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Order of Service is followed in the (green) Book of Alternative Services (BAS). Hymns are found in the (blue) Book of Common Praise (CP).

A baby room is located next to the sound board for those with infants. For children 1-3 years, a supervised nursery room is available—Resource Centre (Parish Hall).

Children ages 4 to grade 5 are invited to Children’s Church—Lower Hall (downstairs). Young people grades 6 and up are invited to remain in the service during Advent.

THE GATHERING OF THE COMMUNITY

Processional “The Advent of Our God” .......................................... page 6

Greeting and Opening Prayer ................................................... p. 185 BAS

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Blessed are you, Sovereign Lord, merciful and gentle; to you be praise and glory for ever! Your light has shone in our darkened world through the child-bearing of blessed Mary; grant that we who have seen your glory may daily be renewed in your image and prepared like her for the coming of your Son, who is the Lord and Saviour of all. Blessed be God for ever.

God our Father, the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary that she was to be the mother of your Son. Though Mary was afraid, she responded to your call with joy. Help us, whom you call to serve you, to share like her in your great work of bringing to our world your love and healing. We ask this through Jesus Christ, the Light who is coming into the world.

Lord Jesus, Light of the world, blessed is Gabriel who brought good news; blessed is Mary your mother and ours: Bless your Church preparing for Christmas; and bless us your children who long for your coming.

Praise song “Prepare the Way” (4x) .............................................. #107 CP

Collect ........................................................................................... p. 272 BAS

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THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD

First Reading (Jaymee Hitchen) .............................................. Micah 5:2-5a

Psalm 80:1-7 (refrain at beginning and after vs. 3,5,7) .............. p. 812 BAS

Second Reading (Catherine Reichel) ................................ Hebrews 10:5-10

Gradual Hymn “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” ............................#117 CP

Gospel Acclamation: Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo Gloria, Gloria, alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Reading ........................................................................ Luke 1:39-45

Glory to God, glory to God, glory in the highest Glory to God, glory to God, alleluia, alleluia.

Sermon (Fr. Dean) ..................................................................... Advent Wait

Nicene Creed ............................................................................... p. 188 BAS

Prayers of the People (Ian O’Brien)

Confession and Absolution ........................................................ p. 191 BAS

Peace ............................................................................................ p. 192 BAS

THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST

The Preparation of the Gifts

Offertory “Herald! Sound the Note of Judgement” ......................... #111 CP

Prayer over the Gifts ................................................................. p. 272 BAS

Eucharistic Prayer #3 ................................................................ p. 198 BAS

The Lord’s Prayer (sung acapella) ................. p. 211 BAS; music p. 918 BAS

The Breaking of the Bread #5 (below) ..................................... p. 212 BAS

Celebrant: God of promise, you prepare a banquet for us in your kingdom. All: Happy are those who are called

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WORSHIP AND COMMUNITY LIFE

Morning prayer will resume on January 8

Monday, December 24—Christmas Eve Blessing of the Crèche and Family Eucharist at 7:00 p.m. Midnight Mass at 11:00 p.m. No services on Christmas Day Sunday, December 30—Christmas Lessons and Carols with Holy Eucharist

at 10:30 a.m. (no 8:30 a.m. service) No choir practice December 26 and January 2 Please note: The church office will be closed December 24-January 2 For pastoral emergencies, contact Deacon Arleen: 306-631-1001

The Communion All who are baptized in any Christian church and seek to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour may receive the bread and the wine. To receive the bread, hold out your hands, crossed with palms up. To receive the wine, hold the bottom of the cup and guide it to your mouth. If you prefer to receive a blessing, indicate this by crossing your arms over your chest. For health reasons, dipping the bread in the wine is not permitted. If you require gluten-free wafers, please indicate at the time of receiving.

Songs during communion: “Hark, a Herald Voice Is Sounding” #108 CP “Hark the Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes” #98 CP “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” #89 CP

Doxology (below) ......................................................................... p. 214 BAS

Celebrant: Glory to God, All: whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.

SENDING FORTH OF THE COMMUNITY

Recessional “When the King Shall Come Again” .......................... #109 CP

Dismissal

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Diocesan Prayer Requests

Please include the following in your prayers December 23-29

The clergy, lay leaders, congregations and ministries of the parish of Good Shepherd (Holy Trinity, Ogema; St Peter, Avonlea)

Director Meghan Kilty, and the staff of the Communications and Information Resources of the Anglican Church of Canada

Our ecumenical partnerships: the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Anglican-Roman Catholic Covenant

Our companion dioceses of Lichfield, England and Muyinga, Burundi

Pray for those in need, especially:

Bettie, Chris, Dianne, Ev, Jenn, Joyce, Laura, Robin, Rose, Shelby NOTE: To include someone in this list, please contact the Prayer Chain leaders Linda Aird 692-7221 and Gwen Currie 693-3470, Fr. Dean, Deacon Arleen, or the church office.

In prayer we remember our parishioners in care homes: Alice, Amos, Barry, Bob, Bonnie, Carolyn, Ellen, Elsie, Faye, Flo, Florence, George, Gladys, Gloria, Gordon, Isabel, John, Linda, Maxine, Minnie, Phyllis, Thelma

An Evening of Food, Story, Poetry, and Song

Sunday, December 16 @ 7:00 PM

O Emmanuel (God With Us) by Malcolm Guite

O come, O come, and be our God-with-us O long-sought with-ness for a world without,

O secret seed, O hidden spring of light. Come to us Wisdom, come unspoken Name

Come Root, and Key, and King, and holy Flame, O quickened little wick so tightly curled,

Be folded with us into time and place, Unfold for us the mystery of grace

And make a womb of all this wounded world. O heart of heaven beating in the earth, O tiny hope within our hopelessness

Come to be born, to bear us to our birth, To touch a dying world with new-made hands

And make these rags of time our swaddling bands.

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MINISTRY SCHEDULE — JANUARY-MARCH 2019

Carla and Darlene will be creating the Sunday ministry schedule for January through March near the end of December. Please email any dates when you will be unavailable to choffmann@briercrest.ca today.

If you would like to start ministering in one of the areas below, please also contact Carla or Darlene.

Lector, Intercessor, Lay Communion Assistant, Server, Greeter, Prayer Team Member, Offering Counter*, Bell Ringer, Sound Operator, Nursery Care Giver*.

* Requires clear Criminal Record Check

The Advent of Our God

The advent of our God with eager prayers we greet, and singing haste upon his road his coming reign to meet.

The everlasting Son came down to make us free; and he a servant’s form put on to gain our liberty.

Daughter of Sion, rise to meet thy lowly King; let not thy faithless heart despise the peace he comes to bring.

As judge, on clouds of light, he soon will come again, his scattered people to unite with them in heaven to reign.

Then evil flee away before the rising dawn! Let this old Adam day by day God's image still put on.

Praise to the incarnate Son, who comes to set us free, with Father, Spirit, ever one, to all eternity.

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What is Spiritual Direction?

Throughout the centuries, Christians

have sought one-on-one prayerful

support, guidance in discernment,

and creative challenge in their faith

journeys through the company of

spiritual directors. In spiritual

direction, believers meet

confidentially with “someone who can help us see and name our own

experience of God. Each of us needs to grow...to a knowledge of the way

the Spirit works in our own lives. We need to learn to recognize the daily

tracings of divine grace and to respond to them… Spiritual directors act as

companions, encouraging and supporting us, praying for us, listening to

us.” (Marjorie J. Thompson)

The goal of spiritual direction is not to fix problems but rather to recognize

where God is at work and to assist with growth in prayer and other spiritual

disciplines.

The cost is a suggested fee of $25-$50 paid to the spiritual director.*

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more, please feel free

to approach Catherine (cdreichel@sasktel.net), Darlene

(deanpinter@icloud.com), or Michelle (michellejosefson@gmail.com).

*If the cost is prohibitive, please approach us to discuss options.

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Officiant Rev. Dr. Dean Pinter

Preacher Rev. Dr. Dean Pinter

Deacon Rev. Arleen Champion

Lay Communion Assistants

Carla Hoffmann, Tracy Macfarlane, Ian O’Brien

Servers Matthew Gobbett, Nora Hackney, Mattea Riley

Altar Guild Vicki Bode, Sherril Land, Shelby O’Brien, Sarah Ratzlaff

Greeters Ev Falk, Brian Gobbett, Luke Gobbett, Pam Speir

Music and Sound Rhoda Cairns, piano; choir; Thom Macfarlane, sound; Sharleen Langford, bellringer

Nursery Joyce Walters

Prayer Team Darlene Pinter, Catherine Reichel

Sunday School Teachers

Abigail Durkee, Rosalyn Poettcker, Ellen Redshaw

Counters Rhoda Cairns, Carla Hoffmann

MINISTERS TODAY

124 1st Ave NE, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 0Y8 (306) 694-5445

www.staidan.ca fb.com/staidan

office@staidan.ca Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Music Ministry Ellen Redshaw, 306-692-6280

Parish Administrator Michelle Josefson 306-694-5445, office@staidan.ca Pastoral Care Gwen Currie, 306-693-3470 Lorraine Cushway, 306-693-9725 Pastoral Emergencies Rev. Deacon Arleen, 306-631-1001 Prayer Chain Linda Aird, 306-692-7221 Spiritual Directors Michelle Josefson, Darlene Pinter, Catherine Reichel Vestry Brody Albers, Terry Dyck, Ian O’Brien, Myles Shaw, Truitt Wiensz, Stan Peters (Assistant to the wardens) Youth Ministry Luke Johnson 306-313-4193, ljohnson@staidan.ca

ST. AIDAN CONTACTS Incumbent Rev. Dr. Dean Pinter 306-694-5445, dpinter@staidan.ca Associate Priests Rev. Dr. Cal Macfarlane 306-313-4684

Rev. Dr. Dustin Resch Deacon Rev. Deacon Arleen Champion 306-694-0705 Altar Guild President Elaine Deans

Bookkeeper Ellen Redshaw Church Wardens Ellen Redshaw, David Warnock Children’s Ministry Sarah Varey (Coordinator) 306-418-9025, svarey@staidan.ca Diocesan Reader Carla Hoffmann Ecumenical Representative Ev Falk (Anglican-Roman Catholic)