 
 
On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, ‘My husband’, and no longer will you call me, ‘My Baal’.
 
For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no
 
more.  I will make for you a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the
 
creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will
 
make you lie down in safety. And I will take you for my wife for ever; I will take you for my wife in
 
righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. I will take you for my wife in faithfulness;
 
and you shall know the Lord.
 
 
On that day I will answer, says the Lord,
 
I will answer the heavens
 
and they shall answer the earth;
 
 
and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
 
and they shall answer Jezreel;
 
and I will sow him for myself in the land.
 
 
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,
 
and I will say to Lo-ammi, ‘You are my people’;
 
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’
 
 
 
Leader: In God the LORD, whose word I praise
 
 
 
'''People: In God I trust and will not be afraid.'''
 
 
 
  
====Matthew 6:25-34====
 
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
 
or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not
 
life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds
 
of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet
 
your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
 
And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
 
And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,
 
how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon
 
in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes
 
the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into
 
the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore
 
do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or
 
“What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things;
 
and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
 
But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
 
these things will be given to you as well.
 
 
‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its
 
own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
 
  
Leader: In God the LORD, whose word I praise
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====Gospel Reading====
'''People: In God I trust and will not be afraid.'''
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''Matthew 1:18-25''
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
Theophilus of Antioch, a second-century bishiop, wrote, "Say to those that hate and curse you, 'You are our brothers!'"
 
  
====Prayers for One Another====
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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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.
  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===
 
===Closing Prayer===
You who prayed from the cross for your Father to forgive those who were killing you, grant us the courage to forgive those who harm us in our families, in our communities, and in our world. Help us recognize our own need to seek the forgiveness of others.  Amen.
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"Advent Doxology"
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=We Go in Peace=
  
===Passing the Peace of Christ===
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====Passing of the Peace====
(Each person says a line of the blessing, adding the name of someone present at the end of the line.  If there are more than 8 people present, two or more names may be added at the end of a line). 
 
  
May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]
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====Fellowship & Conversation====
wherever he may send you, [name]
 
may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]
 
protect you through the storm, [name]
 
may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]
 
at the wonders he has shown you, [name]
 
may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]
 
once again into our doors, [name].
 

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