2nd Sunday of Advent-Peace
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Welcome and greeting one another with the Peace of Christ.
One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
* Introit I Am Walking a Path
I am walking a path of peace, I am walking a path of peace,
I am walking a path of peace, lead me home, lead me home.
Words & music copyright © Janet Bauman Tissandier, 2-825-7 St., Canmore, AB T1W 2C4.
* Call to Worship
One: We gather, longing for gentleness among all:
All: peace is the home we seek.
One: We gather, longing for healing where there has been harm:
All: peace is the home we seek.
One: We gather, longing for generosity to inform all actions:
All: peace is the home we seek.
One: We gather, longing for peace in all parts of life:
All: God is the home we seek.
One: Come, let us worship God in a spirit of peace.
Advent Candlelighting Liturgy
We Light the Candle of Peace (back of bulletin)
*Candlelighting Hymn Advent Candle Song (an echo song)
Your light has come into the world.
Jesus has brought Your kingdom here.
Help us to share this good news.
We light this candle as a sign.
Your peace has come into the world.
Your Spirit draws us close to you.
Help us to share this good news.
Words & Music: Jane Best ©2012 Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. Used by permission.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Malachi 3:1–4 A refiner’s fire and a launderer’s soap.
One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people.
All:Thanks be to God.
Luke 1:68–79 Song of Zechariah
Opening the Word/Time with Children &The Lord’s Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke 3:1–6 A voice calling in the desert.
One: This is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Reflection
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn I Have Called You by Your Name (Printed) MV 161
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
* Offering Song/Doxology VU 544
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
For all these joys, we give thanks.
For all these concerns, we offer you our prayers.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn We Are Marching VU 646
* Commissioning and Benediction
One: Through sun and shadow,
All: guide our hearts in the way of love.
One: Through rush and repose,
All: guide our minds in the way of wisdom.
One: Through deluge and dust,
All: guide our spirits in the way of joy.
One: Through calm and chaos,
All: guide our feet in the way of peace.
* Choral Amen
Reflecting on the Word Advent as Pilgrimage
The Message paraphrases verses 77–79 of Luke 1:
God’s Sunrise will break in upon us,
shining on those in the darkness,
those sitting in the shadow of death,
then showing us the way, one foot at a time,
down the path of peace.
The Message by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
· Who, or what situations today seek “God’s sunrise,” God’s new day?
· What steps are you taking, or might you take, along the path of peace? How are you “walking the way of peace?”
· What does your pilgrimage to Bethlehem look like?
