Skip to main content
image_print

Scripture Lessons

Isaiah 40:1-11 (Comfort my people; prepare way of the Lord; here is your God,

who feeds his flock like a shepherd)

Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (righteousness and peace kiss)

2 Peter 3:8-15a (1000 years like a day; end will come suddenly; live in

righteousness and peace until the Lord comes)

Mark 1:1-8 (John the Baptist announces One who is greater than he)

Hymns

Opening hymn: LBW #29, Comfort, Comfort Now My People (LSB #347; #256)

Hymn of the Day: LBW #26, On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry

(LSB #344, ELW #249)

Communion Hymn #1: LBW #320, O God, Our Help in Ages Past

(LSB #733, ELW #632)

OR WOV #630, Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah (ELW #240)

Communion Hymn #2: LBW #22, The Advent of Our God

(LSB #331, The Advent of Our King)

OR ELW #247, Come Now, O Prince of Peace

Closing Hymn: LBW #26, Prepare the Royal Highway (LSB #343, ELW #264)

(feel free to teach the choir my version: On Jordan’s banks, the Baptists cry; the Methodists are standing by; the Presbyterians all do sing, while Lutherans a hot dish bring….)

Discover more from Lutheran Coalition for Renewal (CORE)

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading