Readings

* Isaiah 40:1-11
Good news of God’s coming to a people in exile
* Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Righteousness shall prepare a pathway for God. (Ps. 85:13)
2 Peter 3:8-15a
Waiting for and hastening the day of God
Mark 1:1-8
John appears from the wilderness

*Additional readings not read during the service.