KILRENNY PARISH CHURCH

Kilrenny Parish Church

Sunday 11^th December 2022

3^rd Sunday in Advent – Communion Service

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Welcome and Church News

 

Call to Worship

We come together in this place.
To be together and to claim that we are God's people.

We look to ourselves and to each other
To express the love of God as a sign of hope for the world.

We abandon ourselves
To the working of the Holy Spirit, trusting in God's mercy.

Gather us, O God
And we will know Your life that makes us one.

Gather us, O God
And we shall celebrate our variety and our uniqueness.

Gather us, O God
And we will give You the pain of our brokenness.

Gather us, O God
And we will share the gifts of Your Spirit.

Trinity of love, bind us as one.
That our brokenness be healed by You,
that our fear be held by You,
that our gifts be used by You,
that our lives be offered to You,
so may the world believe.
Amen

 

Hymn CH 273                      O come, O come, Emmanuel

 

Opening Prayer and “The Lord’s Prayer”

 

Hymn CH 284                      Hope is a candle, once lit by the prophets (v1, v2 & v3 only)

 

Lighting of the Advent Candle

 

Advent prayer

 

Readings:     Isaiah 35: 1 – 10

                        St Luke 1: 46 – 55

 

Hymn CH 305                      In the bleak midwinter                 

 

Prayers for Peace

 

Hymn CH 286                      Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord

 

Reflection: “Mary’s Song”

 

Hymn CH 656                      I come with joy, a child of God

 

Communion

 

Prayers of Dedication and Intercession

 

Hymn CH 320                      Joy to the world

 

Blessing

 

Sung Amen.