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Sunday, September 9, 2012
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Sunday, November 30th, 2025
  
23th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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1st Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Opening Prayer====
  
====Opening Sentences====
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
Leader: A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
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Reader 1: Today we light one candle - the Candle called HOPE, as a reminder that God's promises are true.
 
'''People:  The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.'''
 
  
Leader: Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
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Reader 2: We place our hope in God.
  
'''People:  Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.'''
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Reader 3: We place our lives in God's care.
  
Leader: Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this one candle, called HOPE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
All:  for the LORD pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
  
====Opening Prayer====
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====Opening Song====
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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"
  
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====Scripture Reading====
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''Jeremiah 33:14-16''
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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]
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Advent Meditation====
 
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE</embedvideo>
====Old Testament Scripture Reflection====
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcravEG2ATE Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
''As the Mountains''
 
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====New Testament Scripture Reflection====
 
''You don't love God, if you don't love your neighbor''
 
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====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===
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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=
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
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====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