Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany - Year C

Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany Year C

Service contains:

For those who are participating in a Covenant Service it is suggested that extracts from this act of
worship are used concentrating only on the Gospel reading and Isaiah.
For those wishing to acknowledge the passing of the year the following adaptations of Tennyson’s
words may be appropriate, otherwise begin with the second hymn suggestion.

Hymn: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky or Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky(adapted)

Hymn: We gather in this holy space

Prayer: Waiting in the dark

Reading: Psalm 72

Reflection/drama: Psalm 72 for today

Hymn: Justice? Justice? Call for justice

Reading: Isaiah 60:1–6

Hymn: All the glory of the cosmos

Reading: Ephesians 3:1–12

Hymn: The dawn of a mystery, the presence of riches

Reading: Matthew 2:1-12

Drama/dialogue: Eastern strangers

For those who are participating in a Covenant Service the Covenant Prayer can be use at this
point proceeding to Communion. Otherwise the service continues with this prayer:

Prayer: At the beginning

Hymn: Frightened Herod, wandering strangers

Blessing: May the generosity of the Magi…

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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