{"id":3007,"date":"2023-12-03T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=3007"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:35:19","slug":"sunday-worship-3-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=3007","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Worship – 3 December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our Sunday Service, a busy day today First Sunday of Advent, Gift Sunday and Communion.\u00a0 If you wish to join us in communion, it will take place after the hymn – Jesus thou joy of loving hearts.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>As usual our service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page at 1130 prior to being uploaded to YouTube.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome and Intimations
\n<\/strong>Call to Worship
\n<\/strong>(<\/em><\/strong>Please join in the words written in brackets)<\/strong>.
\n<\/em>In this season of prophecy, promise, and preparation,
\n<\/em>we come to be renewed and refreshed.
\n(We come to be inspired by stories of a messiah<\/strong>
\nwho will change the world\u2014and change us.)
\n<\/strong><\/em>We come to listen for word of hope and joy,
\npromise and challenge.
\n<\/em>(We come with open ears, open minds, and open hearts.
\n<\/b><\/em>We come to receive the blessings God has in store for us<\/em><\/strong>
\nin this season of waiting.)<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Come! Let us worship our God \u2014
\nthe One who brings all things to fulfilment.<\/em><\/p>\n

MP 1350 \u2013 <\/strong>Speak, O Lord, as We Come to You
\n<\/em><\/strong>Dedication of Offering
\nAll Ages Talk
\nLighting of Advent First Candle<\/p>\n

Advent Prayer:
\n<\/strong>God of Hope, our world has grown cold with despair, with hopelessness, with weariness and dread. Alight in us the fire of Your Spirit, a reminder that death never has the final word, so we might pursue justice and live into Your ways and become living hope in a world that desperately needs it. Amen.<\/p>\n

CH4 475 \u2013 <\/strong>Christ is coming! let creation<\/em><\/strong>
\nPrayer of Approach and Confession
\nBible Readings:
\n<\/strong>Isaiah 64:1-9
\nMark 13:24-37
\nMP 493 – O come, O come, Emmanuel
\n<\/em><\/strong>Reflection
\nCH4 662 \u2013 Jesus thou joy of loving hearts
\n<\/em><\/strong>Apostles\u2019 Creed
\nHoly Communion
\nMP 102 – <\/strong>Come, thou long-expected Jesus
\n<\/em><\/strong>Benediction<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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