Author Archive: Sue Turley
Bulletin – Wednesday, December 21, 2022 – Blue Christmas / Longest Night
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Blue Christmas / Longest Night Scripture Reading: Matthew 11:28 28 “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Welcome Welcome to this “Longest Night” service. The name comes from the season—during this season in December, we experience the shortest day […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, December 18, 2022 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 18, 2022 Fourth Sunday of Advent Welcome Love Approach Lighting the Advent Candle One: We have lit three candles—for hope, for peace, and for joy. Today we light the fourth candle—the candle of love. With this flame we signify the love of God that surrounds and fills us at all times, but […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, December 11, 2022 – Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 11, 2022 Third Sunday of Advent Radiate Joy Approach Lighting the Advent Candle One: We have lit the first two candles, one for hope and one for peace. Today we light the third candle, the candle of joy. This should be the easy one, because joy is all around us—in the children, […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, December 4, 2022 – Second Sunday in Advent / Communion – Discover Peace
Sunday, December 4, 2022 Second Sunday in Advent / Communion Discover Peace Approach Lighting the Advent Candle One: Last Sunday we lit the first candle—the candle of hope. Today we light the second candle, the candle of peace. We light it knowing full well that peace is elusive, and in some parts of the world, […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, November 27, 2022 – First Sunday of Advent – “Hope in Hope”
Sunday, November 27, 2022 First Sunday of Advent Hope in Hope Approach Lighting the Advent Candle One: The Gospel of Matthew speaks to the coming of God into our world and that we don’t know when that might happen but maybe it is happening right now, Christ is coming now. In commemoration of that […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Reign of Christ Sunday
Sunday, November 20, 2022 Reign of Christ Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle we are called to remember O God, that it is in your mercy we find our peace, it is in your presence we find our place, it is in your world we find our calling: grant us […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, November 13, 2022 – “A New World”
Sunday, November 13, 2022 “A New World” Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this morning we would ask you to stir up the wills of your people, O God. Move us into new ways of living. Stir up the minds of your people, O God. Move us into deeper ways of […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, November 6, 2022 – Remembrance Sunday
Sunday, November 6, 2022 Remembrance Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this day we remember. We remember the one who came speaking words of love, peace, and hope. We remember who the powers of the day refused to listen to those words and instead responded with violence and anger. We […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, October 30, 2022 – Our Saints Day
Sunday, October 30, 2022 Our Saints Day Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle, Gracious God: we remember that you are the love that created the world, you are the light which shines in the dark; you are the one who is here with us now. Holy God. There are times when […]
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Bulletin – October 23, 2022 – Homecoming Sunday
Sunday, October 23, 2022 Homecoming Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this morning we are reminded of God’s presence with us in this place and God’s presence with us wherever we go. Help us to remember God is always calling us home into God’s presence, God’s love, God’s grace. We […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, October 16, 2022 – World Food Sunday
Sunday, October 16, 2022 World Food Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle Creator, as we light this candle today we ask that you come to conspire with us to create a world where all have access to nutritious and sustainable food sources, and none live with scarcity or food insecurity. Redeemer, as we light this […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, October 9, 2022 – Thanksgiving Sunday
Sunday, October 9, 2022 Thanksgiving Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle today let the flame from it enrich our lives, let the flame from it illuminate our lives on this day, this Thanksgiving Day. As we come together today, within the light of this candle let us enter this time […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, October 2, 2022 – World-Wide Communion Sunday
Sunday, October 2, 2022 World-Wide Communion Sunday To Be Changed Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle on this World-Wide Communion Sunday we call, come, O Holy Spirit: come as Holy Fire and burn in us, come as Holy Wind and cleanse us within, come as Holy Truth and dispel our ignorance, […]
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