2015 Advent – Getting Ready

 GATHERING

ENTRANCE

CANDLE LIGHTING

REFLECTION

on-going process of salvation, while the nativity is the once-for-all-historical event of Bethlehem. We do not really celebrate Christ’s ‘birthday,’ remembering something that happened long ago. We celebrate the stupendous fact of the incarnation, God entering our world so thoroughly that nothing has been the same since.

Sourcebook, 1996, Liturgy Training Publication

CALL TO WORSHIP

OPENING PRAYER

HYMN

WORD FOR THE CHILDREN

SILENCE

PRAYERS

CONFESSION

INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE

THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE

INTERCESSION AND PETITION

COMMITMENT

                                    sharing the gifts you give us with others
                                    here and in the wider world. 

  Forgive us for the hurt we have inflicted,
                                    and help us forgive those who have hurt us.

HYMN

THE WORD

SCRIPTURE

SERMON

SILENT REFLECTION

OFFERING

COMMUNION

PREPARATION

Leader 1: This is the table of the Heavenly Feast,
the joyful celebration of the people of God.

GREAT THANKSGIVING

Holy Maker of all that is,

Leader 2:   We give you thanks for your Holy Child, Jesus,

BLESSING THE ELEMENTS

Leader 1: Christ invites everyone to eat the bread of life,
to drink the cup of the new covenant.

Leader 2: Jesus said, I am the bread of life.
You who come to me shall never hunger,
You who believe in me shall never thirst.

Leader 1: On the night of his arrest, Jesus took bread, 

Leader 2: After supper, Jesus took the cup and said, 

SHARE THE ELEMENTS

If you do not wish to receive the elements today you are welcome to join the circle and allow them to pass, or remain in your seat. We serve grape juice in our cups.

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

SHARED REFLECTIONS

  ANNOUNCEMENTS

 HYMN

BENEDICTION