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====Lighting of the Advent Candles==== | ====Lighting of the Advent Candles==== | ||
| − | Reader 1: Today we light | + | Reader 1: Today we light two candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true. |
| − | Reader 2: | + | Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives. |
| − | Reader 3: We | + | Reader 3: We seek God's peace in this time of stress. |
| − | Reader | + | Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits. |
====Advent Meditation==== | ====Advent Meditation==== | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 9 December 2012
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
2nd Sunday in Advent
We Gather in God's Name
Opening Sentences
Leader: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
People: For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Leader: In the Advent season we celebrate that for which we wait:
People: God has and will bring to fullness the salvation God promised the Hebrew slaves.
Leader: God has and will bring to fullness the salvation God promised Mary and Joseph.
All: God has and will bring to fullness God's kingdom of love, in the birth and in the return of Jesus.
Opening Video
Just a few more days
We Hear God's Word
Lighting of the Advent Candles
Reader 1: Today we light two 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: We seek God's peace in this time of stress.
Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.
Advent Meditation
"Love is Christmas"
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
(Offered by a member of the community)
