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Services & Preacher

  • 8am: Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
  • 10am: Choral Eucharist (Rite II)
  • 4pm: Christmas Pageant
  • Father Matt is celebrant and preacher

Fellowship & Sunday Events Events

  • Sunday School at 10am.
  • Nursery Care is offered at 10am.
  • Daughters of the King at 12pm.

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About Worship Today

  • Advent is the season in which the Christian Church waits and watches for the coming of Jesus Christ. Through scripture, song and silence we hear again the story of God’s people who longed for a Savior. Living in the reality that Jesus Christ has indeed come, that he has died and that he has risen, we await for his coming again in glory. Blue or Purple vestments are worn at Christ Church throughout Advent, and the Advent Wreath, which is hung above the sanctuary, marks each passing week with an additional lighted candle. Throughout the Sundays of Advent Gloria in excelsis, “Glory to God in the highest,” is suppressed as the opening song of praise, in its place is Kyrie eleison, “Lord, have mercy.” The new liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent: we are now in Year A; the gospel reading appointed most Sundays in Year A is from the Gospel according to Matthew.

  • The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, 1979, are the regular services appointed for public worship in the Episcopal Church. At Christ Church we celebrate the Holy Eucharist every Sunday, and also on Holy Days and other occasions.

  • Today’s liturgy is from the red Book of Common Prayer 1979.  All hymns are taken from the blue Hymnal 1982 or other authorized hymnals for use in the Episcopal Church. All hymns are reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net A713125.

Music & Lectionary Notes at 10am

  • Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland by Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
  • Processional Hymn: #556, vs 1-5, Rejoice ye pure in heart, Marion
  • Kyrie eleison: #S-91, From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • First Lesson: Isaiah 35:1-10
  • Gradual: Psalm 146: 4-9, Anglican Chant by Walter Thomas Norris.
  • Second Lesson: James 5:7-10
  • Sequence Hymn: #59, Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding, Merton
  • Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11
  • Offertory Anthem: Matin Responses by G. P. da Palestrina 1525-1594
  • Offertory Hymn: #56, vs 5-6, Veni, veni, Emmanuel
  • Sanctus & Benedictus: #S-114 From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • Agnus Dei: #S-158 From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • Communion Anthem: In the Bleak Midwinter by Harold Darke 1888-1976
  • Postcommunion Hymn: #110, The snow lay on the ground, Venite adoremus
  • Processional Voluntary: Advent Toccata by Bischof
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