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Worship 12.13.2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Then Elijah arose, a prophet like fire, and his words burned like a torch. --
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Sirach 48:1
Prelude
Special Music: Let all mortal flesh keep silence Call to Worship Light Candle for Dick Lehman Leader: We live in troubled times, waiting for God's light to burst into our dark world. Reader: O God, whose will is justice for the poor and peace for the afflicted, Let your herald's urgent voice pierce our hardened hearts and announce the dawn of your kingdom. Before the advent of the one who baptizes with the fire of the Holy Spirit, let our complacency give way to conversion, oppression to justice, and conflict to acceptance of one another in Christ. Leader: Rejoice! God is coming in mercy to turn us around. All: O Come, O Come, Immanuel HWB 172 Lighting the First Advent Candle Congregation: Let us live by justice and by mercy and wait with bright hope for the Lord to come. ---Monastic liturgy Hymn: Hope is a candle STS #15 Offering A Time for All God's Children* Hymn: Praise the One STS #1 Scripture Reading: Isaiah 12:1-6 Scripture Reading: Luke 3:7-18 Sermon: A prophet like fire Sermon Response: The Desert Speaks by Elizabeth Boyle Sharing Our Lives and Sharing our Prayers Hymn: The Angel Gabriel HWB #180 Benediction Return |
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