SELF-SERVICE for ADVENT SUNDAY
29th NOVEMBER 2020
ORDER OF SERVICE
This Advent Sunday is a joint service with Abinger, Wotton and Coldharbour, so we are pleased to have contributions from all those who regularly take services across the Benefice.
WELCOME by Martha

HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
COLLECT for Advent Sunday
read by David
Almighty God,
Give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
And to put on the armour of light,
Now in the time of this mortal life,
In which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility,
That on the last day,
When he shall come again to judge the living and the dead,
We may rise to the lift immortal,
Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
FIRST READING
Come down, O God, and reveal your power and might.
Hilary Swift reads Isaiah 64: 1 – 9
SECOND READING
Paul gives thanks for the Corinthians, and for the gifts of God evident in them.
Martha reads 1 Corinthians 1: 3 – 9
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
GOSPEL READING
The fig tree prefigures the coming of the Son of Man, so keep awake!
David reads Mark 13: 24 – 37
REFLECTION by Revd Tony Berry
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Longing for light, we wait in darkness
INTERCESSIONS Led by Virginia
Let us join with Martha, saying THE LORD'S PRAYER:
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
BLESSING given by David
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