The 1st Sunday of Advent: Morning Prayer
Officiants: Tim & Josette
Sunday, 29 November at 11:00am11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Good Sheperd Episcopal Church
27 Good Sheperd Road
Bluemont, VA 20135
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Happy New Year! This is the first Sunday of the church year and a change from the season after Pentecost to the penitential season of Advent, as we await our Lord's birth
Please note that as we gather in person for worship, there are several guidelines we must follow in order to stay safe, the primary ones being...
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Wear a mask that covers your mouth and nose
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Keep a physical distance of no less than 6 feet from others
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Sanitize your hands frequently
The Collect of the Day for this Sunday:
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings for this Sunday:
A Prayer for the Future of the Human Race: O God our heavenly Father, you have blessed us and given us dominion over all the earth: Increase our reverence before the mystery of life; and give us new insight into your purposes for the human race, and new wisdom and determination in making provision for its future in accordance with your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
