LONGEST NIGHT 12 21 2021

Welcome to worship for the Longest Night, December 21, 2021! This is our annual service of hope and healing for the holiday season. St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Harwich, MA is located on beautiful Cape Cod, on unceded Nauset land. Please visit us in person at 310 Route 137, Harwich, MA 02645 online at StPetersLutheranCapeCod.org or on Facebook @StPetersCapeCod We are an ELCA congregation, one of three on Cape Cod. We worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am livestream (in person and online). Centered in Christ and empowered by God's Spirit, we love, grow and serve. Our core values: Christ centered, open minded, caring, welcoming and generous. We are a Reconciling in Christ congregation, an AMMPARO congregation, and support Bread for the World. Our Co-Pastors are Rev. Christian Holleck and Rev. Tiffany Nicely Holleck. Our Minister of Music is Maggie Ribb. You can contact them at the church office (508) 432-5172. Permissions: New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Liturgy from Sundays and Seasons.com. © 2021 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #22293. We also hold One License #A-712603 and CCLI #20081495. PRELUDE A Child's Lullaby (Christ our Emmanuel) by John Rutter GATHERING HYMN # 257, vs. 1, 2 and 6 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (Veni, Emmanuel) HYMN OF THE NIGHT # 243, v. 1, 3 & 4 “Lost in the Night” (Lost in the Night) SUNG PRAYER # 240 “Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah” SENDING HYMN # 279 “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (St. Louis) POSTLUDE Christ, Be Our Light by Nancy M. Raabe