Services & Preacher
- 8:00am: The Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
- 10:00 am: The Holy Eucharist with Christmas Carols (Rite II)
- Father Matt is preacher and celebrant. Our organist and choirmaster today is Nathan Taylor.
Fellowship & Sunday Events Events
- Coffee Hour follows both services.
- Sunday School at 10am.
- Nursery Care is offered at 10am.
- Confirmation Class at 11am.
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Livestream Feeds and Bulletins
- PDFs of Service Leaflets are available below.
- The Livestream link is above.
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About Worship Today
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We continue the Twelve Days of Christmas by singing carols, by hearing of God’s promises in scripture come true for all the earth and by celebrating Emmanuel, God with us, in the mystery of the Mass and in the unity of Christian community. Christians began celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25 near the beginning of the fourth century. By the beginning of the fifth century, a midnight celebration on Christmas Eve was held in Rome and spread throughout Western Europe. Christmas Masses soon became among the most beloved services of the year for Christians. The gospels of Matthew and Luke both record the story of Christ’s birth. John’s gospel begins with a proclamation on the meaning of it. The mystery of God becoming Man in Christ is a fundamental Christian belief.
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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.
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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:
- Prelude: Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen Arr. Mary Beth Bennett
- Processional Hymn: #102, Once in roayl David's city, Irby
- Gloria in excelsis: #89, It came upon a midnight clear, Carol
- First Lesson: Jeremiah 31:7-14
- Gradual: #112, In the bleak midwinter, Cranham
- Second Lesson: Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a
- Sequence Hymn: #119, As with gladness men or old, Dix
- Gospel: Matthew 2 (note we are reading the entire chapter this Sunday)
- Offertory Anthem: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning by Malcolm Archer b 1952
- Offertory Hymn: #109, The first Nowell, The First Nowell
- 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: Stars of the East by Alan Bullard b 1947
- Postcommunion Hymn: #128, We three kings, Three Kings of Orient
- Processional Voluntary: Personet Hodie Arr. Rebecca Groom Te Velde