Advent 2.4
Theme – Faith
Gather
The nights are long…
…the darkness deep…
…but the reason for our faith draws near.
Song – We Have Waited
Prayers of the People
God of the faithful as well as the doubting, 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 2)
Reading – Isaiah 40:1-5
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Song – Wintertide
Peace/Benediction
And now may the God of our faith find us in our winding valleys and our precipitous mountain passes this day, this week and this season. May He set us upon His path; though it lead through the desert, it shall lead us to His glory. Go in faith to love and serve the Lord.
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