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Christmas

25/12/2020

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Lessons and Carols Christmas Service

 
Welcome to the Texada United Church Christmas service.
 
Whether you join us on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or any day after,
this service is a celebration of the Christ event,
of a baby being born and bringing
hope, peace, joy and love
into our world and into our hearts.
 
Rejoice for God is with now and forever.
 
We are not alone on our journey
through this life. 
 
God is with us.
 
John 1:1-9
 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. 
2 He was with God in the beginning. 
3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all humankind. 
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 
7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 
 
Lighting the Christ Candle
 
The light of Christ shines in us and on us
The light of Christ shows us the way.
The light of Christ transforms us.
 
The light has gathered.
We celebrate in Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace
The coming of Immanuel, God with us,
A tiny baby who grew to be the man Jesus,
whose light still shines in the darkness
and who we remember
as we light the Christ candle this Christmas.
 
 
O Come All Ye Faithful
 
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him, (3×)
 
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest:
O come, let us adore Him, (3×)
Christ the Lord.
 
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be glory given!
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him, (3×)
Christ the Lord.
 
Isaiah 9:2, 6 
 
The people walking in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
    a light has dawned.
For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
 
O Come O Come Emmanuel
 
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
 
O Come, O Wisdom from on high
Who orders all things mightly
To us the path of knowledge show
And teach us in her ways to go
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
 
O come desire of nations,bind
All peoples in one heart and mind
O bid our sad divisions cease
And be for us the Prince of Peace
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
 
Luke 2:1-7
 
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 
5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 
6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 
7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
 
 
Go Tell It On the Mountain
 
 
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
Our Jesus Christ is born
 
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!
 
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! Above the Earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Saviour's birth
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born!
 
Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn
 
Luke 2:8-20
 
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 
 
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
 
10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 
 
11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 
 
12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
 
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
 
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
 
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
 
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 
 
17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
 
18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
 
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 
 
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
 
Angels We Have Heard On High
 
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
 
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
 
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing,
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
 
See him in a manger laid 
whom the choirs of angels praise
Mary, Joseph lend your aid
While our hearts in love we raise 
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo
 

Matthew 2:1-12
 
Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the time when Herod was king. Soon afterward, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem 
 
2 and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.”
 
3 When King Herod heard about this, he was very upset, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem. 
 
4 He called together all the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
 
5 “In the town of Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. “For this is what the prophet wrote:
 
6 ‘Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
    you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah;
for from you will come a leader
    who will guide my people Israel.’”
 
7 So Herod called the visitors from the East to a secret meeting and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 
 
8 Then he sent them to Bethlehem with these instructions: “Go and make a careful search for the child; and when you find him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him.”
 
9-10 And so they left, and on their way they saw the same star they had seen in the East. When they saw it, how happy they were, what joy was theirs! It went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
 
11 They went into the house, and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped him. They brought out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.
 
12 Then they returned to their country by another road, since God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.
 
Silent Night
 
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
 
Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ the Saviour is born
 
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
 
 
Blessing 
 
May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, 
the joy of the angels, 
the eagerness of the shepherds, 
the determination of the magi, 
and the peace of the Christ child. 
 
The grace of Christ attend you
The love of God surround you Christmas
and the Holy Spirit keep you. 
                                    Amen
 
 
Joy to the World 
 
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
 
Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns;
Let all their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
 
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
 
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
 

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