advent 3

Welcome to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15) on 3rd Sunday of Advent.
·       The Yetholm Village Choir hold their Christmas Concert on Sunday at 4pm at Yetholm Kirk. Accompanied by the Yetholm Colliery Band.
·       The Yetholm Primary School Christmas service is on Monday 16th December at 9.15am at Yetholm Kirk.
·       The Craft Group meet on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
·       Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
·       Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk.
·       Morebattle Primary School will sing carols round the tree at the Institute on Tuesday at 5.45pm
·       Our Quiet Service will be on Wednesday 18th December at 5pm at Morebattle Kirk.
·       Advent Study Group meets on Thursday 19th December at 10.30am in the Manse. All welcome.
·       Morebattle Primary School Service will be this coming Friday at 9am at Morebattle Kirk.
·       A service of lessons and carols will be held in Morebattle next Sunday (22nd) at 3pm. Followed by mulled wine/ tea.
·       Next Sunday our services will be at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15), for the 4th Sunday of Advent. 

Lighting of Advent Crown 

Call to Worship
In this season of expectation
we prepare to welcome Christ
Into the bustle of our lives
and the hard-to-find moments of solitude
we prepare to welcome Christ
Into our hearts, and those often-hidden parts of our lives
we prepare to welcome Christ
 
Hymn – Hills of the North rejoice (words on screen)
 
Prayer of Adoration & Confession/Lord’s prayer
 
Readings – Zephaniah 3: 14-20 (Pg 947)
                        Luke 3:7- 18 (Pg 1029)
 
Hymn 285 – The angel Gabriel
 
Prayer
Merciful God, who sent John the Baptist to proclaim the Good News that the Lord our God is with us and that He is mighty to save. Help us as we go forward to be true heralds of the coming of Christ and to proclaim the Gospel through all we do and say. Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 543 – Longing for light (vv 1,2,4,5)
 
Prayers of dedication and intercession
 
Hymn 291 – When out of poverty is born
 
Benediction