PRELUDE: Chorale Prelude: In Dulci Jubilo (BMW 751) J.S. Bach
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER
HYMN: Angels, from the Realms of Glory [Regent Square]
PRAYER
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Isaiah 9:6
ANTHEM: No Candle Was There and No Fire by Liza Lehmann; Marcus Carline, bass
No candle was there and no fire, in the stable where Jesus was born; in the stall where our Savior was laid till the rosy-red breaking of morn; for the Christ-child and Savior no light, and never a candle to burn. But the moon gave a radiance divine, and the stars an effulgence bright; and the only sound to be heard was the lowing of kine through the night, and the sighing of wind in the trees, and the flapping of angels’ wings. [Frances M. Gostling]
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON: Luke 2:8-20
HYMN: The First Nowell [The First Nowell] (selected stanzas)
SERMON: “God’s Moving Into Our Neighborhood”
HYMN: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn]
PRAYER
HYMN: Joy to the World [Antioch]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Love has Come [Bring a Torch] (selected stanza)
POSTLUDE: Giga on “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” by Norman Dello Joio
The poinsettias have been given by: Michael Finley, Mary Lou Fourtane, Evelyn Haesloop, Shelley Hellen & Hubert Lloyd, Thelma Hood, Margaret Hullett, Ray & Diana Law, Adele & Rob Langworthy and Jenny Wolfe Schwing.
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