01B - Advent 1B — 03B - Advent 3B
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PSALM 85:1-2,8-13
Look fondly on your land, O God;
restore the fortunes of your people.
Forgive the guilt of the people,
blot out all their sin.
Hear the good news:
the promise of shalom to God’s people who turn again to God;
the nearness of God’s salvation to those who revere the LORD.
Truly God dwells in our land.
God’s enduring love and faithfulness meet together;
justice and shalom embrace;
faithfulness will appear like spring growth
justice will be like late spring rain.
The LORD will give what is good
and our land will offer up its produce.
Justice will go ahead,
and prepare the way of the LORD.
A CREATIVE MOMENT
Click here for some ideas for worship in Advent and Christmas gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print) originally published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer will borrow lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
Comfort, O God,
those we name on our lips
and in the silence of our hearts…
speak tenderly to those
who love and care for them…
Pour out your Spirit, O God,
on all who whose hope has withered,
whose joy has faded;
gather up those whose troubles are known only to you;
and, in your strength, carry those who have no-one.
In Jesus’ name we pray…
(The Prayers of the People continue)
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| HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR ADVENT 2 – YEAR B |
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| Isaiah 40:1-11 | |
| Comfort, comfort all my people | TIS 647 |
| Fairest Lord Jesus | TIS 203 |
| God of all power, and truth, and grace | TIS 567 |
| Hail to the Lord’s anointed | TIS 275 |
| I know that my Redeemer lives | TIS 376 |
| Long ago, prophets knew | TIS 283 |
| O bless the God of Israel | TIS 284 |
| On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry | TIS 270 |
| Prepare the royal highway | TIS 346 |
| Sing of the Lord’s goodness, | TIS 183 |
| The great love of God | TIS 164 |
| There’s a light upon the mountains | TIS 276 |
| Psalm 85: 1-2,8-13 | |
| Dona nobis pacem, Domine. I will hear | TIS 713 |
| I will listen to what the Lord God is saying | TIS 45 |
| O breath of life, come sweeping through | TIS 409 |
| O breath of God, breathe on us now | TIS 408 |
| O come, O come, Emmanuel | TIS 265 |
| 2 Peter 3:8-15a | |
| Dear Shepherd of your people, hear | TIS 444 |
| Forth in your name, O Lord, I go | TIS 571 |
| How firm a foundation, you people of God | TIS 578 |
| Lord, you have been our dwelling-place | TIS 144 |
| Love divine, all loves excelling | TIS 217 |
| O day of God, draw near | TIS 616 |
| Our God, our help in ages past | TIS 47 |
| Mark 1:1-8 | |
| Christ, when for us you were baptised | TIS 250 |
| Christmas is coming, the church is glad to sing | TIS 289 |
| Dear Father, Lord of humankind | TIS 598 |
| Forty days and forty nights | TIS 591 |
| God has spoken to his people, hallelujah | TIS 636 |
| Hark! a herald voice is calling | TIS 264 |
| Like the murmur of the dove’s song | TIS 419 |
| Lord, your almighty word | TIS 447 |
| O Lord Jesus Marrkapmirr | TIS 253 |
| O love, how deep, how broad, how high | TIS 194 |
| On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry | TIS 270 |
| Praise waits for you in Zion, Lord | TIS 35 |
| The advent of our God | TIS 271 |
| The voice of God goes out to all the world | TIS 282 |
| There’s a light upon the mountains | TIS 276 |
| When he was baptized in Jordan | TIS 252 |