Advent (2021) - Love

1. Prayer For The People of God
God of promise, you have given us
a sign of your love through the gift
of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who was
promised from ages past. We believe
as Joseph did the message of your presence
whispered by an angel, and offer our
prayers for your world, confident of
your care and mercy for all creation.
Amen.

2. The Church Calendar
December 12

5. a software program that operates
on the Internet and performs repetitive tasks.
While some bot traffic is from
good bots, bad bots can have a huge
negative impact on a website/application.
Bot

6. a software program that operates
on the Internet and performs repetitive tasks.
While some bot traffic is from
good bots, bad bots can have a huge
negative impact on a website/application.
Bot

8. actively engaging your will
for the good of another
(often at your own expense);
Love

9. For God so loved the world that he gave
his only Son, so that everyone who believes
in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world
to condemn the world, but in order that the world
might be saved through him.
John 3:16-17

11. the relational force
at the center
of the universe
that gives life to
and sustains all things
by the strength
of it’s power
Love

13. An intelligent Mind at the center of all things
is insufficient to explain why things are
held together as they are, for it begs
the question: what KIND of Mind is it?
It is my contention that only a Mind of Love
is sufficient to even begin explaining why
the material universe is held together
the way modern science has revealed…
Deacon

14. - Holy
- Just
- Love
- Joy
- Peace
- Patience
Characteristics of God
- Kindness
- Goodness
- Faithfulness
- Gentleness
- Self-controll

16. “If God is unipersonal, then until
God created other beings there
was no love…a unipersonal God
(might be) power, sovereignty, and
greatness from all eternity, but not love.
Love then is not the essence
of God, nor is it at the heart of the
universe. Power is primary. However,
if God is triune, then loving relationships in
community are the ‘great fountain at the
center of reality.’

18. ~ Breath ~

19. …the Divine with us is not in
a building we must journey to,
but is in the animating breath
of what makes us alive.
May you awaken to the
inseparable love of God
by the very breathing
that you are not
in charge of.

20. Benediction
~ The Lord’s Prayer ~
FromThe New Zealand
Book of Common Prayer