WORSHIP

OPENING SENTENCE                  

Look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.                                                                  Luke 21.28

 

OPENING HYMN          O Come, O Come, Emmanuel         

                                                                            Blue Book CP89

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 WELCOME & TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLES (first verse of hymn on insert)

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CONFESSION  

      

Compassionate and merciful God, you have gathered us together in the name of your Son, to receive your grace and mercy in our time of need.

Open our eyes to see the evil we have done. Touch our hearts and draw us to yourself. Where sin has divided and scattered, may your love make us one again; where sin has brought weakness, may your power heal and strengthen; where sin has brought death, may your Spirit raise up new life.

 

Give us a new heart to love you so that our lives may reflect the image of your Son. May the world see the glory of Christ revealed in your Church and come to know that he is the one whom you have sent, Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

 

Almighty God, have mercy upon us, we pray. Pardon and deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and keep us in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

GATHERING

 

The kingdom of God is at hand: O come, let us worship.

 

CANTICLE           The Song of Zechariah

 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *

he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour,*

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, *

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers*

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, *

to set us free from the hands of our enemies.

Free to worship him without fear, *

holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the most high, *

for you will go before the lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation*

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God*

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *

and to guide our way into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; *

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

 

 

FIRST READING    Isaiah 2.1–5

PSALM             Psalm 122

I was glad when they said to me, *

”Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Now our feet are standing *

within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city *

that is at unity with itself.

To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, *

the assembly of Israel,

to praise the name of the Lord.

For there are the thrones of judgement, *

the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: *

”May they prosper who love you.

Peace be within your walls *

and quietness within your towers.

For my brethren and companions’ sake, *

I pray for your prosperity.

Because of the house of the Lord our God, *

I will seek to do you good.”

 

SECOND READING       Romans 13.11–14

 

GRADUAL HYMN    When the King Shall Come Again   

                                                                                      Blue Book CP109

 

GOSPEL READING    Matthew 24.36–44

 

SERMON

 

CREED                    (Hear, O Israel)

 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,

with all your mind, and with all your strength.

This is the first and the great commandment, and the second is

like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no commandment greater than these.

 

 

OFFERTORY HYMN       Hail to the Lord’s Anointed    Blue Book CP101

 

 

 

PRAYERS OVER THE GIFTS

 

God of love and power, your word stirs within us the expectation of the coming of your Son. Accept all we offer you this day, and sustain us with your promise of eternal life. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

 

Al, Alice, Annette, Beryl, Brenda, Brynlee, Callie, Carol, Darlene, Darrell, Dave & Bev, David-Anthony, Doreen, Dylan, Effie, Emily, Frances, Gabe, Gavin, Gene & Ken, Graham, Heather, Heather, Jackie, Janessa, Janet, Jean, Jodi, Judy, Karen, Kathleen & Team, Ken, Kristina & Family, Lee, Lori, Maureen, Michelle, Nathan & Chloe, Pat, Pauline, Pauline, Peter, Ralph, Sarah, Shelagh, Simone, Spencer & Diana, Sue, Zoë

 

 

COLLECT OF THE DAY

 

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and 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 in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

 

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER             (sung)                        R.Langdon

Our Father, who art in heav’n, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heav’n.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;

for thine is the kingdom and pow’r and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS     (Beth)

 

 

 

THE SENDING

        

  May the Christ who walks on wounded feet    

walk with you on the road.

  May the Christ who serves with wounded hands

stretch out your hands to serve others.

  May the Christ who loves with a wounded heart

open your hearts to love.

  May you see the face of Christ in everyone you meet,

and may everyone you meet see the face of Christ in you.

Amen.

 

DISMISSAL

 

As we await our coming Saviour, go in the peace of Christ.

Thanks be to God.

 

SENDING HYMN      Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

Blue Book CP114

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​St. Saviour's Anglican Church 

250-492-4325  -  stsav@shaw.ca  -  www.stsaviourspenticton.ca

Deacon in Charge: Rev. Philip Benmore - Deacon: Rev. Richard Simpson - Deacon: Rev. Pat Simpson

Incumbent's Warden - Pat Rowles   -  People's Warden - Beth Hook

 

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