Full Service - Third Sunday in Advent - Year B

Third Sunday in Advent - Year B

This Full Service has alternative gospel readings.
It has been mainly focused on the Magnificat from Luke.

If the John reading is taken an additional hymn is included to relate to it.

Hymn: Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord or Hear the word, a prophet speaking

Prayer: Loving God, we give you thanks

Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or To pray without ceasing: such strange understanding,

Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Hymn: The race that long in darkness pined or Here is hope for all the people

Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Gospel Reading: Luke 1:46b-55

Sermon idea: Poem: Mary’s joy

Hymn: Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes or Upturned world, the bankers humbled

Alternative Gospel Reading: John 1:6-8, 19-28,

Sermon idea: John 1:6-8, 19-28 Monologue/reflection – Who is he?

Hymn: On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry or Pharisees had come to question

Prayer: Ever-present God

Hymn: Hills of the north, rejoice or This day is a day of both prayer and of praising

Blessing: Let us leave this place

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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