Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols

Thursday, December 24, 2020
7:15 PM 8:15 PM 19:15 20:15

Union Presbyterian Church 200 E Main St Endicott, NY, 13760 United States (map)

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You are invited to join the UPC community online for a traditional Service of Lessons and Carols and Holy Communion. We will hear the salvation story as told through scriptures from the Hebrew Bible and the gospel. For each reading we will hear and sing our favorite carols and songs of the season. We will also gather around the Lord’s table, each of us from our own homes, to be nourished with the bread of life.

Join us as we tell again the story that never grows old. You are invited!

Prelude:

“Infant Holy”

“Ding Dong! Merrily on High”

“In the Bleak Midwinter”

From “Four Ringer Handbell Collection, Book IV”

Used with the publisher’s permission.

Performed by Kathy Bartlette, Claire Bombard, Becky Conklin, Laura Keibel.

“Carol of the Bells,” David Peninger

Used by Permission. CCLI License #CSPL068847

Performed by Claire Bombard

Introit

“The Truth Sent From Above,” Ralph Vaughan Williams

(Public Domain)

Performed by Mary

“O Come All Ye Faithful”

(Public Domain)

Performed by Chris Bartlette, Colin DeLap, Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham, Mary, Judy Marsh, Doug Moore, Pat Raube, Peg Williams.

“Adam Lay Ybounden,” Boris Ord

(Public Domain)

Performed by Barbara Gannon, Heather Ingraham, & Pat Raube.

“Blessed Be the God of Israel,” Michael Perry

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE,

Performed by Chris Bartlette, Colin DeLap, Heather Ingraham, Doug Moore, Peg Williams.

“Star-Child,” Shirley Erena Murray, Carlton R. Young

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE,

Performed by Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham, Judy Marsh.

"Holden Evening Prayer: The Magnificat,” Marty Haugen

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE,

Performed by Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham.

"Wexford Carol”

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE,

Performed by Chris Bartlette, Colin DeLap, Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham, Pat Raube.

"Angels We Have Heard on High”

(Public Domain)

Performed by Chris Bartlette, Colin DeLap, Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham, Mary, Judy Marsh, Doug Moore, Pat Raube, Peg Williams.

“I Wonder As I Wander,” C.E. Waltz

Used by Permission. CCLI License #CSPL068847

Performed by Heather Ingraham.

“Silent Night”

(Public Domain)

Performed by Pat Raube, Joan Raube-Wilson.

“Joy to the World” verses 1, 2, and 4

(Public Domain)

Chris Bartlette, Colin DeLap, Barbara Fuller, Heather Ingraham, Mary, Judy Marsh, Doug Moore, Pat Raube, Peg Williams.

“Fantasia on ‘The First Nowell,’” Robert Hughes

Used by Permission. CCLI License #CSPL068847

Performed by Heather Ingraham

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Unison Prayer of Thanksgiving

God of Light and Love, we thank you that you came to be with us in Jesus! We thank you for Christmas, our celebration of his birth. And we thank you that he still shares his life with us around this table. Let this special meal make us strong and joyful. Let us be like the angels, singing “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace to God’s people on earth.” Let us be like the shepherds, telling everyone the Good News of Christ’s birth. And let us be like the Wise Ones, searching far and wide to see Jesus with our own eyes. Amen.

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Photo artist credits:

PHOTO: 1. Giotto

PHOTO: 2. Paul Gaugin

PHOTO: 3. Woonbo Kim Ki-Chang

PHOTO 4. Erland Sibuea

PHOTO: 5. Joseph Mulaba-Mandangi

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Pastor: Rev. Patricia Raube

Parish Associate: Rev. Jeff Kellam

Music Director: Chris Bartlette

Asst. Music Director: Colin DeLap

Pianist/Organist: Heather Ingraham

Handbell Director: Claire Bombard

Media Manager: Ryan DeLap

Liturgist: Mary

Contributing Musicians: Barbara Fuller, Mary, Judy Marsh, Doug Moore, Peg Williams, Joan Raube-Wilson.

Advent Candle lit by Angel & Colin DeLap

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