December 6, 2020 - 2nd Sunday of Advent
Worship Leader: Sandra Smith
**This Sunday’s service courtesy of Faye McLean.**
Worship Leader: Sandra Smith
**This Sunday’s service courtesy of Faye McLean.**
Let us worship together as we read! You can follow along with the service which will be livestreamed on Facebook at 10AM Sunday morning. https://www.facebook.com/kerrobertunited
For those who are not on Facebook, we will be posting the video onto our YouTube channel early in the week
For those who are not on Facebook, we will be posting the video onto our YouTube channel early in the week
Welcome and Announcements:
Welcome all who worship together this day! Please remain seated during hymns & sing softly while masked. We are one in Christ!
Welcome all who worship together this day! Please remain seated during hymns & sing softly while masked. We are one in Christ!
Minute for Mission
Quiet Preparation for Worship
Quiet Preparation for Worship
Call to Worship:
In Advent, God works to prepare our hearts to receive the fullness of his grace. That work may come from unexpected places. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord!”
In Advent, God works to prepare our hearts to receive the fullness of his grace. That work may come from unexpected places. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord!”
Opening Prayer: (unison)
Peace is your precious gift, O God. We give thanks for the Advent promise of peace revealed in the coming of Jesus Christ. We give thanks for the opportunity to receive peace and share peace in this faith community. We give thanks for the ways in which we can share peace, in this nation and this neighbourhood. We rejoice that, in Jesus, we have the hope of peace. Peace is your eternal gift, O God. Amen.
Peace is your precious gift, O God. We give thanks for the Advent promise of peace revealed in the coming of Jesus Christ. We give thanks for the opportunity to receive peace and share peace in this faith community. We give thanks for the ways in which we can share peace, in this nation and this neighbourhood. We rejoice that, in Jesus, we have the hope of peace. Peace is your eternal gift, O God. Amen.
Advent Candle Liturgy: Peace
HYMN:
Voices United #7 – Hope is a Star vs. 1 & 2
Prayer of Invocation:
Dear Lord, prepare us for the great things you intend to do in us, and through us today. May our journey through the Advent season awaken our slumbering souls and quicken us to a fresh and vital walk of faith. What we seek we cannot do alone---so we await your help. Amen.
Dear Lord, prepare us for the great things you intend to do in us, and through us today. May our journey through the Advent season awaken our slumbering souls and quicken us to a fresh and vital walk of faith. What we seek we cannot do alone---so we await your help. Amen.
Prayer of Confession:
Give us the wisdom, O God, to take the time to listen to your word for us. Give us the strength to identify the idols that claim our allegiances and to destroy them. Give us the courage, O God, to face temptations and the will to be an outward and forward faith community. We confess we sometimes get caught up in depression because of all the things we can’t do, because of the pandemic, rather than using the extra time we have to find innovative ways to connect with and support others. Help us to trust that you are in charge, even if we right now can’t see the whole picture. Amen.
Give us the wisdom, O God, to take the time to listen to your word for us. Give us the strength to identify the idols that claim our allegiances and to destroy them. Give us the courage, O God, to face temptations and the will to be an outward and forward faith community. We confess we sometimes get caught up in depression because of all the things we can’t do, because of the pandemic, rather than using the extra time we have to find innovative ways to connect with and support others. Help us to trust that you are in charge, even if we right now can’t see the whole picture. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon:
Peace is flowing like a river: --the peace that comes from careful reflection; --the peace of well-chosen words & actions; --the peace of God, which refreshes body, mind and spirit, be with you.
Peace is flowing like a river: --the peace that comes from careful reflection; --the peace of well-chosen words & actions; --the peace of God, which refreshes body, mind and spirit, be with you.
HYMN:
Voices United #2 - Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Scriptures:
2 Peter 3:8-15c
Mark 1:1-8
2 Peter 3:8-15c
Mark 1:1-8
Sermon:
The Lord is Faithful; Prepare the Way
The Lord is Faithful; Prepare the Way
Dedication of Offering
Prayers of the People & the Lord’s Prayer:
Prayer for Peace - Voices United #693
Prayer for Peace - Voices United #693
HYMN:
Voices United #18 - There’s a Voice in the Wilderness
Commissioning & Benediction
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