Timberline Old Town

For the Advent season, we will be using the book Light Upon Light by Sarah Arthur as a guide. Each component of the service will be taken from that book.   Opening Prayer: Lead, Kindly Light, amid the circling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark and I am far from home— Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.   Amen.   Text: Psalm 137 Luke 2:1-7    Literary Selection: The House Of Christmas by GK Chesterton  There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand Than the square stones of Rome. For men are homesick in their homes, And strangers under the sun, And they lay on their heads in a foreign land Whenever the day is done. Here we have battle and blazing eyes, And chance and honour and high surprise, But our homes are under miraculous skies Where the yule tale was begun