G RACE C OVENANT P RESBYTERIAN C HURCH 1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT CAROL SERVICE December 20, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. December 20, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. December 20, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. December 20, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
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GGGGRACE CCCCOVENANTPPPP R E S B Y T E R I A N CCCC H U R C H1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT CAROL
SERVICE
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A SERVICE OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS
FOR CHRISTMASTIME
Preludes
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella (French Carol) Cathy Mockelbust
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Cynthia Dobrinski
Handbell Choir
Improvisation on “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” Myron Roberts
Organ Voluntary
The choirs and ministers assemble in the narthex. The congregation stands at the invitation of the minister. The
congregation joins in singing the Processional Hymn on the third stanza.
Processional Hymn
-1-
Soloist: Once in royal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little Child.
-2-Choir: He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall.
With the poor, oppressed, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
-3-
All: Jesus is our childhood’s pattern,
Day by day like us He grew;
He was little, weak, and helpless,
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
And He feels for all our sadness,
And He shares in all our gladness.
-4-All: And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love,
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above;
And He leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.
-5-All: Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing round,
We shall see Him; but in heaven
Where His saints
His throne surround:
Christ revealed to faithful eye,
Set at God****s right hand on high.
Words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895), in her Hymns for Little Children, 1848.
Music: Irby, Henry J. Gauntlett (1805-1876) in Carols, Four Numbers, 1849; harmony by Arthur Henry Mann (1850-
1929) for King’s College, Cambridge.
Prayer of Invocation Reverend Steve CobbLed by the Pastor.
The Lord’s PrayerSaid by all.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is
the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
The congregation sits.
Greeting
CarolsSung by the Carol Choir (ages 3-5).
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born!
While shepherds kept their watching O’er silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light.
Words: Little Children’s Book for Schools and Families, c. 1885. / John Work II, (1872-1925).
Music: James R. Murray, 1887. / African-American spiritual, harmonized 1940.
First Lesson Isaiah 11:1-9 Reader: Cameron Baird
The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon the Holy One. Junior Choir
CarolSung by the Chancel Choir.
Alleluia! Christ is born! Heaven and earth rejoice this morn!
Let us with praise the child adorn! Alleluia! Christ is born!
Hodie Christus natus est: On this day is born our Savior.
Words and Music: David Lasky, 2009.
Second Lesson Isaiah 40:1-5 Reader: Wayne Casey
Isaiah proclaims the coming of the Lord. Handbell Choir
CarolSung by the Junior Choir (grades 1-6).
Today a Savior is born for you. Glory to God in the highest! This will be a sign to you, the babe
asleep on the hay. Tell the news to everyone, Jesus, Messiah, is born today! Shepherds ran to Bethlehem to see
the babe on the hay. Angels in the heavens sang, “Jesus, Messiah, is born today.”
Words and Music: Lynn Shaw Bailey, 2009.
Third Lesson Luke 1:26-35, 38 Reader: Suzanne Sizemore
The angel Gabriel salutes the Virgin Mary. Chancel Choir
The congregation stands at the introduction of the carol.
Carol
Words: Paraphrased by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924).