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Our liturgy today is found in The Book of Common Prayer

(the red book in the pew racks). Hymns not printed in full in this or-

der of worship are located in The Hymnal 1982

(the blue book in the pew racks). To help you navigate the rhythms and cadences of our worship, just follow this leaflet like a roadmap:

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Please note also that we have included congregational instructions

in italics, and congregational responses in bold italics.

Our worship today will include Holy Communion.

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THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols

with Holy Communion December 8, 2019 10:15 a.m.

Gathering Music: Improvisation Handbell Choir Voluntary: Wake, Awake for Night is Flying setting: Johann Sebastian Bach

Introit: Advent Wreath Prayer setting: Malcolm Archer

THE WORD OF GOD

Please stand as we join together in worship. Processional Hymn: 57, Lo! He comes with clouds descending Helmsley

Bidding Prayer Dear People of God: In the season of Advent, it is our responsibility and joy to prepare ourselves to hear once more the message of the Angels, to go to Bethlehem and see the Son of God lying in a manger.

Let us hear and heed in Holy Scripture the story of God’s loving purpose from the time of our rebellion against him until the glorious redemption brought to us by his holy Child Jesus, and let us look forward to the yearly remembrance of his birth with hymns and songs of praise.

Let us remember before God his pure and lowly Mother, and that whole multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in Jesus, we are one for evermore.

The Almighty God bless us with his grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and to the fellowship of the citizens above may the King of Angels bring us all.

Amen.

Please be seated.

Blessed are you, Sov’reign Lord, just and true: to you be praise and glory forever!

Of old you spoke by the mouth of your prophets but in our days you speak through your Son

whom you have appointed the heir of all things. Grant us, your people, to walk in his light

that we may be found ready and watching when he comes again in glory and judgment;

for you are our light and our salvation. Blessed be God forever.

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The First Lesson Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-25 God creates humankind to live in obedience to him in the Garden of Eden.

Anthem: Be Peace on Earth William Crotch, setting: Henry Ley

CGS Women’s Ensemble:

The Second Lesson Isaiah 11:1-9 The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon the Holy One.

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins. The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder's den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground—then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."

Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

"This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken."

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.

Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, Before the Prince of Peace, Messiah comes, let furious discord cease

before the Prince of Peace!

Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, Disease and anguish feel His blest control,

and woe no more disturb the troubled soul!

My beams of gladness all our hearts illume, And mercy brood above the distant gloom!

Please stand.

Hymn: 75, There’s a voice in the wilderness crying Ascension

We invite the children to come forward with their angels for the Chrismon tree.

Please be seated.

The Third Lesson Matthew 3:1-6

John the Baptist appears in the wilderness.

Anthem: O, Savior of the Nations, Come and be our Guest G. F. Handel / Hopson Young People’s Choir

O Savior of the nations come and be our guest. Alleluia.

The Fourth Lesson Micah 5:2-4 The one who is to rule Israel will be born in the village of Bethlehem.

Please stand.

Hymn: 56, O come, O come, Emmanuel (stanzas 1-3) Veni, veni Emmanuel

We again invite the children to come forward with their angels for the Chrismon tree.

In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has brought forth; then the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.

Please be seated.

The Fifth Lesson Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Anthem: Ecce Novum Ola Gjeilo Chancel Choir

The Sixth Lesson John 1:1-9 The true and eternal light of God is coming soon to dwell among us.

Please stand.

Hymn: This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine Lift Every Voice and Sing II African American Spiritual; arr. Horace Clarence Boyer The children are invited to come forward where they will sing the first stanza of the hymn. All will join them in singing stanzas 2 and 3.

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" The angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God." Then Mary said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

Behold, a new joy, Behold, a new wonder!

A Virgin, who knew not a man, Bears a son.

She knew not a man, But as the pear tree bears the pear,

The flourishing papyrus brings the lily from the soil. See how nature changes her laws! A pure virgin bears the Son of God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

The Peace BCP p. 360 The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

The people greet one another in the name of Christ.

Greetings and Announcements

THE HOLY COMMUNION Offertory Anthem: Here is the Little Door setting: Herbert Howells; text: Francis Chesterton

Please stand.

Doxology Lasst uns erfreuen

Our liturgy continues with The Great Thanksgiving Form 2 of An Order for Celebrating the Holy Eucharist,

found on page 404 of The Book of Common Prayer. Please remain standing.

Here is the little door, lift up the latch, oh lift! We need and wander more but enter with our gift;

Our gift of finest gold. Gold that was never bought nor sold;

Myrrh to be strewn about His bed; Incense in clouds about His head;

All for the Child that stirs not in His sleep, But holy slumber hold with ass and sheep.

Bend low about His bed, for each He has a gift; See how His eyes awake, lift up your hands, o lift!

For gold, He gives a keen-edged sword (defend it with Thy little Lord!)

For incense, smoke of battle red. Myrrh for the honoured happy dead;

Gifts for his children, terrible and sweet; Touched by such tiny hands and oh such tiny feet.

The Great Thanksgiving BCP p. 404

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.

The Celebrant continues:

Because you sent your beloved Son to redeem us from sin and death, and to make us heirs in him of everlasting life; that when he shall come again in power and great triumph to judge the world, we may without shame or fear rejoice to behold his appearing.

We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me."

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, "Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me." Recalling now his suffering and death, and celebrating his resurrection and ascension, we await his coming in glory.

Accept, O Lord, our sacrifice of praise, this memorial of our redemption.

Send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts. Let them be for us the Body and Blood of your Son. And grant that we who eat this bread and drink this cup may be filled with your life and goodness.

The Celebrant then prays that all may receive the benefits of Christ’s work, and the renewal of the Holy Spirit, concluding with:

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

Our liturgy continues on page 364 of The Book of Common Prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer BCP p. 364

The Breaking of the Bread BCP p. 364

Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia!

The Invitation & Communion The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

Please be seated. All baptized Christians are invited to come forward to receive the Sacrament. If you are not yet baptized or otherwise wish to abstain from receiving Communion, we invite you to receive a blessing from clergy. You may indicate so by crossing your arms across your chest when approaching the altar. If you wish to abstain from only the wine, you may indicate so by crossing your arms over your chest after receiving the bread. If you need gluten-free bread at Communion, please indicate so by presenting your hands with palms faced downward.

Hymns during Communion: 314, Humbly I adore thee, Verity unseen Adoro devote

324, Let all mortal flesh keep silence Picardy

54, Savior of the nations, come! Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Please stand.

Sending Out of Eucharistic Visitors

In the name of this congregation, we send you forth bearing these holy gifts that those to whom you go may share with us in the communion of Christ’s body and blood. Because we who are many are one body in Christ. We share one bread, one cup.

Post Communion Prayer BCP p. 365

Blessing Recessional Hymn: 74, Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God! Valet will ich dir geben Dismissal BCP, p. 365

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord! Alleluia! Alleluia! Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia! Voluntary: Wake, Awake for Night is Flying setting: Paul Manz

Serving Today

Clergy: The Rev. Joyce Cunningham

The Rev. Imogen Rhodenhiser

Verger: Evan Meade

Chalice: David Stroud

Jennifer Tlusty

Lectors: Alexis Taylor

Phyllis Vail Martin Taylor

Patrice Walence Kirk Royal

Debbie Flynn

Acolytes: Luke Lashley-Zimmerman

Grant Carpenter Ali Cherry Imre Polik

Camden Ross

Flute: Pamela Nelson

Women’s Ensemble: Jessica Bowen

Erin O’Hara Alex Robertson Jennifer Seiger

Julie Lowe Meg Reichel

Ushers: Christie Barbee

John Beck Duke Fentress

Fran Hoch Paul Hoch

Chas Sharp Rob Stone