11 am – second Sunday in Advent
Welcome and Intimations
Candle song – vs 1 and 4
- Leader: We wait for the coming of Christ, giving life in abundance
- All: Come Giver of Life
- Leader: The bread of life given for all people a sharing in the body of Christ
- All: Come Giver of Life
- Leader: The desert shall rejoice and blossom abundantly Rejoice and be glad in it.
- All: Christ, shine in our world today
We light our 3rd Advent Candle
HYMN 277 Hark the glad sound the savour comes
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Time with the children
HYMN 282 Christmas is coming (vs 1-3)
Offering
Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10 and Matthew 11:2-11
HYMN 531 My Jesus My Saviour
SERMON – Getting ready for the impossible
MP 544 Open my eyes that I may see
Prayers
HYMN 286 Tell out my soul
Benediction, Three-fold Amen, Recessional HYMN 290 (vs4)
6.30pm Candle Light Carols
The church is filled with flickering candles. We sing traditional Christmas Carols interspersed with readings, read by four of our young members – Emily, Michael, Lyle and Amirah. Afterwards you are invited into the Church Hall for Mince Pies and Mulled Wine.
- CAROL 1 – Hark the Herald
- CAROL 2 – In the bleak mid-winter
- CAROL 3 – The Angel Gabriel
- CAROL 4 – O Little town of Bethlehem
- SOLO 1 – from Fiona MacDonald
- CAROL 5 – Still the night
- CAROL 6 – The first Nowell
- SOLO 2 – from Fiona MacDonald
- CAROL 7 – We three kings
- CAROL 8 – Joy to the World
- CAROL 9 – O Come all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles)
- CAROL 10 – O Holy Night
