Please join in the congregational responses printed in bold italic. Stand for the hymns and the offering prayer, if you are able. AA is the New Zealand songbook "Alleluia Aotearoa" and WOV is the red hymnbook "With One Voice."
KARAKIA
Tuhia ki te rangi
Write it in the sky
Tuhia ki te whenua
Write it in the land
Tuhia ki te ngakau o nga tangata
Write it in the heart of the people
Ko te mea nui
The greatest thing
Ko te aroha
Is love
Tihei Mauri Ora!
Behold there is Life!
Call to worshiP
Where is the room,
Where is the house of Christmas?
Where shall we welcome Jesus,
Where are the signs of home?
Where are the signs of home?
Let there be room,
Room for the friend and stranger,
Room without hurt or anger,
Room for whoever come,
Room for whoever come.
PROCESSIONAL HYMN: AA 28 Come to this Christmas singing!
WELCOME
RAINBOW ROOM CANDLE
TIME WITH THE ADULTS
PASSING THE PEACE
READINGS
Hebrews 13:1-6
Isaiah 9:1-6
Haere Mai
by Joy Cowley
Kia ora, my friend. Welcome.
You bring great honour to my house
and a blessing to my whanau.
Come in, spend time with us
and we will talk, You and I
of good things.
You know, when I was young
I had a picture of you in my head,
a young Jewish man in a long robe,
and that is true, my friend, that is true,
but you grew with me over the years
and now I know that your whakapapa
belongs as much here as over there
or anywhere else.
You are one of our people,
one with the mountains,
one with this land.
Haere mai e Hehu Karaiti
Welcome, Christ Jesus,
this is your home.
LORD'S PRAYER
(From North India, written at a children’s camp)
Dearest God who lives in heaven
may your name be kept pure.
Let peace reign and everyone be equal
on earth as in heaven.
Provide us with our daily needs
as well as our spiritual needs.
Please forgive us the things we have done wrong
as we will forget the bad things
others have done to us
Because you made the earth and heaven and everything in it
and you are all powerful
and we should give you glory
through all eternity. Amen.
LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLE OF HOPE
HYMN AA 114 Out of such sun and air
REFLECTION
What’s it all about? A play by Ginny Kitchingman (revised by Fionnaigh)
HYMN: WOV 224 Joy to the World
SONG: Rainbow Connection
CIRCLE OF PRAYER
PRAYER FOR ST ANDREW’S (on pew card)
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ST ANDREW'SOffering AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table
and those given to support the mission of the church
through automatic payments.
HYMN: AA 154 Where is the Room?
BLESSING
May your soul know the annointing of God this day
May your soul find restoration and repair, comfort and joy.
May the God of peace wrap you in joy.
May God lift up your voice in song.
And may the blessing of God,
Creator, Redeemer and Giver of Life
be with us all evermore.
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