Luke 1:46-55; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:67-80 | Leading up to Christmas, we sing…a lot. Often, we focus on Christmas carols. But this morning, as we await the coming of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, first we hear the songs of Mary, Hannah, and Zechariah as they sing songs of hope. As you prepare for the advent of Christ in your life and our world, join us as we unite our voices with these saints of old – looking in hope and anticipation for the coming of God’s Kingdom to earth.
Sunday, December 24, 2023, Fourth Sunday in Advent 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. Prelude: Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella. Text and Music: Joel Raney. Text and Music: © 2003 Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. & Light Dawns on a Weary World. Text and Music: Mary Louise Bringle, William P. Rowan. Text and Music: © 2000, 2002 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. & It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Text: Edmund Sears. Music: Richard Storrs Willis. Text and Music: Public Domain. Gathering Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Text and Music: Martin A. Seltz, Augsburg Fortress. Text and Music: © 1997, 2006 Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn after Reflection #1: Canticle of the Turning. Text and Music: Rory Cooney. Text and Music: © 1990 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn after Reflection #2: My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness. Text: With One Voice, 1995, based on the Magnificat. Music: English folk tune; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958. Text: © 1995 Augsburg Fortress. Music: © Oxford University Press. Covered under One License subscription. Special Music after Reflection #3: O Holy Night. Text: Placide Clappeau. Music: Adolphe-Charles Adam. Translation: John S. Dwight. Arrangement: Sally DeFord. Text and Music: © 2000 by Sally DeFord. Covered under CCLI subscription. Public Domain. Offering Song: Remember Mercy. Text and Music: Lenora Rand, Gary Rand, Elsa Harris. Text and Music: © 2015 Plural Guild LLC. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Savior of the Nations Come. Text: attr. Ambrose of Milan, 340-397; Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr. hymnal version. Music: J. Walter, Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524. Text: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Prayers written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer
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