{"id":3013,"date":"2023-12-10T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=3013"},"modified":"2023-12-09T13:16:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:16:28","slug":"sunday-worship-10-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standrewsbaillieston.co.uk\/?page_id=3013","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Worship – 10 December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second Sunday of Advent<\/p>\n

\u00a0Welcome to our Sunday Worship led by Rev Edson Duque. Our Service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page at 1130 prior to being uploaded to our YouTube area. (Channel content – YouTube Studio<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome and Intimations
\n<\/strong>Call to Worship <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please join in the words written in (brackets)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The voice of the Lord declares,
\n\u201cComfort, O comfort my people\u201d.
\n(A voice cries out,
\n<\/strong>\u201cPrepare the way of the Lord!\u201d)
\n<\/strong>The paths before us may be rocky
\nand dangerous but God goes before us.
\n(There are new places to visit
\n<\/strong>and fresh angles on familiar places.)
\n<\/strong>The earth will be transformed,
\nGod\u2019s glory will be revealed.
\n(O God, we await your coming!
\n<\/strong>As we await, cleanse us. As we wait, transform us.)
\n<\/strong>Wherever the path may lead us, God is always there \u2013
\n(and here among us today.)<\/p>\n

MP 457 – <\/strong>Make way, make way, for Christ the King
\n<\/em><\/strong>Dedication of Offering
\nAll Ages Talk
\nLighting of Advent Second Candle
\nAdvent Prayer:
\n<\/strong>God of Peace, our world is full of angry voices calling for vengeance, calling for retribution masked as justice, calling for destruction as a lie for peace. But we know the true peace that comes from You is available for us all, if we seek it. If we follow You. May peace light our way in this world that desperately needs it. Amen.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

CH4 475 \u2013 <\/strong>Christ is coming! let creation<\/em><\/strong> (only Verses 1 & 2)
\n<\/strong>Prayer of Approach
\nBible Readings:
\n<\/strong>Isaiah 40:1-11
\nMark 1:1-8
\nMP 538 – <\/strong>On Jordan\u2019s bank the Baptist\u2019s cry
\n<\/em><\/strong>Reflection
\nSong for meditation: <\/strong>Make Room
\nPrayer Intercession
\nCH4 543 \u2013 <\/strong>Longing for light, we wait in darkness
\n<\/em><\/strong>Benediction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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