SELF-SERVICE for SUNDAY, 6th DECEMBER 2020
ORDER OF SERVICE
for the Second Sunday of Advent
In church this Sunday we will have held two Christingle services. This online service follows more closely the service held at St John's Wotton.
INTRODUCTION by David
We are grateful to Martha for doing most of today’s service. And also to some faithful friends from the past for contributing: to Pam Robson for her Advent Blessing, Margery Pound for the Old Testament reading. It’s always heart-warming to hear familiar voices from years past.
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes
FIRST READING
Be comforted, God's people; make straight in the desert a highway for God.
Margery Pound reads Isaiah 40: 1 – 11
INSPIRATION Steven Round talks about a man who helped him in his teenage years, and for whose influence he remains for ever grateful.
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
GOSPEL READING
John the Baptist appears, preaching repentance, and unworthy to tie Jesus' sandals.
Judith reads Mark 1: 1 – 8
SERMON Preached by Martha
Re-building Jerusalem
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Make way, make way
PRAYERS Led by Martha
Let us join with Martha, saying THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Christ be our light
BLESSING given by Pam Robson
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