Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 24, 2023
Sunday December 24, 2023 Nativity of Our Lord I: Christmas Eve Candlelight Presiding Pastor: Rev. Laura Sauder Organist & Director of Music: Bradley Moggach Assisting Minister: Barb Burden Reader: Barbara Berg Hymn of the Day: ELW # 300 ‘The First Noel’ We light the Christ Candle as we celebrate the coming of the Christ-Child. Call to Worship and Candle Lighting Litany *~ written by Rev. Thom Shuman, Lectionary Liturgies. Posted on LiturgyLink. http://www.liturgylink.net/ Gathering Hymn: ELW # 283 ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’ Title: O Come, All Ye Faithful; Text: attr. John Francis Wade, 1711-1786; tr. Frederick Oakeley, 1802-1880, sts. 1, 3-4; tr. unknown, st. 2; Public Domain; Music: attr. John Francis Wade; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Gospel Acclamation Gospel Acclamation: ACS Setting 12 *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2023 Augsburg Fortress. Hymn of the Day: ELW # 300 ‘The First Noel’ Title: The First Noel; Text: English traditional; Public Domain; Music: English traditional, arr. John Stainer, 1840-1901; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Communion Music: ELW # 281 ‘Silent Night, Holy Night’ Title: Silent Night, Holy Night! Text: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1849; tr. John F. Young, 1820-1885; Public Domain; Music: Franz Gruber, 1787-1863; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. Sending Hymn: ELW # 267 ‘Joy to the World’ Joy to the World; Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; Public Domain; Music: English melody, 18th cent.; arr. Lowell Mason, 1792-1872; Public Domain; Reprinted and Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-727610. All rights reserved. *From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2023 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.
