Stockton Methodist Circuit

ADVENT 3A 14th December 2025 Opening Prayers O come, O come Immanuel, Come that I might know you close, Come that I might encounter you, Come that your Spirit might be in the midst of today’s conversations and stillness, This day’s working and playing, My striving and my resting. Ever faithful and loving God, I come before you today on the third Sunday in advent. Come, O come, I pray Amen. Hymn / Song 176 STF – Like a candle flame, flickering small in our darkness – YouTube

ADVENT 2A 7th December 2025 Opening Prayers I have come into this space, Come, O come, Lord Jesus, Immanuel. May I know your presence here with me, in this advent season. May I know the light of your love shining through and into my life. Peaceful and Gracious God, I thank you today on this second Sunday in Advent, For fulfilling your promises, spoken through prophets, in your son Jesus Christ, Bringing chances of hope and peace in the prospect of a new era of justice. Teac

ADVENT SUNDAY A 30th November 2025 Opening Prayers This Sunday of waiting, this Sunday of beginnings I come to you, ready to join in with the waiting, O Lord, Beginning again my journey with you. I am seeking, Lord, Seeking after you, wanting to know more of you. Come and make yourself known to me at this fresh beginning, By your Spirit I pray Amen. You may now wish to say the Lord’s Prayer in a version or translation with which you are familiar. Reading: Matthew 24:36-44 –

We offer a warm welcome to Rev Kundai Katiyo, a new presbyter in the Circuit. Life will certainly be different for them and the weather a challenge. What we thought of as warm was not warm coming from Zimbabwe.  We hope that she, and her husband, will settle easily into both the manse and the Stockton Circuit. We wish her God’s blessing in her work.