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First Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 02, 2018 Year C

The Collect: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in 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. Amen.

Old Testament: Jeremiah 33:14-16 read from the Message Bible

Psalm 25:1-10 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 21:25-36 read from the New American Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On December 6th we celebrate the life of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra

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Fourth Sunday of Advent December 24

The Collect: Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, & 16 read from The New International Version Bible

Canticle 3 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 16: 25-27 read from The New Living Translation Bible

Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On December 31st we remember Samuel Ajayi Crowther Bishop in the Niger Territories read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Third Sunday of Advent, December 17

The Collect: Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Psalm 126 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28 read from the New Century Version Bible

The closing prayer: On December 19th we remember Lillian Hunt Trasher christian missionary in Egypt. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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