Edinburgh Northwest Kirk
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT – HOPE
BAPTISM & COMMUNION
10.30 am
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
Pianist : Katherine Campbell
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The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all
(congregation to stand as the Bible is brought into church)
WELCOME & INTIMATIONS
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader : From the dust of the earth, the Holy One breathed us into life.
All : Through the breath of God we are all connected.
Leader : Shaped in God’s image, God formed us with a purpose:
All : to create
to serve
to tend
to protect
to love
Leader : that life may flourish in all its forms,
All : May the spirit of the living God be manifest in us!
HYMN 273 O come, O come, Emmanuel
PRAYERS OF ADORATION AND CONFESSION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Maxwell Robert Friedhoff and Rory Alexander Friedhoff
BLESSING
The Lord bless you and keep you,
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
And be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you
And give you peace.
ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING
A candle is burning, a flame warm and bright,
a candle of hope in December’s dark night,
while angels sing blessings from heaven’s dark sky,
our hearts we prepare now for Jesus is nigh.
FIRST READING Jeremiah 33 : 14 – 16 Claire Chapman
ANTHEM People, look east Malcolm Archer
SECOND READING Luke 21 : 25 - 36
SERMON
OFFERTORY HYMN As I went down in the river to pray
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done;
Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION
CELEBRATION OF COMMUNION
Invitation to the Table
COMMUNION HYMN 19 Ye gates
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right this day to give you thanks, O God.
In fulfilment of your promise, you pour your Spirit upon us, filling us with your gifts, leading us into all truth, and uniting peoples of many tongues in the living of the gospel day by day.
Infused with the Spirit, we join with your people
of all places and times,
with the whole company of heaven,
and with all the saints, to proclaim your greatness
and sing your praise in the angels’ unending hymn:
Holy, Holy, Holy one, God of love and peace
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is the one who comes
in the name of God.
Hosanna in the highest!
Sharing the Feast
CLOSING PRAYER
HYMN 286 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
BENEDICTION Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
RECESSIONAL Nunc Dimittis Frank Shera
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