Dear friends,
THIS CHRISTMAS EVE, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will be leading us in worship. The service will be a service of lessons and carols, with familiar scripture texts, familiar carols, and a simple reflective meditation. We are grateful for this opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ—to celebrate the gift of God’s incarnation in the person of Jesus two thousand years ago. Join us for this special service, and invite your family and friends to join us.
WE THANK, cellist McKinley James for joining with our Director of Music Henry Cobb Howes, as well as our choir, for their musical talents in adding to the fullness and joy of our Christmas Eve celebration!
OUR CHRISTMAS OFFERING this year (the yellow envelope in your boxed set of envelopes marked December 25)has been designated to Action Réfugiés Montréal.
Order of Service
Prelude
Lighting of the Christ Candle
Hymn 159: “Oh come, all ye faithful” (Versets 1 et 2 en français)
Call to Worship
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
Choir Anthem: “Sound the Trumpet”
Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7
Hymn 142: “I wonder as I wander”
Reading: Tite 2:11-14 (en français)
Hymn 144: “Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”
Reading: John 1:1-14
Hymn 169: “Il est Né” (en français)
Reading: Luke 2:1-7
Meditation: Simple Christmas
Choir Anthem: “The Wexford Carol”
Christmas Offering
Pastoral Prayer
Reading: Luke 2:8-20 (en français)
Hymn 149: “Away in a Manger”
Reading: Philippians 2:5-11
Hymn 154: “Silent Night” (verset 1 en français)
Benediction
Postlude