Candlelight Christmas Eve, 7:30 PM Traditional Lesson & Carols Service
Prelude
Words of Welcome
Solo: Vivaldi’s “Qui sedes ad dexteram Patri” (Thou who sits at the right hand of the Father”)
Lighting of the Christ Candle
Solo: “O Holy Night”
Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7
Carol: “O come, all ye faithful” (159:1,4,5)
Reading: Luke 1:26-38
Carol: “On Christmas night all Christians sing” (162:1,3,4)
Reading: Matthew 1:18-23
Anthem: “Christmas Lullaby”
Reading: Luke 2:1-7
Carol: It came upon a midnight clear” (148:1,2,4,5)
Reading: Matthew 2:1-6
Carol: “Good King Wenceslas”
Reading: Luke 2:8-14
Carol: “While shepherds watched their flocks by night” (138:1,2,3,4,5,6)
Reading: John 1:1-5; 14
Carol: “What child is this?” (161:1,2,3)
Reading: Luke 2:15-20
Carol: “Angels we have heard on high” (147:1,2,3,4)
Christmas Eve Message
Carol: Silent Night (154:1,2,3)
Benediction
Carol: Joy to the World (153:1,2,3,4)
Postlude: “Votre bonte grande Dieu” Claude Balbastre