Here are gathering
words for a late Advent or Christmas Eve worship service. They were written by
Reverend Roddy Hamilton, and posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
Call to Worship
When we
wait in the night
in the hush
that only stars can hold
as they
bend towards the coming of the light;
when we
wait in the night
labouring
with anticipation
of what
midnight shall bring;
when we
wait in the night
listening
to the cadence of minutes
beat in
rhythm with the birth of hope;
may we hold
our collective breaths
with the
angelic host
as they
clutch their restless alleluias,
for God is
on the way:
the mother
is labouring
the father
pacing
the stable
readying
the word is
waiting
the light
is sliding
and the
promise is breaking through
When we wait
in the longing for midnight
in
expectation of Good News
may we
choose to wait together
and find we
have moved to the edge of justice
for in such
anticipation
is the only
place
for the
Word to be born among us.
~ written
by Reverend Roddy Hamilton and posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
