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Rev. Horton J. Scott, Celebrant Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden, Louise Meggett, Junior Warden
Forrest Drennen, Organist 
E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com
November 27, 2005, First Sunday of Advent: PSALM 80:1-7, 17-19;
Isaiah 64:1-9a; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Mark 13:(24-32)33-37 Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Isaiah 40.3-5 It’s the is the First Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope, and all are welcome. The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his Second Advent. The Gloria is omitted, to be resumed with greater joy on Christmas. Eucharistic Prayer B is especially appropriate because of its emphasis on the Incarnation. The Advent wreath is part of our long-standing Catholic tradition. However, the actual origins are uncertain. There is evidence of pre-Christian Germanic peoples using wreathes with lit candles during the cold and dark December days as a sign of hope in the future warm and extended-sunlight days of Spring. THE CANDLES OF ADVENT: HOPE - PEACE - LOVE - JOY
Let us pray for: all the Saints who have illumined the world with their faith and witness to Jesus Christ, especially Rosa Parks, and all your prophets. The famine stricken African countries of Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, the troubled lands of Africa (especially Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire [former : Ivory Coast ] and Sudan) and the people of Guyana. We also pray for Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, Diocesan Bishop John Croneberger, his wife, and assistant Bishop Carol Gallagher. We remember in prayer Hazel Carter, Francis Coleman, Carolyn Goodwin, Eula Jefferson, Louise Meggett, Janice Nugent, Rudolph Perry, Tony Pina, Victoria Sawyer, Amanda Scott, Rev. Mildred J. Solomon, and Aquinda Toppins. Finally, with the Church throughout the ages we pray: “Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!”
HYMNS THIS WEEK
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus My Lord, what a morning Great Is Thy Faithfulness Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Soon and Very Soon
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