December 24, :45 p.m. Christmas Eve

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1 Many hearts, one song; many hands, one church December 24, :45 p.m. Christmas Eve Large-print bulletins and hearing devices are available from the ushers. Plymouth Congregational Church

2 Prelude CHORALE PRELUDE ON IN DULCI JUBILO Johann Sebastian Bach Philip Brunelle, organ GESU BAMBINO Spencer Bubula, violin Processional Hymn (seated) ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID S CITY Lighting of the Christ Candle: Ellie Thomas, dance solo Solo: Jimmy Hulse 1. Once in royal David s city 2. He came down to earth from heaven Stood a lowly cattle shed, Who is God and Lord of all, Where a Mother laid her baby And his shelter was a stable, In a manger for his bed; And his cradle was a stall; Mary was that Mother mild, With the poor and mean and lowly Jesus Christ her little Child. Lived on earth our Savior holy. 3. For he is our childhood pattern: 4. And our eyes at last shall see him Day by day like us he grew; Through his own redeeming love, He was little, weak and helpless; For that Child so dear and gentle Tears and smiles like us he knew; Is our Lord in heaven above; And he feeleth for our sadness, And he leads his children on And he shareth in our gladness. To the place where he has gone. Pietro Yon Irby Call to Worship Welcome Leader: Congregation: Leader: Congregation: Leader: Congregation: Who is this child for whom we wait? Jesus, the babe of Mary. Who is this child born in a stable? Jesus, the fullness of human possibility. Cate Causey-Mullaney Who is this child we look upon? Jesus, the revealer of God in our midst. Let us celebrate the Christmas story of the ordinary and the magical, the everyday and the mystery and know that God comes to wonderful expression in us! Seth Patterson Special Music WALKING IN THE AIR Howard Blake ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH arr. George Winston Genesis and Alleluia Dancers; Summer Hills-Bonczyk, director

3 First Reading ISAIAH 9:2, 6 Aaron Schuller Special Music LO, HOW A ROSE/THE ROSE arr. Craig Hella Johnson Youth Choir Siri Keller, director Second Reading LUKE 1:26 32, 38 Lindsey Johnson Hymn (seated) o little town of bethlehem St. Louis O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, The silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love. O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God shall ring, And peace to all the earth. Third Reading LUKE 2:1 7 Tenzing Wiandt Special Music DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Noel Regney & Chapel Singers; Mary Laymon, director Gloria Shayne Joe Weismann, bass; Frankie Cassellius, tenor saxophone Fourth Reading LUKE 2:8 20 Ben VanderLey Klaassen During the reading, all children dressed up as angels, shepherds or animals are invited to join Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the Living Nativity. Hymn (standing) ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Gloria Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o er the plains, And the mountains in reply, echo back their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo. Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? Say what may the tidings be, which inspire your heavenly song. Refrain : Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo. Fifth Reading MATTHEW 2:1 12 Jack Cheatham

4 All Living Nativity participants are invited to return to their seats during the following hymn. Hymn (seated) O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL Adeste fideles O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him, born the King of angels; Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; Glory to God in the highest! Refrain Carol THE ANIMALS PEACE CAROL Steve Heitzeg Chorister Choir; Marie Scholtz, director An offering will be taken at this time. Our Christmas Offering this year will be shared between Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, which feeds our hungry neighbors and is located in our lower level, and Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, which Plymouth Church helped to found. Beacon congregations put their faith in action through service and by working for justice. They shelter families without a home, while creating new homes and changing policies to make our community more just. Offertory JESUS, JESUS REST YOUR HEAD Cathy Moklebust Youth Bells; Timothy O Grady, director The Christmas Prayer Beth A. Faeth Special Music CHILDREN, GO WHERE I SEND THEE Traditional Spiritual Cherub Choir; Marie Scholtz, director Hymn (seated) night of silence Daniel Kantor Cherub, Chorister and Youth Choirs and Chapel Singers arr. Robert Ward The choirs will sing two verses of Night of Silence. Then, when cued by the conductor, the congregation is invited to join the choirs for three verses of Silent Night. During Silent Night, ushers will light the candles of worshipers who are sitting nearest the aisles. The light is then passed from candle to candle, down each pew. Please take care that in passing the light, wax does not spill on pew cushions or clothing. (When lighting, tip the unlit candle to meet the lit candle. Do not tip the lit candle.)

5 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. Silent night Stille Nacht Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love s pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight! Glories stream from heaven afar, Heav nly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born! Benediction Candles may be taken home or left in baskets at the exits. Please do not leave candles in the pews. Closing Hymn (standing) joy to the world Antioch Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let ev ry heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Isaac Watts, alt. Postlude BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA French carol setting by Keith Chapman (1976)

6 Cover image: Madonna and Child, ca by Romare Bearden ( ); collection, Minnesota Museum of American Art. Purchase, Kurt Berger Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Koch Fund, and Renato and Giorgio Marmont Fund, Dec. 30 Only One Sunday Service, at 10 a.m. A special worship service of Carols and Meditations by Doug Hoverson, Judy Takkunen and Joe Weismann. The Plymouth Choir will sing.

7 Plymouth Staff Paula Northwood, Acting Senior Minister Allison Campbell Jensen, Director of Communication Cody Bourdot, Audiovisual Manager Seth Patterson, Director of Spiritual Formation and Theater Nina Jonson, Programs Manager Christine Ford, Nursery Coordinator Alecia Scharback, Nursery Supervisor Dylan Church, Children & Youth Specialist Laura Tsai, Children & Youth Specialist Maria Gisselquist, Director, Young Voices Summer Hills-Bonczyk, Director, Genesis and Alleluia Dancers Beth A. Faeth, Minister for Congregational Care and Worship Doug Freeman, Ministry Assistant for Programs Larry Johnson, Strobel Drop-in Center Coordinator Daniel Wolpert, Interim Minister Vivian Jones, James Gertmenian, Ministers Emeriti Captain Tara Bauer, Covenant Partner, Chaplain, U.S. Air Force, Incirlik AB, Turkey Catherine Duncan, Covenant Partner; Spiritual Care Provider, Newbridge Health & Wellness Jenni Eagleman, Covenant Partner; Chaplain, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Oncology Karl L. Jones, Covenant Partner; Chaplain for Good Samaritan Society Philip Brunelle, Organist and Choirmaster Sonja Thompson, Music Associate George Maurer & Laura Caviani, First Service Music Directors James Bohn, Dan Dressen, Lisa Drew, Jenny French & Maria Jette, Soloists Siri Keller, Director, Youth Choir Marie Scholtz, Director, Cherub and Chorister Choirs Mary Laymon, Director, Chapel Singers Timothy O Grady, Director, Handbells Ann Tandy-Treiber, Music Librarian Annette Abel, Business Administrator Joy Hansen, Accounting Manager Emily Venell, Ministry Assistant for Hospitality Malcolm Williams, Public Safety Manager Robert Brock & Sheila Rafert, Evening/Weekend Receptionists Martin Cheruiyot & Kai Gerr, Public Safety Officers Kathryn Bahl, Misha Davis & Tracy White, Custodians

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