First Sunday In Advent
Worship
More Services for the Advent Wreath
Cycle C
Object:
First Sunday In Advent
For Jeremiah 33:14-16
(Distribute this sheet to the readers.)
Date:
Reader A:
Reader B:
Introit
(As the introit is being sung, Readers A and B come forward and stand by the Advent wreath until the music is finished.)
Litany
Reader A:
Please turn to the Advent litany in your bulletins.
(Pause as they do so.)
Why are you so downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
Scripture
Reader B:
Listen with hope as we hear these words of prophecy from Jeremiah:
Reader A:
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
"In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land.
"In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness."
Lighting Of The First Advent Candle
Reader B:
The first candle we light this Advent season is the candle of hope.
Our hope is in God who is merciful and gracious.
(While Reader B is reading, Reader A uses the small candle at the back of the wreath to take the light from the altar candle and transfer it to the front candle. Extinguish the small candle and return it to the back of the wreath.)
Prayer
Reader B:
Let us pray:
Almighty God, may we take these words of hope to heart. For only you can truly save us. May we proclaim with confidence, "Our hope is in the Lord!" Amen.
Introit
(As the introit is being sung again, the readers may be seated.)
For Jeremiah 33:14-16
(Distribute this sheet to the readers.)
Date:
Reader A:
Reader B:
Introit
(As the introit is being sung, Readers A and B come forward and stand by the Advent wreath until the music is finished.)
Litany
Reader A:
Please turn to the Advent litany in your bulletins.
(Pause as they do so.)
Why are you so downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
Scripture
Reader B:
Listen with hope as we hear these words of prophecy from Jeremiah:
Reader A:
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
"In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land.
"In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness."
Lighting Of The First Advent Candle
Reader B:
The first candle we light this Advent season is the candle of hope.
Our hope is in God who is merciful and gracious.
(While Reader B is reading, Reader A uses the small candle at the back of the wreath to take the light from the altar candle and transfer it to the front candle. Extinguish the small candle and return it to the back of the wreath.)
Prayer
Reader B:
Let us pray:
Almighty God, may we take these words of hope to heart. For only you can truly save us. May we proclaim with confidence, "Our hope is in the Lord!" Amen.
Introit
(As the introit is being sung again, the readers may be seated.)
