Christmas Eve 2022

A Service of Lessons and Carols

Prelude   In the Bleak Midwinter    Gustav Holst/arr. Mark Schweizer

Welcome and Opening Prayer

Lighting of Advent Candle                 Evans Family

Hymn #41                  O Come, All Ye Faithful

Lesson #1                  Isaiah 40:3-5      David Edwards

A voice cries out:

“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,

make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill be made low;

the uneven ground shall become level,

and the rough places a plain.

Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

and all people shall see it together,

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Hymn #38                  It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Lesson #2                  Jeremiah 23:5-6 Dee Whited

Hymn # 40                 Joy to the World                    

Lesson #3                  Zechariah 9:9,10 Jackie Lawall

Hymn #37                  Infant Holy, Infant Lowly        

Lesson #4                  Luke 1:26-38 Donna Edwards

Hymn #27                  Gentle Mary Laid Her Child         

Homily                        Pastor Carrie

The Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

Lesson #5                  Luke 2:1-20 David Edwards

Anthem  In Bethlehem Jeana & Robert Graham/

Trad. English 

Lesson #6                 Matthew 2:1-12    Donna Jordon

Hymn #63                  As with Gladness Men of Old

Lesson #7                  John 1:1-14                      Carrie Evans

Hymn #60      Silent Night and Candle Lighting

Postlude                O Come, All Ye Faithful                         David Schelat

The service of Lessons and Carols is a time honored tradition in many churches. As each lesson is read, the Word will come closer to The Lord’s Table, symbolizing Christ coming into our world. It is important to remember that as we celebrate Christmas and the joy of the season, we also must recognize that there is a cross in the manger and that the purpose of the Christ Child was to free us from our sins. Such it is that we celebrate Christmas, the time in which God came down and dwells among us.