7:30 p.m.
ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Corner
of Sparks & Bay Streets, Ottawa
The Rev. Dr. Barton Beglo, Pastor
Karen Holmes, Organist/Choir Director
Telephone:
233-9911 Fax: 233-9936
E-mail: st.peters@rogers.com
Website:http://stpeters.digitalents.com/
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ORGAN
PRELUDE:
Variations
on “From Heaven Above” David Schack
(U.S.. b, 1947)
A
Christmas Quodlibet John
Burge (Canada, b. 1961)
Carol
– Improvisation F.R.C.
Clarke (Canada, b. 1931)
HYMN: [STAND]
1.
Oh, come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye
to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him Born
the king of angels: R/
R/ Oh, come let us adore
him,
Oh, come let us adore him,
Oh, come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
2.
The highest, most holy, Light of light eternal,
Born of a virgin, a
mortal he comes;
Son of the Father Now in
flesh appearing! R/
3.
Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of
heaven above!
Glory to God In the
highest: R/
4.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be glory
giv’n!
Word of the Father, Now
in flesh appearing: R/
GREETING and PRAYER
SOLO: “O
Holy Night” Adolphe-Charles
Adam
Phillip Holmes
FIRST
LESSON: Genesis
22:15-18
CHOIR: “ The Lord at first did
Adam make” English Carol arr. Martin Shaw
SECOND LESSON: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
HYMN: [STAND]
1.
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming
as seers of old have sung,
it came, a flow’r so
bright,
amid the cold of winter,
when half-spent was the night.
2.
Isaiah had foretold it, the rose I have in mind;
with Mary we behold it,
the virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love
a-right,
she bore to us a Saviour,
when half-spent was the night.
3. This flow’r, whose fragrance tender with
sweetness fills the air,
dispels with glorious
splendor the darkness ev’rywhere.
True man, yet very God,
from sin and death he
saves us and lightens ev’ry load.
4. O Savior, child of Mary, who felt our human woe;
O Savior, king of glory,
who dost our weakness know:
bring us at length, we
pray,
to the bright courts of
heaven and into endless day.
THIRD LESSON: Luke: 1:26-35, 38
Solo: “ Come unto Him” (from Messiah) G.
F. Handel
Diana Fincham
[children come to the
Crèche for next Lesson & Hymn]
FOURTH LESSON: Luke 2:1-7
HYMN: [REMAIN
SEATED]
1.
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus
laid down his sweet head;
The stars in the bright
sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus
asleep on the hay.
2.
The cattle are lowing; the baby
awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no
crying he makes.
I love you, Lord Jesus;
look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle
till morning is nigh.
3. Be
near me, Lord Jesus; I ask you to stay
Close
by me forever and love me, I pray.
Bless
all the dear children in your tender care
And
fit us for heaven to live with you there.
[children
return to parents in pews]
FIFTH
LESSON: Luke
2:8-16
CHOIR:
“A Child is Born in Bethlehem” Grayson
Ives
Arr. Martin Shaw
SIXTH
LESSON: Matthew 2:1-12
HYMN [STAND]
1.
I am so glad each Christmas Eve,
the night of Jesus’ birth!
Then like the sun the
star shone forth, and angels sang on earth.
2. The little child in Bethlehem, he was a king indeed!
For he came down from
heav’n above to help a world in need.
3. He dwells again in heaven’s realm, the Son of God today;
and still he loves his
little ones and hears them when they pray.
4. I am so glad each Christmas Eve! His praises then I sing;
he opens now for
ev’ry child the palace of the king.
5. And so I love each Christmas Eve, and I love Jesus too;
and that he loves me
ev’ry day I know so well is true.
SERMON
HYMN: [STAND]
1.
Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in
reply, Echoing their joyous strains.
R/ Gloria in excelsis
Deo;
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
2.
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings
be Which inspire your heav’nly song? R/
3.
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended
knee Christ the Lord, the newborn king.
R/
OFFERING
ORGAN OFFERTORY: “ From heaven above” Johann Pachelbel
(Germany, 1653-1706)
LIGHT CANDLES [STAND]
Lighted candle remains
vertical, candle to be lighted is tilted towards candle already lighted. Please supervise children.
CHOIR: “Still, still, still” Austrian
Carol
Solo - Katarina Ginder arr. Karen Holmes
“If ye would hear the angels sing” Mark Sirett
(Canada, b. 1952)
SEVENTH LESSON: John 1:1-14
HYMN
1.
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.
2.
Silent Night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories stream from
heaven afar,
Heav’nly hosts sing,
Alleluia!
Christ the Saviour, is
born! Christ, the Saviour is born!
3.
Silent Night, holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from your
holy face,
With the dawn of
redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at your
birth, Jesus, Lord at your birth.
(EXTINGUISH CANDLES)
PRAYERS
LORD’S PRAYER
BENEDICTION
HYMN [STAND]
1. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn king;
Peace on earth, and mercy
mild, God and sinners reconciled.”
Joyful, all you nations,
rise; Join the triumph of the skies;
With angelic hosts
proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” R/
R/Hark! The herald angels
sing,
“Glory to the newborn
king!”
2. Christ, by highest
heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him
come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the
Godhead see! Hail, incarnate deity!
Pleased as man with us to
dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel! R/
3. Hail the heav’n born Prince of Peace!
Hail the sun of righteousness!
Light and life to
all he brings, Ris’n with healing in
his wings.
Mild he lays his glory
by, Born that we no more may die,
Born to raise each child
of earth, Born to give us second birth. R/
POSTLUDE: Toccata in F J.
Pachelbel
READERS: Julie
Nelson, Rebecca Robb
CRUCIFER & ACOLYTES: Ryan Cojbasic, Owen Saar,
Amanda Dickerson
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THANK YOU Thank you to the Choir
and soloists for their gift of music.
NEXT WORSHIPS
Christmas Day - 10:00 a.m.
December 30 - 10:00 a.m.
CANDLE
SAFETY Lighted
candle remains vertical, candle to be lighted is tilted towards candle already
lighted. Please supervise children.
2008
OFFERING ENVELOPES are available in the church
office.
2007
CONTRIBUTIONS must be made in 2007. Late contributions will have to be recorded
in 2008.
PRAYER
REQUESTS to be included in the Sunday morning prayers can be
written in the black loose-leaf book
labelled “Sunday Prayers for St.
Peter’s. The book is in the parish
hall.
WELCOME
If you are a visitor, please sign our guest book. Come worship with us again. To those looking for a church home,
we invite you to join St. Peter’s, a community of faith seeking to grow in
God’s grace and love.