A Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols December 29, 2024
Sunday December 29, 2024 First Sunday after Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols Presiding Pastor: Rev. Laura Sauder Organist & Director of Music: Bradley Moggach Guest Musician: Ann Green Worship Leader: Helga Morrison Assisting Minister: Barb Burden Reader: Austin Dykstra Gathering Hymn: ELW # 269 ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ Title: Once in Royal David's City; Text: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895; Public Domain; Music: Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805-1876; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Opening Dialogue, Greeting, & Prayer of the Day *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2024 Augsburg Fortress. Carol - ELW # 276 ‘Infant Holy, Infant Lowly’ Title: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; Text: Polish carol; tr. Edith M. G. Reed, 1885-1933, alt.; Public Domain Music: Polish carol; Arr. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress; All rights reserved. Used by permission # 08832; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Carol - ELW # 282 ‘It Came upon the Midnight Clear’ Title: It Came upon the Midnight Clear; Text: Edmund H. Sears, 1810-1876; Public Domain; Music: Richard S. Willis, 1819-1900; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Carol - ELW # 300 ‘The First Noel’ Title: The First Noel; Text: English traditional; Public Domain; Music: English tradional, arr. John Stainer, 1840-1901; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Carol - ELW # 270 ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ Title: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, alt.; Public Domain; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847; arr.William H. Cummings, 1831-1915; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under CCLI, License # 11098609. All rights reserved. All Reflections: Martin Luther’s Christmas Book, p. 33, pp. 36, 40; pp. 50-52; pp. 33, 16 Blessing *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2024 Augsburg Fortress. Sending Song: ELW # 288 ‘Good Christian Friends, Rejoice’ Title: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice; Text: Medieval Latin carol; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Public Domain; Music: German carol, 14th cent.; arr. Robert L. Pearall, 1795-1856; Public Domain Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Dismissal *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2024 Augsburg Fortress. *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2024 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License # 42368. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 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.
