Service for Christmas Eve 2005, 10 p.m.
PRELUDE Musette G. Young
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming arr. J. Mansfield
Glory to God in the Highest G. Pergolesi/W. Nevins
Three Christmas Carols: R. Rowland-Raybold
~The
Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
~ In the Bleak
Midwinter
~ Still, Still, Still
There’s a Song in the Air arr. S. Pethel
Away in a Manger A. Lovelace
SILENT PROCESSION
LIGHTING THE CANDLES ON THE WREATH
OPENING SENTENCES based on Isaiah 9: 2 & 6, John 1: 4-5 & 14
The
people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light.
The light shines in the darkness,
And the darkness has not overcome it.
Those
who dwell in the land of deep darkness,
On them has the light shined.
We have beheld Christ’s glory,
Glory as of the only Son of the Father.
For to us a child is born, to us a
Son is given.
In him was life, and the life was the
light of all people.
*HYMN # 41 O Come,
All Ye Faithful
*PRAYER ASKING GOD’S PRESENCE
*THE PEACE
The
peace of the Christ child be with you all.
Peace be with you.
(Worshipers greet one another with words
and gestures of God’s peace)
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON
Isaiah 42: 1-10
ANTHEM
O
Holy Night
A. Adam/J. Schrader
RESPONSIVE PSALM
Psalm 96
Let the heavens be glad and the earth
rejoice,
for the Lord has come.
HYMN # 40
Joy to the World
NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS Matthew 2: 1-12
Poetry & Music
…the lesser light to rule the night
While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks arr. L.
Larson
ANTHEM The
Cold Night Is Quiet J. Horman
Luke 2:
1-20
SERMON “’Pink Ribbon’”
OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO
GOD
Minute
for
Offerings in designated envelopes or
loose in the plate are for
Westminster-Thurber’s Life Care Fund
Offertory Arise
and Shine! Your Light Has Come!
J. Martin
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION, THE LORD’S
PRAYER
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH & THE CHARGE on Titus
2: 11-13, The Message
God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public.
Salvation’s available for everyone!
We’re being shown how to turn our
backs on a godless, indulgent life,
And how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life.
This new life is starting right now,
And is whetting our appetites for the
glorious day
when our great God and Savior, Jesus
Christ, appears.
He offered himself as a sacrifice to
free us from a dark, rebellious life
into this good, pure life, making us a
people he can be proud of,
energetic in goodness.
*RECESSIONAL HYMN # 60 Silent Night, Holy Night
*Congregation
stands as able
|
Liturgists |
Lorie Ellett, Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl |
|
Sermon |
Rev. William
R. Leety |
|
Musical Leadership |
Chancel Choir Sarah Shaffer,
Director & Flute |
Service for the Lord’s Day & Christmas Day tomorrow
morning 10:30.