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Sunday November 28

First Sunday in Advent

Notices
Opening Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Sentence of the Day
Collect of the Day
Lesson
Epistle
Gradual Hymn: At the Name of Jesus
Gospel
Sermon
Prayers & Intercessions
Anthem: People Look East
Closing Hymn: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

Notices

Fisherfolk Newsletter & Pew Sheet for Sunday November 28

Opening Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Sentence of the Day

Stand up and raise your heads; your redemption is drawing near.
Luke 21:28

Collect of the Day

Come, O come Emmanuel,
you are the way, the truth and the life;
Come, living Saviour
come to your world which waits for you.
Hear this prayer for your love’s sake.
Amen.

Lesson

Jeremiah 33:14-16

14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

¹⁵ “‘In those days and at that time
 I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line;
 he will do what is just and right in the land.
¹⁶ In those days Judah will be saved
 and Jerusalem will live in safety.
This is the name by which it will be called:
 The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’

Epistle

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

⁹ How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? ¹⁰ Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.

¹¹ Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. ¹² May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. ¹³ May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Gradual Hymn: At the Name of Jesus

Gospel

Luke 21:25-36

²⁵ “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. ²⁶ People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. ²⁷ At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

²⁹ He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. ³⁰ When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. ³¹ Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

³² “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

Sermon by Vicar Stuart Goodin

When interpreting a passage of Scripture, it is often vital to read what comes before and what comes after the passage in question.

The little reading from Jeremiah 33 set down for today is a message of great hope. If we read before this passage, and read more widely of the events that give it context, we find that this message of hope was given by the prophet to a people who were in despair. Jeremiah’s world is in a state of collapse. Jeremiah himself is in prison for preaching that God would deliver the kingdom into the hands of the Babylonian prince Nebuchadnezzar for their failure to keep the covenant with their God. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Jerusalem desperately attempt to protect themselves from Nebuchadnezzar’s inevitable invasion. The inhabitants of Jerusalem even go about tearing down their own houses in a vain attempt to save the city. In effect, they are destroying the city in order to save it... Read more...

Prayers & Intercessions

Prayers of the People for Sunday November 28

Anthem: People Look East

Closing Hymn: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending