Advent 1.5
Theme – Hope
Gather
The nights are long…
…the darkness deep…
…but the reason for our hope draws near.
Song – We Have Waited
Prayers of the People
God of the hopeful as well as the hopeless, we pray this day for those in our community who are struggling during this time. Help us serve those who bear these burdens, that we all may experience the hope You give, for this life and the one to come.
Lord, in Your mercy…
Hear our prayer.
Lighting of the Advent Candle/Song – In This Season (Week 1)
Reading – Isaiah 60:19-22
The sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of mourning shall be ended.
Your people shall all be righteous;
they shall possess the land forever,
the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified.
The least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.
Song – Wintertide
Peace/Benediction
And now may the God of our hope be at work in our lives for His glory this day, this week, and this season. May you be encompassed by His everlasting light. Go in hope to love and serve the Lord.