The main page for the "Grounded and Growing—A Series for Advent and Christmas." This includes links to service outlines for each week of Advent and Christmas which include an Advent candle lighting as well as additional resources and creative ideas. Ahead of each service you will find a reflection to aid you in your worship and sermon planning.
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This service centers on the theme of giving thanks for country, church, and children. Each of the three sections features a litany, meditation, and prayer that involve a number of participants from the congregation.
This congregational prayer includes scriptural responses taken from the book of Revelation. It would work well on Christ the King Sunday or any time the service is focused on Christ’s victory and reign. The headings are for the leader’s benefit and should not be spoken though they could be included on a projection slide.
But what stands out to me, in the midst of life's noise, is the inexpressible, yet incredibly basic, awareness of God's voice in the midst of everything. This is the soothing noise of worship. When noise disturbs us, when we are burdened, we are called in Matthew 11:28 to rest in Christ. He is the Prince of Peace, and in him, we find peace that passes all understanding and that expands into times of work and service. Christ meets us in our labor and in our noise.
This litany is the text of Psalm 100 interspersed with Philippians 4:4–9 for two readers, for a leader and the congregation or for a congregation split into two parts.
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Psalm 119:97–104—Will God Find Faith on Earth?: Confession and Assurance of Pardon
Give Thanks with Psalm 145
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