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The advent wreath
MV 11 - Come, Come Emmanuel
Come, come Emmanuel. Come, Emmanuel.
Come, come Emmanuel. Come, Emmanuel.
Reader One: Advent is a season of anticipation.It’s a season of
remembering that light came into the darkness:
Reader Two It’s also a time when we have to deal with the darkness
that we experience in our lives and in the real world.
Reader One Advent gives us space to grow and even to groan
as we anticipate the light to shine brighter still:
All Jesus is Coming
Reader Two This Advent, we will be exploring ideas about light
and darkness and how both are the creations of God.
and God said it is Good!
All Come, Lord Jesus. Shine brighter still!
The first candle is lit
Women In the beginning when God created the heavens
and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness
covered the face of the deep.
Men A wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light."And there was light.
And God saw that the light was good.
Women God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
All And there was evening and there was morning,
the first day.
VU 6: Hope is a Star, verse 1
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Hope is a star that shines in the night,
leading us on till the morning is bright.
When God is a child there's joy in our song.
The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong,
and none shall be afraid.
Service of confirmation
Denver Holmes
Amelia Milne-Servage
Explanation of Confirmation
Introducing the Confirmands
Professions of Faith
Laying on of Hands
Presentation of Certificates & Bibles
Sacrament of holy communion
Preces (Tune: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”)
One May the Lord be with you one and all,
All And also with your spirit.
One Lift up your hearts to our God.
All We lift our hearts up to our gracious God!
One Let us give thanks
All It is right to give our thanks and praise to God!
Prayer of great thanksgiving
(Tune: “Good King Wenceslas”)
One Blessing, honour, glory, power unto God Almighty!
Praise to You, eternal Lord, Father of all mercy.
All Long ago You made us Lord,
made us in Your image,
But through sin we broke the form,
of our Lord within us.
Still Your love came shining through,
from heaven You did send us -
Christ to take on human flesh, here to live among us.
He did suffer for our sin, died a death most cruel.
Now He lives and reigns in heaven,
as its brightest jewel.
We the church on earth do sing
with the hosts of heaven:
Glory to the One who died, for He has arisen.
The baby born at Bethlehem is the King of heaven.
And we praise Your blessed name
with the song unending.
The song of praise
(Tune: “Angels We Have Heard on High”)
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts, all praise be given!
All Your glory fills the earth;
all Your power fills the heavens!
Glo-ria in excelsis Deo! Glo-ria in excelsis Deo!
Blessed is the King who came, bringing love and light divine.
Blessed is the King who comes, in the Bread and in the Wine.
Glo-ria in excelsis Deo! Glo-ria in excelsis Deo!
Words of institution
(Tune: “Good Christian Friends Rejoice”)
One Good Christian friends rejoice with heart and soul and voice.
All On the night He was betrayed,
Jesus to the Father prayed:
One “Bless this bread we are to eat, let it bring forgiveness sweet.
All My body dwells therein; my body dwells therein.”
One Good Christian friends rejoice with heart & soul & voice.
All Next he took the blessed cup,
praying as He raised it up;
One “In the wine forever more is the way to Heavens door.
All My blood poured out for you (2x)
One Good Christian friends rejoice with heart & soul & voice.
All Eat this Bread and drink this cup,
share the peace that’s from above.
One Angels sing of heaven’s bliss, as we share this Eucharist.
All Christ was born for this; Christ was born for this.
The Lord's prayer
(Tune: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”)
God our Father, God of fame, hallowed be Your saving name;
Everywhere Your kingdom come, far away from here at home;
May we to Your will comply as the angels do on high;
Grant that we, our sin’s forgiv’n follow in the way of heav’n
Grant that we, our sin’s forgiv’n follow in the way of heav’n
May we, even at our worst, show forgiveness shown us first.
Guard us from the tempting devil, & deliver us from evil.
Yours the kingdom so sing we, pow’r and glory ever be.
Unto You while ages run. Yea AMEN! So be it done!
Unto You while ages run. Yea, AMEN! So be it done!
Communion
Prayer after communion
(Tune: “O Little Town of Bethlehem”)
O Lamb of God from Bethlehem,
where Mary gave You birth,
Grant us Your grace and mercy,
Redeemer of the earth.
O Lamb of God forgive us,
for we still live in sin.
Enter our hearts and guide our lives,
give us Your peace within.
The offering: In gratitude and humble trust
(tune: VU 75)
In gratitude and humble trust we bring our best today
to serve your cause and share your love
with all along life's way.
O God, who gave yourself to us in Jesus Christ, your Son,
teach us to give ourselves each day
until life's work is done.
Offertory Prayer
Reading of the day: Isaiah 11:1-10
The Peaceful Kingdom
A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide by what his ears hear;
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
