Advent 1 Bulletin - Hope

An Act of Covenanting with the Ministry Team

Announcement Insert

Shining Waters Regional Council Prayer Cycle:

Today we pray for: Dalston-Crown Hill United Church, Barrie, Heritage United Church, Markham, Eglinton-St.George's United Church, Toronto

Prayer:

It Only Takes a Spark: This year, as before, we light candles...

10th Anniversary of the Release of the TRC Final Report: Creator God, you called Mary to be your messenger. 

Minute for Mission:

From Sleepless Nights to Shared Strength: Helping children and communities grow.

Click HERE for the Moderator's Advent Message

The hymns and music today… 

People, Look East (w  Eleanor Farjeon, m French Folk melody, harm Martin Fallas Shaw) – Public Domain

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (w Charles Wesley, m. Psalmodia Sacra) – Public Domain

Let Us Build a House (w/m Marty Haugen) –– Reprinted and podcast with permission under  CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257 and One License #A-718074.

Let There Be Peace on Earth (Jill Jackson/Sy Miller) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under  CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257 and One License #A-718074. 

In the Bleak Midwinter (w Christina Georgina Rossetti, m Gustav Theodor) Public Domain

We Call to You, O God  (Pat Mayberry arr. David Kai) Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 

We Light This Candle (Pat Mayberry arr. David Kai) Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 

Variations and Carillon on "People, Look East" (Mark D. Himmelman) 

On Jordan's Bank (w Charles Coffin trans. John Chandler, m Musikalisches Handbuch arr. W. H. Havergal)

Thou Shalt Know Him (Mark Sirett) - Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074. 

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. B McMaken, T McMaken, J Swank, M Cunningham)   – Podcast with permission under CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  

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