Advent meditations
The links below will take you to daily readings from Bible Gateway. You may see a message requesting a donation to maintain the service, but this is entirely voluntary. The music links are to appropriate Youtube videos and any adverts are beyond our control.
- Sunday, December 01, 2024: First Sunday of Advent
- O come, O come Emannuel
- Star of grace
- Monday, December 02, 2024: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Zechariah 14:1-9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18;
- O little town of Bethlehem
- Emannuel – God with us
- Tuesday, December 03, 2024: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Micah 2:1-13; Matthew 24:15-31;
- Carol of the bells
- Carol of the bells (street)
- Wednesday, December 04, 2024: Psalm 79; Micah 4:1-5; Revelation 15:1-8;
- Wexford carol
- Who would imagine a king
- Thursday, December 05, 2024: Psalm 79; Micah 4:6-13; Revelation 18:1-10;
- Star Carol
- Messiah
- Friday, December 06, 2024: Psalm 79; Micah 5:1-5a; Luke 21:34-38;
- Away in a manger
- A manger throne
- Saturday, December 07, 2024: Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; Hosea 6:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10;
- If I sang the song the angels sang
- What child is this?
- Sunday, December 08, 2024: Second Sunday of Advent
- In the bleak midwinter
- Noel
- Monday, December 09, 2024: Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; Ezekiel 36:24-28; Mark 11:27-33;
- Be born in me
- The Shepherds' Song
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024: Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Acts 11:19-26;
- Born in the night
- O come all ye faithful
- Wednesday, December 11, 2024: Psalm 27; Isaiah 26:7-15; Acts 2:37-42;
- O Holy night
- An offering to You
- Thursday, December 12, 2024: Psalm 27; Isaiah 4:2-6; Acts 11:1-18;
- Away in a manger
- Christ Child lullaby
- Friday, December 13, 2024: Psalm 27; Malachi 2:10-3:1; Luke 1:5-17;
- How suddenly a baby cries
- Joy has dawned
- Saturday, December 14, 2024: Psalm 126; Habakkuk 2:1-5; Philippians 3:7-11;
- Once in royal David's city
- Make room
- Sunday, December 15, 2023: Third Sunday of Advent
- Mary did you know
- Silent night
- Monday, December 16, 2023: Psalm 126; Habakkuk 3:2-6; Philippians 3:12-16;
- Still, still, still
- Candlelight carol
- Tuesday, December 17, 2023: Psalm 126; Habakkuk 3:13-19; Matthew 21:28-32;
- Christmas Hallelujah
- Silent night
- Wednesday, December 18, 2023: Psalm 125; 1 Kings 18:1-18; Ephesians 6:10-17;
- Noel
- Thorns in the straw
- Thursday, December 19, 2023: Psalm 125; 2 Kings 2:9-22; Acts 3:17-4:4;
- Somewhere in your silent night
- Immanuel, O Immanuel
- Friday, December 20, 2023: Psalm 125; Malachi 3:16-4:6; Mark 9:9-13;
- An offering to you
- The first nowell
- Saturday, December 21, 2023: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; 2 Samuel 6:1-11; Hebrews 1:1-4;
- Christmas lullaby
- Don't let me lose my wonder
- Sunday, December 22, 2023: Fourth Sunday of Advent
- Light of the world
- Sing we the song of Emmanuel
- Monday, December 23, 2023: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; 2 Samuel 6:12-19; Hebrews 1:5-14;
- Adore
- Behold Him
- Tuesday, December 24, 2023: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; Judges 13:2-24; John 7:40-52;
- He shall reign forevermore
- Because You came
- Wednesday, December 25th
- O come, all ye faithful
- Christmas day
Daily readings
There have been some requests for daily readings. It is not possible at the moment to host a daily reading on our site, but the following link will take you to Bible Gateway. Their home page offers a daily verse, and the whole bible is available to search by verse or topic in a huge variety of languages and versions.
A UK based alternative is the Bible Society daily readings, found here.
Looking for music?
One of the best sties for looking at modern worship songs is Praisecharts. This site lets you sample some of the best new chroistian music. The 'bare' version of the site only lets you listen to 90 second clips, but you can hear full clips if you create a (free) account.
Supporting prayer
The Church of Scotland website has a page which is designed to support individuals in prayer. The page gives you a range of topical prayer ideas and serves as a brilliant point of focus if you are looking for a quiet time. The page can be found here.
Singing The Blessing
As covid-19 disrupted normal daily life, worship was one of the areas to suffer. Some pioneers, though used the fact that worshipers could not meet physically to explore the use of video collaborations. Unnoticed by me, a huge international head of steam built up behind a project to sing a blessing for the nation. This has been based around a song, ‘The Blessing’ written by Kari Jobe.
The passage in Romans uses the picture of the people of God as one body, with many parts; sometimes in unison, sometimes in harmony, but the effect is more than the sum of the parts. These videos are a perfect illustration.
Several different versions of The Blessing are listed below (though Ireland don’t seem to have got the e-mail!). There are more available on the web if you are interested. There are enough for you to pick one a day as a reminder through the week of the picture of God’s people as one body, parts who are unique, but in unity.
The version from Ukraine has been added as we pray for peace and do whatever we can to support the humanitarian crisis unfolding.
British sign language blessing
Celtic blessing (Gaelic)
Ukraine Blessing - pray for Ukraine
Avandale and Drumclog (Strathaven)