BURTON JOYCE COMMUNITY CHURCH
SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 2021
Advent 2
Gift service for The Friary & Framework
supporting the homeless in Nottingham
The service is led by Reverend Louise Gee
Words for the hymns attached below
Call to Worship
Come, thou long expected Jesus
Opening Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Isaiah 40: 1-11
On Jordan’s banks
Reading: Mark 1: 1-8
Sermon:
O come, O come, Immanuel
Final Prayer & Blessing
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HYMNS
1. Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart. Over >>>
2. Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne.
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1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh.
come then and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings from the King of kings!
2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin:
make straight the way for God within,
and in each heart prepare a home
where such a mighty guest may come.
3 For thou art our salvation, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward.
Without thy grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
4 To heal the sick, stretch out thy hand
and make the fallen sinner stand
shine forth and let they face restore
earth’s own true loveliness once more.
5 All praise eternal Son, to thee
whose advent set thy people free,
whom with the Father we adore,
and Spirit blest, for evermore.
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1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.
2 O come, thou Wisdom from above,
who ord’rest all things through thy love;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in her ways to go. Refrain
3 O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times didst give the law,
in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain
4 O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free,
thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them vict’ry o'er the grave. Refrain
5 O come, thou Key of David, come
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high
and close the path to misery. Refrain
6 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer,
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night
and death’s dark shadows put to flight. Refrain
7 O come, Desire of nations, bring
all peoples to their Saviour king;
thou Cornerstone, who makest one,
complete in us thy work begun. Refrain
Repeat verse 1
