Fourth Sunday In Advent
Worship
More Services for the Advent Wreath
Cycle C
Object:
Fourth Sunday In Advent
For Hebrews 10:5-10
(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.)
"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him..."
... may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation always say,
"The Lord be exalted!"
Scripture
Reader B:
Listen to Paul's words to the Hebrew church about why Christ came:
Reader A:
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.
Then I said, 'Here I am -- it is written about me in the scroll -- I have come to do your will, O God.' " First, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law required them to be made). Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Lighting Of The Four Advent Candles
Reader B:
On this fourth Sunday in Advent, along with the candles of hope, peace, and joy, we now light the candle of love. We are the children of God because of God's love for us.
(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 all four candles on the wreath. DO NOT light the center candle. Extinguish the small candle and return it to the back of the wreath.)
Prayer
Reader B:
Let us pray:
Almighty God, we are in awe of the magnitude of your love for us. Soon we will celebrate the extent of that love -- the sending of your only Son to us. For this, we give you praise. Amen.
Introit
(As the introit is being sung again, the readers may be seated.)
For Hebrews 10:5-10
(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.)
"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him..."
... may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation always say,
"The Lord be exalted!"
Scripture
Reader B:
Listen to Paul's words to the Hebrew church about why Christ came:
Reader A:
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.
Then I said, 'Here I am -- it is written about me in the scroll -- I have come to do your will, O God.' " First, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law required them to be made). Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Lighting Of The Four Advent Candles
Reader B:
On this fourth Sunday in Advent, along with the candles of hope, peace, and joy, we now light the candle of love. We are the children of God because of God's love for us.
(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 all four candles on the wreath. DO NOT light the center candle. Extinguish the small candle and return it to the back of the wreath.)
Prayer
Reader B:
Let us pray:
Almighty God, we are in awe of the magnitude of your love for us. Soon we will celebrate the extent of that love -- the sending of your only Son to us. For this, we give you praise. Amen.
Introit
(As the introit is being sung again, the readers may be seated.)
