Luke 2:1-20 | Each year, we hear the story of Christ’s birth. For some, it may be a passage we have half-way memorized by now! So why do we, along with the shepherds, come yet again to see this thing that has taken place? Ask various people and you’ll likely get a myriad of responses – many of which are completely valid! And yet, just as much as we come to worship, and just as much as we come to adore this child who has been born to us, the good news of Christmas is that God comes to us. It sounds simple, because in some ways, it is: God was born to us in ages past, and God continues to be born in our midst today. But beneath this simple message is the profound truth of God’s radical, borderline foolish, love that breaks into our weary hearts and our weary world. So, whatever your reason to come to the manger this season, join us in worship as we hear again the message of the angels and as we look for the arrival of God.
Sunday, December 24, 2023, 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. 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: The First Noel. Text and Music: English Traditional; arr. John Stainer, 1840-1901. Text and Music: Public Domain. Offering Song: Coventry Carol. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2007 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.). Covered under CCLI subscription. Communion Songs: Away in a Manger. Text: North American, 19th cent. Music: James R. Murray, 1841-1905. Text and Music: Public Domain. & Infant Holy, Infant Lowly. Text: Polish carol; tr. Edith M. G. Reed, 1885-1933, alt. Music: Polish carol. Text and Music: Public Domain. Sending Song: Silent Night, Holy Night. Text: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1849; tr. John F. Young, 1820-1885. Music: Franz Gruber, 1787-1863. Text and Music: Public Domain. Prayers written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer
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