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Sunday, July 29, 2012
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
  
Time of the Church 5
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1st Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Call to Worship: The Bells of Taize====
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====Opening Prayer====
<mp3>http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3</mp3>
 
*[http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
  
====Opening Song:  Domine Spiritus Est====
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/BlessTheLord.mp3</mp3>
 
  
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Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.
Bless the Lord, my soul
 
And Bless God's holy name
 
Bless the Lord, my soul
 
Who leads me into life
 
  
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/BlessTheLord.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
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Reader 2: We place our hope in God.
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.
  
====from Psalm 63====
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.
O God, you are my God, for you I long;
 
for you my soul is thirsting.
 
My body pines for you
 
like a dry, weary land without water.  
 
So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
 
to see your strength and your glory.
 
 
For your love is better than life,
 
my lips will speak your praise.
 
So I will bless you all my life,  
 
in your name I will lift up my hands.
 
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet,  
 
my mouth shall praise you with joy.
 
 
On my bed I remember you.
 
On you I muse through the night
 
for you have been my help;
 
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
 
My soul clings to you;
 
your right hand holds me fast.
 
  
====Song: Stay With Me====
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=We Hear God's Word=
<videoflash>LmAOcHqvS0Q</videoflash>
 
  
Stay with me
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====Opening Song====
remain here with me.  
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc</embedvideo>
Watch and pray,
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-idI-xwdHc Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
watch and pray.
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*David Crowder, "Come Awake"
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmAOcHqvS0Q Click here to watch video on YouTube]
 
  
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====Scripture Reading====
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''Jeremiah 33:14-16''
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574SWe2IM9w 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]
  
====Acts 2:42-47====
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====Advent Meditation====
The first Christians devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE</embedvideo>
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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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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
 
====A Time of Silence====
 
This time is the heart of the Taize service -- please use it to meditate or reflect silently on all the prayers that have been voiced, as well as those that remain unvoiced.
 
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====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.
 
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.
  
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===Closing Prayer===
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Christmas Doxology
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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=
 
====Closing Song: In the Lord, I'll Be Ever Thankful====
 
<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3</mp3>
 
*[http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
 
 
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In the Lord, I'll be ever thankful
 
In the Lord, I will rejoice
 
Look to God, do not be afraid
 
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near!
 
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near!
 
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
  
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====

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