Luke 2:1-20 | On this night, we watch in wonder as the Christ child in born among us. In the words of the beloved carol, “Silent Night,” “all is calm” and “all is bright.” And yet, when we hear the story of Christ’s birth, the reality is that all was not calm on the night that Jesus was born. Cows were mooing, Mary was forced to give birth in a cattle stall, and shepherds were jolted out of their skin as angels greeted them. Even still, through the incarnation of God’s Son, the world was filled with the brightness of Christ’s light. Join us for worship as we adore Christ on bended knee, and as we are invited to join in the brightness of Christ’s light…even when all is definitely not calm.
Sunday, December 24, 2022, Christmas Eve Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Opening litany taken from Iona Community. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer. Prayer for Illumination by Lisa Frenz. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Prelude: O Come All Ye Faithful. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2020 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Joy To The World. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2020 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: O Little Town of Bethlehem. Text: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893. Music: Lewis H. Redner, 1831-1908. Text and Music: Public Domain. Hymn of the Day: Away in a Manger. Text: North American, 19th cent. Music: James R. Murray, 1841-1905. Text and Music: Public Domain.
Offering Song: Manger Medley. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 1991 GlorySound. Covered under CCLI subscription. Communion Songs: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly. Text: Polish carol; tr. Edith M. G. Reed, 1885-1933, alt. Music: Polish carol. Text and Music: Public Domain. © Covered
under One License subscription. What Child is This. Text: William C. Dix, 1837-1898. Music: English ballad, 16th cent. Text and Music: Public Domain. Gentle Mary Laid Her Child. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2016 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Silent Night. Text: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1849; tr. John F. Young, 1820-1885. Music: Franz Gruber, 1787-1863. Text and Music: Public Domain. Postlude: Silent Night. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2019 Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription.