Lessons and Carols ~ November 30, 2008
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Order of Service at 7:00 p.m.
Processional Hymn – “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (plainsong – arranged by Healy Willan – CP 89). To be sung by the choir. The congregation is invited to join in at the refrain.
Bidding Prayer
First Reading Genesis 3:8-15 – Read by Tim Conklin
Choir: “Carol for Advent” by Nancy Price and Don Besig
Second Reading Genesis 22:15-18 – Read by Dianne Davies
Hymn CP 117 “Lo, How a Rose E-er Blooming”
Third Reading Isaiah 9:2-7 – Read by Roy Simeon
Choir: “Do Not Find Me Sleeping” by Pamela Martin
Fourth Reading Isaiah 11:1-9 – Read by Anil Patade
Hymn CP 597 “Lion and Lamb Lying Together”
Fifth Reading Luke 1:26-38 – Read by Leslie Buck
Solo by Nina Shoroplova: “O, Holy Night” by Adolphe Adams
Sixth Reading Matthew 1:18-3 – Read by Rose Desrochers
Men of the Choir: “Joseph’s Song” by Jim Strathdee
Seventh Reading Luke 2:8-20 – James Mead
Choir with Solo by Nicola Law: “Midnight Clear” Words by Herb Fromback and Music by Vicki Tucker Courtney
Eighth Reading Matthew 2:1-11 – Read by Dorothy Barnes
Choir: “Christ Came to Bethlehem” by Victor C. Johnson
Ninth Reading John 1:1-14 – Read by Steve Shannon
Choir: “The Night He Was Born” by Bob Chilcott
Advent Litany
Choir: “Arise and Shine” by Joseph M. Martin
Blessing
Hymn CP 114 “Lo He Comes with Clouds Ascending”
Instrumentalists: Dianne Warren (piano and organ); Tony Nickels (flute and oboe); Sarah Tippett (cello)
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