<html><body><div><font size="4">Collect for 1 Advent:</font></div><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><font size="4">Let us pray:</font></div><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Watchful God,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">you are attentively alert</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">to our every need.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Awaken us to be so alert,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">watchful.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">We pray never to be left behind,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">nor leave others behind.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Let us watch through Jesus Christ our Lord, </font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">one God for ever and ever. Amen</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"></font><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">For reflection and haiku on 1 Advent go to > </font><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"><font size="4">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</font></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">I will be away next week and not posting. However at the above link you will find a further link for 2 Advent, December 4</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Bob Eldan</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Lander, Wyoming</font></p></div></body></html>