Advent/Christmas Liturgies
CategoryA Blessing for the New Year
Contributed by David Steindalrast
May you grow still enough to hear the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter, so that you yourself may grow calm and grounded deep within. May you grow still enough to hear the trickling of water seeping into the ground, ..
Holy Communion Service for Christmas Eve
Contributed by Carolyn Bohler
THE INVITATION
Pastor: God is with you.
All: And also with you.
Pastor: Let us open our hearts to the Spirit of Christ, born a long time ago, and born again this night (can be “today” if anytime during Advent or Christmastide), in our lives…
Blue Christmas
Contributed by Rick Marshall
A Service of Remembrance for the Time of Advent and Christmas
Christmas can be a painful time for some. It may be the first Christmas without a loved family member who has recently died; it may be a time that has always been difficult. The constant refra..
A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols
Contributed by Jeanyne Slettom
This service of lessons and carols is based on the traditional set of readings with some changes. It retains lessons 3-9, but shifts the message of lessons 1 and 2 away from original sin toward original blessing. The first reading is God’s creation and..
Advent Candle Liturgy
Contributed by Jeanyne Slettom
This liturgy, which includes candle lighting and benediction/commission and blessing, was written to reflect a process-relational theology.
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Candle liturgy
One: The Gospel of John speaks of Christ as the true light coming into ..
Hanging of the Greens: First Sunday of Advent
Contributed by Slettom Jeanyne
adaptation by Jeanyne Slettom
Hanging of the Greens: First Sunday of Advent
The Hanging of the Greens is a service for the first Sunday in Advent. It is based on the English tradtion of decorating the home with wreaths, garlands, a Christmas tre..