Announcements Sharon Christie ALL PEOPLES

Welcome to the family of All People’s United Church! UNITED CHURCH

If you are joining us for the first time, please sign the guest book. Sunday Dec 10th, 2023,
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GOOD MORNING and WELCOME to ALL, whether you are a regular 2 Advent Sunday of Peace
member, or just visiting our church! Thank you for coming! Welcome Shelley Kennedy
Monday Dec 11th – 12 noon UCW Christmas Party and Gift Exchange
Trip to Red Lobster PROCESSIONAL -Advent Hymn
O come o come Emmanuel
Board Meeting today with Barbra Nott
And ransom captive Israel
Everyone Welcome
That mourns in lowly.
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We are collecting donations for Until The son of God appears
Sleeping Children Around the World. See Nancy Rejoice Rejoice
Bed kits $35 or any amount is appreciated. Emmanuel shall come to thee
Collecting donations for Shoe Boxes for homeless
O Israel

Sudbury Secondary School - The Value Vault

Words of Welcome
The Value Vault at Sudbury Secondary School (SSS)
students who need food, clothing, Call to worship. (Responsive)
.small household items, living supplies. Etc.…
Let every tongue give praise to God.
Let us proclaim that God is always with us,
Our Prayer List and through us, forgiving, liberating, and restoring.
Nancy McDonald, Marlene Chuipka, Gerry Copeman Let us rejoice in our gathering,
Gil Davies, Phil Christie and be open to God's prompting.
We will embrace God's peace and give it birth.
E-mail “allpeoplesunitedchurch@gmail.com”
We will light the first Advent Candle of Peace
Facebook @allpeoplesunited A candle is burning, a candle of Peace
A candle to signal that conflict must cease
allpeoplesunitedchurch.weebly.com
For Jesus is coming to show us the way
Upcoming Speakers A message of Peace humbly laid in the hay
Dec 17th – Gerry Copeman Join us for coffee, Tea and
Conversation following Opening Hymn VU 2 Come thou long expected Jesus
Dec 24th -
the Service.
OPENING PRAYER - PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE JESUS PRAYER
Loving God, the One who came in your name continues to come. Let us pray for the coming of the reign of peace.
with grace and power, forgiveness, and strength, O God, into the pain of the tortured,
truth and imagination, gentleness, and love. breathe release.
May the Coming One enter the hearts. Into the hunger of the very poor,
of those who wait with quiet expectation breathe fullness.
for all that is good and holy and just. Amen. Into the wounds of the planet,
breathe well-being.
Welcome and Announcements Into the deaths of your creatures.
breathe life.
Minute for Mission Into those who long for you,
Scripture readings breathe yourself.
Isaiah 40:1-11 THE JESUS' PRAYER FOR TODAY
Psalm 85 (Page 802 VU) O, Source of Life,
Mark 1:1-8 Connectedness beyond simple perception,
Readings Response: We hold our experience of you as sacred.
All: This is the word of the Lord; Thanks be to God. May we choose to live the good you call for
in our lives as well as in our imaginings.
GLORIA PATRI – (Sung by all) Nourish our bodies and spirits,
Glory be to the father and to the son, inspiring us to share the abundance we have.
Challenge us to show understanding and love for others,
SERMON - BREATHING THE HOLY SPIRIT even as we need to be understood and loved.
Help us overcome our shortcomings to be our best selves,
Hymn VU 7 Hope is a Star as you have, do, and will always know we can,
forever and ever. May it all be so. Amen.
Offering Song (Sung by all)
Praise and thanksgiving, thanks be to God. Closing hymn VU 79 Arise your light has come
Thanks for the food we eat, COMMISSIONING
And for the friends we meet. Go from here
For each new day we greet that richly bearing good works,
Thanks Be to God! others may be blessed by you.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Be alert to your calling,
and awake in service, that the poor may be served,
OFFERING PRAYER (Unison): and peace be gifted to our world. Amen.
Accept, O God, our gifts. BENEDICTION (Sung by all)
that disappointment may be turned to hope, May God’s sheltering wings, her gathering wings protect you
worry may be turned to anticipation,
May God’s nurturing arms, His cradling arms sustain you
and strife may be turned to peace,
And hold you in her love and hold you in his love.
as we remember the birth of Jesus. Amen.