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Welcome to Saint David’s

Christmas Eve

Hymn: VU 60

O Come, All Ye Faithful

O Come, All Ye Faithful

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:

chorus O Come All Ye Faithful O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord.

God of God,

Light of Light,

Lo! He abhors nor the Virgin’s womb;

Very God, Begotten, not created;

chorus O Come All Ye Faithful 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;

chorus O Come All Ye Faithful O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord.

See how the shepherds,

summoned to his cradle,

leaving their flocks,

draw nigh with lowly fear;

we too will thither

bend our joyful footsteps:

chorus O Come All Ye Faithful O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord.

Yea, Lord, we greet thee,

Born this happy morning,

Jesus, to thee be Glory given.

Word of the Father,

Now in flesh appearing.

chorus O Come All Ye Faithful O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord.

Christ, be Our Light

Hope for Those Who Are Willing

Christ, be our light!

Shine in our hearts.

Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in your Church

gathered today.

One: Our Saviour’s birth is celebrated

with bold faith.

People: May our hearts be willing.

One: Like Mary, who

showed humble

surrender:

People: May our hearts be

willing.

One: Like Joseph, who exhibited

unconditional trust:

People: May our hearts be willing.

One: Like the shepherds, who

displayed awestruck wonder:

People: May our hearts be willing.

One: Like the angels, who sang

glorious praise:

People: May our hearts be willing.

One: For all who are willing to receive

the gift of the Saviour born in

Bethlehem:

People: Grant that we might have the

peace of Christ as we wait, the

love of Christ as we act, and the

grace of Christ as we speak.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in our hearts.

Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in your Church

gathered today.

All: O Holy Child of Bethlehem, you are

the hope for our hurting and broken

world. We thank you, O God, for

guiding us through this season of

Advent, shining your light in the

midst by dispelling darkness.

As your birth lit up the Bethlehem sky,

continue to shine in our world by

dispelling darkness, binding up the

broken, and calling forth the faithful.

On this holiest of nights, make us willing

to welcome you as our Saviour and Lord.

We pray this in the name of our newborn

king. Amen.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in our hearts.

Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in your Church

gathered today.

I Was Touched, and I Believe

Saint David’s Senior Choir

Hymn: VU 64

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town of Bethlehem

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.

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For Christ is born of Mary;

And gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels keep

their watch of wondering love.

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O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth,

And praises sing to God the King,

and peace to all on earth

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 the King,

and peace to all on earth

How silently, how silently,

The wondrous gift is given!

So God imparts to human hearts

The blessed gift of heaven.

No ear may hear his coming;

But in this world of sin,

Where meek souls will

receive him, still

The dear Christ enters in.

O holy child of Bethlehem,

Descend to us, we pray,

Cast out our sin, and enter in,

Be born in us today.

We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell,

O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Emmanuel.

Special Music Whitney Walls

Mary, Did You Know?

John 1:1-5

Hymn: VU 59

Joy to the World

Joy to the World

Joy to the world! The Lord is come:

Let earth receive her King,

Let every heart prepare him room,

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the Earth! The Saviour reigns:

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods,

rocks, hills, and plains

repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sin and sorrow grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground:

He comes to make his blessings flow

Far as the curse is found

Far as the curse is found,

Far as, far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness

And wonders of his love,

And wonders of his love,

And wonders, and wonders of his love.

John 1:6-9

Hymn: VU 57

Oh, How Joyfully

Oh, How Joyfully

Oh, how joyfully, oh, how hopefully,

Waits the world on Christmas Eve!

Love comes healing, God revealing.

Friends, be joyful and believe!

Oh, how joyfully, oh, how peacefully,

Sleeps the world on Christmas night!

Sins are covered, grace discovered.

In our darkness shines the light!

Oh, how joyfully, oh, how thankfully,

Wakes the world on Christmas morn!

God has spoken, death is broken.

Hallelujah! Christ is born!

Matthew 1:18-25

Hymn: VU62

Once in Royal David’s City

Once in Royal David’s City

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.

He came down to earth from heaven

Who, with God, is over all,

And His shelter was a stable,

And His cradle was a stall.

There among the poor and lowly

Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

For He is our childhood’s pattern:

Daily when on earth He grew;

He was tempted, scorned, rejected,

Tears and smiles like us He knew:

Thus He feels for all our sadness,

And He shares in all our gladness.

And our eyes at last shall see Him

Through His own redeeming love;

For that child, who seemed so helpless,

Is our Lord in heaven above;

And He leads His children on

To the place where He is gone.

Matthew 2:1-6

Hymn: VU91

The First Nowell

The first Nowell the angel did say

Was to certain poor shepherds

in fields as they lay;

In fields where they lay,

a-keeping their sheep,

On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star

Shining in the east, beyond them far,

And to the earth it gave great light,

And so it continued both day and night.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

And by the light of that same star

Three wise men came from country far;

To seek for a king was their intent,

And to follow the star wherever it went.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

This star drew nigh to the northwest,

O’er Bethlehem it took its rest,

And there it did both stop and stay

Right over the place where Jesus lay.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

Then entered in those wise men three,

Full reverently upon their knee,

And offered there in his presence,

Their gold and myrrh and frankincense.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

Then let us all with one accord

Sing praises to our heavenly Lord;

That hath made heav’n and earth of nought,

And with his Blood mankind hath bought.

Nowell, Nowell,

Nowell, Nowell,

Born is the King of Israel.

Matthew 2:7-12

Hymn: VU 74

What Child Is This

What Child is this?

What child is this,

Who, laid to rest,

On Mary’s lap is

sleeping?

Whom angels greet

with anthems sweet,

While shepherds

watch are

keeping?

This, this is Christ the king,

whom shepherds guard and angels sing;

haste, haste to bring him praise,

the babe,

the son of Mary.

Why lies he in such mean estate

Where ox and ass are feeding?

Good Christian fear:

For sinners here

the silent Word

is pleading.

This, this is Christ the king,

whom shepherds guard and angels sing;

haste, haste to bring him praise,

the babe,

the son of Mary.

So bring him incense,

gold, and myrrh;

come, peasant, king, to own him.

the King of kings salvation brings;

let loving hearts

enthrone him.

This, this is Christ the king,

whom shepherds guard and angels sing;

haste, haste to bring him praise,

the babe,

the son of Mary.

Special Music Cynthia Doyle

Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child

Offering Invitation

What can I give him,

poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd,

I would bring a lamb;

if I were a wise man,

I would do my part;

yet what I can, I give him-

give my heart.

Offering Prayer

Special Music Christopher Lane

Litany of Light

Hymn: VU 67

Silent Night, Holy Night

Silent Night, Holy Night

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! Holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight:

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah

Christ the Saviour is born

Christ the Saviour is born.

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.

Merry Christmas from the staff of Saint David’s

Rev. Sean Handcock, Alicia Walls, Christopher Lane,

Danielle Burkett and John Kierstead

May God bless you and your family with the gift

of faith, the blessing of hope and the grace of

love and peace this Christmas season.