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SUMMARY:Holy Communion - 09:30 17th December - 3rd Sunday in Advent
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DESCRIPTION:A Service of Holy Communion with Hymns from Complete Anglican 
 Hymns Old & New\n\n405	Lo he comes with clouds descending\n265	Hark the gl
 ad sound the Saviour comes\n557	People look east\n486	Of the Father’s lo
 ve begotten\n\n\nThe Collect \n\nO Lord Jesus Christ\,\nwho at your first 
 coming sent your messenger\nto prepare your way before you:\ngrant that th
 e ministers and stewards of your mysteries\nmay likewise to prepare and ma
 ke ready your way\nby turning the hearts of the disobedient\nto the wisdom
  of the just\,\nthat at your second coming to judge the world\nwe may be f
 ound an acceptable people in your sight\;\nfor you are alive and reign wit
 h the Father\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever
 .\n  \nReadings   Isaiah 61.1-4\, 8-11\;  1 Thessalonians 5.16-24\;  John 
 1.6-8\, 19-28\n\nIsaiah 61:1-4\, 8-11\nThe spirit of the Lord GOD is upon 
 me\,\n    because the LORD has anointed me\;\nhe has sent me to bring good
  news to the oppressed\,\n    to bind up the broken-hearted\,\nto proclaim
  liberty to the captives\,\n    and release to the prisoners\;\nto proclai
 m the year of the LORD’s favour\,\n    and the day of vengeance of our G
 od\;\n    to comfort all who mourn\;\nto provide for those who mourn in Zi
 on—\n    to give them a garland instead of ashes\,\nthe oil of gladness 
 instead of mourning\,\n    the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
 \nThey will be called oaks of righteousness\,\n    the planting of the LOR
 D\, to display his glory.\nThey shall build up the ancient ruins\,\n    th
 ey shall raise up the former devastations\;\nthey shall repair the ruined 
 cities\,\n    the devastations of many generations.\nFor I the LORD love j
 ustice\,\n    I hate robbery and wrongdoing\;\nI will faithfully give them
  their recompense\,\n    and I will make an everlasting covenant with them
 .\nTheir descendants shall be known among the nations\,\n    and their off
 spring among the peoples\;\nall who see them shall acknowledge\n    that t
 hey are a people whom the LORD has blessed.\nI will greatly rejoice in the
  LORD\,\n    my whole being shall exult in my God\;\nfor he has clothed me
  with the garments of salvation\,\n    he has covered me with the robe of 
 righteousness\,\nas a bridegroom decks himself with a garland\,\n    and a
 s a bride adorns herself with her jewels.\nFor as the earth brings forth i
 ts shoots\,\n    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up\,\
 nso the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise\n    to spring up bef
 ore all the nations.\n\n1Thessalonians 5.16-24\nRejoice always\, pray with
 out ceasing\, give thanks in all circumstances\; for this is the will of G
 od in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the w
 ords of prophets\, but test everything\; hold fast to what is good\; absta
 in from every form of evil.\nMay the God of peace himself sanctify you ent
 irely\; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless 
 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful\
 , and he will do this.\n\nJohn 1.6-8\,19-28\nThere was a man sent from God
 \, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light\, so 
 that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light\, but he 
 came to testify to the light.\nThis is the testimony given by John when th
 e Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, ‘Who are you
 ?’ He confessed and did not deny it\, but confessed\, ‘I am not the Me
 ssiah. And they asked him\, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ He said\, ‘
 I am not.’ ‘Are you the prophet?’ He answered\, ‘No.’ Then they 
 said to him\, ‘Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us.
  What do you say about yourself?’ He said\,\n‘I am the voice of one cr
 ying out in the wilderness\,\n“Make straight the way of the Lord”’\,
 \nas the prophet Isaiah said.\nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. 
 They asked him\, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Mess
 iah\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?’ John answered them\, ‘I baptize w
 ith water. Among you stands one whom you do not know\, the one who is comi
 ng after me\; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.’ This to
 ok place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.\n\nWe pray
  for all who live and work in Alexandra Road\, Battery Road\, Brambles Lan
 e\, Coronation Road\, Upper Moorgreen Road and the parish of Holy Trinity.
 \n\nPlease see attached Sunday Notes\n\nAll are welcome to our family frie
 ndly services that last approximately 1 hour and are live streamed on YouT
 ube. Well behaved dogs are welcome. Please ask for Gluten-Free Communion.\
 nRefreshments are served afterwards
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