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December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas Day December 31 Index of Lists of Readings, Hymns, and Special Music since July 2006
December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas Day December 31 Index of Lists of Readings, Hymns, and Special Music since July 2006
Lectionary
Isaiah 64:1–9 | Psalm 80:1–7, 17–19 | 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 | Mark 13:24–37 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for Advent (Year B • 2014)
Prelude
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, bwv 599
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Litany
Advent Litany
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Psalm
Psalm 80:1–2, 4, 14, 16–17
Hallock
Gospel Acclamation
Show us your steadfast love, O Lord
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children’s Hymn
Christ Comes Again (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
harbinger
Hymn of the Day
My Lord What a Morning
elw 438
Offertory
The King Shall Come
William C. Witherup (1944–2020)
Communion Motet
Creator of the Stars of Night
Michael Burkhardt (b. 1957)
Communion Organ
Creator of the Stars of Night
Setting by Wilbur Held (1914–2015)
Sending Hymn
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
elw 435
Postlude
O Emmanuel: L’esprit et l’epouse disent: Viens!
Naji Hakim (b. 1955)
Prelude
O Savior Rend the Heaven's Wide
Wilbur Held (1914–2015)
Processional
Behold a Mighty Prophet
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Invitatory Hymn
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
elw 272
Motet
O virtus Sapientie (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom), r 466b
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Hymn
Comfort, Comfort Now My People
elw 256
Motet
First Repsonsory of Advent Sunday
David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Hymn
God, Whose Almighty Word
elw 673
Motet
The Dream Isaiah Saw
Words by Thomas H. Troeger, music by Glenn L. Rudolph (b. 1951)
Hymn
Once in Royal David's City
elw 269
Hymn
On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
elw 249
Hymn
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
elw 265
Canticle
Magnificat
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Motet
Thou Shalt Know Him
Mark Sirett (b. 1952)
Retiring Procession
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Carl Crosier (1945–2014)
7:00 PM
FIRST MONDAYS CONCERT: A Festival of Carols in Brass—Re-Imagined
Deck The Hall with Boughs of Holly
Traditional Welsh
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming)
Traditional German
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Traditional French
The First Noël
Traditional English
Angels We Have Heard on High
Traditional French
We Three Kings of Orient Are
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
O Come All Ye Faithful
Traditional
O Sanctissima
Anonymous
O Tannenbaum
Traditional German
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Traditional
Good King Wenceslas
13th Century Carol
Silent Night, Holy Night
Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr
Joy To the World
Lowell Mason
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Traditional, arr. Andrew Kazdin
Coventry Carol
Traditional English
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Traditional English
Hark! The Herald Angel Sing
Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Wiliam Hayman Cummings
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Edmund Sears and Richard Storrs Willis
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Medieval German Carol
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam
What Child Is This?
Traditional English
Wassail Song
Traditional English
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Phillip Brooks and Lewis Redner
Away in a Manger
Traditional
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional English
Lectionary
Isaiah 40:1–11 | Psalm 85:1–2, 8–13 | 2 Peter 3:8–15a | Mark 1:1–8 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for Advent (Year B • 2014)
Prelude
Prelude on Repton
Setting by Marilyn Biery (b. 1959)
Gathering Hymn
He comes to us as one unknown
elw 737
Psalm
Psalm 85:8–13
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Gospel Acclamation
Prepare the way of the Lord
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children’s Hymn
Christ Comes Again (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
harbinger
Hymn of the Day
There's a Voice in the Wilderness
elw 255
Offertory
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Moses Hogan (1957–2023)
Communion Motet
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Communion Organ
Comfort, Comfort Now Thy People
Setting by John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Sending Hymn
Comfort, Comfort Now My People
elw 256
Lectionary
Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–11 | Psalm 126 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 | John 1:6–8, 19–28 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for Advent (Year B • 2014)
Prelude
Fantasy on Creator of the Stars of Night
Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
Gathering Hymn
Creator of the Stars of Night
elw 245
Psalm
Psalm 126
Roger Sherman (b. 1952)
Gospel Acclamation
I am sending my messenger before you
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children’s Hymn
Christ Comes Again (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
harbinger
Hymn of the Day
There's a Voice in the Wilderness
elw 255
Offertory
Rejoice in the Lord Alway
Layton James (b. 1941)
Communion Motet
There Is a Flow’r Sprung of a Tree
Stanley Vann (1910–2010)
Communion Organ
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954)
Sending Hymn
Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn
elw 242
Postlude
Prepare the Royal Highway
Robert A. Hobby (b. 1962)
COMPLINE will not be sung this evening.
7:30 PM
Blue Christmas Service
Prelude
Greensleeves
Traditional, arr. Robert E. Proctor
Hymn
O Lord, Hear My Prayer
elw 751
Hymn
Wait for the Lord
elw 262
Hymn
Be Still and Know
John L. Bell (b. 1949)
Candlelighting
In the Bleak Midwinter
Traditional, arr. Mark Phillips
Hymn
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
elw 272
Postlude
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), arr. David Warin Solomons
Lectionary
2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16 | Luke 1:46b–55 | Romans 16:25–27 | Luke 1:26–38 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for Advent (Year B • 2014)
Prelude
Lo, How a rose E'er Blooming
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Gathering Hymn
The King Shall Come
elw 260
Psalm
Psalm 89:1–2, 6–7, 15–18
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Gospel Acclamation
Here I am, the servant of the Lord
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children’s Hymn
Christ Comes Again (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
harbinger
Hymn of the Day
Canticle of the Turning
elw 723
Offertory
Magnificat
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Communion Motet
When God’s Time Had Ripened
Words by Carl P. Daw (b. 1944), music by Alfred V. Fedak (b. 1953)
Communion Organ
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Wilber Held (1914–2015)
Sending Hymn
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
veni, emmanuel, arr. Kathy Crosier
Postlude
O Savior Rend the Heavens Wide
Settings by Walther Haffner (b. 1925) and Rolf Schweizer (b. 1936)
Lectionary
Isaiah 9:2-7 | Psalm 96 | Titus 2:11-14 | Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) full texts
5:00 PM
HYBRID FAMILY SERVICE
Prelude
What Child Is This?
English Melody, arr. Fred Bock (1939-1998)
Gathering Hymn
O Come, All Ye Faithful (vv. 1–2)
elw 283
Hymn
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem (vv. 1–2)
elw 279
Hymn
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (vv. 1 and 3
elw 270
Hymn
Joy to the World (vv. 1 and 4)
elw 267
Hymn
Away in a Manger (vv. 1–2)
elw 277
Offertory
Love Came Down at Christmas
Christina Rosseti (1830–1894), arr. David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Hymn
What Child Is This (vv. 1 and 3)
elw 296
Communion Hymn
Angels, We Have Heard on High (vv. 1–3)
elw 289
Hymn
The First Noel (vv. 1–2)
elw 300
Candle Lighting
Silent Night (vv. 1–3)
elw 281
Hymn
Go Tell it on the Mountain (vv. 1–3)
elw 290
Postlude
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlefolk
English Carol, arr. Bock
7:00 PM
HYBRID FESTIVAL PRELUDE
Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)
Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
Magnificat, rv 610a
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
7:30 PM
HYBRID FESTIVAL CHORAL EUCHARIST
Gathering Hymn
O Come, All Ye Faithful
elw 283
Psalm
Psalm 96
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Sequence Carol
Angels We Have Heard on High
elw 289
Hymn of the Day
The First Noel
elw 300
Offertory
And the Glory of the Lord, Messiah
Georg Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Communion Motets
Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive, Messiah
Handel
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion, Messiah
Handel
Communion Organ
I Wander as I Wonder
Setting by Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
Candle Lighting
Silent Night
elw 281
Sending Hymn
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
elw 270
Postlude
Postlude on mendelssohn
Setting by David Willcocks (1919–2015)
Lectionary
Isaiah 52:7-10 | Psalm 98 | Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12) | John 1:1-14 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
ELW Setting 1
Prelude
In Dulic Jubilo
Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
Gathering Hymn
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
elw 288
Psalm
Psalm 97
Royce Nickel (b. 196)
Gospel Acclamation
A holy day has dawned upon us
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children’s Hymn
Away in a Manger (vv.1–2 | v. 3)
elw 277
Hymn of the Day
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
elw 295
Offertory
In a Manger in Bethlehem, Two Carols for Christmas
lun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
Communion Motet
The Work of Christmas
Dan Forrest (b. 1978)
Communion Organ
In Dulci Jubilo
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Sending Hymn
Joy to the World
elw 267
Postlude
Noel Fanfares
Charles Callahn (b. 1951)
Lectionary
Isaiah 61:10—62:3 | Psalm 148 | Galatians 4:4–7 | Luke 2:22–40 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
St. James Christmas Carol Mass
Prelude
Festive Prelude on Mendelssohn
Setting by J. Wayne Kerr (b. 1958)
Gathering Hymn
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
elw 270
First Lesson
Genesis 3:8–15, 17–19 text
Carol
The Truth from Above
Traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Second Lesson
Genesis 22:15–18 text
Hymn
Once in Royal David’s City
elw 269
Third Lesson
Isaiah 9:2, 6–7 text
Hymn
Come, Thou Long–Expected Jesus
elw 254
Fourth Lesson
Isaiah 11:1–3a, 4a, 6–9 text
Hymn
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
elw 272
Fifth Lesson
Luke 1:26–35, 38 text
Carol
The Angel Gabriel
Basque carol, arr. Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Sixth Lesson
Luke 2:1, 3–7 text
Hymn
O Little Town of Bethlehem
elw 279
Seventh Lesson
Luke 2:8–16 text
Hymn
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
elw 275
8th Lesson
Matthew 2:1–12
Hymn
The First Noel
elw 300
Ninth Lesson
John 1:1–14 text
Hymn
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
elw 295
Offertory
In the Bleak Midwinter
Christina Rosseti (1830–1894), setting by Harold Darke (1888–1976)
Communion Organ
The Three Kings
Wilber Held (1914–2015)
Sending Hymn
Joy to the World
elw 267
Postlude
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Kerr
Revised: 23 December 2023