Second Sunday of Advent, December 10

Second Sunday of Advent Dec. 10, 2017

The Collect: Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Isaiah 40:1-11 read from the King James Version Bible

Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Peter 3:8-15a read from the Lexham English Bible

Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 read from the Message Bible

Closing Prayer: John Horden missionary and first Anglican Bishop of Moosonee, Canada.

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First Sunday of Advent, Dec. 3

First Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 03, 2017

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: Isaiah 64:1-9 read from read from the God’s Word Bible

Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Gospel: Mark 13:24-37 read from The International Children’s Bible

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The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2016

Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2016

The Old Testament: Isaiah 7: 10 – 16 read from the New American Standard Bible

The Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle Romans 1: 1 – 7 read from the New Century Version Bible

The Gospel Matthew 1: 18 – 25 read from the New International Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 22 we remember Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon Southern Baptist missionary.

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