Christmas Eve Communion (Early Service)

Join us at 7:00 pm on Christmas Eve for a celebration of Holy Communion and some familiar carols.

Hymn VU 60 “O Come, All ye Faithful”
Words: English translation: Frederick Oakley 1841
Music: John Francis Wade 1743

Passing the Peace: “The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came” Noel Rawsthorne (organ – 2:05)
© 1997 Kevin Mayhew Ltd.

Hymn VU 40 “Before the Marvel of This Night”
Words: Jaroslav J. Vajda © 1981
Music: Carl F. Schalk © 1989 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Hymn VU 64 “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Words: Phillips Brooks 1868
Music: Lewis Henry Redner 1868

Hymn VU 59 “Joy to the World”
Words: Isaac Watts 1719
Music: G.F. Handel 1742

Hymn VU 38 “Angels We Have Heard on High”
Words: French traditional
Music: French carol melody

Solo: “I Wonder as I Wander” Appalachian Carol arr. John Jacob Niles and Lewis Henry Horton
© 1934 G. Schirmer Inc.

Anthem: “Sans Day Carol” Traditional Cornish carol arr. John Rutter
© 1969 Oxford University Press

Anthem: “Sing We Now of Christmas” French Carol arr. John A. Ricketts
© 1997 Choristers Guild

Hymn VU 67 “Silent Night, Holy Night”
Words: Joseph Mohr 1818
Music: Franz Xavier Gruber 1818

Postlude: Variations sur “In dulci jubilo” Denis Bédard
© 1993 Editions Cheldar

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