A Creative Service For Advent

This service draws on the historical Advent service to model an Advent worship for the free-church tradition. Adapt this service in a way suitable to the local congregation. Service Preparation and Reflection Taped Music [Monks of Weston Priory]: "The Goodness of God" (or some other suitable music) Opening Prayer Leader:Our loving God, we thank you for this blessed season wherein we are called to prepare anew to receive your gift of love to us. As we begin, we confess before you that while we long, deep within, to know Jesus more intimately, we come as weary children, feeling unable to stretch out our hand to receive him. We pray that your Holy Spirit would mediate mercy and grace to us this hour, and would lift us up. Help our eyes to see, our ears to hear, and our hearts to prepare for Jesus to be born anew in us this Advent season. Introduction to Advent Leader:Advent is a time of preparation and waiting. Advent, like birthdays and anniversaries, provides a time to reflec…